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Fintech Australia says the sector should set a minimum benchmark for paid parental leave of 12 weeks

Simon Thomsen - September 16, 2021 2 MIN READ

FinTech Australia has released an industry policy featuring guidance after consulting with the sector, setting out best practice for parental leave entitlements. The policy says employers should offer 12-week paid parental leave at full pay, including superannuation, with partners entitled to two weeks parental leave at full pay. Under the Fair Work Act, employees (including… Read more »

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FinTech Australia CEO Rebecca Schot-Guppy is stepping down for a career in VC

Simon Thomsen - August 4, 2021 2 MIN READ

FinTech Australia CEO Rebecca Schot-Guppy is stepping down after three years in the role for a new career in venture capital. Schot-Guppy, who’s overseen a massive rise in the prominence, number and market cap of fintechs – most notably Afterpay and Judo Bank amid the implementation of open banking – will step down at the… Read more »

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Victoria’s lockdown forces Fintech Australia to postpone The Finnies awards

Simon Thomsen - May 27, 2021 < 1 MIN READ

Fintech Australia has been forced to postpone The Finnies less than a fortnight before the awards were due to be held on June 9 as Victoria goes into a week-long snap lockdown after 34 active Covid-19 cases emerged in the last three days. With surrounding states also imposing restrictions on anyway who’s been in Victoria… Read more »

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Here are the Finnies 2021 finalists: congratulations!

Rebecca Schot-Guppy - May 4, 2021 3 MIN READ

It’s arguable that 2020 was the hardest year that our emerging fintech sector ever faced. But as we all know, adversity breeds innovation. And nowhere was that more apparent than in the entries for this year’s Finnie Award submissions. We received a record 290 entries across 20 categories. Overall, the calibre of submissions was outstanding.… Read more »

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Entries to The Finnies are closing soon

Simon Thomsen - March 19, 2021 2 MIN READ

Entries for Fintech Australia’s annual Finnie Awards are closing in less than two weeks on March 30. There are now 20 categories in total, including the Excellence in Open Data award, for how companies are managing and controlling their data, and a Hall of Fame award to commemorate a company that has made a lasting… Read more »

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Entries for Fintech Australia’s Finnies awards are now open

Simon Thomsen - February 16, 2021 2 MIN READ

FinTech Australia has added two new awards to the annual Finnies, which are now open for entries. The new Excellence in Open Data award will examine how companies are managing and controlling their data, a issue that’s come to the fore with the launch of the consumer data right and open banking in July last… Read more »

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Here’s your chance to vote in the Finnies People Choice Award

Rebecca Schot-Guppy - October 12, 2020 < 1 MIN READ

The first-ever virtual Finnies Awards are just a few weeks away. But there’s one thing that every fintech should do before then, and that’s vote in our first People’s Choice Award. This award gives you, the community, the ability to single out your favourite fintech (from our finalists) and show your recognition of their work.… Read more »

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FinTech Australia launched a LinkedIn talent marketplace to help displaced tech workers find new jobs

Simon Thomsen - April 14, 2020 < 1 MIN READ

FinTech Australia has launched a talent marketplace for Australian fintechs on LinkedIn, in a project backed by Tier One People. The marketplace, run through LinkedIn Groups, aims to connect candidates with prospective employers and help any talent displaced by the COVID-19 pandemic find new opportunities. Even before the project went live this week, leading Australian… Read more »

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Fintech Assembly Payments is launching e-commerce joint venture with UK banking giant Standard Chartered

Simon Thomsen - February 12, 2020 2 MIN READ

British banking multinational Standard Chartered is launching a joint venture company with fintech Assembly Payments to develop next generation payment solutions for the US$29 trillion e-commerce sector. The deal is a major coup for Assembly Payments, which launched in Melbourne in 2014, began providing online payment solutions with escrow services for marketplaces and platforms, before… Read more »

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5 things you should know about tech today

Simon Thomsen - February 10, 2020 3 MIN READ

Welcome to Monday team. Here’s what we’ve seen. 1. iFined for slowdown The French version of the ACCC, the DGCCRF, has fined Apple €25 million (AU$41m) for the 2017 iOS update that slowed down older iPhone models. Apple’s sin was not slowing down the phones, which the company claimed was to prolong the life of… Read more »

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Judo Bank is on the hunt for another $400 million

Simon Thomsen - February 6, 2020 2 MIN READ

Judo Bank, the nascent fintech for SMEs, is once more on the hunt for cash, hoping to find another $400 million in a round 3 capital raise, just seven months after it set the Australian record for private funding for a startup round, with the same figure. The digital bank’s round 2 was initially meant… Read more »

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Marketing is not magic: the real secret to the global growth of fintech unicorn TransferWise

Rebecca Schot-Guppy - September 2, 2019 2 MIN READ

TransferWise Vice President of Growth Nilan Peiris had one major not-so-secret to the $3.5 billion company’s growth to reveal at the recent launch of Intersekt in Melbourne. Customer evangelism drives growth. In real terms: over 80% of their customers use TransferWise’s service after hearing about it from a friend. TransferWise now has over 5 million… Read more »

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THE FINNIES: Here are the best fintech businesses in Australia

Simon Thomsen - June 7, 2019 3 MIN READ

Fintech Australia board members at The Finnies (l-r), Lauren Caplin of Reinventure, Simone Joyce of Paypa Plane, chairman Alan Tsen, GM of Stone & Chalk Melbourne, Carla Harris of Longevity, Melissa Mack of MoneyPlace, GM Rebecca Schot-Guppy, and Tim Dean of Credi.com. Up Bank, Airwallex and Afterpay are among the major winners of the 2019… Read more »

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Meet this year’s Finnies finalists

Rebecca Schot-Guppy - May 7, 2019 2 MIN READ

Before we get to the good stuff, we wanted to offer context which underscores just how much of an achievement it is to make this shortlist. This year there was a massive 237 entries for the Finnie Awards across all 18 categories (not including Biggest Raise of the Year). That’s 30 per cent more than last year.

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Startups share their election wishlists

Startup Daily - April 23, 2019 3 MIN READ

The election is looming and policies and promises are being thrown around from all sides as the campaign heats up. Here we share some of the key issues Australian startups want to see on the agenda.

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