FinTech Australia has appointed financial services investor, advisor and long time executive Andrew Porter as its new CEO. Porter brings more than two decades of experience in the financial services sector to the position, including holding senior roles at three global payments fintechs OFX, World First and TransferMate. FinTech Australia chair Simone Joyce said Porter’s… Read more »
FinTech Australia is building a new map detailing fintechs in the local ecosystem and is keen to hear from local startups. The ecoystem map follows on from FinTech Australia’s regulatory and investor maps, and aims to provides a comprehensive overview of fintechs in the Australian market. Fintechs can add their business to the map by… Read more »
FinTech Australia has released a new map for fintechs detailing investors in the sector. The map showcases investors from across the country, featuring a variety of funders including venture capitalists, angel funds, corporate investors, crowd-funding options and incubators. It’s available for free for people in the fintech and startup communities. The map is free to… Read more »
The female founders and executives from Brighte, Paypa Plane, Athena Home Loans and Adatree are among the biggest winners of the annual FinTech Australia Finnie awards. For the first time in the six-year history of the Finnies, women received all of the top awards. Katherine McConnell, CEO and co-founder of Brighte, and Simone Joyce, CEO… Read more »
It’s a case of fourth time lucky for Fintech Australia’s annual Finnies awards, which are being held tonight, October 13, after covid outbreaks and lockdowns in NSW and Victoria saw them postponed four times. From the original date in June, to July, and then moving it September in the hope that Sydneysiders could join the… Read more »
FinTech Australia has released a new tool for early-stage and global fintechs expanding into Australia that offers clear guidance on the country’s financial services licensing laws. Created in partnership with law firm K&L Gates and Austrade, the regulatory map is a global first and aims to greatly ease overseas companies’ expansions into Australia and assist… Read more »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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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