Mandy Jiang
Cryptocurrency

Blockchain fintech raises $14 million Series A, mostly in crypto

- June 11, 2025 < 1 MIN READ

A blockchain financial infrastructure startup has raised $14 million in a Series A, including $11m worth in Bitcoin and the stablecoin USDT. The raise for CloudTech will fund the rollout of an institutional-grade custody solution for digital assets, as well as expansion of a broader crypto-native financial ecosystem. The funding came from several undisclosed investors.… Read more »

Cryptocurrency

Doing their blockie: ASIC is having another crack at crypto fintech Block Earner

- May 27, 2025 2 MIN READ

Corporate regulator the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) is hoping it’s a case of third time lucky is its legal battle with cryptocurrency platform Block Earner, and will seek special leave from the High Court to appeal last month’s Full Federal Court decision to dismiss their case. ASIC is seeking a High Court’s ruling… Read more »

Tyro Payments
Events

Here are the finalists in the FinTech Australia Finnies

- April 29, 2025 3 MIN READ

FinTech Australia has revealed the finalists in its prestigious annual fintech business awards, The Finnies. The awards celebrates achievements in the fintech sector and services that support it. This 2025 awards, which coincide with the 10-year anniversary of FinTech Australia, attracted 348 entries across 21 categories, up 26 on last year, with a record-breaking 47… Read more »

Fintech

Financial wellness fintech raises $12 million Series A

- April 22, 2025 < 1 MIN READ

Fintech WeMoney has exceeded plans announced less than 12 months ago to raise $10 million, banking $12m in its latest Series A round. Ironically for a startup that bills itself as a “financial wellness platform” to help people reduce their debts, the round was led by Perth online casino entrepreneur Laurence Escalante via his family… Read more »

Ryan Edwards-Pritchard
Business

Shaype teams up with UK fintech to launch startup super app for small business finance

- April 18, 2025 2 MIN READ

Embedded finance platform Shaype has teamed up with UK fintech ANNA Money to launch Australia’s first AI-powered finance “super app” for startups and small business. The app will act as a single financial co-pilot, consolidating everything from business banking to tax, expenses, company formation and cards. The collaboration also launches ANNA (Absolutely No Nonsense Admin)… Read more »

Xero Rod Drury, Sukhinder Singh Cassidy, David Thodey
Fintech

Xero’s boss needs 60,000 subscribers like me just to cover the cost of her latest pay deal *wish I could put a mind blown emoji in this headline*

- April 10, 2025 3 MIN READ

Just before Christmas, as staff put on Hawaiian shirts and went to Christmas lunches HR hoped didn’t create more work for them, New Zealand ASX-listed accounting platform Xero (ASX: XRO) dropped details on a new pay plan for CEO Sukhinder Singh Cassidy. The December 18 release, titled “Xero CEO pay revised, aligns to performance and… Read more »

Jason Leong
Fintech

‘You can’t borrow your way out of a cost-of-living crisis’: fintech founder on the problem with the government’s approach to open banking

- March 21, 2025 3 MIN READ

The founder of fintech PocketSmith believes ordinary Australians should be prioritised by the federal government through the Consumer Data Right (CDR) to address cost-of-living pressures. The call, by cofounder and CEO Jason Leong, follows a record 859 pre-Budget submissions to the Commonwealth Treasury, up from 789 last year, with more than a quarter highlighting the… Read more »

Rehan D'Almeida
Fintech

FinTech Australia’s pre-budget submission warns of ‘two-speed’ ecosystem hurting new startups without R&D tax incentive reform

- March 17, 2025 2 MIN READ

FinTech Australia is calling for an urgent recalibration of Research and Development tax incentives (RDTI) and the Early Stage Venture Capital Limited Partnership (ESVCLP) Program in its submission to  treasurer Jim Chalmers ahead of the federal budget next week The peak body’s 21-page pre-Budget submission makes 11 recommendations to Treasury, arguing that with the right… Read more »

Business

Airwallex and McLaren have teamed up with the Aboriginal artist who did burnouts in a Rolls-Royce for the Melbourne F1

- February 26, 2025 2 MIN READ

If you’ve ever had a meal at di Stasio’s Citta in Melbourne, or watched the Matildas play Japan last week, you’ve seen the work of Kamilaroi artist Reko Rennie. Rennie’s 8-minute video, OA_RR, driving a Rolls Royce in burnouts in the desert country of his grandmother, plays behind the bar at the Italian restaurant, and… Read more »