The policy head who helped Uber to launch in Australia has been appointed CEO of the association representing fintechs disrupting Australia’s traditional financial services industry.
Brad Kitschke has been appointed as CEO of FinTech Australia.
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Finnies finalists announced
A total of 89 companies and individuals have been chosen as finalists for Australia’s only industry-backed fintech awards, from a record field of more than 200 entries.
FinTech Australia today announced the finalists for the 2018 Finnie awards.
Open banking framework to drive customer choice and innovation across Australia
Australia’s fintech industry has welcomed an Australian Government decision to put the customer first by pushing back against big bank delaying tactics and introducing open banking reforms from mid-next year.
2018-19 Budget steady for Australian fintech – but the big news is yet to come
Australia’s fintech industry will benefit from a number of important support measures in tonight’s 2018-19 Australian Budget but will be forced to wait for the big news about the details of Australia’s open banking framework.
Applications RE-OPEN for the NSW-Israel R&D and Tech InnovationProgram
In mid-2017 the NSW Government opened a new funding stream for R&D companies and tech startups under its NSW-Israel R&D and Technological Innovation Program. The program offered up to $250,000 of matched funding for NSW businesses to partner with Israeli businesses on new, innovative and market driven solutions. While the program highlighted the desire for cyber security, agri-tech and water-tech solutions, the program itself was sector agnostic and had an incredible response in NSW from companies spanning cyber security, fintech, clean-tech, medical therapeutics, robotics, AI, edu-tech to a range of agriculture solutions. Read more
Women in Tech Scholarship Fund
Academy Xi is partnering with Tech Ready Women to create a $100,000 Women in Tech scholarship fund to support female-led tech startups and women entering and thriving in the tech workforce. Read more
Record number of entries to Finnies
A record number of entries have been lodged for this year’s Finnies – Australia’s only industry-backed fintech awards.
A total of 215 entries were received, well up from the 158 entries in 2017.
Member Showcase April 2018
Here’s a list of member announcements during the month of April.
Registration now open for FinTech Accelerator, SuperCharger Kuala Lumpur 2018
Interested in establishing and scaling your business into Malaysia and beyond? Registration is now open to apply for SuperCharger Kuala Lumpur 2018 – – a no equity, 12-week accelerator programme aimed at helping promising FinTech startups. The SuperCharger Accelerator Programme is an active collaboration between Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC), and Allianz Malaysia. To register or book a meeting with the SuperCharger team at their Sydney roadshow in early May. Read more
Now boarding Startups & Scaleups for the Qantas AVRO Accelerator
The wait is over… the Qantas Group is inviting the world’s most innovative Startups, Scaleups and digital disruptors to apply for its second AVRO Accelerator program. Do you know someone who should apply?
The AVRO Accelerator, run in partnership with Slingshot, gives entrepreneurs the chance to work with the Qantas Group to develop, incubate and scale their businesses. Read more