FinTech Australia signs on AWS and Visa as corporate partners

FinTech Australia has announced both Amazon Web Services and Visa as corporate partners for the organisation. In addition to supporting major FinTech Australia activities and events, the partnership program helps embed these companies within the fintech ecosystem and networks them with its key players. FinTech Australia’s current corporate partners include: Bank of Queensland, NAB, EY and BDO.“Our fintech ecosystem is built on the back of partnerships,” Rebecca Schot-Guppy, GM of FinTech Australia said. “Not only does our corporate partner program help FinTech Australia run a robust support program for the sector, but it build strong relationships between fintechs and major companies that can lead to partnerships and other business endeavours,”“We thank both AWS and Visa for their support of the fintech community and look forward to working with them on integrating them further into the local and global fintech ecosystem. David Engel, Fintech Business Development Manager (ANZ) at AWS said: “AWS is proud to collaborate with FinTech Australia (FTA) to support its efforts to connect and unite the Australian fintech ecosystem, who are a driving force in the innovation and evolution of the Australia’s financial services sector.”Anthony Jones, Visa’s Head of Partnerships and Innovation for Australia, New Zealand and South Pacific said: “Visa is proud to support fintechs as they continue to redefine the payments experience to meet changing business and consumer demands.” “As a network built on partnerships, Visa looks forward to partnering with FinTech Australia, and continuing to bring our global insight and experience to bear for the interest of Australian fintechs and the payments ecosystem more broadly.”Media contactHarrison Politesharrison@themediaaccelerator.com.au0409 623 618 About FinTech AustraliaFinTech Australia is a national association for the Australian FinTech Startup community. Our vision is to make Australia the leading market for FinTech Innovation and Investment by working with both sides of Government, Industry and the Australian FinTech community to create a supportive environment and partner ecosystem in Australia and abroad.