FinTech Voice December 16 - Sponsored by Asian Financial Forum (AFF)

It’s almost the end of 2021! We’ve accomplished a lot together and we are committed to advocating for the industry and building opportunities for collaborations. We thank you all for your amazing support and feedback.This is the last newsletter for the year as we wrap up before the break. You will hear from us again on January 13, 2021. We wish you a very happy holiday season and prosperous new year.With respect to policy, we have some exciting updates to round out the year! Following our final CDR webinar for the year, we are excited to announce that Federal Government released our Transforming Australia’s Payment System report this week. We have submitted our drafts in relation to the Online Privacy Bill and Government's latest Modern Business Communications consultation.We look forward to continuing our work on the Privacy Act in the new year with our draft submission for the general Privacy Act consultation in mid-January 2022.Our new FinTech Australia Podcast episode on CDR: A Discussion and Introduction released this week.If you have queries or require any additional information, the team is always available.Finally, we welcome our newest member this fortnight - CHIPPER CASH, GREYTHORN ASSET MANAGEMENT, MYLENDA AND HELPPAY. Regards,

Rehan D’AlmeidaHead of Partnerships and MarketingFinTech Australia

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CDR Report

To see which recommendations from the Future Directions Inquiry were accepted (totalling 94 out of 100 accepted or partially accepted) check out the Government's latest report.

Privacy Act Consultation

We are seeking final pieces of member feedback for the Privacy Act component of this review We have also submitted the Online Privacy Bill section

Modernising Business Communications Consultation - Technology Neutrality

We have sent in our final submission to the Government

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Don’t miss all the news and insights from our members and corporate partners from our newsroom. Visa, the world’s leader in digital payments, recently unveiled a new research showing the case for crypto is getting stronger for financial institutions WeMoney surveyed 1,046 Australians to uncover their thoughts about money and gauge their overall sense of financial wellness Episode Six Co-founder, John Mitchell shared his opinion on Why the metaverse will go far beyond Meta in his recently published article in Nikkei Asia CreditorWatch data: Recovery to take longer than expected; Perth and Brisbane bouncing back quickest Square, Inc. recently announced that it is changing its name to Block. Block will be the name for the company as a corporate entity Open announced as Australia’s 7th fastest growing company in AFR Fast 100 Swyftx announced a major two-year partnership with the Brisbane Lions. According to YouGov research commissioned by Dacxi, Australians look to crypto for wealth building as four in ten see real estate as a bubble Monoova and the NPP: Reimagining the real-time reconciliation of Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable loans.com.au makes car finance faster through connected insurance with Open Thought Machine raises $200m in Series C funding to bring world’s banks to the cloud Openmarkets goes live on GBST’s Australian Retail Clearing Platform MyBond is officially launching its rental bond services with a new website refresh & series of videos demonstrating a cool new alternative to playing rental bonds RSM Australia recently released a report on Australia's R&D tax incentive, timing it with its 10 year anniversary.

Australia drags fintech into regulatory future Australia announces biggest overhaul to payments in 25 years — eyes now set on crypto Australia’s Finder Valued at $485 Million in Fundraising Debut Australian government gives nod to 6 world-leading crypto reforms