Five Fintechs On Friday – October 08, 2021
The new edition of the five fintechs on Friday is here!
But first, news from the industry...
Independent Reserve becomes first Australian cryptocurrency exchange licensed in Singapore. Some major partnership deals recently with Zip's global partnership with all-in-one payments platform Adyen and Stake partners with fintech unicorn Airwallex. New launches! 1WordFlow launching the digital edition of Scott Farrell’s Payments System and TrueLayer launches its global Open Banking Platform in Australia!Aussie fintech disruptor Till Payments raises $110 million in Series C funding round for global and local expansion.Lastly, we have 5 days to go for the Finnies! We are excited to celebrate the success of the industry on October 13 (5:45 pm – 7:00 pm AEDT). Save the date and join us at the Finnies 2021 awards night next week.
Below are five fintechs we shortlisted for this fortnight
Taulia
Headquartered in San Francisco, Taulia is the leading fintech provider of working capital management solutions who believe in building a world in which every business thrives by liberating cash trapped in the supply chain. They help companies access value tied up in their payables, receivables, and inventory. Taulia also helps companies transition from inefficient and often manual working capital management practices into technology-led, working capital optimisation strategies where every party across the supply chain has the cash they need to thrive. Over 2 million businesses use Taulia’s platform to determine when they want to pay and be paid. Taulia processes more than $500 billion each year and is trusted by the world’s largest companies including Airbus, AstraZeneca and Nissan. They recently continued their development in Asia and have a strong presence in Australia and New Zealand.
Meeco
Pioneering since 2012, Meeco unlocks the power of consent-based personal data, giving organisations the tools to empower their customers to access, control and create mutual value from their personal data. Meeco offers FinTech, RegTech, LifeTech and KidTech solutions across, banking, telecommunications, government and health. Meeco's technology is a Privacy and Security by Design, ISO certified suite of products: a decentralised wallet (incorporating identity, verifiable credentials along with micropayments and tokens), a key management store, a secure data enclave (vault) and a credential brokerage service. Meeco's technology is decentralised on Hedera Hashgraph and a strategic Consumer Data Right enabler.
Precinct
While some in the community are ‘digital native’ and a growing number have fully migrated to digital banking channels, there remains a majority of the population that use physical banking channels either sometimes, most of the time, or all of the time. At Precinct, the purpose is to ensure sustainable access for that segment of the community, both businesses and consumers. This purpose is increasingly needed as bank branch networks continue to reduce. They are strongly supportive of the continuing advances of digital platforms and solutions, but we feel a strong obligation to ensure that we don’t leave people behind – those people are often the most vulnerable in the community. The team is building both a physical and digital infrastructure, with services from a number of fintechs as part of our architecture, to allow businesses and consumers to continue to bank physically with their bank if that is their preference or need.
Fundsquire
Fundsquire is a global source of capital that invests in innovative businesses in Australia, the UK and Canada - working closely with the customers to offer straightforward, personalised, non-dilutive funding through R&D tax credit loans, government grant funding and revenue based financing. Transitioning from a startup to a scaleup, their own journey motivates them to create unique solutions that empower businesses to take control of their funding timeline for accelerated growth. Over the past year, Fundsquire has doubled its investments in category-leading businesses. This rapid growth has been enabled by strategic expansion of team and operations along with technology platform development. Fundsquire also brings its customers an expansive network of partners and perks to enable seamless funding options for businesses at all stages of growth.
Global Processing Services
Global Processing Services (GPS) is the trusted and proven go-to payments processing partner for today’s leading challenger fintechs, including Revolut and Paidy. GPS has to-date issued over 170 million cards, enabled in over 48 countries, and last year processed over 1.3 billion transactions through its platform. Joanne Dewar, CEO of GPS, commented: “Agility is key to fintech success, and the winners will be those that learn how to collaborate with the best technology providers as true partners rather than suppliers. This collaborative approach that harnesses the collective experience is one of the real secrets to success, regardless of the size of the organisation.” Check out our previous issues here!