We hope everyone has been well over the past few weeks as restrictions begin to ease across the country. We have several exciting policy and community updates in store for you all, as well as a myriad of events and opportunities that you can take advantage of.
In respect of our policy work, we have submitted our submission to the Inquiry into the Future Directions for the Consumer Data Right, and we are currently seeking feedback from members on the first draft of our submission to the ASIC ePayments Review.We are also currently progressing on Intersekt and the Finnies, which are scheduled to run later in the year. If you want to be involved in these events, please do not hesitate to reach out.Before we launch into our community initiatives, we would like to thank Frollo for sponsoring this week's newsletter. Your continued support of FinTech Australia and the broader fintech ecosystem is greatly appreciated.We would like to welcome Cashrewards, Okmoni Digital and Mini Deposit Home Loans as our newest members! We have also recently partnered with the Australian National Institute of Management & Commerce to promote new courses in fintech.Since our last newsletter, we have run two weeks of Five Fintechs on Fridays (with incredible enthusiasm from the community). These entries have featured Finspo, Azupay, Verrency, ID Exchange and Pax Technology Aus and Fillr, Smart, VAscoPay, Comparez and Tradeplus24. Stay tuned for this Friday's latest FFoF. If you are interested in sponsoring Five Fintechs on Fridays, please do not hesitate to get in touch.We have also published two Member Spotlights since the last newsletter. A few weeks ago we spoke with Lachlan Heussler, InDebted's Chief Commercial Officer about their fast growing business and future plans in a Covid-19 market. Last week, we spoke with we spoke to Civic Ledger’s CEO Katrina Donaghy about their exciting new collaboration with the Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia to develop a water trading platform in Far North Queensland.Lastly, we recently partnered with IMC to promote new innovative courses in FinTech and to highlight the demand in both education and career prospects in the fintech landscape.If you need to chat or want to discuss anything, please feel free to send me an email.Rebecca Schot-Guppy,CEOFinTech Australia
Issues Paper for the Inquiry into Future Directions for the Consumer Data Right
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Thank you to all the members that supported and endorsed us in drafting this submission. The final submission has been submitted to the Inquiry.If you have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to contact me. |
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Thank you to all the members that responded to the survey on the e-payments issues. We are currently taking member feedback on the first draft.
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As we're getting close to launching the Consumer Data Right in Australia, this is the time to think about how you can leverage Open Banking data to gain a competitive advantage. Frollo is hosting a short, 30 minute webinar on how to make the most of Open Banking data, where CIO Tony Thrassis and Head of Sales Simon Docherty will:
- Give an exclusive preview of the Frollo Open Banking UI
- Share insights on the data available through Open Banking, and what you can do with it
Register here to join us on Monday 29 June and learn how to make the most of Open Banking data.
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2020 Fintech Innovation Lab Asia-Pacific 
Are you aspiring to be the next FinTech Unicorn? Looking to collaborate with some of the best minds in the financial sector? If yes, Accenture’s FinTech Innovation Lab Asia-Pacific is the perfect programme for you! The programme, now in its 7th year, is open for applications between now and July 10th.
This year, the Lab is seeking companies in five major areas: Data & Analytics; Digital Banking; Health Insurance Ecosystem; Intelligent Automation and Emerging Technologies. More details here.
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Quesnay's Female Founders in InsurTech 2020
Female Founders in InsurTech 2020 is an innovation competition targeted at elevating female entrepreneurs with solutions relevant to the insurance industry by providing mentorship, education, and partnership opportunities. This is the seventh edition of Quesnay’s Female Founders in Tech series.
The challenges question this year is:"Digital technology continues to disrupt and transform the global insurance industry (with the recent pandemic further accelerating the need for change). How will your startup fuel essential innovation?"Applications are open until July 26.REGISTER HERE
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Covid-19 Financial Health ChallengeThe UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) and MetLife Foundation, in partnership with the Singapore FinTech Festival, launched the global COVID-19 Financial Health Challenge (“Challenge”) — a global initiative to help improve financial health and resilience during the current COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.
The Challenge invites digital innovations and solutions from companies all over the world to improve the financial health of the ones affected during the pandemic.
The Challenge will give you the opportunity to gain:
- financial support up to S$110,000
- Technical assistance & mentors
- Opportunity to present on a global platform
- Opportunity to pilot your product in location where UNCDF is active
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Fintech Hub Webinar Series
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Sophie Grace Compliance and Legal is collaborating with FinTech Australia to provide its members with regulatory information and support. As the fintech industry continues to expand, so too does the regulatory focus on businesses within this domain. This webinar series is designed to help you navigate the Australian regulatory system and assist you to understand the environment so you can successfully start and continue to operate your fintech business as efficiently as possible.The seminars aim to answer some of the most common questions businesses have when they are exploring establishment and expansion of fintech products and services. A presentation by one of the experienced staff members at Sophie Grace will be followed by plenty of time for Q&A to explore areas of particular interest from members.
The final seminar will cover how your fintech business can maintain compliance with ASIC and AUSTRAC.
Only $20 for the entire series for non-members! Those that attended previous seminars will have a code for a free ticket sent to their emails.Date: Wednesday, 24 June 2020Time: 11am AESTREGISTER HERE
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Trends and Opportunities in the Indian Fintech Market Webinar
Join us as we partner with AUSTRADE to present a webinar on the “Trends and Opportunities in the Indian Fintech Sector.” The webinar will offer you market insights into the recent developments within the financial technologies Sector in India. The webinar will also provide an in-depth view on the subsectors with most potential, recent commercial trends in India as well as major regulatory updates, especially the pertinent ones as we emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic. REGISTER HEREDate: Thursday, June 25, 2020 Time: 2:30 pm |
The Finnie Awards
We understand everyone in the industry is experiencing great uncertainty at this time. The Finnies have always represented the resilience of fintechs, promoted the achievements of the industry, driven awareness and encouraged further innovation. We understand that these are uncertain and challenging times; as such we have made the hard but necessary decision to postpone the awards to a date later in the year to Friday, 27 November.
Applications close on Sunday, 16 August 2020.
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Money 20/20
 Money20/20 is so much more than just the biggest FinTech event in Europe.Around every corner lies one-of-a-kind networking opportunities, world-class actionable content and huge industry parties uniting everybody who is anybody across the world’s money ecosystem.From the next generation of FinTech superstars, established industry power houses and trailblazing start-ups from across the payments, FinTech and financial services ecosystem, everyone is here, every time.Join the global movement shaping the future of money this September in Amsterdam. Date: 22 - 24 September 2020 REGISTER HERE |
Venture Summit Virtual Connect | Global 2020
Come meet, interact and network online with more than 1,300 VCs, Corporate VCs, angel investors, industry execs and founders of venture backed, emerging and early stage companies at the prestigious Venture Summit Virtual Connect | Global being held virtually on August 4th – 6th 2020. Featuring a dedicated Fintech track.Register today to confirm your spot: 20% off Early Bird Rates which are $400 off with Discount Code: FINTECHAUVIP.REGISTER HEREDate: 4-6 August 2020 |
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