Reverse Pitch Series
Banking Reverse Pitch
3rd Edition — 13 May 2025
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FinTech Australia in partnership with Investment NSW and Vanta, presents the 3rd Edition of the Banking Reverse Pitch. The initiative is calling on local and global companies to support the Australian banking and finance sector to best leverage the opportunities available through creative thinking and innovative solutions. The intent of the Banking Reverse Pitch is to ensure a broad selection of companies including fintechs and non-fintechs to have the opportunity to submit solutions to the issued problem statements.
In collaboration with Beyond Bank, Citi and x15ventures, these problem statements focus on key issues facing the banking and finance sector today. Join us on May 13 to hear directly from the banks, have your queries answered, and connect with industry leaders during our networking session.
Participating Banks & The Problem Statements
How do we prevent financial abuse or fraud when a carer manages someone else's finances?
SPEAKER
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Stevie is a technologist, strategist, and leader with almost 20 years’ experience in banking and financial services. She is CIO of Beyond Bank, one of Australia’s top customer-owned banks and BCORPs. Stevie has led global teams, driven digital transformation, and earned major accolades, including Women in Digital’s Executive Leader of the Year and IT News’ Technology Leader of the Year.
How can we deliver a seamless payments platform that consolidates multiple payment rails, recipient preferences, KYC, and onboarding — first in Hong Kong, and then across APAC?
How can we deliver a centralised platform that integrates all associated management information and payment capabilities into a single solution, providing clear visibility and management?
SPEAKERS
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Omar Anzur is a strategic financial leader with 20+ years of global banking experience across the US, UK, and Australia. As Head of Public Sector Banking at Citi Australia, he advises federal and state governments on sovereign financing and cross-border innovation, delivering scalable, impactful solutions.
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Rob Currin is the Head of Commercial Cards Product for Australia and New Zealand, with over 20 years of experience with Citi across the UK and Australia
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As the VP Commercial Cards A&NZ Stacy is responsible for developing Payment Solution for Citi Commercial clients. He brings over 20 years of experience and success as an individual contributor and sales leader in the finance and payments industry across the Asia Pacific Region.
How do we make it easier for Australians to grow and manage their wealth throughout their lifetime?
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Laura is the Portfolio Director at CommBank's venture scaler, x15ventures. Her role is to find opportunities that shape the future of CommBank, and back those ventures to scale with strategic partnership leverage. Previously, Laura held roles in early-stage investing, including VC, entrepreneurship programs, and co-founding medical device accelerator The Actuator.
How it Works
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View the full list of problem statements from the banks here.
*Full problem statements will be released at the Banking Reverse Pitch event on 13 May 2025. Register here.
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Hear directly from the banks and have your queries answered at the event.
This is also your opportunity to connect and network.Date/Time: 13 May 2025, 4.30 PM AEST
Venue: Level 1 Sydney Startup Hub, 11 York St., Sydney NSW 2000
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For any further clarifications, please contact us.
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Share more information about your organisation and solution here.
Deadline: Tuesday, 10 June 2025, 11.59 PM AEST
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Succinct and to the point, keep pitch decks <5 pages.
Address the problem statement objectives (explicitly)
Embedded demo videos – are useful to help us visualise the proposition
Points to cover -
Tell us about your business – background, history, size, key people, roadmap of features if comfortable sharing.
How your proposition solves for all of, or part of, our problem statement – make this specific to the problem statement. It’s ok to only solve part of the picture, we’re open to multi-party solutions.
Existing partnerships that we need to be aware of, e.g. other major banks, government etc.
Why should you pitch
A streamlined process - Clear visibility and insights into actual challenges for which the banks are seeking solutions.
A channel to apply - Your application will reach the right people in the organisation for review.
Collaboration - Foster partnerships that pave the way for collaborative ventures, promoting shared development and innovation in the market.
Networking - Connect directly with key representatives and decision makers at the banks.
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FAQs
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Beyond Bank, Citi, and x15ventures, are keen to collaborate with the fintech sector by working with the industry to solve real-world issues faced today. The event showcases the vibrancy and collaborative nature of our fintech ecosystem, and provides an opportunity for global fintechs looking to get a foothold in Australia.
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13/05/2025— Banking Reverse Pitch Night
10/06/2025 — Deadline to submit your solutions
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The intent of the Banking Reverse Pitch is to ensure a broad selection of companies have the opportunity to submit solutions to the issued problem statements.
Candidate companies are encouraged to submit responses for one or more problem statements, even if the proposed solution only solves part of the problem.
Applying companies must have:
A valid Australian Business Number (ABN) or willingness to register an ABN if their company is selected.
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The pitch night event on June 13 is not compulsory but we recommend you to attend. The banks will directly pitch to the audience followed by networking where you can connect with industry leaders and have your queries answered.
If you are unable to attend the in-person event, you can join the livestream. Make sure to subscribe to FinTech Australia’s YouTube channel and turn on your notification so you don’t miss the event when it starts.
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Please go through the full application typeform and include all the relevant information that will help the banks understand your solution.
You may also reach out via the queries form if you would like to share more documents that is above the size limit.
The banks will reach out to you for additional DD checks before finalising. -
Once your submission is successful, the banks will reach out to you directly to finalise, discuss terms of service, remuneration and any other requirements to formalise the agreement.
There may also be a press announcement naming the company/companies selected by the banks.
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The bank will reach out to you for additional due diligence. Information such as technical specifications, IP specifications, competitor analysis, shareholder details etc. will be requested.