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Dear Community,
We hope everyone is well as we start to approach Finnies season! With only 3 weeks to go until applications close, we encourage all fintechs to apply to have a chance to have your talent and hard work recognised at Australia’s largest fintech awards. Expect to hear our big announcement about the Finnies soon. This week we have a wealth of updates for you regarding our policy work, events, and opportunities.
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.
As Airwallex’s Head of Growth, Neil leads the company’s global growth and user acquisition strategy. He has over a decade’s experience working across marketing, strategy, technology and data science, previously holding roles at SEEK, Hotels.com, Expedia and The Boston Consulting Group.
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FinTech Australia welcomes the second review into CDR and progress towards a digital economy. Our article in The Australian was published yesterday.
We’re looking forward to our first delegation this year to the UK for Innovate Finance global Summit, in partnership with UKDIT. Around 12 of our fintechs will be travelling for the event and the program has commenced. We have also begun planning a delegation to CB Insights: Future of Finance. All details and your EOI link can be found here. Email Rehan for clarifications. (more…)
It’s already mid-February and there is a lot of positive noise about fintech in the community, parliament and the papers. The first of what we hope will be policy inroads for the fintech community passed this week being the Treasury Laws Amendment (2018 Measures No 2) Bill 2019. The bill allows for the regulatory sandbox to be expanded and for an increased testing period to help fintechs create a minimum viable product to take to market. Thank you to everyone that has been involved in getting this important piece of legislation passed.
We have so much on the horizon to look forward to – from the Senate Inquiry hearings to two roundtables with Treasury, Regulators and members, and two new submissions. (more…)
With bushfires still devastating the country, I would like to recognise some of the measures that our members have taken to support those in need.
Intuit has pledged $1,000,000 USD to help with relief efforts and implemented donation matching through the We Care and Give Back program. NAB Bank has also given all employees an additional day of annual leave to be spent in a bushfire affected town. (more…)