Five FinTechs on Friday, June 13, 2025
Happy Friday!
A few event updates from us:
We're just 2 weeks away from the Finnie Awards Gala Night! Join us to celebrate the 10th year anniversary of FinTech Australia and a decade of financial excellence at. We're almost sold out, so, make sure to secure your tickets today.
Join us as we unlock the value and full potential of the Consumer Data Right at the CDR Summit 2025 on July 17 at the Hilton, Sydney. Get tickets here.
We've opened Intersekt 2025 speaking and session EOIs. Take the stage at Australia's largest fintech festival and pitch your ideas by 13 July 2025.
Moving on, below are the five fintechs you need to know this fortnight 👇
Driving digital leadership for banks in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific
Backbase empowers banks in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific to lead in digital innovation. Their AI-powered Engagement Banking Platform offers a distinct customer-centric modernisation approach, delivering hyper-personalised digital experiences and driving quicker wins, vital in a consolidating market.
Unlike common regional hurdles like legacy systems or inflexible solutions, Backbase unifies customer data and engagement. Central to this is their AI-powered banking platform, leveraging "Intelligence Fabric" and "Agentic AI" for proactive, tailored interactions across all segments, including SMEs. This ensures agility, scalability, and efficiency. Backbase enables banks in the region to foster loyalty, differentiate, and secure sustainable growth.
The smarter way for brokers to connect, match and lodge
Financeable is transforming how finance brokers access, match, and submit loans by replacing outdated, manual processes with intelligent, API-driven workflows. Purpose-built for the asset and unsecured finance space, Financeable connects brokers to over 20 lenders and offers real-time data collection, smart product matching, and frictionless digital lodgements — all in one platform.
Brokers gain more visibility and control, lenders receive cleaner, faster applications, and aggregators benefit from scalable, compliant infrastructure.
Launched in late 2023, Financeable has already processed over $1.8 billion in applications, onboarded 900+ users, and been named a finalist for Emerging Fintech Organisation of the Year 2025 by Fintech Australia. With expansion into commercial lending and mortgages on the horizon, Financeable is on a mission to simplify finance for brokers — and power the next generation of lending infrastructure.
Learn more at financeable.com.au
A Better Way to Pay
Zepto is pioneering the future of payments through real-time, account-to-account payment solutions designed for the always-on digital economy. Its API enables merchants to make, manage and receive payments in elegantly simple, data rich, cost effective ways.
Founded in Byron Bay in 2017 by local entrepreneurs who had experienced frustration with legacy payment infrastructure in their skydiving business — Zepto has grown from bootstrapped start-up to an award-winning, payments technology infrastructure company processing some $70 billion of merchant payments annually.
Zepto's tech powers payments for Red Energy, A2B Australia, Superhero, Spaceship, PointsBet, Western Union, Beforepay, Fetch pet insurance and other major brands.
Zepto's partnership with NAB & Banked is an "Excellence in Industry Collaboration & Partnerships" finalist at the 2025 Finnies.
Helping businesses sell better and get paid faster
Spenda simplifies business operations by bringing quotes, order management, invoices and payments into one easy-to-use platform. No more jumping between systems or drowning in admin. It’s all about saving time, cutting costs, and keeping things running smoothly, so teams can focus on what they do best.
Learn more at spenda.co
Effortless orchestration and escrow services on modern infrastructure.
Damisa is a fintech infrastructure company enabling cross-border payments and escrow services using blockchain technology and regulated stablecoins. Its orchestration layer supports real-time settlement, unlocking new markets for high-value global transactions.
In a landmark partnership, Damisa has joined forces with leading Portuguese property developer Carvoeiro Branco to facilitate the sale of €45 million worth of premium real estate to crypto-native buyers. Through Damisa’s compliant escrow framework, international buyers can now purchase property using stablecoins such as USDC, USDT, and EURC, reducing traditional cross-border friction. This positions Carvoeiro Branco as one of the first major European developers to integrate blockchain-based payment infrastructure. Learn more at www.damisa.xyz.
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