Five FinTechs on Friday, August 22, 2025
Intersekt is less than a month away ! A few key updates:
We’ve announced this year’s speakers and key themes, with more speakers and the full agenda coming soon.
Applications are now open for our pitch events — Global Pitch Night here and Fintech 50, A Pitch Extravaganza.
Applications are also open forInvestor to Founder Matching.
Tickets to industry dinners and the welcome party are almost sold out! Secure your spot today (available as add-ons when purchasing your Intersekt conference pass, or by modifying your registration).
Check out all the events happening throughoutFintech Week Australia
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Moving on, here are the 5 fintechs you need to know this fortnight 👇
One platform for end-to-end AML compliance. Policy, Onboarding, Reporting and so much more.
Personr is a true end-to-end solution for fintechs managing customer due diligence and anti-money laundering obligations. From collecting and verifying identity documents to screening, risk assessments, and reporting, Personr bridges the gap between compliance and onboarding. Built for modern teams, it automates the entire process in minutes so businesses can reduce risk, stay compliant, and onboard more customers without the manual overhead. Whether you're launching a new product or scaling operations, Personr makes compliance simple, fast, and secure.
Funding for a better tomorrow
JustFund, a mission-driven fintech lender, offers flexible credit lines to help Australians and New Zealanders access legal representation during divorce.
Co-founded by lawyers Jack O’Donnell, Andy O’Connor, and fintech expert Craig Carroll, JustFund has facilitated over $1.3 billion in relationship settlements.
Partnering with 900+ family law firms, the company recently expanded to New Zealand and secured a $200M funding facility from MA Financial in July 2025. JustFund’s innovative legal finance model earned it the 2025 FinTech Australia “Excellence in Lending” Finnie's Award, and 2025 “Startup of the Year” at the Australian Fintech and Banking Awards.
We are a financial company with the customer at heart, the internet as our foundation, and technology as their lifeblood.
Webull Securities (Australia), which is owned and operated by Webull Corporation (NASDAQ: BULL), represents a next-generation trading platform that's transforming how Australians invest. The platform offers zero-commission trades for Australian and US ETFs, 24/7 global market access, diverse asset classes, institutional-grade technology, and CHESS-sponsored access to ASX and international securities.
With over 23 million global users, Webull is the second-largest brokerage app in the U.S., providing local users access to U.S.-style trading complemented by ultra-local features, such as its SMSF offering.
Distinguished as one of the few online brokers holding ASX Trading Participant status, Webull is experiencing remarkable growth among Australian clients who value its cost-effective, transparent approach, reshaping expectations for self-directed investing across Australia.
LoanOptions.ai announces partnership with LMG Asset Finance
In its most recent in a series of disruptive moves, market-leading lending technology provider LoanOptions.ai announces a partnership with LMG Asset Finance. The partnership will provide LMG Asset Finance's huge network of brokers with access to LoanOptions.ai’s cutting-edge white-label AI loan widgets and integrated application forms. This collaboration equips LMG's brokers with a powerful new toolset to deliver significantly streamlined loan applications and enhanced customer experience. This follows LoanOptions.ai's announcement as the official partner of bikesales and boatsales, the leisure vehicle arms of carsales.
Credit risk insights to boost lending performance at every stage of the borrower lifecycle.
Carrington Labs is a leading provider of credit risk analytics and cash flow underwriting models. It provides banks and non-bank lenders with risk scores and loan-decision recommendations before and after origination, helping to increase approvals, decrease bad debts, and drive revenue growth.
Carrington Labs currently offers four solutions: Cashflow Score, Credit Risk Model, Credit Offer Model, Financial Health Summary. The models are designed to flexibly work with a wide range of data types and can be configured to align with a lender’s strategic and financial objectives.
Carrington Labs’ solutions work with lenders’ existing workflows, available through a simple API call, and are also available through partner platforms.
Learn more: carringtonlabs.com
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