Growing Your FinTech Company into the Next Giant

In May 2018, the Australian Stock Exchange and National Australia Bank sponsored publication the "Entrepreneur's Guide: Startup | Scaleup | IPO" was launched in Brisbane at Australia's leading tech and innovation festival Myriad. 

Ashurst partners, Stuart Dullard, Jonathan Gordon, Jennifer Schlosser and Tim Brookes, co-authored chapter 27 of the Guide, titled "Growing your Fintech Company into the Next Giant".

An excerpt from the chapter follows:

Australia has experienced phenomenal growth and innovation in the financial services sector, with new technologies and business models known as ‘FinTechs’ disrupting large and established players. FinTechs bring new products, competitive pricing and more user-friendly customer experiences to a seemingly endless array of financial services. In this environment, investors of all types have been keen to invest in FinTechs to capture some of the growth and potential in the sector — often at a very early stage of the company’s journey. This growth, technology and investment brings about specific opportunities and challenges in a highly regulated sector. This chapter identifies some of the common challenges and presents ways to navigate them.