Ashurst sponsored The 5th Annual Australian FinTech Awards at Sydney StartUp Hub, Fishburners on Thursday, 19 November. The awards celebrated the achievements and successes of the people and businesses comprising the FinTech sector.
The keynote speaker was Senator Andrew Bragg and his speech is available here.
This year, there were 21 award categories with Ashurst sponsoring the major award of the evening, the FinTech StartUp of the Year, which was awarded to Beforepay, a fintech aiming to put an end to the payday distress cycle by providing consumers with on-demand access to their wages.
This year the event was live-streamed and you can watch it here.
This was the fifth time that this premier event was sponsored by Ashurst and Covid-19 willing, Ashurst looks forward to sponsoring and hosting The 6th Annual Australian FinTech Awards in the Ashurst Ballroom in 2021.
Congratulations to the finalists and award winners.
Photo 1: Glen Frost, FinTech Awards founder. Photo 2: Senator Andrew Bragg
The award winners were:
- BEST FINTECH PAYMENTS PROVIDER
The finalists were Split Payments, Verrency and Monoova
The winner was Monoova - BEST FINTECH WEALTH MANAGEMENT PLATFORM
The finalists were Sharesight, Stockspot and FinClear
The winner was Stockspot - BEST FINTECH CONSUMER LENDER
The finalists were FlexiGroup, Brighte and Wisr
The winner was Flexi Group - BEST FINTECH BUSINESS LENDER
The finalists were SE Rentals, Tradeplus24 and MoneyMe
The winner was MoneyMe - BEST FINTECH-BANK COLLABORATION
Finalists were Douugh (& Choice Bank USA & RAB), Basiq (& Regional Australia Bank) and Lendi (& ANZ, Adelaide Bank & BankWest)
The winner was Lendi - BEST FINTECH & NON-BANK COLLABORATION
The finalists were InfiniGold (& The Perth Mint), MoneyPlace (& Liberty Financial) and Newcastle Permanent Building Society (& Athena Homeloans)
The winner was Newcastle Permanent Building Society - BEST USE OF Ai IN FINTECH
The finalists were Fupay (Get Fu Holdings), Frollo and tic:toc
The winner was tic:toc - BEST PROPTECH PLATFORM
The finalists were Instarent, MoneyMe and nimo Industries
The winner was MoneyMe - BEST ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS PRODUCT/PLATFORM
The finalists were STROPRO, UpStreet and Plenti
The winner was Plenti - BEST OPEN BANKING PLATFORM
The finalists were Frollo, tic:toc and Basiq
The winner was Frollo - BEST SMART-BANK/NEO-BANK
The finalists were Douugh, 86 400 and Up (Ferocia + Bendigo & Adelaide Bank)
The winner was 86 400 - BEST FINTECH SUPERANNUATION SERVICE/PLATFORM
The finalists were FairVine, Moneysoft and Raiz Invest Super
The winner was Raiz Invest Super - BEST FINTECH/BANKING APP
The finalists were Beforepay, 86 400 and Up (Ferocia + Bendigo & Adelaide Bank)
The winner was 86 400 - BEST WORKING CAPITAL/SUPPLY CHAIN FINANCE PRODUCT/PLATFORM
The finalists were Trackster, Tradeplus24 and Wiise Software
The winner was Wiise Software - BEST INSURETECH PRODUCT/PLATFORM
The finalists were uBind, FreightSafe and Claim Central
The winner was Claim Central - BEST FINTECH FOREIGN EXCHANGE Claim Central (FX) PROVIDER
The finalists were Ebury, SendFX and Up (Ferocia + Bendigo & Adelaide Bank) & Transferwise
The winner was Up - FINTECH CTO/CIO OF THE YEAR
The finalists were Stuart Grover, Co-Founder & CIO, Look Who’s Charging; Tony Thrassis, CIO, Frollo; and Tom Roche, CIO, Ezifin
The winner was Stuart Grover, Co-Founder & CIO, Look Who’s Charging - FEMALE FINTECH LEADER OF THE YEAR
The finalists were Katherine McConnell, Founder & CEO, Brighte; Fran Ereira, Country Head, Klarna Australia; and Natalie Dinsdale, CMO, Athena Home Loans
The winner was Katherine McConnell, Founder & CEO, Brighte - FINTECH LEADER OF THE YEAR
The finalists were Nathan Walsh, Founder & CEO, Athena Home Loans; Fred Schebesta, Co-Founder & CEO, Finder; and Anthony Nantes, CEO, Wisr
The winner was Nathan Walsh, Founder & CEO, Athena Home Loans - BEST FINTECH GROWTH STORY
The finalists were Afterpay, Bookipi and Athena Home Loans
The winner was Afterpay - ASHURST FINTECH STARTUP OF THE YEAR
The finalists were SLYP, UpStreet and Beforepay
The winner was Beforepay
Ashurst Corporate Transactions Partner, Stuart Dullard, Tarek Ayoub, Founder of Beforepay and winner of the Ashurst StartUp of the Year 2020 and Senator Andrew Bragg
Ashurst works with a range of FinTech companies including investors, financiers and technology pioneers and we are helping these clients leverage the power of technology in finance to improve efficiencies and their customer experiences.
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