Ashurst partners with The 5th Annual Australian FinTech Awards to Celebrate FinTech Success Stories!

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:

1. BEST FINTECH PAYMENTS PROVIDER
   The finalists were Split Payments, Verrency and Monoova
   The winner was Monoova
2. BEST FINTECH WEALTH MANAGEMENT PLATFORM
   The finalists were Sharesight, Stockspot and FinClear
   The winner was Stockspot
3. BEST FINTECH CONSUMER LENDER
   The finalists were FlexiGroup, Brighte and Wisr
   The winner was Flexi Group
4. BEST FINTECH BUSINESS LENDER
   The finalists were SE Rentals, Tradeplus24 and MoneyMe
   The winner was MoneyMe
5. 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
6. 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
7. BEST USE OF Ai IN FINTECH
   The finalists were Fupay (Get Fu Holdings), Frollo and tic:toc
   The winner was tic:toc
8. BEST PROPTECH PLATFORM
   The finalists were Instarent, MoneyMe and nimo Industries
   The winner was MoneyMe
9. BEST ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS PRODUCT/PLATFORM
   The finalists were STROPRO, UpStreet and Plenti
   The winner was Plenti
10. BEST OPEN BANKING PLATFORM
    The finalists were Frollo, tic:toc and Basiq
    The winner was Frollo
11. BEST SMART-BANK/NEO-BANK
    The finalists were Douugh, 86 400 and Up (Ferocia + Bendigo & Adelaide Bank)
    The winner was 86 400
12. BEST FINTECH SUPERANNUATION SERVICE/PLATFORM
    The finalists were FairVine, Moneysoft and Raiz Invest Super
    The winner was Raiz Invest Super
13. BEST FINTECH/BANKING APP
    The finalists were Beforepay, 86 400 and Up (Ferocia + Bendigo & Adelaide Bank)
    The winner was 86 400
14. BEST WORKING CAPITAL/SUPPLY CHAIN FINANCE PRODUCT/PLATFORM
    The finalists were Trackster, Tradeplus24 and Wiise Software
    The winner was Wiise Software
15. BEST INSURETECH PRODUCT/PLATFORM
    The finalists were uBind, FreightSafe and Claim Central
    The winner was Claim Central
16. BEST FINTECH FOREIGN EXCHANGE Claim Central (FX) PROVIDER
    The finalists were Ebury, SendFX and Up (Ferocia + Bendigo & Adelaide Bank) & Transferwise
    The winner was Up
17. 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
18. 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
19. 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
20. BEST FINTECH GROWTH STORY
    The finalists were Afterpay, Bookipi and Athena Home Loans
    The winner was Afterpay
21. 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.