Aotearoa New Zealand’s voice for financial technology
Guided by purpose and united by fintech, we support our members to succeed so that, together, we can build a stronger financial future for Aotearoa.
FinTech New Zealand is a purpose-driven, not-for-profit industry working group and inclusive community. Founded in 2016 and funded by its members, we are one of Tech New Zealand’s 16 connected communities — focused on how financial technology can create a better tomorrow for Aotearoa’s economy and every New Zealander.
OUR ACTIVITY FRAMEWORK
Connect
We bring people together. We create spaces where banks, insurers, fintechs, investors, regulators, and innovators can meet, share insight, and collaborate. By strengthening relationships across New Zealand’s financial services and technology ecosystem — and connecting our community to the world — we help individual strengths become collective momentum.
Promote
We shine a light on the talent, innovation, and leadership across Aotearoa’s fintech ecosystem. Through events, research, advocacy, and storytelling, we elevate the work of our community and ensure New Zealand’s financial technology contribution is visible, valued, and understood — here and on the world stage.
Advance
We focus on the long game: advancing the policy, regulatory, and commercial foundations that enable fintech to thrive. From open banking to consumer data rights, from startup support to scaleup growth, we work alongside members and government to shift conditions for lasting change.
Using fintech to build a more prosperous,
inclusive and innovative Aotearoa
OUR IMPACT
We work alongside our members to shift the dial on our areas of impact.
As FinTech New Zealand, our collective efforts focus on the areas that matter most for Aotearoa’s financial future. These impact areas guide how we collaborate, advocate, and help the fintech ecosystem move forward together.
Growth
We champion a thriving fintech economy — supporting startups to launch, scaleups to grow, and established players to innovate. Through capital connections, international market development, and the annual FinTech Hui Taumata, we work to grow New Zealand’s fintech sector and its contribution to the broader economy
Innovation & Policy
We advance the policy and regulatory settings that allow financial technology to flourish. From New Zealand’s legislated open banking regime to Consumer Data Rights, we engage with government and contribute to the frameworks that make responsible fintech innovation and adoption possible across Aotearoa.
Ecosystem building
We connect the full spectrum of New Zealand’s financial services and technology ecosystem — from early-stage founders to major banks, from investors to regulators — creating the relationships, networks, and collaborations that drive real progress for the sector and the people it serves.
Good Tech
We promote trusted, inclusive, and responsibly governed financial technology. Through research, working groups, and advocacy, we ensure fintech development is grounded in good practice — building confidence among consumers, industry, and government in the digital financial services that touch every New Zealander’s life.