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Kiwi Fintech Yonda launches extended partnership with Equifax

Kiwi consumers are on their way to accessing their financial data more easily, thanks to the extended partnership between Equifax and Yonda – a New Zealand owned fintech. The partnership launches a new personalised credit scoring app to help Kiwis know, grow and protect their credit scores and more broadly build their financial wellbeing.
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FINTECH FORUM – streamlining FinTech regulatory requirements

The FinTech Forum is the New Zealand Council of Financial Regulators (COFR) official forum for FinTech-related regulation. It has been established as a single point of regulatory support and information for the FinTech sector, which can consider regulatory enquiries directed at any of their member agencies which include: Financial Markets Authority Reserve Bank of New … Continue reading "FINTECH FORUM – streamlining FinTech regulatory requirements"
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fintech.govt.nz goes live

FinTech innovators looking for guidance on regulatory matters in relation to their projects, have a new place to go to: fintech.govt.nz. The site is a way to engage with member agencies of the Council of Financial Regulators (CoFR) - Kaunihera Kaiwhakarite Ahumoni - in a single forum.
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Join the Global Open Finance Challenge

This October, AWS is collaborating with four leading banks from across the globe - NAB (Australia), ITAU (Brazil), NatWest (UK) and CIBC (Canada) – to run a hackathon that explores the future of finance in the Global Open Finance Challenge. We see this as an outstanding opportunity for FinTechNZ members to get exposure to four of the largest banks in the world.
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Say Kia Ora to New Zealand’s Consumer Data Right

Australia and New Zealand share a lot of similarities such as a love for rugby, cricket and pavlova. Now, following The Hon. Dr David Clark’s announcement on 6 July 2021, we also share a common name for an open data access regime we both call the Consumer Data Right.