NEWS
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Apr
Apr
Article by: Kai Dwyer, Chief Executive Officer, Vallum Insure
Goethe Business School in Frankfurt, Germany, held a two-day Global InsurTech Roadshow on March 13-14, combining pitch-sessions and discussion rounds with international early-stage InsurTechs, where innovative start-ups compete for the Goethe InsurTech Award.
20
Apr
Apr
Platformication: The platform economy has arrived
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Article by: Kristen Lunman, programme director for the Kiwibank FinTech Accelerator
Platforms are ecosystems that deliver seamless and meaningful experiences for the digital generation. The economic and social activities facilitated by platforms offer the ultimate in convenience, and connect participants in two-sided markets. Take Apple for example: app developers on one side and app users on the other, both working together to generate value.
11
Apr
Apr
NZ highly regarded for global tech talent
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Tech is the fastest growing and third biggest industry sector in New Zealand contributing more than $6.3 billion in annual exports and now other countries are chasing the cream of our tech crop.
NZTech board member and winner of last year’s New Zealand CEO of the Year Award, Leigh Flounders has been hand-picked by Dubai’s big bank Emirates NBD to take over as senior vice president, head of digital strategy.
10
Apr
Apr
Kiwi company selected in women-only Australian tech accelerator
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A New Zealand start-up company, RIP Global, is among eight companies to be selected for the next women-only Springboard Enterprises Australia (SBE) accelerator programme.
SBE Australia, a not-for-profit with the first female-only startup accelerator in Australia, says the founders, lead successful businesses in industries including healthtech, agritech, real estate, wellness and fashion.
26
Mar
Mar
New Zealand is becoming a global blockchain centre, FintechNZ general manager James Brown says.
New Zealand is a living laboratory for global tech developments and inventions and Kiwis are producing blockchain businesses that have a global market place, he says.
26
Mar
Mar
FinTechNZ March Update
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21
Mar
Mar
Cybersecurity in a FinTech World
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FinTech is a powerful ecosystem and it is a force for generating positive, innovative change across financial services. FinTech evolution is centred on innovative, disruptive technologies; innovations which have the potential to significantly enhance the cyber security profile of financial services once thoroughly tested. However, due to the emerging nature of some the technologies employed, it is possible that there can be unintended consequences, including vulnerabilities to cyber threats.
21
Mar
Mar
Digital Nations 2030
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Last month, hundreds of delegates met at Digital Nations 2030, to shape the future of digital economies, governments and society. FinTechNZ’s Leigh Flounders facilitated the Future Finance Forum; he shares his event highlights below:
One of the most rewarding aspects of travel and interacting with different cultures, is the ability to subconsciously start to make genuine observations, rather than necessarily forming opinions.
Through this travel and breadth of global interaction, you are constantly bombarded with unique insights and conversations, that you may have otherwise not been exposed to.
19
Mar
Mar
Open Banking is the ‘topic du jour’ in New Zealand FinTech circles, particularly with the United Kingdom (UK) initiative launching in January, and a wide-ranging Australian report recently released.
12
Mar
Mar
The Global InsurTech Alliance (GITA) further expands its world-wide reach – connecting with new markets and bringing new opportunities for New Zealand InsurTech innovators seeking to collaborate and expand internationally.
