13 April 2021
New Zealand financial companies and organisations will embrace upcoming changes today announced by government for them to report on their annual emissions, FintechNZ general manager James Brown says.
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26 March 2021
The FinTech Hui was a huge success. The two main actions for the session were: Speed up the process around Open Finance (CDR) Open up the Trans-Tasman Technology pathway to help with talent and investment. A big thanks to Huddle, Nicole Buisson and Jason Wilby for supporting and doing the hard yards to pull this … Continue reading "NZ fin companies will embrace upcoming climate change reporting laws"
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26 February 2021
We made it. And guess what? It was not that bad. Please take a moment to consider those countries that are still getting more than 10,000 new COVID cases per day. We need to take advantage of our privileged position and continue to connect responsibly and plan for an ever changing future. The Tech sector continues to … Continue reading "NZ fin companies will embrace upcoming climate change reporting laws"
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20 November 2020
Our annual meeting went off without a glitch and we now have a very diverse board which is brimming with experience and excitement about the year ahead.
Read More New Zealand financial companies and organisations will embrace upcoming changes today announced by government for them to report on their annual emissions, FintechNZ general manager James Brown says. Aotearoa NZ has become the first country in the world to introduce a law that requires the finan
April 13, 2021
The FinTech Hui was a huge success. The two main actions for the session were: Speed up the process around Open Finance (CDR) Open up the Trans-Tasman Technology pathway to help with talent and investment. A big thanks to Huddle, Nicole Buisson and Jason Wilby for supporting and doing th
March 26, 2021
We made it. And guess what? It was not that bad. Please take a moment to consider those countries that are still getting more than 10,000 new COVID cases per day. We need to take advantage of our privileged position and continue to connect responsibly and plan for an ever changing future.The Tech
February 26, 2021
Well it's been a year we won't forget in a hurry, who would have thought that 12 months ago? New governments, new presidents, some countries still in lockdown while we get to go about our daily lives in reasonable normality, something we should not take for granted. We have seen FinTech play a
December 18, 2020
Over the past few weeks we’ve been building our own website and experiencing what it takes to embed equity and meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1. We’ve had to dig code deep to get it right. As a small, information based website, we don’t have the complexities of larg
December 16, 2020
As the Digital Council, you would probably expect us to be promoting the rapid uptake of new innovations and inventions that help make things easier, quicker and, for some, possible. So you might be surprised to hear us endorsing some old fashioned phone calling, emailing and direct website booking
December 3, 2020
Pockets of Aotearoa and the public sector have been busy embracing technologies, growing expertise, growing data, creating apps, downloading apps, making games, playing games, buying the latest devices. That was the easy part. The hard work is now to come — that is, tending to an ecosystem that f
November 26, 2020
Our annual meeting went off without a glitch and we now have a very diverse board which is brimming with experience and excitement about the year ahead. Welcome and congratulations to both Carmen Vicelich from Valocity and Leeaanna Kohn-Hardy from Finappster, I am really looking forward to working
November 20, 2020
Importing, exporting and moving goods around Aotearoa and the world comes with a long paper trail. Literally. Up to twenty different entities require 10–20 paper documents. With much of the information each entity needs being the same. The reliance on paper documentation, emails, faxes an
November 20, 2020