17 December 2024
As 2024 draws to a close, we’re reflecting on a year of progress and potential across the fintech ecosystem. From policy milestones to exciting developments in innovation and regulation, it’s clear that Aotearoa’s fintech sector is continuing to make its mark and we have a big year coming in 2025.
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21 November 2024
Catch up on open banking progress, key takeaways from The Point, and the latest fintech news from Aotearoa and beyond.
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18 November 2024
It’s nearing the end of a busy year, and whilst RegTech NZ has been in a bit of a hibernation for most of it (very few events) we’ve not been resting on our laurels but rather we have all been busy working hard on our own ventures including our side venture – RegTech Connect. Industry … Continue reading "Furthering collaboration and enhanced expertise"
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07 November 2024
We’re delighted to share the first edition of the Aotearoa New Zealand Open Banking Ecosystem Map and Report 2024.
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24 October 2024
Kia ora, Last month, I discussed our continued engagement with Hon Andrew Bayley, marking a new high point for sector collaboration. We’re preparing for a third meeting to address key topics including reducing licensing barriers for digital banks, surcharge fees feedback and the possibility of developing a fintech sandbox with some incorporated thinking on identity … Continue reading "Furthering collaboration and enhanced expertise"
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23 October 2024
Welcome to this month’s Sustainable Finance update. Discover our latest insights and upcoming events. UPDATES: Upcoming events We have been liaising with InsurTech regarding speakers for their ‘How data and digital tools are enabling businesses and individual customers to better understand and reduce the risk of natural hazards’ Auckland event on 28 November. If you … Continue reading "Furthering collaboration and enhanced expertise"
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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
We are providing a quick update on activities this week as a break from our usual commentary on what we are hearing from the community and the business sectors. Our efforts at the moment are focused on our report to the Minister on trust and trustworthiness in automated decision making. We have
November 13, 2020
By Mitchell Pham, Chair of the Digital Council for Aotearoa New Zealand. Members of Pasifika communities in Aotearoa who work in the digital space gave us the same message last week that we’ve heard from many others: you’re not uncovering anything we don’t already know — we’ve been say
November 6, 2020
InsurTechNZ ‘s first face to face event 'Optimising Insurance Business Performance' event was held at the Hilton on the 21 October. The large crowd was treated to three very insightful and informative presentations, firstly from InsurTechNZ’s Jason Roberts, who gave us an update and
November 2, 2020
By Mitchell Pham, Chair of the Digital Council for Aotearoa New Zealand. Members of the Digital Council’s research team and secretariat participated in a wānanga with Māori Data Sovereignty experts last week. The roopū gave us their views on the Digital Council’s exploration of trust
October 30, 2020
Summer is nearly here and if you are anything like me you will be looking forward to getting out and about to enjoy our beautiful country. So much has been crammed into this year and we still have a couple of months to go.The one thing we have seen this year is how well the Tech sector has dea
October 30, 2020
By Mitchell Pham, Chair of the Digital Council for Aotearoa New Zealand. Last week we started an intense period of analysing the findings from our workshops on trust in automated decision making. People from across Aotearoa have shared their experiences, hopes and challenges around automate
October 22, 2020
By Mitchell Pham, Chair of the Digital Council for Aotearoa New Zealand. If the lifeblood of the digital economy is data, its heart is digital trust*. Trust, as we understand it from our research, is about whether people are comfortable in a situation where they are vulnerable to the consequence
October 15, 2020