18 April 2019
FinTechNZ has established another Working Group to add to the mix, WealthTechNZ was launched at the beginning of April with Augen Software Group hosting the inaugural meeting.
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11 April 2019
New technology is helping to create improved products, according to a new Kiwi report. Wearables and telematics investment in technology is paving the way for new product offers while the rapid emergence of AI driven solutions including chat bots, digital human assistants, object recognition and voice biometrics are leading to more accessible and personable channels.
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12 March 2019
New Zealand company, JRNY, has been selected as one of the top 15 startups in the Asia Pacific region to be part of the Money 20/20 Startup Academy.
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22 February 2019
Put the 20 March in your calendars for the first InsurTechNZ meet-up of the year, being held in Auckland.
Read More Last night FinTechNZ partnered with the AI Forum in Auckland, exploring how AI will transform the customer experience across the financial services industry, generously sponsored by Xero, what a great turnout! It was the second event in the series with the first being held in Wellington l
February 22, 2019
In April, Callaghan Innovation launches Scale-Up New Zealand, a free online platform with verified information on Aotearoa New Zealand’s vibrant innovation ecosystem. Created from a model that is hugely successful overseas, Scale-Up New Zealand will make it faster and easier for ambitious bus
February 19, 2019
Auckland – New Zealanders will experience more unprecedented changes in financial technology in 2019 like never before, FintechNZ general manager James Brown says. Brown says Kiwis will see some amazing new developing trends this year, such as financial unbundling gaining momentum which w
February 5, 2019
Join the Kiwi delegation to ANZIIF Insurtech Conference, including Jason Roberts, James Brown, Kai Dwyer, Andrew Dentice and other InsurTechNZ members. Do you have an InsurTech that could bring strategic impact to the insurance industry? It’s not too late to be involved. You have one wee
January 31, 2019
Auckland – Wearable technology will be the next major financial tech change for consumer to pay for goods and services, FintechNZ general manager James Brown says. New Zealanders need to look beyond the card or phone for just making simple transactions, such as iris eye recognition as a m
January 29, 2019
Happy New Year everyone I hope you had a great break and are coming into 2019 refreshed and ready to go. I met with RBS just after the new year and am pleased to tell you that they are very keen to host FinTechNZ when we travel to the UK. Currently we are looking at a number of options
January 29, 2019
Join AI Forum NZ and FinTechNZ at the first joint event of the Tech Alliance 2019 event series, exploring how AI will transform the customer experience across the financial services industry. A recent international report on AI in Fintech found that ‘As FinTech applies da
January 16, 2019
We’ve come hurtling into the holiday season at full speed with the first FinTechNZ Executive Council meeting and the first International Relations Working Group meeting taking place in the last week. Thank you to Mitchell Pham for continuing as FinTechNZ Chair for another term, your knowledge and
December 13, 2018
Jason Roberts, Co-chair of FinTechNZ’s largest Working Group, InsurTechNZ shares highlights of the group’s activities for 2018, and a sneak peek of what’s to come for 2019: If someone said InsurTech wasn’t on the radar this time last year I would probably have agreed. What a differe
December 12, 2018