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 "Helping women gain confidence in finance and opening doors to investing"
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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 "Helping women gain confidence in finance and opening doors to investing"
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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 "Helping women gain confidence in finance and opening doors to investing"
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We started Sharesies to create equal opportunities for people to grow their wealth. In the past, people had been priced out, jargoned out and left out of wealth development opportunities. This had resulted in only 18% of Kiwis owning shares (30% in Australia and 50% in the US), with the typical inv
September 19, 2019
Dear Readers I am so glad that we are nearly at the stage where we can clone ourselves, there is so much going on. Still high on the agenda following the recent revamp of the FinTechNZ strategy is engagement with Government and I am really looking forward to the Regulation Lunch that we are h
August 22, 2019
Introducing new services and design that makes interacting with the NZ Government surprisingly good Born out of the All of Government banking tender, the Innovation Fund is a joint programme by the New Zealand Government and Westpac. The Innovation Fund invests in ideas that support government a
August 21, 2019
***Updated to V1.1 August 2019*** Discover who is investing in, working with and thinking about the effects of financial technology in New Zealand. View Version 1.2 published 12 Feburary 2020 View Version 1.1 published 20 August 2019 View Version 1.0 published 20 November 2018 The FinTech sector
August 20, 2019
The Reserve Bank has published an exposure draft of the Financial Market Infrastructures Bill (FMI Bill), and is asking for feedback from stakeholders. The FMI Bill covers vitally important financial systems for New Zealanders, including the infrastructure that supports our day-to-day transacti
August 13, 2019
FintechNZ says Kiwis will soon see more banks supporting smart tech companies to help boost exports and business. ASB bank has got behind new tech company, TradeWindow, to help fast-track development of its distributed ledger technology trading product. TradeWindow is one of the first tech firms
August 13, 2019
FintechNZ today backed the Financial Markets Authority (FMA) to make public its annual corporate workplan which should result in better insurtech customer service. FintechNZ general manager James Brown says it is a good step forward in being proactive in a very old sector. “Insurtechs are f
July 29, 2019
Dear Readers, Well it’s been an interesting couple of weeks with Facebook announcing their plan to launch their own crypto currency Libra. It has created much discussion and debate on what this means to the financial services sector around the world. Recently I was asked by 95bFM to speak on
July 18, 2019
FintechNZ says three of the largest US tech companies Apple, Google and Amazon are encroaching on financial services and threatening incumbents with their size and ability to attract massive, loyal user bases. It’s no surprise the big tech giants are looking at financial services for growth op
July 16, 2019