11 September 2025
The annual meeting of the New Zealand Financial Innovation and Technology Association (FinTechNZ) is coming soon and that means election season is now upon us!
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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 … Continue reading "Bye bye 2019 hello 2020 and happy holidays!"
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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 … Continue reading "Bye bye 2019 hello 2020 and happy holidays!"
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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 … Continue reading "Bye bye 2019 hello 2020 and happy holidays!"
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Dear readers, Well as the year draws to a close it's amazing to look back and see what we have achieved as a collective ecosystem. The year that was - a good one With a number of events across FinTechNZ, InsurTechNZ and WealthTechNZ we had nearly 1500 people attend and that’s not includi
December 19, 2019
Opening comment from the chair Twenty years ago we were grappling with Y2K, scratching our heads about a thing called Napster, trialling our first e-commerce purchases and had yet to hear of the iPhone, App stores or Facebook - all still a good 10 years away. The stock market was dominated by r
December 17, 2019
New Zealand has been ranked one of Asia Pacific’s fastest emerging fintech hubs and one of the top 10 fintech destinations in the region, FintechNZ general manager James Brown says. Globally, New Zealand is ranked 45th in the first Global Fintech Index city rankings 2020 by Findexable which id
December 12, 2019
New Zealand is ranked 45th globally in the first Global Fintech Index City Rankings 2020 which identifies emerging hubs, fintech companies and trends of fintech ecosystems in more than 230 cities across 65 countries. Creating a positive business environment for fintech has helped Auckland reach 21s
December 4, 2019
AI is one of the most revolutionary forces for the insurance trade in New Zealand today, a major landmark national AI report just released says. The recent intense interest in AI is a result of factors such as increasing computing power, increased accessibility to mass data, and burgeonin
November 28, 2019
Dear readers, Some said, going to Hong Kong for the FinTech Festival wasn't a great idea with all the trouble, all I can say is it was no trouble. What a great week, big thanks to Billy Law and Peter McDonald for all their support and it was great to see Kiwa Whatarau the Trade Commissioner for
November 21, 2019
New Zealand is becoming more and more a digital nation and Kiwis expect transactions to be seamless and painless, FintechNZ general manager James Brown says. Fintech is the fastest growing part of the tech sector, with new contactless payment about to make a dramatic change to transactions in Ne
November 4, 2019
Dear readers, It has been a great few weeks with topics like Brexit, Green Fintech, Singapore Fintech and Free Trade Agreements (FTA) being discussed. We’re also thrilled to release our Regulatory Roundtable discussion paper off the back of the very successful September regulation se
October 31, 2019
InsurTech has always actively promoted the importance of market collaboration as a conduit for improving customer outcome. We are not alone in this view and indeed many insurers seek to improve customer outcome also achieving this to a greater – or lesser degree. To be slightly provocative her
October 30, 2019