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 "How can Government, Regulators and Industry accelerate the Fintech opportunity?"
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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 "How can Government, Regulators and Industry accelerate the Fintech opportunity?"
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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 "How can Government, Regulators and Industry accelerate the Fintech opportunity?"
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Fintech is the fastest growing sector of the New Zealand technology industry. With low barriers to entry and being easily scalable it has the potential to be the star player in New Zealand’s future economy. For the sector to thrive we must give it the attention it deserves. Whether exporting
October 30, 2019
New Zealand urgently needs to launch a green fintech industry with government and industry working together to see how fintech can tackle climate change, a leading Kiwi fintech expert says. James Brown, Fintech NZ’s general manager just back from Brexit banking talks in London, says the world
October 16, 2019
The FinTech industry has grown up and grown out. No longer made up of only start-ups, FinTech today is a host of seasoned companies that offer a broad array of financial services and operate on a global stage. FinTechs strives to make financial services more accessible for both consumers and bus
October 14, 2019
New Zealand could soon be on the cusp of open banking, possibly one of the greatest shake-ups in how customers manage their money, FintechNZ general manager James Brown says. Brown is already in the UK brokering relationships which will have a lasting impact on opportunities for New Zealand comp
October 1, 2019
Dear readers, How are things? Busy? It just seems to be the default answer these days, I thought technology was going to make life easier not busier. However, we still have to choose what we get involved with and that’s normally a personal decision. So since my last note its been all abo
September 20, 2019
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