Qippay partners with BNZ

30 May 2023

Congratulations to FinTechNZ member Qippay on their milestone partnership with BNZ! The newly announced partnership enables Qippay to offer affordable payment solutions to Kiwi organisations. Importantly, it also supports the development of open banking in Aotearoa New Zealand and helps address challenges associated with payments. Open banking aims to transform the financial sector by giving … Continue reading "Digital Council for Aotearoa New Zealand #weeknotes (32)"

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FinTechNZ – The easy choice

25 May 2023

Kia ora,  We know FinTech is a fast growth, weightless export catching up with the Viticulture sector. Unlike much of the primary sector, FinTech is a high earning, high return and highly scalable sector, so if you were an investor, where would you focus your capital? As much as I love sipping a glass of Aotearoa’s … Continue reading "Digital Council for Aotearoa New Zealand #weeknotes (32)"

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Member news: Fast growing fintech linking big Kiwi companies

02 May 2023

One of New Zealand’s fastest growing fintechs has latched on to a digital payment system that is benefitting some of New Zealand’s biggest companies. Centrapay connects Kiwi businesses by creating a seamless payment system that enables companies to transact with one another quickly and easily. They are doing this by building the most flexible enterprise … Continue reading "Digital Council for Aotearoa New Zealand #weeknotes (32)"

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FinTechNZ – Digital Identity

FinTechNZ – Digital Identity

27 April 2023

One of the post-event insights from our recent FinTech Hui was the need to focus more specifically on early stage FinTechs. At the Hui, we saw strong support for our pitching and innovation alley, but we’re now asking if there is potential to do more?

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Sustainable Finance: April update

21 April 2023

National Adaptation Plan: Action 3.2: Design and develop risk and resilience and climate adaptation information portals - this will explore the development of information portals to address a need for equitable access to reliable, consistent climate risk data required for robust climate-related disclosures.

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not easy being green

It’s not easy being green!

21 April 2023

Behind the scenes, RegTechNZ has been busy working on some interesting projects to bring you later this year. Until then, join our webinar on Friday 28 April, Implementing your Compliance Programme, brought to you by Karty Mayne of Rosewell Consulting and our own Tim Larkin of Dacreed and Teams Plus. More information and registration can be found here.

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Digital Council for Aotearoa New Zealand #weeknotes (32)

As the Digital Council, you would probably expect us to be promoting the rapid uptake of new innovations and inventions that help make things easier, quicker and, for some, possible. So you might be surprised to hear us endorsing some old fashioned phone calling, emailing and direct website booking for your next holiday. That is, … Continue reading "Digital Council for Aotearoa New Zealand #weeknotes (32)"
03 December 2020
FinTechNZ News

Digital Council for Aotearoa New Zealand #weeknotes (31)

Pockets of Aotearoa and the public sector have been busy embracing technologies, growing expertise, growing data, creating apps, downloading apps, making games, playing games, buying the latest devices. That was the easy part. The hard work is now to come — that is, tending to an ecosystem that fully harnesses innovation, grows trust and embeds … Continue reading "Digital Council for Aotearoa New Zealand #weeknotes (31)"
26 November 2020
FinTechNZ News

Digital Council for Aotearoa New Zealand #weeknotes (30)

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 and old legacy computer systems is hampering the move to digital efficiency. … Continue reading "Digital Council for Aotearoa New Zealand #weeknotes (30)"
20 November 2020