FinTech Australia has announced the 2021 finalists for its annual “Finnies” award. According to an email, the group received 290 award entries across 20 categories. The category winners will be announced in person this year on June 9, 2021, at The Forum in Melbourne.

FinTech Australia CEO, Rebecca Schot-Guppy, stated:

“We are thrilled with the quality of applications and the finalists, a testament of the growth, and strength of the Fintech ecosystem. We are excited to celebrate the hard fought achievements of the ecosystem at this year’s Finnies.”

For 2021 the group will announced its inaugural Hall of Fame inductees to commemorate two companies that have made a lasting impression on the Australian Fintech industry’s overall development.

This year’s finalists are as follows:

BEST WORKPLACE DIVERSITY
Adatree
Bizcap
Brighte
CampaignAgent
Fupay
loans.com.au
TRAction

EMERGING FINTECH LEADER OF THE YEAR
Alex Harper, Swyftx
Belinda Hogan – 86 400
Ivan Tchourilov, OpenMarkets Group
Jessica Joyce, Fupay
Jill Berry, Adatree
Patrick Coghlan, CreditorWatch
Rhys Davis, Fresh Equities
Stephanie Gillon, Flare

FEMALE FINTECH LEADER OF THE YEAR
Carolyn Breeze, GoCardless
Jessica Joyce, Fupay
Jill Berry, Adatree
Joanne Edwards, WISR
Jodi Stanton, Rush Gold
Naby Mariyam, Coverhero
Natalie Dinsdale, Athena Home Loans
Simone Joyce, Paypa Plane

OUTSTANDING FINTECH LEADER OF THE YEAR
Alex Harper, Swyftx
Ben Williamson, Fresh Equities
Carolyn Breeze, GoCardless
Christian Westerlind Wigstrom, Moonova
Clayton Howes, MoneyMe Group
John Winters, Superhero
Katherine McConnell, Brighte
Simone Joyce, Paypa Plane

EXCELLENCE IN ESTABLISHING MARKET PRESENCE: GLOBAL
Openpay Group Limited
Rush Gold
Verrency
Wallet of Satoshi

EXCELLENCE IN INDUSTRY COLLABORATIONS & PARTNERSHIPS
Fillr
Flare
Fupay
Look Who’s Charging
MoneyMe Perks – Freestyle virtual Mastercard & Cashrewards
CampaignAgent
Rush Gold Bullion Mastercard by Rush Gold and EML Payments
Sniip partners with American Express and Apple Pay

EXCELLENCE IN BUSINESS LENDING
Banjo Loans
Business Fuel
Butn
GetCapital
Prospa
OnDeck Australia
Radium Capital
Valiant Finance

EXCELLENCE IN CONSUMER LENDING
Athena Home Loans
Brighte
Fupay
loans.com.au
MoneyMe Ltd
Tic:Toc
Wisr
86 400 smartbank

EXCELLENCE IN PAYMENTS (including Remittance/FX)
DiviPay
GoCardless
Medipass
Monoova
Split Payments
Verrency
Wise
Zip

EXCELLENCE IN BLOCKCHAIN/DISTRIBUTED LEDGER
AgUnity Pty Ltd
BOULEVARD Global Ltd.
CommChain Pty Ltd
Hutly
Meeco
Oxen
Pellar Technology
RelayPay

EXCELLENCE IN CRYPTO AND DIGITAL CURRENCIES/WALLETS/EXCHANGES
Binance Australia
Cointree
Dacxi Australia
e-Pocket Pty Ltd
Elbaite
Independent Reserve
Swyftx
Wallet of Satoshi

EXCELLENCE IN INSURTECH
Coverhero
Digital Agriculture Services (DAS)
FreightSafe
Open Insurance
uBind
UpSure – Innovators Insured

EXCELLENCE IN REGTECH
Adatree
Arctic Intelligence
ComplyAdvantage
Fenergo
FrankieOne
LAB Group
TRAction

EXCELLENCE IN WEALTH MANAGEMENT (INCLUDING PFM AND ROBO)
Fresh Equities
Frollo – PFM platform
Fupay
myprosperity
Raiz Invest
Sharesight
Superhero
Stockspot

EXCELLENCE IN SUPPORT SERVICES
CreditorWatch Online Credit Risk Services
eftpos Payments Australia Limited
King & Wood Mallesons
K&L Gates
Startupbootcamp Australia 2020 Program
Stone & Chalk
The Fold Legal
UK Department for International Trade

EXCELLENCE IN OPEN DATA
Adatree
Basiq
Biza.io Platform:
Envestnet | Yodlee
Frollo

DEAL OF THE YEAR
NextGen.Net & Frollo
Quadpay & Zip
Rakuten Inc. & Fillr
Wirecard Australia and New Zealand & Change Financial
86 400 & National Australia Bank Limited (NAB)

BEST PARTNERSHIP OF THE YEAR
Adatree and Verifier
Athena Home Loans and PwC Australia
BOQ and Frollo
CreditorWatch and Open Analytics Partnership
Rush Gold and EML Payments
SISS Data Services and Intuit QuickBooks
Superhero and Split
Valiant Finance and Australia Post

EMERGING FINTECH ORGANISATION OF THE YEAR
Adatree
Beforepay
Brickfloor
FrankieOne
OpenMarkets Group
Superhero
WeMoney
86 400 smartbank

FINTECH ORGANISATION OF THE YEAR
Athena Home Loans
Fresh Equities
Monoova
Prospa
Tic:Toc
Up
Verrency
Wisr

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