Australian Fintech finalists at the 2018 Optus My Business Awards
Congratulations to the Australian Fintech companies nominated for the 2018 Optus My Business Awards: Fintech Business of the Year Airwallex AtlasTrend BGL Corporate Solutions Curve Securities Huddle Insurance Moneycatcha MoneyMe SocietyOne Tic:Toc Home Loans Wisr Business Leader of the Year Anthony Nantes, Wisr Young Business Leader of the Year Chaz Prezident, Crowdfunding.com.au Start-up Business of the Year Trade Ledger Winners of the 2018 Optus My Business Awards will be announced at The Star, Sydney on Friday 9 November 2018.
Crowdfunding reforms bolster investment pool for Aussie businesses
“It’s almost creating Shark Tank for the public, or be your own Shark Tank, which is phenomenal from an innovation perspective in Australia,” says Crowdfunding.com.au founder Chaz Prezident. Private Australian businesses will soon no longer need to become public companies if they want to access crowdfunding to raise equity, following reforms to the Corporations Act passed this week by the federal Parliament. Under the current law businesses can only raise money from retail investors through equity crowdfunding if they convert to an unlisted public company structure, but that will change as of 7 October. Crowdfunding.com.au founder and CEO Chaz Prezident says small and medium-sized businesses are already embracing the expansion of the crowdfunding […]
The Finnies. The Winners!
Congratulations to the 2018 Finnie Awards Finalists and Winners! FinTech Organisation of the Year WINNER: Afterpay FINALISTS: ● Afterpay ● Avoka ● BRICKX ● Class Limited ● Cover Genius ● Flamingo AI ● Invoice2Go ● MoneyPlace ● OnMarket ● Prospa ● RateSetter Australia ● SocietyOne ● Stockspot Emerging FinTech Organisation of the Year (company must be <2 years old) WINNER: Civic Ledger FINALISTS: ● Civic Ledger ● Finch ● InDebted ● LanternPay ● Link4 ● Longevity App ● Look Who’s Charging ● Medipass ● Till Payments ● TIQK ● TravelbyBit Outstanding FinTech Leader of the Year (can be from any field) WINNER: Katherine McConnell – Founder and CEO, Brighte FINALISTS: […]
FinTech Australia announce finalist for The Finnies 2018
FinTech Australia and Jobs for NSW have come together for the second year to host the national fintech awards, The Finnies. The Finnies will culminate in a Gala Awards Night Wednesday 13 June 2018 in Sydney. For more information go here. Here is the full list of finalists for the 2018 Finnies: Best Workplace Diversity ● BRICKX ● FirstStep Investments ● Link4 ● Valiant Finance Emerging FinTech Leader of the Year ● Brad Delamare – CEO, Tank Stream Labs ● Louis Edwards – Head of Renewable Energy Finance, RateSetter Australia ● Nick Molnar – Co-Founder & CEO, Afterpay ● Jack O’Reilly – Director, funding.com.au ● Rebecca Schot-Guppy – Community Manager, […]
