Meet the 2020 Finnies Finalists
Many in the fintech sector will remember 2020 as a period of tough decision making, hardship and sacrifice. Countless plans for growth have been adapted or scuttled altogether in the name holding the business together, to weather this once in a lifetime pandemic.
But by the end of October, we believe we will have a new way to mark the year. As a period of triumph amid adversity and growth against the odds.
This year, fintechs across Australia pulled together just over 210 entries across 19 categories for the annual Finnie Awards. An incredible result in itself given everything else that is happening right now.
This week we announced the finalist shortlist for the awards, naming the fintechs and the people behind that have gone above and beyond over the past 12 months.
We want to thoroughly congratulate all the companies and individuals who made the list this year, but also recognise that there’s plenty of incredible work going on in the sector that isn’t captured on it. There are surely companies who simply didn’t have time or the headspace to enter the contest amid everything else that is going on.
We want to invite everyone, regardless, to help us celebrate our industry at our first virtual FinTech Finnies Awards.
Join us for the festivities at 6pm AEST on October 28 from the convenience of your home or office. Alternatively, celebrate the night with some food, wine and your peers at your nearest Stone & Chalk live site.
Now, on to the finalists. Again, congratulations to all. Competition this year was particularly fierce, and all the companies and individuals on this list are truly deserving.
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EXCELLENCE IN CROWDFUNDING
BIRCHAL (winner)
FINTECH ORGANISATION OF THE YEAR
Airwallex
Brighte
Frollo
Medipass
Wisr
Tic:Toc
Stockspot
Prospa
DEAL OF THE YEAR
NextGen.net – Frollo acquisition
Look Who’s Charging and Experian
Joust and Loan Dolphin
OUTSTANDING FINTECH LEADER OF THE YEAR
Anthony Nantes – Wisr – CEO
Dominic Pym – Up – Co-Founder
Marie Mortimer – loans.com.au – Managing Director
Gareth Gumbley – Frollo – Founder & CEO
Katherine McConnell – Brighte – Founder & CEO
Jack Zhang – Airwallex – CEO & Co-Founder
Fred Schebesta – Finder – Co-founder
Christian Westerlind Wigstrom – Monoova – CEO
EXCELLENCE IN SUPPORT SERVICES
Startupbootcamp Australia Fintech 2019 Accelerator
Basiq
DLA Piper Australia
K&L Gates
The Fold Legal
UK Department for International Trade
King & Wood Mallesons
Tier One People
EXCELLENCE IN REGTECH
TRAction Fintech Pty Ltd
Adatree
ComplyAdvantage
Frankie Financial RegTech Excellence
EXCELLENCE IN INSURTECH
1WordFlow
Coverhero
Claim Central Consolidated
Medipass
Truly Digital Insurance Contracts
uBind
FreightSafe
Open – Insurance
EXCELLENCE IN INDUSTRY COLLABORATIONS & PARTNERSHIPS
MoneyMe Limited
Meeco
ID Exchange – Personal Data Economy
Fillr – BNPL Partnerships
Zscore
Tanggram
EXCELLENCE IN ESTABLISHING MARKET PRESENCE: GLOBAL
TRAction Fintech Pty Ltd
SendGold
Afterpay
CoinJar
Verrency
Zip
Raiz Invest
Airwallex
EXCELLENCE IN CONSUMER LENDING
Athena Home Loans
Wisr
MoneyMe Limited
Tic:Toc
Household Capital | Retirement funding specialists
Brighte
CampaignAgent
EXCELLENCE IN BUSINESS LENDING
Business Fuel Finance Pty Ltd
Trade Ledger
Valiant Finance
Tradeplus 24
GetCapital
Prospa
Bizcap
Butn
EMERGING FINTECH ORGANISATION OF THE YEAR
Up
Athena Home Loans
Brickfloor
Cake Equity
86 400
XBert
Send
Bizcap
EMERGING FINTECH LEADER OF THE YEAR
Lucy Liu – Airwallex -CEO & Co-founder
Ben Williamson – Fresh Equities – CEO & Co-founder
Jill Berry – Adatree – CEO
Oliver Kidd – Archa – CEO & Founder
Preeti Mishra – Assembly Payments – Head of Technology
Belinda Hogan – 86 400 – CEO
Patrick Coghlan – CreditorWatch – CEO
Bridie Ohlsson – Geora – CEO
BEST WORKPLACE DIVERSITY
TRAction Fintech Pty Ltd
Brighte
Athena Home Loans
InDebted
EXCELLENCE IN BLOCKCHAIN/DISTRIBUTED LEDGER AND DIGITAL CURRENCIES/WALLETS/EXCHANGES
Civic Ledger
BTC Markets
Loki Project
Geora
Elbaite
Pellar Technology
The Block Ledger
Independent Reserve
FEMALE FINTECH LEADER OF THE YEAR
Lucy Liu – Airwallex -CEO & Co-founder
Katherine McConnell – Brighte – Founder & CEO
Natalie Dinsdale – Athena – CMO
Marie Mortimer – loans.com.au – Managing Director
Jill Berry – Adatree – CEO
Preeti Mishra – Assembly Payments – Head of Technology
Carolyn Breeze – GoCardless – GM
Debra Taylor – Open Sparkz – Founder & COO
EXCELLENCE IN WEALTH MANAGEMENT (INCLUDING PFM AND ROBO)
Sharesight
Raiz Invest
Myprosperity
Longevity App
PictureWealth
Plenti (formerly RateSetter)
Stockspot
PortfolioCloud
BEST PARTNERSHIP OF THE YEAR
Up // Ferocia & Bendigo & Adelaide Bank
Basiq & Regional Australia Bank
86 400 & Accurassi: Energy Switch
Up x TransferWise
Airwallex x Visa partnership
MoneyMe Limited and EML Payments
ToPay (Mobile Payment to BPAY Bill) by AirPay FinTech
Assembly Payments + Standard Chartered Bank
Zip and 86400
EXCELLENCE IN PAYMENTS
Airwallex
Assembly Payments
The TransferWise Debit Card
GoCardless
Monoova
Beem It –
Verrency
Pinch
- Rebecca Schot-Guppy is the CEO of FinTech Australia. Startup Daily is the offical media partner of the 2020 Finnies Awards.
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