Fintech Australia reveals shortlist for The Finnies 2023 Awards
FinTech Australia has unveiled the shortlist of 156 finalists for the seventh edition of Finnies, the country’s annual fintech awards.
This year’s awards saw over 300 entries from more than 250 fintechs across 19 categories. The awards will recognize outstanding achievements in the various components of the fintech industry, as well as among the services that support them.
Rehan D’Almeida, managing director of FinTech Australia, praised the finalists for their achievement, highlighting the difficulty of the judging process. “There have been some tough decisions,” he said, “as a result, any company or individual making this shortlist should be incredibly proud of their achievements.”
The awards will be held on May 31 at the Forum Theater in Melbourne, with tickets available via The Finnies’ website. The event is sponsored by Patona and Global processing services.
Despite the challenging environment for the fintech and startup sectors, D’Almeida believes the awards are a great reminder of the industry’s resilience and its ability to achieve despite adversity. “We look forward to seeing everyone on the night,” he said.
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Among the categories are Best Workplace Diversity, Emerging Fintech Leader of the Year, Female Fintech Leader of the Year, and Outstanding Fintech Leader of the Year. Other categories include Excellence in Establishing a Global Market Presence, Excellence in Industry Collaboration and Partnerships, Excellence in Business Lending and Excellence in Consumer Lending.
Excellence in payments, Excellence in Blockchain/Distributed Ledger and Excellence in Crypto and Digital Currency/Wallet/Exchange are also categories in the shortlist. In addition, there are categories for Excellence in Insurtech, Excellence in Regtech, Excellence in Wealth Management (including PFM and Robo), and Excellence in Open Data.
The awards also recognize Excellence in Fintech Support Services, Positive Impact Award, Emerging Fintech Organization of the Year and Fintech Organization of the Year. The shortlisted companies include Athena Mortgages, Basiq, FrankieOne, Hnry, OCR Labs, Slyp, Wise and Zepto.
FinTech Australia is a national association for the Australian fintech start-up community. Its vision is to make Australia the leading market for fintech innovation and investment by partnering with both sides of government, industry and the Australian fintech community.
