Kia ora, With Minister Bayly’s recent resignation and Minister Simpson stepping into the Commerce portfolio we hope the momentum for fintech and blockchain growth continues. Two weeks ago, the FMA’s regulatory sandbox application window closed with dozens of submissions – a promising sign for innovation. This sandbox provides a supervised environment where fintech and blockchain companies can test innovative … Continue reading "NZTech Inform: Fintech momentum"

It may have felt a long time coming, but the recent flurry of legislative activity highlights how crucial it is for us to help shape our sector. Significant momentum has been gained this year already, including last week’s announcement that the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) has opened consultation on the Customer and … Continue reading "FinTechNZ – Is this the year of CDR?"

As travel opened up I promised myself that in 2023 I would try to attend 2-3 overseas RegTech conferences in person. In such circumstances you need to pick and choose the right ones to attend, after all it’s not a case of popping along to a local conference centre for an hour or two, it … Continue reading "What’s the return on investment of spending 24 hours travelling to the other side of the world to attend a one day conference?"

A leading New Zealand fintech experts says the coronavirus is significantly affecting the Kiwi financial sector and the economy.

As the COVID-19 outbreak spreads into its third month, the virus is covering much of the world and things could get worse.

New Zealand has been ranked one of Asia Pacific’s fastest emerging fintech hubs and one of the top 10 fintech destinations in the region, FintechNZ general manager James Brown says.

AI is one of the most revolutionary forces for the insurance trade in New Zealand today, a major landmark national AI report just released says.

New Zealand urgently needs to increase its focus on an AI-enabled future, particularly investment, skills and talent, research, trusted data, ethics and regulation, a major new national artificial intelligent research report says.

New Zealand is becoming more and more a digital nation and Kiwis expect transactions to be seamless and painless, FintechNZ general manager James Brown says.