tenth Annual FinTech & Banking Awards: 1 week left for submissions!

Enter this week! Australia’s first and oldest FinTech & Banking Awards, the ten^th Annual FinTech & Banking Awards 2025, has simply 1 week left for submissions.

There are a lot of new classes to mirror the altering nature of know-how and the finance sector.

Submissions through the web site: www.fintechawards.internet

Award Classes

1. BEST PROPERTY FINANCE AND/OR PROPTECH

The Judges are in search of essentially the most modern use of know-how to resolve the property sector’s greatest points; to be included on this class, the enterprise must have a worth proposition considerably linked to property finance / asset register / funds.

2. BEST DIGITAL HOME LOAN INNOVATION

This award recognises a house mortgage that provides a brand new or considerably improved service that implements know-how to convey advantages to both lenders and/or debtors, or lending marketplaces. Examples may embody an modern use of credit score modelling, knowledge parts and/or an improved consumer expertise, or innovation within the distribution channel (eg brokers).

3. BEST DIGITAL BANKING FOR BUSINESS

This award recognises a brand new or considerably improved service that implements know-how to convey advantages to enterprise banking clients. This covers all areas of enterprise banking; accounts, treasury, lending, FX, credit score/debit playing cards, spend administration companies, merchandise equivalent to financial institution ensures, cyber/fraud safety, e-commerce/service provider companies, in addition to asset / portfolio administration.

4. BEST USE OF TECH IN COMBATTING FRAUD

This award class recognises the function that know-how performs in combatting fraud in banking and finance. Submissions ought to clearly state the realm of focus, the success achieved in addition to a ‘plain-English’ description of the know-how answer.

5. BEST USE OF Ai in FINTECH & BANKING

The Judges are in search of the very best use of Synthetic Intelligence (Ai) in a fintech and banking; Ai can provide machine-learning human-like companies at scale, and might embody correct and sooner determination making, clever buyer assist, fraud detections, monetary recommendation, and claims administration, and extra.

6. BEST YOUTH FINANCE APP or SERVICE (PFM, saving, funding, funds)

The fintech or financial institution supplier providing the very best mixture of companies (financial savings accounts, funding accounts, info), reductions, schooling, premium companies/pricing and different points of interest for the youth market. This award class also can embody submissions for companies designed for youngsters (usually 10-18) in addition to younger individuals (usually 18-30).

7. BEST INNOVATION IN PAYMENTS

This award class recognises innovation in funds, together with on-line funds (retailers and shoppers), cellular funds, in-store terminals, embedded cost companies, greatest use of Ai for fraud, worldwide funds, and use of Open Banking & CDR companies.

8. BEST INVESTMENT PLATFORM/APP

The award recognises Australian’s thirst for buying and selling shares, ETFs, FX, bonds, digital currencies and extra. The Judges are in search of innovation with instruments, consumer expertise, charges, customer support (eg reside chat), app enroll time, biometric check in, inventory alerts and progress metrics. Person rankings on the Apple and Google Play Shops are additionally thought-about.

9. BEST FINTECH-BANK PARTNERSHIP (CONSUMER/B2C service)

The Judges are in search of partnerships, particular initiatives, or merchandise, that showcase how a financial institution (listed banks, ADIs, Buyer Owned Banks) and a fintech agency are working collectively to ship a B2C shopper product. Banks can embody non-Banks concerned in monetary companies and controlled by ASIC (or APRA). One celebration within the submission have to be an ADI.

10. BEST FINTECH-BANK PARTNERSHIP (B2B/WHOLESALE/INSTITUTIONAL)

The Judges are in search of partnerships, particular initiatives, or merchandise, that showcase how a financial institution (listed banks, ADIs, Buyer Owned Banks) and a fintech agency are working collectively to ship a B2B, wholesale or institutional service. Banks can embody non-Banks concerned in monetary companies and controlled by ASIC (or APRA). One celebration within the submission have to be an ADI. This class can embody Stablecoins/CBDCs.

11. YOUNG LEADER OF THE YEAR (Below 35)

The Judges are in search of an excellent particular person beneath 35 years of age who has constantly contributed to the development of the fintech and banking sectors.

12. FEMALE LEADER OF THE YEAR

The Judges are in search of an excellent feminine particular person who has constantly contributed to the development of the fintech and banking sectors.

13. LEADER OF THE YEAR

The Award Judges are in search of an excellent particular person who has constantly contributed to the development of the fintech and banking sectors.

14. BEST GROWTH STORY

This Award celebrates a fintech or neo-Financial institution that’s going gangbusters! This class is open to any Australian fintech/ADI that may reveal they’re reaching nice issues in Australia and/or all over the world (metrics may embody new market progress, shopper progress, income, downloads and many others).

15. ASHURST STARTUP OF THE YEAR

The Judges are in search of a FinTech &/or neo-Financial institution start-up that has made an enormous impression within the monetary companies sector with new and modern companies, creating competitors and reworking the best way we expertise monetary companies.

KEY DATES:

Submissions Shut: Thursday tenth July 2025

Finalists Notified: Thursday twenty fourth July 2025

Awards Evening: Thursday thirty first July 2025

There is no such thing as a cost to enter. Max 6 entries per firm. Finalists in every class are invited to the occasion with free ticket.

Submitting for the primary time? A ‘tip sheet’ on what makes a successful submission is on the market on the web site (see level 10 within the T&Cs part).

The ten^th Annual FinTech & Banking Awards 2025 might be held in Sydney on Thursday thirty first July 2025 within the Ashurst Places of work at 39 Martin Place, Sydney.

Submissions through the web site: www.fintechawards.internet

Award class sponsorships accessible.

Contact: Glen Frost, Organiser/Founder, FinTech & Banking Awards: [email protected]