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NSW Minister for Innovation joins 32 top FinTech Innovators at Afiniation Showcase

Announcement posted by Afiniation 15 Sep 2015

Thursday 24 September at the Ivy Ballroom in Sydney
Minister for Innovation and Better Regulation Victor Dominello was today confirmed as a keynote speaker alongside 32 of Australia and New Zealand’s top financial technology (FinTech) innovators at the upcoming Afiniation FinTech Showcase to be held on Thursday 24 September at the Ivy Ballroom in Sydney.
 
“I am delighted to be part of the Afiniation Showcase as it represents high quality Australian and New Zealand innovators in the FinTech space,” Mr. Dominello said.
 
“I’m particularly pleased to see the high level of participation and motivation of these companies, big and small.  Afiniation is providing an environment for innovators, investors, industry professionals and partners to come together and grow FinTech in Australia and New Zealand. Afiniation is not just a very effective organisation but a unique one.”
 
There will be 32 of Australia and New Zealand’s top FinTech innovators presenting at the Afiniation Showcase including Avoka (winner of Finovate Best in Show May 2015 Silicon Valley and named “Most Innovative Customer Engagement Solution” for Citi Mobile Challenge Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) earlier this year), Serko (the dominant corporate travel management system in Asia Pac with 2 million users and 30% of all corporate travel flowing through their system), Listcorp (the world’s first on-line communications platform designed to dramatically improve the way listed companies and investors engage) and HashChing (Australia's first online home loan marketplace).
 
Major National Sponsors include Australia’s $100 billion and largest industry super fund AustralianSuper and financial technology vendor and distribution partner for market data providers Dion Global Solutions.
 
Other innovators also presenting and their innovation category include:
Ignition Wealth (automated investing), SuiteBox (virtual meeting room), MyProsperity (wealth), PosBoss (cloud-based POS), Starc (portfolio management platform), BigFuture (digital advice), Mclowd (SMSF platform), ML^2 (investing), Sharesight (portfolio management), Swipe (digital documents), MapMyPlan (digital advice), LAB Group (account opening and AML/KYC), My Angel Investment (crowd funding), Simply Wall St (investing), Domacom (fractional real estate investing), SMSFCheck (wealth), CapitalPitch (fundraising), Stocklight (investing), Adviser Intelligence (advice), StrykeTax (tax), CapitalU (digital advice), ezidox (documents), Paydock (payments), SuperEd (wealth), Eight Wire (data management cloud solution) and AIRDOCS (cloud document solution), Scrunch (media monitoring) and Banqer (financial education).
 
Afiniation is a virtual network that supports the development and growth of FinTech in the Asia Pacific region providing the catalyst for investment, innovation and international expansion. By connecting innovators, investors, partners, finance industry professionals and supporters, Afiniation creates and cultivates opportunities for startups and established firms through regular events and the Afiniation Showcase event.
 
For more details on the next Afiniation Showcase to be held on Thursday 24 September at the Ivy Ballroom in Sydney go to: http://afiniation.com/showcase-event/