Fintech Summit

Thursday 30th October 2025 - Sydney NSW, Australia

STARTUPS/SCALEUPS: $250 (+GST) LARGER COMPANIES: $350 (+GST)

John Arnott
Directot

Josh Foreman
Founder & CEO

Andrew Morrison
CCE & Growth Officer

Armina Rosenburg
Co-Founder

Brad Joffe
CCO

Raaj Rayat
Investor

Carolyn Breeze
CEO

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About The 12th Annual FinTech & Banking Summit 2025

Our Key Themes for This Year’s Event

Bank-FinTech collaboration

Ai in Banking & Finance

How Innovation Drives Competition in Banking

We are excited to be running the 12th Annual FinTech & Banking Summit 2025 in Sydney.
The FinTech & Banking Summit brings together the influential, disruptive and innovative technology companies that are redefining financial services across all areas of banking and fintech.

The 12th Annual FinTech & Banking Summit 2025

Conference Schedule
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DAY 1:
Open Banking is the Future of Finance
9:00am - 9:30am
Opening Keynote: Open Banking & the Future of Finance Marketplace

Speaker: Andrew Boyd, General Manager & Head of Digital Native Business, AWS

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9:45am - 10:15am
Keynote: What is the Real Opportunity from CDR/Open Banking?

Senator Andrew Bragg, Chair - Senate Select Committee on Financial Technology and Regulatory Technology

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10:30am - 11:00am
Open Banking Case Study Keynote: What Does Open Banking Mean for Australians?

Fred Schebesta, Founder, Finder

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11:15am - 11:45am
Open Banking & CDR Panel Session: How fintech partners accelerated Verifier’s journey to being an Accredited Data Recipient

Lisa Schutz, Founder & CEO, Verifier
Jill Berry, CEO, Adatree
Helder Klemp, Co-Founder & CEO, DNX
Alexandra Jurmann, Client Solutions Architect - Cloud One, Trend Micro (Confirmed)
Darren Booth, Partner, Partner, National Head of Cyber Security & Privacy Risk Services, RSM (Confirmed)
MC/Chair: Dave Engel, AWS

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12:00pm - 12:30pm
Open Banking 2.0 – Where Are We Now, and Where Are We Heading?

Q&A with Scott Farrell, Partner, KWM, and lead of the Commonwealth Government’s Inquiry into the Future of the Consumer Data Right (CDR)

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12:45pm - 1:15pm
The Future of Open Banking: Panel Session Discussion

Brenton Charnley, Country Manager, Australia, Truelayer
Damir Cuca, CEO & Founder, BASIQ
Simon Docherty, Head of Sales, Frollo
Tim Poskitt, Country Manager ANZ, Envestnet Yodlee
MC/Chair: Tonia Berglund, Director of Product (Open Banking), Envestnet Yodlee

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DAY 2:
Fintech & FSI collaboration
10:30am - 11:00am
Using Digital Receipts to Delight Your Customers

Paul Weingarth, Co-Founder, SLYP
Drew Unsworth, Executive B&PB Digital, NAB

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11:15am - 11:45am
Collaborating to Create a Global Payments Brand

Tim Dickenson, Co-CEO; and Rimal Gokani, Co-CEO of Assembly Payments, discuss their collaboration with Standard Chartered Bank

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12:30pm - 1:00pm
Panel: Building and Scaling a Fintech for Enterprise

Josh Foreman, CEO, Indebted
Shahirah Gardner, Co-founder, Finch
David Link, CEO, Verrency

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9:45am - 10:15am
How Fintechs are streamlining customer onboarding

Simon Costello, CEO, Frankie One
Macgregor Duncan, General Manager, Westpac

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9.00am - 9:30am
Opening Keynote: Fintech & FSI collaboration is the future of finance

Lee Hatton, SVP New Platforms, Afterpay

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DAY 3:
Technology, Capital and The Reshaping of Fintech
1:00pm - 1:45pm
Panel: FinTechs – How we funded our Journey

Daniel Cannizzaro, CEO, Parpera (Crowdfunding)
Naby Maryam, Founder, Coverhero (Angel)
Anthony Nantes, CEO, Wisr (Public Markets)

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10:30am - 11:30am
Case Study – Using Machine Learning to Simplify the Customer Experience

Josh Shipman, Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Elula
Sarah Russell, Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Elula

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11:45am - 12:15pm
Angels & VCs: What We Look For

Cathy Lyall, Seed Space Venture Capital
Simon Cant – Reinventure
Kylie Frazer – Eleanor Ventures

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9:00am - 9:30am
Growing The Market: The Rise of Next Gen B2SMB FinTechs

Ryan Edwards-Pritchard, Co-Founder & CEO, Cape
Oliver Kidd, Founder & CEO, Archa
Daniel Kniaz, Founder & CEO, DiviPay

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9:45am - 10:15am
Lending In The Time of Covid

Nathan Walsh, Founder & CEO, Athena Homeloans
Jacqui Colwell, Chief Risk Officer, Judo Bank
Rachel Gatehouse, COO & CFO, Brighte
Sudhir Bakre, Chief Credit Officer, SocietyOne
MC: Dave Fodor, AWS

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Summit Schedule 2025
09:00am - 09:05am
Opening Remarks & Welcome
09:05am - 09:40am
OPENING KEYNOTE / BANKING KEYNOTE: BE BOLD!

What does it take to “Be Bold” in Australia’s banking world?
How can banks embrace technology to deliver better services?
What is the key to innovation at scale?
Why bank/fintech partnerships matter.

John Arnott, Director of AMP Bank GO, AMP Bank
9:40am - 10:30am
KEYNOTE PANEL SESSION: Can we reinvent banking and redefine how customers engage with their money?

When Bank balance sheet power is added to innovative financial technology platforms, banks offer customers products they know and need at scale, as well as new ways to engage and a new experience of banking; what are the opportunities?

John Arnott, Director of AMP Bank GO, AMP Bank
Andrew Morrison, Chief Customer Experience & Growth Officer, UBank
10.40am - 11:20am
Morning Break
11:30am - 12:10pm
Banking on the future: Ai changes everything

How will Ai change the face of banking, lending, investing and financial advice?
 
Armina Rosenburg, Co-Founder, Minotaur Capital
Brad Joffe, CCO, Apate.ai
12:10pm - 12:45pm
Banking on Ai: Ai with empathy

How InDebted is transforming collections, tailored to the individual, in any language, with voice and text, with machine learning and robust infrastructure to offer this at scale?
 
Josh Foreman, Founder & CEO, Indebted
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Lunch Break

AFTERNOON: Note re session timings: Afternoon sessions are listed for an hour, however, each session is 40 minutes of speaking/Q&A and 20 minutes for networking and delegate engagement
2:00pm - 3:00pm
How data is driving innovation and solving real consumer use cases?

How data and open banking are driving innovation in the finance sector?
 
TBC
3:00pm - 3:45pm
Afternoon tea/coffee break
3:45pm - 4:45pm
Funding the Banking Revolution: where are the opportunities?

Is it all Ai?
What B2C and B2B fintech/bank collaborations are exciting?
This session brings the key backers of innovation to discuss what investors are looking for, key trends, and the latest on fintech & bank investments.?
 
Carolyn Breeze, CEO, Scalare Partners
Raaj Rayat, Investor, Airtree Ventures
MC: Stuart Dullard, Partner, Ashurst
5:00pm - 7:00pm
Drinks Function & Lucky Door Prize

Attendees

Organisations attending our previous FinTech Summits have included:

Police Bank, Heritage Bank, Northern Inland Credit Union, RACQ Bank, Newcastle Permanent Building Society, XINJA BANK, Raiz, Finder.com, Douugh, Regional Australia Bank, VOLT Bank, Splitit, Flexigroup, Wisr, Clearmatch, Envestnet Yodlee, Seedspace Venture Capital, Allectus capital/ICM, Salesforce Ventures, ANZi Ventures, Scale Investors, Lendi, Sniip, Tic:Toc, Tradeplus24 Australia, Tank Stream Labs, nCino, 86 400, Afterpay Touch, Judo Capital, Athena Home Loans, Brighte, Up Banking, BASIQ, Frollo, Xero, News Corp, Liberty, Perpetual, NTT, Suncorp, Coverhero, Teachers Mutual, NSX, NSW Treasury, Austrade, ADCCA, AFPG, AIMS/SSX, Aircoin International, AirRemit, Allen Partners, American Express, AML Compliance, ANZ, APCA, Ashurst, Aurionpro, Baker & McKenzie, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Bank Statements, BC Finance, Benchmark Media, Best Exchange Rates, Bit Trade Labs, CBA, Chi-X Australia, Codesource, Digital Asset, DNR Capital, emondo, EY, FinanceDesk, Financial Observer, Fincast, finder.com.au, Frederick Jordan Chambers, FundX, gale instruments, GBG, Goldman Sachs, Harmoney, Herbert Smith Freehills, Invest Blue, InvestHK, Investorbase, IPTMA, Joust, Keystone Capital, Korn Ferry, KPMG, Lab49, Lambdas IO , Leadenhall Corporate Advisory, Ledger Assets, Macquarie Group, Manning Asset Management, Map My Plan, MavenApp, Meeco, Microsoft, MoneyMe, Morgan Stanley, Motley Fool Australia, Nexus Law Group, Octet Group, OFX, OnDeck, Oracle, OzForex Group Limited (OFX), PayPal, Peter R Kelly & Associates, Practifi, Prana Credit Solutions, Preacta, Prospa Advance, Proviso, PwC, Quantifeed, Rackspace, RealP2P, Refine Media, Rice Warner, Roman Daniel Suit Club, Ronai Services, Schroders, Scottish Pacific, Sefiani Communications Group, ShortTermLoans.com.au, Skychain Australia, Smarter Group, SocietyOne, Spotcap, SPP, State Chambers, Stockspot, Succession Recruitment, SuperEd, SuperGuide, Swipezy, Swiss Re, Tactical PR, Telstra, Thomson Reuters, Transacumen, TSY, Tyro, UBS, Ultradata, UOW, Veredictum.io, Vuhn, Waller Lawyers, Webpresence Builders, Western Union, Business Solutions, Westpac, Worldremit, and XTB

EVENT PARTNER

GOLD SPONSOR

SILVER SPONSOR

MEDIA PARTNER

HUB PARTNER

About The 12th Annual FinTech & Banking Summit 2025

Our Key Themes for This Year’s Event

Bank-FinTech collaboration

Ai in Banking & Finance

How Innovation Drives Competition in Banking

We are excited to be running the 12th Annual FinTech & Banking Summit 2025 in Sydney. The FinTech & Banking Summit brings together the influential, disruptive and innovative technology companies that are redefining financial services across all areas of banking and fintech.

The 12th Annual FinTech & Banking Summit 2025

Conference Schedule

DAY 1:

Opening Keynote: Open Banking & the Future of Finance Marketplace

Keynote: What is the Real Opportunity from CDR/Open Banking?

Open Banking Case Study Keynote: What Does Open Banking Mean for Australians?

Open Banking & CDR Panel Session: How fintech partners accelerated Verifier’s journey to being an Accredited Data Recipient

Open Banking 2.0 – Where Are We Now, and Where Are We Heading?

The Future of Open Banking: Panel Session Discussion

DAY 2:

Using Digital Receipts to Delight Your Customers

Collaborating to Create a Global Payments Brand

Panel: Building and Scaling a Fintech for Enterprise

How Fintechs are streamlining customer onboarding

Opening Keynote: Fintech & FSI collaboration is the future of finance

DAY 3:

Panel: FinTechs – How we funded our Journey

Case Study – Using Machine Learning to Simplify the Customer Experience

Angels & VCs: What We Look For

Growing The Market: The Rise of Next Gen B2SMB FinTechs

Lending In The Time of Covid

Summit Schedule 2025

Opening Remarks & Welcome

OPENING KEYNOTE / BANKING KEYNOTE: BE BOLD!

KEYNOTE PANEL SESSION: Can we reinvent banking and redefine how customers engage with their money?

Morning Break

Banking on the future: Ai changes everything

Banking on Ai: Ai with empathy

Lunch Break

How data is driving innovation and solving real consumer use cases?

Afternoon tea/coffee break

Funding the Banking Revolution: where are the opportunities?

Drinks Function & Lucky Door Prize

Previous FinTech Summits

Attendees

We are excited to be running the 12th Annual FinTech & Banking Summit 2025 in Sydney.
The FinTech & Banking Summit brings together the influential, disruptive and innovative technology companies that are redefining financial services across all areas of banking and fintech.