Fintech industry in microfinance is helping companies and individuals gain access to credit without the bulky paperwork related to traditional banks. This perhaps explains why Frost and Sullivan estimates Australian fintech sector to add A$1 billion to the economy by 2020. Here are some names in Australian fintech that are doing a great job in providing traction to this sector:

1. Top 30 Fintech Influencers In Australia 2019
Fintech industry in microfinance is helping companies and individuals gain access to credit without
the bulky paperwork related to traditional banks. This perhaps explains why Frost and Sullivan
estimate Australian fintech sector to add A$1 billion to the economy by 2020. Here are some names
in Australian fintech that are doing a great job in providing traction to this sector:
Alex Scandurra

2. Scandurra is the CEO of Stone and Chalk and holds a double MBA with distinction. With connections
over 500+ networks and special skills in strategizing and global geopolitical experience Scandurra is like
the Fintech ringmaster. In his own words, a tsunami upsurge will come when millennials will have more
than 50% buying power, and they will control the future of industry.
Alistair Lamond
Lamond is the co-founder and commercial director of Skippr. His area of expertise deals with
Fintech, small business finance and cloud technology. With multiple degrees, Lamond’s expertise is
in empowering and pursuing small scale businesses specially Agri businesses and micro-financing.
He has tremendous expertise in diagnosing of finances and cash flow in Fintech. According to
Lamond, empowerment of small to medium scale enterprises helps them to control their finance
which creates innovation, competition, and productivity as well as growth scope in Australian
business. His LinkedIn profile too has quite a few published articles on this sector.
Asher Tan

3. The CEO and Co-founder of CoinJar, Tan’s area of expertise lies in next generation Fintech technology
expertise i.e., bitcoin proliferation. In his words, he says overcoming any obstacle is a two-fold dimension
where creativity is needed for problem-solving while driving people to engage and interact with them is
equally important. He has written a post “Nuts and Bolts, 2012: The Year Ahead” for Rag Trader. He has
also co-authored “Health Sector Shielded from Economic Woes” for Westpac Bank’s inaugural Industry
Focus publication.
Ben Heap
Heap is the Executive Chairman and founding partner of H2 Ventures. Heap has worked as the director of
Gymnastics Australia, Star Entertainment group, etc. His area of expertise deals with pumping and
reshaping Fintechs. Heap believes in transforming Australia as the hub of Fintech and says that if there is
any sector that actually needs experience then that is Fintech.
Caitlin Iles

4. This superwoman is the founder of Xchange. She is a venture capitalist, serial entrepreneur corporate
advisor and many more. She is experienced in creating and advising innovative Fintech solutions across
multiple global ventures, start-ups and nations.
Cameron Dart
The founder and CEO of Australian Fintech Dart has his expertise in unravelling various strings of Fintech
world. Dart believes Fintech to be a ground-breaking technology and, in his words, the more masses are
educated about it the more benefit the market will gain.
Charlotte Petris
She is the CEO and co-founder of Timelio and also a member of the Australian Federal Government’s
Fintech Advisory group. The My Business Award winner for 2015 believes that like a small weather

5. change can transform the entire climate, similarly a small idea of Fintech is enough to revolutionize the
financial world.
Danielle Szetho
The inaugural CEO of Fintech Australia, Szetho is fearlessly working for Fintech. From anti-money
laundering to global digital finance Szetho has expertise overall. Though she has stepped down from her
role now, she strongly believes that Australia will be the leading markets for Fintech innovations in the
near future.
Danny Gilligan
He is the co-founder of Reinventure and Data Republic. Gilligan has his expertise set out in wrangling of
data and handling investments simultaneously utilizing the next-generation tools.

6. Darcy Naunton
Naunton is the co-founder and partner at Adventure capital, the co-founder of York butter and CFO and
co-founder of Clover. Naunton has worked with and for start-ups from 2011 in various sectors and has
developed innate advisory and influential skills for pension funds, insurance companies, fund of fund
investment management etc. With multiple degrees in science and commerce this sergeant in Fintech
army believes that Australia has it all to build and grow great business opportunities. He has authored an
industry article “Disruption Series: FinTech – The Australian Banking System: Growth or Disruption” for
Adventure Capital
Effie Zahos
Being the most recognizable face of the Australian finance industry and the editor Money magazine
Zahos is renowned for her simplifying the financial topics, streamlining property investments and many
more. She is the author of “A Real Girl’s Guide to Money”

7. Glen Frost
Frost has been catering Fintech for a long time now. With founding some of the Fintech epitome sectors
like Fintech Summit, Fintech Award, Fintech Sydney, etc Frost’s prime focus remains in fostering of the
Fintech community. He says monitoring the nature of people’s borrowing-lending trends and adding up
every part of bank potentially being disruptive creates an ecosystem of start-ups.
Ian Pollari
Pollari is a partner and head of KPMG Australia and a global co-leader of Fintech. Pollari has also worked
as a non-executive director in Stone and Chalk. He believes in creating and revolutionizing Fintech
strategies every day. Pollari believes in continuously challenging business models and the way things are
done.
James Eyres

8. The editor of financial services at the Australian Financial Review, Eyres has expertise over profiling and
advising over the Fintech Industry. He believes that not just start-ups Australia needs large scale Fintech
companies.
Lachlan Heussler
The Managing director of Spotcap Australia and New Zealand is a Fintech CEO. He believes in helping
and lending the small start-ups and businesses to succeed as SME plays the major part for an industry to
flourish.
Michelle Moffatt

9. She heads the internal audit at Tyro payments, co-organiser of Sydney femtech, director to ISACA and
also owns a consultancy for denim consulting, commonwealth bank, polish trade and investment
agencies and as well as FD global. Michelle is a believer of women empowerment in Fintech. She
believes that developing the country status of Australia, in fact, is beneficial as there are ample areas in
Fintech to innovate and explore. Her story is featured in Stephanie Brown’s book “Face of Extraordinary:
Volunteers”.
Matt Symons
The Co-founder of SocietyOne Symons creates Australia’s first-ever marketplace to connect borrowers
with lenders that too on an algorithm based on their credit scores.
Mark Bouris

10. Bouris is the executive chairman of Yellow Brick Road and the former founder and chairman of Wizard
Home loans, Australia’s second-largest non-banking mortgage money lenders. Bouris sees the next
evolution in mortgage broking will come in a few years with next-gen technologies.
Mike Cannon Brookes
This spokesperson and forerunner of Fintech revolution in Australia have a huge contribution in start-ups
and next-gen policy incorporation in the country. The billionaire is the co-founder and CEO of Atlassian,
and an investor and director of Tyro. Cannon-Brookes was also honoured by the World Economic Forum
as a Young Global Leader in 2009 and is a member of The Forum of Young Global Leaders.
Miles Burke

11. This serial entrepreneur believes in striving for optimization instead of some unattainable perfection
standards. He is the founder and MD of 6Q and Bam Creative, also the producer at Start-up and a News
Curator at Start-up Perth.
Mr. Ian Renwood
Ian is a partner and Advisory Board Member at Azurium and is a passionate Fintech specialist. He
pursues his passion by serving as financial advisors for various startups and venture capital firms. He has
experience of more than 20 years as a financial consultant.
Niki Scevak

12. Niki is the co-founder of blackbird ventures and a co-creator of Startmate. Nikki has expertise over
leading and lending to the Fintech leaders. He says that his fund is for those people who stick with their
companies for a decade and has the X-factor of never to sell out and change the world.
Simon Cant
The MD and Co-founder of Reinventure and president of Australian Fintech Cant believe in opening
newer opportunities and gates for SMB and start-ups to learn and grow under Fintech. For Cant
Fintech is the engine of the Australian economy that can power, grow and transact all other
business possibilities.
Stuart Stoyan

13. Stuart is the CEO of MoneyPlace and focuses on creating an opportunity for a competitive yet unified
Australia in the national and international market.
Andrea Myles
The CEO and co-founder of China Australia Millennial Project Myles is a multiple award-winning CEO
who has been listed a number of times in the 100 most influential people of Australia. Her area of
expertise is strengthening the Fintech ties on an international scale. She believes that opportunities and
ups and downs will be there and it’s not just the large giants who can take advantage of that. Her startup
was a finalist in the Good Design Awards for Social Innovation in 2016.
Wyatt Roy

14. The former assistant minister for innovation in government and MD of Australia for Afniti and the youngest
ever minister in the history of Commonwealth believes in innovation for policymakers in Fintech arena.
According to Roy, Fintech is an enormous arena to provide consumers better experiences and Australia
is all set to revolutionize it.
Vincent Turner
The CEO of Fintech Start-up Uno and with Westpac as the majority shareholder Turner and his company
is providing digital mortgage services based on Technology. A tech where the mortgages are
algorithmically matched users of home loans based on their needs.
Olivia Maragana

15. The co-founder and CEO of Aspire Retire one of the most rapidly growing financial planning institutions
Olivia Maragana is one of the top 10 influencers in Australia. She believes in breaking down traditional
barriers and is recognized as the driving force for independent planning in the finance industry.
Emma Watson
The co-founder of AgriDigital and an expert on culturing, catering the farming sector of the Fintech fields
believe in the uniqueness of Australians. She believes that an agritech start-up can bring blockchain
solutions to physical commodity in the supply chain network.
Monica Wulff

16. Wulff is formerly a co-founder at Curiohh and also Start-up Master. She focuses strictly on
groundbreaking technologies over traditional business practices. She wants to reveal the Australian
start-up ecosystem in a new Fintech casing to the globe.
To conclude:
These were some noteworthy examples of players in the Australian fintech market that are delivering
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