Australian FinTech company profile #48 – uno

  1. Company Name:

uno

  1. Website:

www.unohomeloans.com.au

  1. Key Staff & Titles:

Vincent Turner – Founder

Anthony Justice – CEO

  1. Location(s):

Surry Hills, NSW

  1. In one sentence, what does your fintech do?:

uno actively manages your home loan so you never pay more than you should

  1. How / why did you start your fintech company?:

After a decade of building financial services software for banks and brokers decided that the best way to innovate and impact customers was to roll that innovation & capability into a financial services company

  1. What is the best thing your company has achieved or learnt along the way (this can include awards, capital raising etc)?:

The launch of loanScore in 2019 represented a combination of good design, amazing technology, simple communications and a focus on a problem facing anyone who has a home loan being ‘is my home loan any good or not’

  1. What’s some advice you’d give to an aspiring start-up?:

Learn about marketing, brand & distribution

  1. What’s next for your company? And are you looking to expand overseas or stay focussed on Australia?:

Super focused on Australia and taking Active Home Loan Management to anyone in Australia who has a home loan

  1. What other fintechs or companies do you admire?:

Valiant, Robinhood, Plaid, SoFi

  1. What’s the most interesting or funniest moment that’s happened in your company’s lifetime?:

Our first office came about because of a random meeting and was done on a handshake with a person I’d just met