Afterpay challenger Openpay seeks $30 million
Buy now, pay later fintech Openpay is seeking to make the most of investor interest in the payments sector, tapping the market for $30 million in new equity
Debt payment start-up Credit Clear poaches OpenPay’s CEO Simon Scalzo ahead of raise
Fintech payments technology start-up Credit Clear has poached the CEO of one of its start-up rivals as it prepares to embark on a $10 million capital raising push. The company, which automates the debt collection process and facilitates customer communication over Facebook Messenger, SMS or email, has lured Simon Scalzo from “buy now pay later” platform OpenPay to lead the company. Credit Clear launched in July and has been predominantly funded to date by its chairman and co-founder Mark Casey, a property developer who made $14 million from the sale of a sheep farm near Geelong. Mr Casey started the business alongside SpotJobs co-founder Lewis Romano, saying it would make it easier for people to pay […]
Melbourne ‘buy now, pay later’ fintech Openpay just raised $10 million and cancelled IPO
Openpay has completed a $10 million capital raising round, and revealed it has cancelled plans for an initial public offering. The $10 million, which was originally marked as a pre-IPO round, came from “a group of investors” that included existing backer Meydan Group, as well as Investec and SL Investments Group. The company did not comment on the reasons for cancelling the IPO plans. Business Insider understands that chief executive Simon Scalzo departed the company in August after less than a year at the helm, with chairperson Avi Schechter currently acting as the public face of the fintech. The latest investment also sees Investec head of emerging companies David Phillips […]
Fintech start-up Openpay begins $10m pre-IPO raising as it takes on Afterpay
Openpay, a new challenger to soaring ASX-listed fintech start-up Afterpay, has launched a pre-IPO capital raising, seeking $8-10 million ahead of a planned ASX listing next year. The company is run by former BDO national head of retail Simon Scalzo and, like Afterpay, lets people buy and use goods and services now, but pay for them in instalments with no interest. Afterpay is up more than 155 per cent since listing in May, and Openpay also plans to go public in mid-2017 to raise the funds for further growth. Mr Scalzo said it had already attracted interest from a number of investors in its capital raising. “The process to raise […]
Change Financial strengthens team for growth appointing Kathryn Grant
Change Financial Limited today announced the appointment of Kathryn (Kat) Grant as Vice President, Marketing.
Here are the finalists for the 2021 Finnies
The Finnies are on again, representing many of the best fintech companies in Australia. Here is a list of the 2021 Finnies finalists.
Strong representation again from Aussie FinTechs in the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific
Australian Fintech companies have once again been strongly represented on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific list.
Afterpay and Zip Co sign on to Australia’s new buy now pay later code of practice
Australia’s buy now pay later (BNPL) sector has agreed to a code of practice that came into effect on Monday.
