The Winners of the 7th Annual FinTech Awards 2022 have been announced

The 7^th Annual FinTech Awards 2022 have been run and won in a star-studded night featuring the who’s who of the Australian fintech industry.

Top awards on the night included Erika Villanueva and Dom Pym picking up FinTech Leader of the Year awards, and Paytron claiming the Ashurst FinTech Startup of the year.

Now in it’s seventh year, the FinTech Awards celebrates the entrepreneurs and Australian fintechs who are doing amazing things, and growing their businesses, both here in Australia, and overseas.

“Congratulations to the Winners of this year’s 7^th Annual FinTech Awards, winning an award is a huge achievement and sends a message to your customers, your team and your investors that you are doing amazing things!” said Glen Frost, Founder of the FinTech Awards.

The winners in each category are as follows: (finalists listed below each winner)

1. BEST INNOVATION IN PFM &/OR SAVINGS ACCOUNT

Tanggram

BlossomApp

WeMoney (WINNER) 

2. BEST INNOVATION IN PAYMENTS (incl BNPL/FX/Crypto)

Airwallex

Zepto (WINNER)

Novatti Group

3. BEST INNOVATION IN WEALTH MANAGEMENT

Unhedged

Cache (WINNER)

Stake

4. BEST INNOVATION IN LENDING

Alex Bank (WINNER)

FiFo Capital

Plenti

5. BEST HOME LOAN INNOVATION

Nano Digital Home Loans

Tic:Toc (WINNER)

Unloan

6. BEST FINTECH-BANK COLLABORATION

Paytron (& JP Morgan)

Zerocap (& ANZ)

Shaype (& CBA)

Mambu (& CBA) (WINNER)

7. BEST FINTECH & NON-BANK COLLABORATION

Perpetual Digital (& Athena Home Loans) (WINNER)

MYOB (& Flare)

Novatti Group (Visa, CryptoSpend)

8. BEST USE OF Ai IN FINTECH

Sherlok

Alex Bank

Credit Clear (WINNER)

9. BEST INNOVATION IN PROPTECH

Bridgit

CampaignAgent (WINNER)

Futurerent

10. BEST INNOVATION IN ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS

Unhedged

Rush Gold

Stropro (WINNER)

11. BEST SOCIAL MISSION FINTECH

Frontya

OwnHome (WINNER)

WeMoney

12. BEST INNOVATION IN REGTECH

AssuranceLab (WINNER)

Perpetual Digital

RegCentric

13. DIVERSITY & INCLUSION AWARD

AssuranceLab

Tanggram

Wisr (WINNER)

14. BEST OPEN BANKING SOLUTION

Sherlok

Fiskil

BASIQ (WINNER)

15. BEST SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVE IN FINTECH

Slyp

Brighte (WINNER)

Shaype

16. FINTECH CTO/CIO OF THE YEAR

Chris Dadej – Co-Founder, CTO/CPO, Lumiant

Spiro Rokos – Co-Founder & CTO, Slyp (WINNER)

Nicholas Tan – CTO, Monoova

17. YOUNG FINTECH LEADER OF THE YEAR (UNDER 35)

Ben Simpson – Founder, Collective Shift

Josh Vernon – Founder, Wagestream (WINNER)

Caleb Gibbins – Founder, Cache Invest

18. BEST INNOVATION IN CRYPTO &/OR DIGITAL ASSETS

Zerocap (WINNER)

Rush Gold

Block Earner

19. FEMALE FINTECH LEADER OF THE YEAR

Erika Villanueva – Co-Founder and Chief Compliance Officer, AssuranceLab (WINNER)

Amreeta Abbott – Founder, Annature

Tanya Ward – CFO & COO, Cape

20. FINTECH LEADER OF THE YEAR

Dominic Pym – Founder, Up (WINNER)

Katherine McConnell – Founder, Brighte

Adam Grocke – Founder, Sherlok

21. BEST FINTECH GROWTH STORY

Airwallex (WINNER)

Zepto

Wisr

22. ASHURST FINTECH STARTUP OF THE YEAR

Paytron (WINNER)

Alex Bank

Stake

Photos from the night can be viewed here.