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Metal, a stablecoin infrastructure startup also known as Nexus Networks, has raised about US$32.5 million (near A$50 million) in seed funding, with Airwallex and Capital 49 co-leading, according to an AFR report.
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Fintech investment in Australia rebounded in H1 2026 on large deals, including two crypto acquisitions, while the government unveiled a Financial Innovation Strategy and a new industry map counted 800 fintechs.
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Pay.com.au has raised a Series E round to take its rewards-based business payments platform to the United States under the PayRewards name.
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Payments firm Fat Zebra has named Leena Hakkinen as COO and Kees Kwakernaak as CCO as Australia moves toward PSP licensing; it has previously acquired Adatree, Pin Payments and SecurePay.
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Payments processor Fat Zebra names Leena Hakkinen as COO and Kees Kwakernaak as CCO as Australia prepares for PSP licensing; the company has also acquired Adatree, Pin Payments and SecurePay since 2024.
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TMX Group has completed its purchase of Australian exchange Cboe Australia after regulator approval, and will rename the venue TMX Australia Exchange. The platform began as Chi-X Australia in 2011.
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TMX Group has completed its takeover of Cboe Australia following Australian regulatory approval and will rebrand the exchange TMX Australia Exchange.
Hello Clever has released Clever Connect, which gives software platforms and marketplaces dedicated accounts for instant merchant payments over Australian and Japanese rails, with a US launch planned later this year.
ANNA's Australian operation obtained its financial services licence and rolled out Apple Pay, Google Pay and Mastercard checkout alongside ASIC and ATO integrations, letting small firms manage payments and tax in one place.
Zeller has rolled out a point-of-sale application for small Australian businesses, replacing subscription pricing with per-transaction charges and adding an AI assistant inside its merchant dashboard.
Small-business lender Moneytech has hired David Cameron as CTO to speed AI and automation across its lending software, amid rising non-bank investment in automated credit decisions.
Cuscal has completed its purchase of New Zealand payments firm Paymark, rebranding it Cuscal Paymark; the business stays standalone with leadership unchanged as Cuscal widens its Australasian payments footprint.
Payments firm Monoova has appointed Bianca Bates as chief executive from July 2026, replacing co-founder Christian Westerlind Wigstrom, with chair Robert Bell filling in until she starts.
Peppermint Innovation has raised AU$2.1 million from local industry investors to fund its payments and wallet expansion into the Philippines, where usage of its platforms is climbing.
Airwallex launched Latitude 37, offering Australian AI startups equity-free capital and overseas immersion trips via its Impact arm, adding to a prior $5m University of Melbourne commitment; applications open May 2026.
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Australian payments firm AP+ is selling its Beem app to Bolt Group to refocus on core infrastructure, while Bolt plans to add features and the two will move customers over by June 2026.
Payments company Airwallex has brought in a new independent chair for its Australian board and added a former New Zealand prime minister as a director; he already leads its NZ board.
Profiles four Australian fintechs worth watching in 2026: Fat Zebra, WeMoney, Swyftx and Block Earner, covering their growth, past acquisitions and previously secured funding rounds.
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OFX has hired ex-PayPal Australia marketing head Liz Lord as chief marketing officer as the payments firm broadens its offering for business customers into finance operations tools.
Chinese fintech FinVolution Group has bought local lender Fundo, marking its first move into the Australian market as its overseas operations keep growing.
Stablecoin issuer Macropod has taken on a Betashares-led strategic minority investment, with Galaxy Digital, Flowdesk, DACM and Primal Capital also taking part, to grow its regulated AUD token AUDM.
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AI finance brokerage LoanOptions.ai has completed its first acquisition, buying Sydney equipment finance specialist Asset Alley, whose brokers gain access to its AILO loan matching technology and commercial lending tools.
Payments firm Zepto has elevated long-serving security lead Mariana Paun to a newly created Chief Business Resilience Officer role, pulling information security, operations, risk and compliance together as Australian scam and payment rules tighten.
The cryptocurrency exchange has promoted its longtime technology chief to run the company and hired a new commercial head, pointing to a maturing local regulatory landscape for digital assets.
Australian digital bank in1bank is shutting down, transferring customer balances to nominated accounts by early February 2026 and handing its ADI licence back to APRA.
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Airwallex appoints James Teodorini to lead its Australian and New Zealand business; the brief also recalls the payments company's Series G round and its billion-dollar revenue milestone.
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SC Ventures is leading a US$5m round for EdenX Group, an Australia-Singapore fintech serving franchises and small businesses, to grow its investment and trading infrastructure; it recently bought two firms and entered Singapore.
Ranking of Australia’s five best-funded fintechs — Airwallex, Athena, Zeller, InDebted and Brighte — profiling each one’s total raised, most recent raise, backers, valuation and growth moves.
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Pepper Money says a consortium it belongs to is in early negotiations with Westpac over its mortgage broking book, as the bank faces a franchisee class action and a penalty over RAMS lending misconduct.
Identity verification group GBG has bought Sydney-based DataTools, whose software checks addresses and customer data, placing its team within the GBG Loqate division to deepen reach in Australia and New Zealand.
Sydney fintech Eftsure has rolled out a service that verifies overseas payments across 39 countries, helping Australian firms dodge cross-border invoice fraud, with global reach planned for 2026.
French order-to-cash software group Sidetrade has agreed to buy Sydney's ezyCollect outright in a deal valued at an estimated €37 million, its largest yet, extending its reach into Asia-Pacific.
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Melbourne payments provider Zeller is launching in Britain, its first overseas market, appointing ex-ByteDance executive Lars Weber to head new London operations and building a 40-strong local team.
Insurance software provider JAVLN has closed a six-million-dollar investment to back growth, research and AI plans, alongside a new hire leading its AI and data work.
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Commonwealth Bank's venture arm x15ventures and specialist fund Triple Bubble announce a partnership to support Australian fintechs with capital, mentoring and talent exchange between the bank and startups.
Marloo, which builds AI software for financial advisers, has landed US$2.7 million in a Blackbird Ventures-led round joined by CoVentures and several fintech founders, to speed product growth across its markets.
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Airtree has finalised a US$650 million fifth fund split across seed and growth vehicles to back ANZ tech founders, and has elevated three staff members to Principal.
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Banking Circle has finalised its purchase of Australian Settlements Limited, an Australian ADI, under a deal agreed in December 2024, uniting local settlement services with the buyer's international payment network.
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US payments firm Shift4 has agreed to buy Smartpay, which processes payments for merchants in Australia and New Zealand, for NZ$296.4 million; completion is expected in late 2025, subject to regulatory approval.
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WeMoney has raised A$12 million in a Series A led by Lance East Office, with Mastercard joining as a new investor; funds will advance its AI features and BrightMatch open banking switching platform.
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Selfwealth shareholders have overwhelmingly backed Syfe's A$65 million cash takeover, with court approval and a 7 May completion still ahead; the Singapore-based buyer plans to delist and rebrand the Australian brokerage.
Payments provider Fiserv has bought Pinch Payments, an Australian payment facilitator serving merchants in Australia and New Zealand, for an undisclosed sum, to strengthen its digital payment offering across Asia Pacific.
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Crypto exchange OKX Australia has appointed Kate Cooper, previously of Zodia Custody, NAB and Westpac, as its chief executive, with responsibility for operations, product and sales.
Banking Circle, a Luxembourg-licensed lender, is taking over Australian Settlements, which provides settlement services to Australian banks, pending regulatory approval, extending the buyer's local payments footprint.
Crypto.com has bought Fintek Securities, an ASIC-regulated Australian brokerage, its second brokerage deal as it broadens the services offered to local users.
Deals recorded from Fintech News Australia's coverage. A round is listed once, however many of their articles mention it.
| Company | Stage | Announced | Amount | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Melbourne | Grant | 30 Aug 2026 | $4.8m | |
| Pay.com.au | Series D+ | 23 Aug 2026 | $39m | |
| Metal | Seed | Jun 2026 | ~$50m | |
| Macropod | Unnamed stage | 9 Mar 2026 | ~$10m | |
| JAVLN | Unnamed stage | 2 Oct 2025 | $6m | |
| Marloo | Pre-seed | 10 Sep 2025 | $4.2m | |
| Block Earner | Series A | 18 Aug 2025 | $8m | |
| Airwallex | Series D+ | 21 May 2025 | $232m | |
| Airwallex | Series D+ | May 2025 | $275m | |
| WeMoney | Series A | 22 Apr 2025 | $12m | |
| Pay.com.au | Unnamed stage | 2025 | $25m | |
| InDebted | Series C | 27 Sep 2024 | $60m | |
| Zeller | Series B | 3 Mar 2022 | $100m |
Companies named in Fintech News Australia's articles, most-covered first.
| Company | What it does | Articles |
|---|---|---|
| Zip | Buy now pay later fintech | 4 |
| Zepto | Australian payments fintech | 1 |
| Zeller | Integrated payments and business banking solution for SMEs | 3 |
| Xero | 3 | |
| x15ventures | 1 | |
| Westpac | Australian bank | 2 |
| Wesfarmers | 1 | |
| WeMoney | Financial health coach app | 2 |
| Waave | open banking fintech | 1 |
| Victorian Managed Insurance Authority | 1 | |
| Up Bank | Digital bank in Australia | 1 |
| University of Melbourne | University operating the Melbourne Connect innovation precinct | 1 |
| Triple Bubble | 1 | |
| Toronto Stock Exchange | operated by TMX Group | 2 |
| TMX Group | Canadian financial market infrastructure group | 2 |
| Tilt | 1 | |
| Tevalis | 1 | |
| Telstra | Telecommunications company | 1 |
| Swyftx | 1 | |
| Stripe | 1 | |
| Startup Victoria | 1 | |
| Startup Bootcamp | 1 | |
| Standard Chartered Bank | 1 | |
| Square | 2 | |
| Sportsbet | 1 | |
| Smartpay | Provides payment processing and point-of-sale solutions to over 40,000 merchants across A… | 1 |
| Smartgroup | 1 | |
| Sidetrade | France-based provider of AI-powered Order-to-Cash (O2C) applications | 1 |
| Shopify | 1 | |
| Shift4 | US-based provider of integrated payments and commerce technology | 1 |
| Selfwealth | one of Australia's largest online investing platforms | 1 |
| SecurePay | 3 | |
| Revolut | 1 | |
| Reserve Bank of Australia | Australia's central bank | 1 |
| Redcat | 1 | |
| Receeve | German enterprise collections software | 1 |
| RACQ | 2 | |
| Qantas | 1 | |
| ProcurePro | Brisbane startup that raised a $15 million Series A led by QIC Ventures. | 1 |
| Pockit | 1 | |
| Pinch Payments | an Australian-based payment facilitator | 1 |
| Pin Payments | 4 | |
| Pepper Money | ASX-listed non-bank lender appointed to service HSBC portfolio | 1 |
| PayPal | 1 | |
| Pay.com.au | Australia's largest payments and rewards platform | 1 |
| Paul Ramsay Foundation | 1 | |
| Oracle | Enterprise software company that acquired Aconex | 1 |
| OKX Australia | Crypto exchange | 1 |
| OFX | 1 | |
| NPP | 1 | |
| Navan | 1 | |
| National Australia Bank (NAB) | 1 | |
| MYOB | Australian accounting software company | 3 |
| Mount Cook Alpine Salmon | 1 | |
| Monoova | account-to-account payment services provider | 1 |
| Moneytech | Australian SME lender | 1 |
| Mirvac | Property company, customer of Relevance AI | 1 |
| Metal | 1 | |
| Marloo | AI partner for financial advisers aiming to become the operating system for advisory firms | 1 |
| Manawanui Support | 1 | |
| Macropod | Licensed issuer of the Australian dollar-backed stablecoin AUDM | 1 |
| Macquarie Bank | Bank providing specialised and asset finance | 1 |
| LoanOptions.ai | AI-focused finance brokerage | 1 |
| Littlepay | 1 | |
| Linktree | 1 | |
| Lightspeed | 1 | |
| Judo | Existing unicorn that continued rising in valuation | 1 |
| JAVLN | Cloud-based insurance software-as-a-service provider | 1 |
| Infoxchange | 1 | |
| Independent Reserve | Australian-based digital currency exchange and over-the-counter (OTC) trading platform | 1 |
| InDebted | overdue payment management platform | 1 |
| In1Bank | bank | 1 |
| Impos | 1 | |
| Impact Lab | 1 | |
| IG | UK-headquartered trading firm offering access to roughly 19,000 financial markets worldwi… | 1 |
| Human | personalised healthcare platform | 1 |
| Hnry | 1 | |
| Hello Clever | Australian real-time payments fintech | 1 |
| Heidi Health | Australian HealthTech company | 1 |
| Haast | AI-native compliance platform automating marketing content review for enterprises | 1 |
| Google Cloud | 1 | |
| Technology company operator of Firebase, referenced as comparison | 1 | |
| Go1 | Startup that reached unicorn status in 1H 2021 | 1 |
| Fundo | local lending platform | 1 |
| Flare | HR software venture | 1 |
| Fiserv | a provider of payments and financial services technology | 1 |
| Fireblocks | A digital asset security platform | 1 |
| Fetch | 1 | |
| Ferocia | 1 | |
| Fat Zebra | Australian payments processor | 3 |
| ezyCollect | Sydney-based O2C solutions provider | 1 |
| Euphemia | 1 | |
| Envest | Australia's largest privately owned insurance and financial services distribution group | 1 |
| Employment Hero | Another Australian company backed by TCV | 1 |
| Eftsure | Payment security software company | 1 |
| eftpos | 1 | |
| Easy Crypto | Crypto exchange expanding product suite and Asian markets | 1 |
| Dexus | 1 | |
| Deel | 1 | |
| Cuscal | 2 | |
| CTIN Pay | 1 | |
| Crypto.com | 1 | |
| Constantinople | Company where Chris Dwyer worked as a founding engineer | 1 |
| Commonwealth Bank | Australian bank | 1 |
| Chi-X Australia | platform launched in 2011 | 2 |
| Cboe Global Markets | 2 | |
| Cboe Australia | alternative trading venue | 2 |
| Carsales | Online car sales marketplace | 1 |
| Canva | Online design and visual communication platform | 2 |
| Caleb & Brown | Digital assets brokerage | 1 |
| Bytedance | Technology company that acquired Baikemy | 1 |
| BTC Markets | Cryptocurrency exchange | 1 |
| Brighte | 1 | |
| Brex | 1 | |
| BPAY | 1 | |
| Bolt | US one-click checkout company | 1 |
| BNP Paribas | 1 | |
| Block Earner | An Australian crypto platform for buying, selling and managing digital assets and crypto-… | 1 |
| Block | 2 | |
| BILL | 1 | |
| Bell Financial Group | 1 | |
| BC Payments Australia | Banking Circle's vehicle for its Australian operations, holding an Australian Financial S… | 2 |
| Banxa | payment infrastructure provider enabling embedded crypto offerings | 1 |
| Banking Circle | 2 | |
| Banked | London-founded account-to-account payments company | 1 |
| AustralianSuper | country’s largest industry fund | 1 |
| Australian Taxation Office | 1 | |
| Australian Settlements Limited | 2 | |
| Australian Securities and Investments Commission | 4 | |
| Australian Prudential Regulation Authority | 1 | |
| Australian Payments Plus | Operator of Australia's critical payments and identity infrastructure | 1 |
| Australian Government | 1 | |
| Australian Financial Review | 1 | |
| Australian Business Growth Fund | 1 | |
| Australia Post | Postal service provider | 1 |
| Audacity Ventures | 1 | |
| Athena | Sydney, Australia-based online lending startup focused on home loans | 1 |
| ASX | Australian Securities Exchange | 1 |
| Apple | 1 | |
| ANNA | 1 | |
| AmSher | US-based collections agency | 1 |
| Airwallex Impact | Airwallex's giving initiative that funds Latitude 37 | 1 |
| Afterpay | Buy now pay later company | 3 |
| Adyen | Payments infrastructure company | 1 |
| Adatree | 3 |
Investors named in Fintech News Australia's articles, most-covered first.
| Investor | What it does | Articles |
|---|---|---|
| Airwallex | Fintech payments and financial infrastructure company | 5 |
| AirTree Ventures | 2 | |
| Blackbird Ventures | 2 | |
| Mastercard | Global payments company | 2 |
| Betashares | 1 | |
| BetterLabs | 1 | |
| Capital 49 | 1 | |
| CoVentures | 1 | |
| DACM | Digital asset firm | 1 |
| Dorado Capital | 1 | |
| DST Global | 1 | |
| Eastcourt Capital | 1 | |
| Flowdesk | Digital asset firm | 1 |
| Galaxy Digital | Digital asset firm | 1 |
| Lance East Office | 1 | |
| Lone Pine Capital | 1 | |
| Primal Capital | Digital asset firm | 1 |
| REA Group | real estate and proptech group | 1 |
| Salesforce Ventures | 1 | |
| SC Ventures | Innovation and investment arm of Standard Chartered Bank | 1 |
| Square Peg Capital | 1 |