The finalists for Australia’s 2024 Finnies fintech business awards have been announced.The Finnies celebrates achievements across the various components of the fintech industry and among the services that support them.This year’s awards drew over 322 entries across 19 categories, creating a shortlist of 154 finalists.The Finnies is judged over two intense rounds involving over 70 experts from across the fintech ecosystem.For the first round, over 30 judges from across the fintech industry scrutinise all entries to create this year’s pool of finalists for each category.From here, a second round of judging will commence and another 40 new judges will pour through the finalists entries to pick one winner for each category.The winners will be announced at Doltone House in Jones Wharf on 6 June 2024.THE FINALISTS:1. BEST WORKPLACE DIVERSITYAssuranceLabBizcapEML PaymentsMYOBNovattiPokitPalTRAction2. EXCELLENCE IN ESTABLISHING GLOBAL MARKET PRESENCEAssuranceLabCake EquityData ZooEzyRemit WorldwideEmployment HeroFinmoLakeba GroupStables3. EXCELLENCE IN INDUSTRY COLLABORATIONS & PARTNERSHIPSAdatree, MogoPlus & Central Murray Credit Union – read herePaydock & Commonwealth Bank – read hereConnectID, Commonwealth Bank, NAB, Westpac & ANZDownsizer and Deposit Power – read hereElemnta and Colonial First State (CFS) – read hereHutly and Real Estate Institute of Victoria (REIV) – read hereHOPE Housing Fund Management and Police BankZepto and OZEDI – read here4. EXCELLENCE IN BUSINESS LENDINGBanjo LoansBizcapKashcadeLeaselabLumi FinanceProspaTYRO PaymentsValiant Finance5. EXCELLENCE IN CONSUMER LENDINGBeforepayBlock EarnerCarClarityDrivaMONEYMENimo IndustriesOwnHomePennant TechnologiesWisr6

HeirWealth, a Sydney-based wealthtech that is on a mission to help high net worth families have better intergenerational conversations about money, has turned on open data technology powered by global financial aggregator Envestnet | Yodlee.The HeirWealth platform provides family investors and their professional advisers with a view of assets and liabilities across 40 different classes, including traditional investments such as shares and property, and non-traditional assets such as collectibles.Including the Envestnet | Yodlee integration, the HeirWealth app has connectivity to 20,000 financial institutions globally, which can automatically aggregate into the wealth registry platform.“This integration allows continuous daily asset valuations for banking and investment products which, when fused with our market data feeds, provides our customers with richer platform experiences,” said Ray Tubman (pictured left), Founder & CEO of HeirWealth.“The HeirWealth platform provides simple yet powerful wealth tracking that allows individuals, families and professional advisers to organise everything together in one place,” continued Tubman.“That includes traditional investments like term deposits, shares and property, as well as alternative investments like private equity, and ‘assets of passion’ like fine wine, antiques and collectibles. You can even upload photos from your phone and leave annotations to capture your family’s story and legacy, so everything is recorded in one central vault, and it’s preserved for future generations,” added Tubman.The HeirWealth app is available directly to individual families and family offices in Australia and the UK. Per HeirWealth, it can also be white-labelled by financial advisers, wealth managers, accountants, lawyers, and other professionals and can add value as a client engagement and retention tool.As a client of global financial aggregator Envestnet | Yodlee, HeirWealth can access open banking data under Australia’s Consumer Data Right (CDR).“I’m excited to see open banking and data aggregation make wealth management easier for Australian families both now and in the future,” said Taner Uzelakcil (pictured right), Director – Enterprise Business Development A/NZ at Envestnet | Yodlee.According to HeirWealth, beyond simplifying wealth tracking in a central hub, the app supports deeper personal relationships, fostering opportunities for meaningful engagement with the next generation.“When my father passed, we had to rely on scraps of paper to discover that he had shares and different bank accounts,” said Tubman.“The forthcoming intergenerational wealth transfer is going to present a lot more challenges. Whether you want to start having those conversations now, or wait till later, centralising information in one secure location like HeirWealth is a great idea,” he added

Document automation platform Ocrolus announced it has teamed up with financial data aggregation and account verification expert Envestnet | Yodlee this week.