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December 22, 2020

A 15 Minute Guide To Entering The Australian Market

A short presentation on entering the Aussie market for fintech startups.

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Alan Tsen

December 22, 2020
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  1. A 15 Minute Guide To Entering The Australian Market 1

    A 15 Minute Guide To Entering The Australian Market
  2. About Me Alan Tsen, Investor & Consultant • Investor and

    consultant to FSIs • Chair of Fintech Autralia • Former founding GM Stone & Chalk, Melbourne • Member of ASIC's Digital Advice Panel • Founding CEO of Fintech Victoria • Former member of the Australian Treasurer's Fintech Advisory Panel 2 A 15 Minute Guide To Entering The Australian Market
  3. First some background on the Aussie market... 3 A 15

    Minute Guide To Entering The Australian Market
  4. Australia is the Galápagos Islands of financial services 4 A

    15 Minute Guide To Entering The Australian Market
  5. The Australian is a unique market • Highly concentrated markets

    across most significant verticals in financial services • Highly evolved financial services sector - faster payment (NPP), tap & pay, same day settlement • Highly reliant on financial services sector • Highly funded vertical 5 A 15 Minute Guide To Entering The Australian Market
  6. The Australian market presents many opportunities • Highly concentrated markets

    across most significant verticals in financial services • Many underserved markets with poor customer experiences • Highly evolved financial services sector • Good rails to work off • Highly reliant on financial services sector • Early adopters of fintech products • Highly funded vertical • Fintech is ! 6 A 15 Minute Guide To Entering The Australian Market
  7. The market is shifting fast • Consumer Data Right •

    Financial Services Royal Commission • Regulatory change - e.g. Enhanced sandbox, RADI, fintech bridge(s) • Everything is fintech (just not yet in Australia) • Growing desire by incumbents to partner, because they know... 8 A 15 Minute Guide To Entering The Australian Market
  8. The party is over 9 A 15 Minute Guide To

    Entering The Australian Market
  9. Practically, what does this mean? ! Partnering • Incumbents are

    coming around (at different speeds) to partnering • Partnerships, banks as customers & channel partnerships can all work • Slightly accelerated by current climate ! Challenging • Lots of lazy incumbents but they are deeply entrenched • Emergent behaviours are adopted fast (i.e. BNPL) • Growing opportunities in embedded fintech 10 A 15 Minute Guide To Entering The Australian Market
  10. Things to think through when launching in Australia • Pull

    vs push (pull is always better) • Network matters (especially for recruiting, regulatory and banking relationships) • Banks are slower than you think • Getting banked is harder than you think • The differences are subtle and they can matter - what works there, might not work here • It's a serious investment 12 A 15 Minute Guide To Entering The Australian Market
  11. Common pressure points • Regulatory issues • It's still slow,

    but this is now a well-trodden path now - so plenty of war stories • Banking relationships (2x what you're planning) • Painfully slow and for the most part end in "maybes" • Recruitment • Lots of talent. But still hard to find startup people • Network & community • Can be fast. However, is an investment that shouldn't be underestimated • Infrastructure • Still not easy to do all the things - e.g. no real BaaS provider in market (yet) 13 A 15 Minute Guide To Entering The Australian Market
  12. Emergent Opportunities • Embedded fintech (i.e. Doordash) • Infrastructure -

    payments (issuance & acquiring side), BaaS, KYC/ AML • Challenger banking is still an open game - no winners (yet) • CDR as the global standard for open data • Fintech adjacent opportunities - proptech, insurtech and regtech to name a few 15 A 15 Minute Guide To Entering The Australian Market
  13. Questions: Add questions to the chat. Happy to answer them.

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