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FintechAustraliaClosed 2020

Total Raised

$70M

Peak Valuation

Undisclosed

Employees

Year Collapsed

2020

Business model

Digital-only retail bank offering above-market deposit interest rates.

In brief

One of Australia's first licensed neobanks, it attracted deposits by offering a 1.5% interest rate well above the major banks, but launched no lending products to generate offsetting revenue. That imbalance, combined with the COVID-19 downturn drying up further investor funding,…

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Key facts

Founded
2017
Closed
2020
Headquarters
Sydney, Australia
Industry
Fintech
Employees
Revenue
Undisclosed
Founders
Eric Wilson

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