A tale of 44 cities | Auckland S e l f e v a u l a t i o n o f tH h eu hb u bi in nd i sc High Rankixa t ko e yr s a r e a AucklandsBest workspace and accelerators Hub features Top FinTech companies Hub profile Technologies Equitise, Harmoney, InsuredHQ, Latipay, Paymark, SavvyKiwi, Trademe, Xero. Astrolab Data analytics Big investors G All major banks, insurers and finance companie; venture funds; NZ Venture o Creative HQ Cloud computing v e r Investment Fund; and Callaghan Innovations. n Kiwibank Lightning Lab FinTech Accelerator Mobile m e The Icehouse GGn ll oo Abb aa ll g II unnn APIs innt ooo cDIvv naas sd kse extt nii lioou as unn Success stories nB1p d17Gp Internet of Things lo N or Xero, a software company that develops cloud-based accounting software for b /at Al F i n small and medium-sized businesses, has been a very successful FinTech to emerge C e Innovation areas n t from the country. At the other end of the spectrum, LatiPay, an online payments r e service between China and New Zealand, is gaining a significant amount of growth Capital markets and traction, and will likely emerge as a future success story. Retail banking In E-commerce Auckland is New Zealand’s largest and most internationally connected n INDEX SCOREo The future hub, with a third of the country's population and the largest number va Wealth management t In 2017, there will be a much more visible FinTech community in Auckland, and i o Robo advisors of businesses. The city hosts the entire diverse spectrum of financial c n in New Zealand more broadly. While policymakers and regulators traditionally services, as well as the largest concentration of the country’s vibrant n/a*utlu focused on Wellington, Auckland will see a lot more policy engagement on tech sector. Combine this with strong central and local government erChallenges FinTech issues, challenges and opportunities. 2017 will also see more connections support and direct links to the country’s other hubs, Auckland is an Low levels of knowledge between Auckland FinTech innovators and the international community who are ideal environment for innovating FinTech.Low Rank sharing already reaching out to the hub. Small size of market (leading e to Low access to capital) rtis Skills shortages - technology Reguxpe latto e ionity xim Hub representativePro New Zealand Financial Innovation and Technology Association (FinTechNZ) rs Foreigstome* The data for Auckland is not available CEOn startupity to cuon the Global Financial Centre Index. Mitchell PhamsProximAs such, Auckland has not been given an Index Performance Score. 27

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