FinTech Australia Report Launch Event — Unlocking Growth: How Fintech Payment Solutions Empower Small Businesses

Please join us for the exclusive launch of FinTech Australia’s landmark report ‘Unlocking Growth: How Fintech Payment Solutions Empower Small Businesses’, in collaboration with Mandala.

The event will commence with a panel discussion on key insights from the report, followed by networking drinks.

We'll Dive Deep Into:

✅ How fintech payment solutions are enabling small business growth in metro and regional Australia, increasing their revenue and driving down costs
✅ How innovations spanning account-to-account payments, cross-border payments,  digital wallets, BNPL and payment service providers have transformed Australia’s payment system over the past decade

Panellists:

• Dr. Adam Triggs, Partner, Mandala
• Michael Minassian, Regional Head of APAC, Instarem
• Marty Gray, Public Policy Lead for Asia-Pacific, Block Inc.
• Peter Thomas, Chief Marketing & Product Officer, Smartpay

This is your opportunity to access breaking insights into the payments ecosystem and mix with industry peers. Register now to reserve your seat.

Note: Due to limited space, we limit attendance to 2 representatives from each company to ensure we have a diverse audience. We will reach out to all registrants if we can accommodate more people.

Agenda

3.45pm - Registration Opens
4.15pm - Welcoming Address 
4.20pm - Report findings and summary by Mandala
4.35pm - Panel discussion and QnA
5.30pm - Networking and drinks
7pm - Event concludes

About the Panellists

Moderator

Katie Wilson, Head of Policy, FinTech Australia

Katie Wilson is Head of Policy at FinTech Australia. Prior to this, Katie led the global developer, metaverse and enterprise policy teams at Meta (formerly Facebook) and was also a policy adviser at the Department of Premier & Cabinet (Victoria) and in-house counsel at ANZ. Katie holds law and arts degrees and has served on the board of Australia’s peak not-for-profit for young writers.

Panellists

Dr. Adam Triggs, Partner, Mandala

Adam is a non-resident fellow at the Brookings Institution and a visiting fellow at the ANU Crawford School as an accomplished economist and policy expert.

Previously, Adam held positions such as the Director and Head of Canberra Office at AlphaBeta, Director of the Asian Bureau of Economic Research at ANU, Resident Fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., and Economic Policy Advisor to the Assistant Treasurer, among others.

Adam holds a PhD in Economics from the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University. He is widely published in leading economics journals, making significant contributions to the field of economics.

Peter Thomas, Chief Marketing & Product Officer, Smartpay

Peter is the Chief Marketing & Product Officer for Smartpay, a leading Trans-Tasman payments provider to over 56,000 small to medium-sized businesses. Peter has over 25 years of experience helping businesses grow, covering multiple industries including payments, insurance, engineering & telecommunications for companies like QBE, Tenix and NBN. He holds a Bachelor of Business in Marketing & Communication.

Michael Minassian, Regional Head - APAC, Instarem

Michael is the Head of APAC for Instarem, an advanced global payments platform redefining how consumers and businesses send and spend money around the world. Instarem is owned and powered by Nium the leading global infrastructure platform for real-time cross-border payments. With over two decades of experience in business leadership, enterprise sales, and product management at companies such as MoneyGram International, Western Union, and Travelex, Michael brings a deep understanding of the key drivers shaping cross-border remittances and digital payments.

Marty Gray, Public Policy Lead, Asia-Pacific, Block Inc. 

Marty Gray is Public Policy Lead, Asia-Pacific at Block Inc. - a financial services and technology company which includes the Square, Afterpay, Cash App and Bitkey brands. Prior to Block and Afterpay, Marty worked in Public Policy and Communications roles at Uber in both Australia and Canada as well as policy roles in the NSW Government.  

Marty has Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Arts from Sydney University, a Graduate Certificate in Planning and an MBA.