Aotearoa's national fintech summit ran at Wellington's Tākina Convention & Exhibition Centre on 11-12 March 2026 under the theme 'Forging Ahead: Shaping the Future of Finance', convening regulators, banks, startups and global fintech leaders.
The FinTechNZ Hui Taumata 2026 was New Zealand's flagship financial-technology summit, held across 11-12 March 2026 at the Tākina Convention & Exhibition Centre in central Wellington. Running under the theme "Forging Ahead: Shaping the Future of Finance", the gathering brought together fintech founders, banks, insurers, investors, regulators and government officials to set direction for the sector in Aotearoa.
The Hui Taumata is convened by FinTechNZ, which describes itself as a purpose-driven, not-for-profit industry community founded in 2016 and member-funded. FinTechNZ operates as one of the connected communities of Tech New Zealand (the NZ Tech Alliance) and positions itself as "Aotearoa New Zealand's voice for financial technology", working to connect the ecosystem, raise its visibility and advance supportive policy and regulation.
The 2026 edition adopted a new format, opening with a half-day "Touchdown" experience ahead of the main Hui that featured summit-style roundtables with government, ministries, members and partners, alongside visits to Wellington fintech innovators. According to FinTechNZ's own wrap-up, the programme concentrated on moving from policy frameworks to operational delivery: open banking and Consumer Data Right implementation, and the coordination of payments, digital identity and KYC infrastructure into trusted financial systems. Speakers included Dr Scott Farrell of King & Wood Mallesons, who argued that payments, data and identity should "work together"; Swyftx chief executive Jason Titman; and representatives from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. The audience spans startups, scale-ups, established financial institutions, investors and regulators.
Tākina Convention & Exhibition Centre sits on Cable Street in central Wellington, immediately alongside the Te Papa museum and a short walk from the waterfront and the central business district. Its central-city position places delegates within walking distance of Wellington's main cluster of CBD hotels and dining, and close to public transport, which supports the compressed one-and-a-half-day format of the Hui where attendees move between the Touchdown sessions, roundtables and the main programme. For an event drawing national and international participants, the proximity of accommodation and the airport link into a compact capital city reduces delegate movement between sessions and venues.
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