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22 Feb, 2021 Author Ranina Sanglap
Australia s neobanks need to find new profitable products and steady revenue streams to be able to make a dent in a market dominated by existing lenders, experts said after the abrupt exit of one player and the acquisition of another within weeks of each other rattled the fledgling industry.
Xinja returned its banking license in December 2020, while 86 400 was acquired by National Australia Bank Ltd. in January. Analysts said the remaining neobanks and any potential new entrants will need to be more innovative and generate enough revenue to survive. Xinja s focus shift isn t a signal of an end to neobanks. There have been and will be new entrants and exits still to come. But it does underscore how any company will need a comprehensive business model that can compete and be sustainable through stressful market conditions, said Jason Malo, research director at global technolog
Judo Bank co-founder and co-chief David Hornery. Source: supplied.
Small business-focused neobank Judo Bank has confirmed it has settled a massive $284 million capital raise, first announced late last year, which values the business at about $1.6 billion.
The bank has also revealed further information about the investors themselves, highlighting positive news at a time of rife speculation about the future of this industry in Australia.
Some 60% of the fresh funding came from new domestic and international investors, Judo has now confirmed, including UniSuper, Magnetar Capital and Moore Strategic Ventures.
At the same time, more than 70% of existing investors contributed again in this round.
Judo plans hefty TFF drawdown
Judo plans hefty TFF drawdown
03 February 2021 5:08AM
Judo Bank is set to make a large drawdown on the Reserve Bank’s Term Funding Facility after more than doubling the size of its business lending book in the 12 months to the end of January 2021.
While the access criteria for the TFF have disadvantaged start-up retail banks such 86 400 and Volt Bank in the last year, the special funding allowances afforded to business lenders by the facility are set to deliver oodles of cheap funding to Judo.
ADIs engaged in business lending are eligible for additional TFF funding at around five times the value of net new SME lending written in the 12 months to the end of January.