The fintech devotee

It’s not difficult to see why Kristen Lunman was nominated for the New Zealand Women of Influence Innovator of the Year awards in 2018. For a number of years Kristen has been a leading fintech start-up advocate. She has worked as a senior strategy professional both here and overseas, and her reputation in the start-up ecosystem includes time spent scaling Wipster in the global arena and directing Kiwibank’s Fintech Accelerator – where she encouraged and championed Kiwi start-ups on the international stage.

Then in 2017 Kristen found herself on the receiving end of an incubator programme when she pursued the idea of challenging the and opening up the US sharemarket to all Kiwi investors. Launched in September 2018, Hatch is a “game-changing” self-directed digital investing platform. It’s a “one-stop shop for wealth”; a unique platform that “democratises investment and wealth” – giving investors easy access to the