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MEDIA RELEASEWisr recognised for innovation across financial wellness suiteNeo-lender wins Most Innovative Challenger at Australian Banking Innovation AwardsSydney, 24 May 2019 - Wisr, Australia’s first neo-lender (ASX: WZR), has been named Most InnovativeChallenger at the RFi Group Australian Banking Innovation Awards.The Australian Banking Innovation Awards held on Wednesday 22nd May, celebrate excellence inbanking and include transaction services, customer service and digital banking innovation.The Most Innovative Challenger award recognises genuine innovation, where the innovation reinventshow a product or service works for a better customer outcome from a challenger to traditional banks.Wisr’s neo-lender model is based on a commitment to the financial wellness of all Australians, throughproviding a smarter, fairer and wiser suite of financial products and services.Anthony Nantes, Chief Executive Officer, Wisr said “As Australia’s first neo-lender, we’ve created aunique eco-system of financial wellness products, backed by a truly innovative business model. The Wisrmodel is unique not only in Australia but in a global context, putting Wisr at the very front of what apurpose-led business in banking and finance can look like in 2020 and beyond.”In just 12 months the company has increased its core personal lending business by more than 400% andexpanded its customer base by more than 50,000 people, growing rapidly thanks to its advancedapproach to technology, innovation and genuine commitment to financial wellness.The financial wellness suite includes the country’s only credit comparison service with wisrcredit.com.au,debt reduction smartphone app Wisr App and low-cost personal loans, leveraging technology to providebetter outcomes for borrowers, investors, and everyday Australians.Gerald Ferguson, Managing Director, APAC, RFi Group, said “RFi Group developed the AustralianBanking innovation summit and Awards to better reflect the changing market dynamic we operate in andto help recognise and celebrate the spirit of innovation within the industry in Australia. As winners of theMost Innovative Challenger Award – Wisr, showed a real commitment through their submissions todriving financial wellness for all Australians. The quality and level of submissions for all awards, but forthis one, in particular, were of an extremely high level and we congratulate Wisr on being judged thewinning submission.”Wisr was nominated for a total of four awards including Best Banking App, Best Financial Literacy andBetterment Initiative, Best Fintech Innovator and Most Innovative Challenger. The submission wasaudited and assessed by the Australian Banking Innovation Awards judges and the opinions andexperiences of over 8,000 consumers