Optal: Ledger

Stories naming Optal. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.

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Name	Role	Sources
Phil King	CEO (former)	Australian FinTech

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Ignition Lane’s Weekly Wrap: VC’s $1.6bn year, Christmas collapses, Bassat’s bitcoin bet

Weekly newsletter rounds up venture news: multiple Australian and regional VC fund closes, startup raises including Brighte and Judo, acquisitions of eNett and Sine, neobank collapses, and new revenue-based lenders.

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PayDock strengthens its board and vision for payment orchestration

Australian FinTech Tue 18 Aug 2020 Asia Principal Capital Christian Super Licentia Group Ltd Macquarie Bank Optal PayDock Responsible Investment Association Rio Tinto Phil King Robert Lincolne Ross Piper

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Low profile Aussie fintechs eyed off by $US9.7b giant

Payments firms Optal and eNett are reportedly in a sale process run by Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse, with WEX favoured as buyer, though no deal is signed yet.

Australian FinTech Thu 23 Jan 2020 eNett International Optal

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Ignition Lane’s Weekly Wrap: VC’s $1.6bn year, Christmas collapses, Bassat’s bitcoin bet

PayDock strengthens its board and vision for payment orchestration

Low profile Aussie fintechs eyed off by $US9.7b giant