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Giving it heaps with Adrian Smith

Co-founder of Māori-led fintech BlinkPay reflects on acquisition of the startup by BNZ, and accelerating innovation and tackling financial inequality in 2025.

WATCH: BlinkPay co-founder Adrian Smith speaks with Mike McRoberts.

Mike McRoberts Fri, 27 Dec 2024

In early November, when NBR's Will Mace revealed the BNZ had acquired Māori fintech startup BlinkPay, co-founder Adrian Smith referred to the undisclosed purchase amount as “heaps”.

“Will kept badgering me for a figure and I wasn’t allowed to disclose it,” Smith explains. “After five

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Mike McRoberts Fri, 27 Dec 2024
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