Flequity co-founds Australian business alliance against domestic and family violence
Corporate leaders across Australia’s essential services are uniting to establish a business alliance against domestic and family violence – and they are urging others to join them. Co-founded by Flequity Ventures with not-for-profit Thriving Communities Australia, One Generation aims to ignite business solutions at scale for customers impacted by domestic and family violence. One Generation will […]
Business roundtable on DFSV report released
The Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Commission has released its report on the inaugural business roundtable co-convened with Flequity Ventures in June. The Commission and Flequity Ventures worked collaboratively to bring together representatives from over 60 business and industry leaders across sectors. Discussions centred around building a shared understanding of the challenges in addressing domestic, […]
Five changes to make financial services safer for customers
A Parliamentary committee investigating financial abuse should make five recommendations to make financial services safer for customers, Flequity Ventures Founder and Director Catherine Fitzpatrick says. Giving evidence today at the opening hearing of a new inquiry, she called for the committee to: Recognise financial abuse as a financial crime, equating its tactics and with fraud […]
Designed to Disrupt campaign wins 2024 Consumer Advocacy Award
Flequity Ventures is thrilled to be a joint winner of the 2024 National Consumer Advocacy Award announced by the Consumers’ Federation of Australia at the ACCC National Consumer Congress today. Our award was for our designed to disrupt partnership with the Centre for Women’s Economic Safety and our advocacy for financial abuse to be recognised […]
Catherine Fitzpatrick wins 2024 Shared Value Award
Flequity Ventures Founder and Director Catherine Fitzpatrick has been awarded the Shared Value Bravery – Individual Award today. The award recognises her commitment to dismantling financial abuse and gender bias, through the establishment of her social enterprise, her Designed to DisruptTM series and her expertise as a former banking executive and architect of Commonwealth Bank’s domestic […]