Athena Home Loans co-founders Nathan Walsh and Michael Starkey. Source: supplied.
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A gamified home loan, a COVID-19 home-testing kit with 97% accuracy, and using machine learning to identify what residents were putting into their garbage were some of the top ranking innovations by Australasia’s Most Innovative Companies.
The 2021 Australian Financial Review BOSS Most Innovative Companies list is now in its 10th year and assesses the innovation prowess of Australian and New Zealand organisations. The list is judged and compiled by my behavioural science consultancy Inventium.
Athena, a financial services company that specialises in providing home loans — or more specifically — freeing people of their home loans, topped the 2021 list.
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