Enter into Savvy Fintech Scholarship for your chance to win $5,000 towards your academic expenses

Scholarship Details

Savvy Fintech Scholarship is open for any university student enrolled in an applicable course, supporting $5,000 towards the academic expenses.

  • Value: $5,000 to 1 chosen winner
  • Study in: Australia
  • Field of study: Any undergraduate or master’s students studying commerce and financial fields.
  • Status: open
  • Closing date: 30th June 2019, 5pm AEST
  • Winner announcement: 1st August, 2019
  • Host Institution: Accredited Australian universities

About Savvy

Savvy is proud to announce a $5,000 Savvy Scholarship prize for undergraduate or master’s students studying commerce and financial fields. Savvy routinely provides scholarships to students in business and commerce courses to help cover academic and other costs.

Savvy is one of Australia’s largest online financial brokers and BRW's fastest growing company in 2012, focusing on personal and commercial financial products such as car loans, personal loans, home loans, credit cards and insurance.

Founded in 2010, the firm has seen rapid growth, a testament to their provision of market leading rates and reaching customers with the latest in media and technology.

Savvy is a proud supporter of number of charities to empower and help community and education including , Kids Under Cover, Childhood Cancer Association and Adelaide Comets.

Eligibility

  • To be eligible for the prize, candidates will write a 300-500 word essay on “How will lending markets change with new fintech services?”
  • The prize is open to students who have completed two years (200 units) of their undergraduate or master's degree majoring in commerce, banking, marketing, finance, accounting, actuarial studies, and economics or business studies.
  • The Savvy 2018 Fintech Scholarship is open to Australian and international students who are studying either part-time or full-time at university.

Selection Criteria

A panel of financial professionals from Savvy will judge submitted essay based on demonstration of excellence in:

  • Knowledge of the automotive finance industry in Australia
  • Insights into the interplay of emergent technologies and delivering financial services to customers in a modern Australian context
  • Critical and business thinking
  • Trend analysis
  • Clear, lucid and persuasive communication
  • Creativity and overall presentation

The essay deemed most outstanding will be declared the winner.

How to Apply?

To apply for the scholarship, students will have to submit a 300 word essay on this question:

"How will lending markets change with new fintech services?"

Submit scholarship application to info@savvy.com.au

When emailing your application, please provide:

Full name
Postal address
Email address
Phone number
Name of university
Name of degree

Application submitted after 30th June 2019 will not be considered.

The scholarship will be offered to the applicant who we deem has provided the best response.