Sling & Stone adds Dolla and Akahu to fintech portfolio

Communications agency purpose-built for brands shaping the future, Sling & Stone, has added two new disruptors to its fintech portfolio — Dolla and Akahu.

Dolla is a mobile payment app to send and request money among friends or to pay merchants faster with lower fees than traditional platforms. Small businesses in New Zealand pay some of the highest merchant fees in the world and Dolla is on a mission to change this.

Akahu provides open finance infrastructure to New Zealand through API, providing secure payments, verification, transaction, and account data. Akahu makes it simple to connect and manage your financial accounts with trusted products. 

“Our work with these challenger brands will help shape the future of payments and open banking in Aotearoa”, says Sian Church, Head of New Zealand, Sling & Stone.

“Our money and finance system is at crossroads and innovation is necessary to build a sustainable future. Dolla and Akahu will play an integral role in this next step for our country and we’re proud to be partnering with them and tell their story.”

Sling & Stone’s remit will involve strategic media relations, founder profiling and customer storytelling. The work to date has been incredibly impactful by inserting Akahu into the open banking announcement from the government earlier this month. 

“Sling & Stone is all about working with brands challenging the status quo, which made it an obvious choice in appointing them,” says Ben Lynch, founder of Dolla & Akahu. 

“Their expertise, smart thinking and deep understanding of our mission, vision and values of what we’re trying to achieve, will be crucial ingredients in helping amplify Dolla & Akahu in the New Zealand market”.

Dolla and Akahu are both backed by 2120, a venture studio company founded by Ben, with a vision to create and invest in ambitious ideas that have the potential to produce significant long-term value for Aotearoa.

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