Australian banking tech provider Sandstone appoints CTO
Anthony McKew has joined Sandstone Technology, an Australia-based digital banking tech provider, as its new chief technology officer (CTO).
Anthony McKew, Sandstone CTO
McKew has over 35 years of both domestic and global experience within banking and retail technology. His expertise, Sandstone says, “lies in designing and managing enterprise grade platforms considered business critical for major retailers, government agencies and digital operations for both vendors and service providers”.
McKew moves from Linkly, where he was chief operating officer for two years. Linkly is the merger of PC-EFTPOS and Premier Technologies (where he spent nearly 14 years in various roles, most recently as head of technology) and specialises in payment integration solutions, providing in-store and online solutions to businesses across Australia and New Zealand.
Commenting on the appointment, Sandstone CEO Abhish Saha says McKew’s “intimate understanding of financial institutions and their security and technology needs will be of great value to both our customers and our staff”.
Sandstone is a long-standing player in the fintech space, having been around since the mid-1990s. “Before ‘fintech’ was a thing, our founders were dreaming up new ways to transform banking,” it says.
Today, the company has 40+ banks and financial institutions in Australia, New Zealand, Asia and the UK on its client list. Among these are UK-based Wesleyan Bank and Shawbrook Bank; SBS Bank in New Zealand; and ME Bank, Bendigo and Adelaide Bank in Australia.
Sandstone’s offerings include digital delivery channels, digital onboarding, origination and data analysis.
