“Can an Australian mortgage broking aggregator become the operating and financial-data platform for every deal a broker writes — from residential to SME cashflow?”
Connective is Australia's largest mortgage broking aggregator, founded 2003 by former brokers. Its core business is providing a lender panel (70+ lenders) and the Mercury Nexus broker CRM/loan-origination platform to ~5,000 residential, asset-finance and commercial brokers under its own Australian Credit Licence. The embedded finance layer is being extended via Connective Lending (white-label SME and commercial products) and Open Banking integration in Mercury Nexus, plus a Connective AI assistant for policy queries.
Connective uses Equifax for KYC and identity verification.
Connective's lending and capital products are provided by Octet.
The Embedded Finance Index 2026 maps 2 layers in Connective's stack: Lending (Octet, Connective Cashflow (powered by Octet), Connective Lending, Connective Home Loans (residential aggregation) and 2 others); KYC (Equifax).
Connective is founded in 2003 and headquartered in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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