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ANZ becomes first Australian bank to develop stablecoin

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2022
ANZ has made history with the first ever Australian bank-issued stablecoin payment, pegged to the Australian dollar, through a public permissionless blockchain transaction. The stablecoin transaction was successfully completed for Victor Smorgon Group ...

Hume, Bragg address Blockchain Week

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2022
Senators Jane Hume and Andrew Bragg have addressed Blockchain Week, emphasising the government's support of crypto and blockchain technology. In her address, Hume committed to establishing a market licensing regime for crypto exchanges and introducing ...

Midwinter scores AIA mandate

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2022
Midwinter's financial advice software has been chosen to underpin AIA's recently established advice business. The Sydney-based financial advice software company will support all aspects of AIA's Financial Wellbeing business, enabling efficient advice ...

Half of retail investors will go the distance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2022
Only half of retail amateur investors would stay the course if the market experienced a 20% correction or more, a new survey shows. Out of 3700 traders canvassed in Superhero's latest survey, 53% said they would stick with their investments during market ...

Startup launches risk retention option

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2022
A life insurance startup is launching an alternative option that targets customers who want to cancel their policy. iExtend partners with policyholders by paying the premiums of the co-owned cover. Policyholders are able to maintain their cover and ...

Tiger Trade debuts down under

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2022
The Singapore-based online investing platform launched in Australia last week and has already more than tripled its downloads. Tiger Trade has is now the ninth most popular finance app spot in Google Play Australia. Before its entry into Australia ...

Stake adds crypto to platform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2022
As cryptocurrency continues to enjoy mainstream uptake, trading platform Stake has added the option of crypto to its platform. "The decision to take on cryptocurrency was a natural step in offering our customers greater access to financial opportunities," ...

Hejaz Financial Services partners with outsource Financial

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2022
The partnership will enable Hejaz to provide Australian Muslims with better access to its range of Sharia-compliant services and products. In recent research, Hejaz found that 36% of Australian Muslims do not have a savings account and 46% reluctantly ...

NEOS hires operations chief, launches new product

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2022
NEOS has named a new operations chief who hails from Westpac and BT, and announced it partnered with a major life insurer to launch a new product. Adam Lister is the new chief operations officer, joining from Westpac in February. Lister was Westpac's ...

Sydney Airport deal completes

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2022
The Sydney Aviation Alliance (SAA) has announced the completed $32 billion acquisition of Sydney Airport. Comprising the IFM Australian Infrastructure Fund, the IFM Global Infrastructure Fund, Australian Retirement Trust, AustralianSuper and Global ...