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Fintechs face marketing battle

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2016
... marketers found more than 66% believe fintech start-ups pose little threat to established players, even though financial technology has a great role to play in the industry. Yell managing director Nigel Roberts said while there is a thriving fintech ...

GBST closes international Composer deal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2016
Financial technology provider GBST has secured a five-year contract to support an international client via its GBST Composer platform. The partnership will see GBST assisting an unnamed South African-owned retail investment business in boosting its ...

GBST profits down in "year of transformation"

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2016
Financial technology firm GBST has recorded a 39% fall in net profit to $9.3 million from $15.3 million in 2015. The company's managing director Robert DeDominicis attributed the result to it being a "year of transformation" for the business. "Following ...

Automated retirement product gains recognition

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2016
... director Andrew Ward said winning the award "means a great deal to us." "We are passionate about providing financial technology to help investors achieve greater returns. Our team has worked tirelessly over the last few years building a solution that ...

Adviser Intelligence secures multi-million funding deal

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2016
... advice solutions. "One of the standout features of the a.i. leadership team is the uniquely high-calibre of financial technology leaders, who also happen to be female. In an industry dominated by men, it's refreshing to see pioneering women leading in ...

Jobs at risk from second machine age

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
... platform. There is the benefit of incumbency for the bigger players but there is increasingly a push from the financial technology sector and emerging players. The bigger players are alert to that push and you're seeing more collaboration and sponsorship ...

Equipsuper invests in fintech, robo-advice firm

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015
... startup that will develop the fund's digital advice and investment platform. Clover is a Melbourne-based financial technology company that offers an automated investment service. The platform adopts a goals-based approach to advice provision and portfolio ...

Aussie fintechs sell to grow

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
More than 30 Australian and New Zealand financial technology start-ups have put their case forward as to how they can progress the digital expansion of financial services. Speaking in front of prominent investors and industry professionals at the Afiniation ...

IRESS acquires UK fintech businesses

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2015
IRESS has acquired two financial technology businesses based in the United Kingdom as part of the strategy to develop its operations there. One of the businesses is Proquote Limited, a provider of trading, market data and connectivity solutions, owned ...

Afiniation adds weight to Citi fintech initiative

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
... Fintech network Afiniation has announced it will work with Citi on the global financial services firm's latest financial technology initiative. The Citi Mobile Challenge in Asia Pacific is referred to by the bank as a "next-generation accelerator" that ...