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BPS Financial fined $14m over Qoin Wallet

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2026
... product Qoin Wallet. According to ASIC, BPS Financial advertised the product as a non-cash payment facility linked to the digital crypto token called Qoin. In 2024, the court identified that BPS Financial had been providing financial advice for three ...

AI, operational failures key regulatory risks for ASIC in 2026

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2026
... independently plan and act," it said. ASIC also recognised regulatory gaps emerging in the financial sector, especially digital assets and fintech, due to rapid innovation by or for people unfamiliar with financial services. This increases potential ...

Openmarkets to merge, list on Nasdaq

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2026
... trading and real-world assets tokenisation, as well as offering its technology and services internationally. Openmarkets' digital assets strategy will initially focus on offering secure and compliant fractionalisation of real-world assets such as funds ...

AMP to relaunch SMSF property lending solution

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2026
... long-term wealth. "As a challenger bank, we're thinking differently about lending - using clearer policy settings and smarter digital checks to deliver a better experience, while staying focused on long-term customer outcomes." Meanwhile, AMP director ...

EQT to acquire Coller Capital to form new secondaries platform

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2026
... insurance-dedicated solutions across secondaries and its broader platform, while driving innovation in secondaries by applying in-house digital, data, and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities. EQT will be entitled to invest in 35% of the carried ...

Legacy technology stagnates insurers' business progression: Clearwater Analytics

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026
... this. Despite concerns about technology and culture, most respondents (87%) said they are ahead of their competitors in digital transformation (19% said they were significantly ahead) - only 1% said they were trailing. Further, nine out of 10 (89%) said ...

MA Financial backs FundBox's Australian expansion with $100m facility

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026
... contributes to its US$2 billion annual global funding capacity. As part of its entry into the region, Fundbox will launch a digital-first capital tools. "We are excited to partner with Fundbox on this milestone transaction, supporting its expansion into ...

FNZ, Centric extend partnership, citing 'significant' upgrades

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026
... their clients to deliver a more "consistent and innovative" platform experience, FNZ said. The uplift will also strengthen digital-first capability and operational workflows, while setting the foundation for sustained innovation and growth in adviser-led ...

Aware Super bets big on data centre boom

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2026
Aware Super has committed $460 million to the Skyline JV data centre business to grow its digital infrastructure presence in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. Leveraging Skyline JV's access to global hyperscale data centres, the company indirectly ...

Spain plans sovereign wealth fund launch

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2026
Spain is launching a sovereign wealth fund to extend the stimulus of the NextGenerationEU funds that saw it through COVID-19. The new fund, to be named 'Spain Grows', will primarily invest in sectors like artificial intelligence (AI), digitalisation ...