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MLC Life welcomes board member

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2019
... insurer's $500 million investment has seen progress such as the launch of LifeView and its new underwriting rules engine, the Digital Underwriting Platform. Both capabilities make it easier for customers to manage their cover online. Korhonen joined ...

Xinja funds platform for growth

OSKAH DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2019
... issued more than 9000 tap-and-go cards, which are used across 17 countries daily. Wilson attributes this success to Xinja's digital foundation. "We're all about making banking easy. We're about banking technology that more closely resembles what people ...

Macquarie names digital infra head

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
Macquarie Capital appointed a managing director to head up its investments in the growing digital infrastructure sector. Oliver Bradley has been appointed as the managing director of digital infrastructure investing at Macquarie Capital, the corporate ...

MetLife Australia wins tech award

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
... standards for insurers and runs as an industry owned non-profit. Batten wins the award jointly with MetLife Australia's digital product manager Sourav Shah, who also sits on ACORD's Australian committee. ACORD said MetLife Australia is an example ...

Financial Standard unwrapped: Our top stories in 2018

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2018
... private wealth business, in a move designed to allow the firm to concentrate on its high-net-worth clients. Super enters new digital advice realm July saw giant superannuation fund administrator Link Group upgrade all existing clients to a new digital ...

Sydney fintech sells for $339m

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2018
... also strengthens our capabilities in the US market where we are seeing significant traction as banks accelerate their digital transformation plans. Avoka is a market leader and is experiencing strong growth as banks invest in creating outstanding customer ...

Ignition lifts off in Ireland

HARRISON WORLEY AND MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2018
An Australian wealth fintech launched a partnership with an international bank to provide millions of people with digital financial advice. Ignition Advice - formerly Ignition Wealth - partnered with the Bank of Ireland to launch Life Advice, a scalable ...

AIST awards innovative achievements

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2018
... innovation in communication and member engagement at its recent annual Awards for Excellence. UniSuper took out the Best Digital Award (over $40,000 spend) for a campaign using personalised snapshot videos for more than 200,000 members. It shows members ...

Industry fund finds new advice tech partner

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2018
A $4.9 billion industry superannuation fund partnered with a financial planning technology firm as part of a rebrand of its advice offering to members. BUSSQ is working with Midwinter Financial Services, rolling out its AdviceOS platform to enhance ...

Perpetual hires former Macquarie exec

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
... team to the executive team, recognising his broader leadership capability with a particular emphasis on client focused digital innovation," Adams said. "I am delighted Sam Mosse is joining Perpetual in the newly created chief risk officer role. Sam will ...