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Pillar enters blockchain

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016
Superannuation services giant Pillar Administration has leapt in to blockchain with a view to address many of the technology inefficiencies in the $2 trillion super industry. At an internal super summit in Wollongong yesterday, Pillar chief executive ...

BNP and SmartAngels announce Blockchain partnership

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2016
... Services and direct investment platform SmartAngels have signed a strategic crowdfunding partnership for the use of blockchain. The partnership will allow private companies to issue securities on the primary market and give investors access to the secondary ...

ASIC and UK regulator sign fintech deal

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016
... particular we have dealt with robo or digital advice, crowd sourced equity funding, payments, marketplace lending and blockchain business models," Medcraft said. "It is very exciting to observe and clearly some business ideas will want to scale up internationally. ...

ASX partners with US tech firm for new trade platform

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016
... ledger technology, with a view to improving on the current clearing and settlement service, CHESS. Similar to the "blockchain" distributed ledger used with cryptocurrency Bitcoin, this new platform "may be able to significantly simplify and speed-up ...

CBA innovation hubs go global

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2016
... digital platforms. "In just one year, the Sydney innovation lab hosted over 40,000 guests, successfully built a live blockchain and collaborated with major Australian corporates, government organisations and universities to experiment with future technology," ...

ASIC sets up special robo-advice taskforce

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2015
... "digital disruption." They are: market place lending, robo-advice, crowd-sourced equity funding, digital currencies, blockchain and cyber resilience. "As a pro-active and forward-looking regulator, we are also taking steps to help industry take advantage ...

ASIC to foster fintech growth

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
... developments in individually tailored insurance - such as QBE's 'Insurance Box' - and exchanges using the potential of blockchain technology," Medcraft said.