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Technology to transform coming decades

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... fragmentation will ease, enabling companies to fully leverage the potential of global payments," the report said. "Non-traditional fintech players, which have already disrupted the market in many ways, will find new ways to continue to do so, this time ...

Fintech appoints former super fund chief

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
The former chief executive of a $78 billion superannuation fund has joined the board of an ASX-listed fintech. Former First State Super chief Michael Dwyer has joined the board of Iress, alongside Trudy Vonhoff. The two have been appointed as non-executive ...

Regulation costly, time consuming: CSIRO

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
... financial services sector could provide similar advantages and make Australia a proving ground for the development of fintech for export," the CSIRO added. In addition, the organisation also published a report in conjunction with 22 leading Australian ...

RBA crushes hopes of Libra launch

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020
The Reserve Bank of Australia will not allow tech giant Facebook to launch its cryptocurrency Libra in Australia until all risks and regulatory requirements have been mitigated. And even if these regulatory requirements were met there wouldn't be ...

Australians gifted new tech index

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2019
... for tech IPOs - with failed listings for Latitude Financial Group, Retail Zoo and PropertyGuru. Despite this, Australian fintech Tyro had the largest listing of the year, debuting with a $1.37 billion market cap, while insurance software provider Fineos ...

Cashwerkz, Complii partner to automate compliance

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019
Listed fintech Cashwerkz has partnered with Complii FinTech Solutions; a secure, centralised digital platform, to automate the compliance process for stockbrokers and financial advisers. Complii software automates, records and reports on regulation ...

Tech-powered is empowered: SOAs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2019
With no legal or regulatory barriers to using technology to deliver advice, the Financial Planning Association of Australia is confident the future of your practice is paper-free and prosperous. Earlier this year, the FPA established The Future of the ...

Afterpay slides in global fintech rankings

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2019
Tech-darling Afterpay has suffered a slide in the ranking of the world's leading fintech innovators. The annual KPMG and H2 Ventures FINTECH100 list is a collaboration between the global consulting firm and Sydney-based venture capital investment ...

ASIC nudges robo-adviser to shutter

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019
... independent legal advice. Plenty was a finalist for the Excellence in Wealth and Investment category in the Finnies, the annual Fintech Australia awards, last year. Josh Golombick and Greg Einfeld were listed on LinkedIn as co-founders in Plenty and ...

ETFS Capital backs indexing startup

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2019
... is a marathon, not a sprint," Tuckwell said. ETFS Capital has previously also backed the London-based cash management fintech Treasury Spring, ETF analytics and data company ETFLogic and specialist ETF and index data/technology vendor ULTUMUS. In Australia ...