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Insurtech Australia names new chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2019
... extremely excited to have Rita step up to lead Insurtech Australia into 2020 and beyond." Insurtech Australia is a division of Fintech Australia. Stone & Chalk is one of Insurtech's founding partners.

Female fintechs make better investments

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2019
... new report by KPMG reveals fintechs founded by women are better investments than their male-founded counterparts. The UK Fintech Focus report analysed how the gender of those who found fintechs correlates to the success of those start-ups. It found that ...

Finnies recognise wealth management disruptors

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2019
Several fintechs disrupting the wealth management industry have made the shortlist of FinTech Australia's third annual Finnie Awards. Spaceship, Raiz and Roll-it Super were named finalists in the Excellence in Wealth Management category. They join the ...

Former Labor senator joins Sargon

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2019
... financial services is where I plan to focus in this next stage of my career," Conroy said. "Sargon is an exciting, homegrown fintech company. It's independent and not beholden to or aligned with a financial institution, or any particular retail or industry ...

APRA grants ADI licence to Judo Bank

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2019
... progressing well and we look forward to making an announcement of our own in the not-too-distant future." Judo is the second fintech to be granted an unrestricted ADI licence this year, the first being Volt.

One third of Australians trust robo-advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2019
... - at a time when more Australians than ever actually need financial advice," Sorman-Nilsson said. In recent years, the fintech sector and its seamless solutions have grown digitally empathetic which has also led to their mainstream adoption, he added. ...

NPP chair breaks down rollout

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2019
Former Commonwealth Bank and Westpac chief information officer Bob McKinnon is tasked with the tough job of chairing the New Payments Platform (NPP) through its rollout. McKinnon was made chair at the end of January this year. In March, the RBA revealed ...

Bravura circles competitor

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019
The wealth management software firm has made a proposal to acquire another ASX-listed fintech that could value the latter at up to $170 million. Bravura Solutions submitted a non-binding indicative proposal to acquire all shares of GBST Holdings for ...

YTML expands team, signs new client

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2019
Fintech YTML is expanding its team, welcoming Midwinter's former general manager of distribution to the fold. Helen Thom joins YTML as head of distribution, adding more than 20 years' experience in the financial services industry. Thom joins from Ignition ...

Alternative platform launches

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
... and reporting benefits as traditional platforms without using an expensive, fee layered custodial model," he said. The fintech recently made a raft of appointments to support its growth, and confirming it experienced headcount growth of 120% over the ...