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Praemium ramps up digitisation, cuts headcount by 28%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2026
... and user experience design specialists, will open up new and exciting opportunities for Praemium in automation, and as a fintech hub." Technotia Laboratories combines physics, mathematics and engineering and design and says it "focuses on computing machine ...

Hiring for risk, member services to take off

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2026
Recruitment activity across the financial services sector is showing signs of recovery following a lull in 2025, with increased hiring in risk and member services expected. According to the 2026 Financial Services Market Outlook from Kaizen Recruitment ...

AI, operational failures key regulatory risks for ASIC in 2026

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2026
... 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 for unlicensed advice ...

Openmarkets to merge, list on Nasdaq

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2026
Trading and wealth management technology provider Openmarkets has entered a plan to merge with Lake Superior Acquisition Corp - a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company (SPAC). Upon completion of the merger, the newly combined entity will ...

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

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026
MA Financial will support the expansion of FundBox, a US fintech platform helping small and medium businesses (SMB) get fast access to capital, into Australia through a $100 million lending facility to support its local warehouse infrastructure. FundBox ...

Padua ends joint CEO structure

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2025
... sole managing director and chief executive role from 1 January 2026. In her new role, Anne-Marie Esler will represent the fintech across industry forums, university partnerships, and community initiatives, while continuing to support governance, investor ...

AusSuper exec finds new gig

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2025
An AustralianSuper investment professional has departed the nation's largest super fund to establish a fintech aimed at protecting seniors and their finances. David Choi resigned after four years in the role of director of options within the portfolio ...

GROW recruits HESTA exec to lead product push

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2025
... Waterreus' career spans startups and IPO-stage enterprises through to ASX-50 companies in communications, retail, medtech, fintech and cybersecurity. He joins from cyber-risk SaaS platform UpGuard, where as global vice president he led the people ...

Feature: Digital advice | Sleeping giant

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2025
About three years ago, robo-advisers, one by one, began dropping like flies. The likes of Six Park, Upstreet and Advice Intelligence either folded or were acquired. Even Ellerston Capital's ethically based robo-adviser, which launched in early 2023 ...

MHC Digital partners to launch stablecoin platform

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2025
MHC Digital Group has entered a 50/50 joint venture with Catena Digital to launch Macropod, Australia's first fully licensed, AUD-backed stablecoin platform. Through the platform, it will issue its stablecoin at 1:1 against Australian dollars held in ...