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Global Financial Innovation Network launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019
ASIC is helping launch the Global Financial Innovation Network, a group of financial regulators that aim to promote financial innovation across borders. ASIC is part of GFIN, which supports cross-border testing of innovative businesses. In floating ...

Roll-it Super expands offering

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
... their accounts to take action and ultimately be better off," Sharrott said. Both Moneytree and Roll-it Super are part of fintech hub Stone & Chalk. Stone & Chalk chief executive Alex Scandurra said industries in the future will see more organisations ...

VC investments in Australia hit record high

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2019
... for the fourth quarter of 2018, also reveal global investments in fintechs "continue to grow," with the firm predicting fintech would remain a hot ticket in Europe this year. It said however that some consolidation might occur as some fintechs shift ...

Aussies want budget help: MoneySoft

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2019
An Aussie fintech says budgeting and cashflow management are more important to young people than holistic financial advice. Citing findings from ING and Rice Warner's MyGeneration report released late last year, MoneySoft today said budgeting and cashflow ...

Advice dealer group, fintech align

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 JAN 2019
A national financial advice licensee partnered with an innovative investment platform. Advisers licensed by Elders Financial Planning can now access Cashwerkz, a term deposit administration service and cash management platform. Advice clients can access ...

Spriggy wins 2018 Best Fintech Startup Award: StartCon

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 20 DEC 2018
A fintech business aimed at helping children develop good money habits won a major award at the 2018 Australasian Startup Awards. Spriggy was set up in 2015 by founders Alex Badran and Mario Hasanakos. Their main product is a pre-paid debit card for ...

Sydney fintech sells for $339m

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2018
Financial services software giant Temenos is buying customer acquisition and onboarding technology company Avoka for $339 million (US$245 million). Avoka's success story begins in Australia. Temenos chief operating officer and chief financial officer ...

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 ...

Advice group rebuilds following regulatory headwinds

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
... relaunch as a retail superannuation offering "in due course." The diversified wealth management group will progress its other fintech, MyMoney247 - a personal finance management platform operated by MoneyBrilliant. "During this period of restructuring ...

Adviser-matching app launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2018
... officially launch in June 2019 and will sit within the FPA's Money & Life website. The FPA also extended its 2017 Why Fintech is Not a Threat report by releasing a practical guide to help advisers find the right technology providers. The guide outlines ...