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Aussie fintechs among world's best

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2017
... insurance and regtechs. Australia's dominant showing in the Fintech100 reinforces the strong standing of the Australian fintech sector as demonstrated in the recent release of the EY Fintech Australia Census 2017. The census revealed the maturity of ...

Turning lazy cash into super savings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2017
An Australian fintech is giving financial advisers another tool through which to help clients grow their superannuation balances. Much like Acorns, automated micro-savings app Carrott rounds everyday transactions made on credit or debit cards up to ...

Fintech future lies in a winning ecosystem: Reinventure

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2017
The Australian fintech sector must hone its focus to developing a specific ecosystem or risk losing out to a highly competitive global marketplace, according to Reinventure Group. Speaking at the Australia's Asian Future Summit on Friday, Reinventure ...

Stone and Chalk partners for new Melbourne hub

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2017
... Stone & Chalk, described the creation of the new office as one of the biggest and most exciting pushes for Australian fintech. "This is an historic event for the Austraian fintech industry as a whole," Scandurra said. "Our Melbourne hub will help to ...

Wealth and investment leads Aussie fintech

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2017
... by large legacy systems," Szetho said. Szetho added the map also showed the many other growing areas of the Australian fintech ecosystem, including payments, wallets and wearables, blockchain/distributed ledger, regtech, insurtech, data aggregators and ...

Finance braces for Amazon effect

EMMA RAPAPORT AND DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2017
... won't be immune to the online store's influence. Already sending shockwaves through local major retailers, Australian fintech Avoka believes financial services will be the next industry to experience the 'Amazon effect'. "When Australian consumers start ...

What the 2017 Budget means for you

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... private sector including institutional investors. The Government has also announced broad concessions for the Australian fintech industry, continuing it innovation agenda from 2016. Purchases of digital currency, for example, will no longer be subject ...

Government fintech agenda spotlights microbanking

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... other banks by the banking regulator, APRA." The Government has also announced broader concessions for the Australian fintech industry. Purchases of digital currency, for example, will no longer be subject to the GST, which removes the "double taxation" ...

Aussie fintech maintains strength

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017
Australian fintech investment in 2016 remained strong despite a 47.2% global slide in fintech investment, according to KPMG International's The Pulse of Fintech report. Total fintech investment in Australia reached $626 million across 25 deals in 2016 ...

Fintechs face marketing battle

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2016
The constant uphill battle faced by Australian fintech start-ups to enter the local marketplace is evidenced by research suggesting these new players pose little threat to the industry. A Yell Creative survey of 150 financial marketers found more than ...