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Fintechs and instos must align: Saxo

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2017
... approaches. Saxo Bank founder and chief executive Kim Fournais said the intersection of traditional financial services firms and fintech start-ups has created a global profit pool of about US$4.5 trillion ($5.8 trillion), meaning the opportunity for ...

Crowdfunding legislation gets greenlight

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2017
... businesses unprecedented access to alternate sources of capital - an opportunity many have been waiting for, according to FinTech Australia. The Senate passed the Corporations Amendment (Crowd-Sourced Funding) Bill 2016, which allows small-scale businesses ...

Fintech Nod takes on the unadvised

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2017
A new fintech is hoping to reach out to the 80% of people who don't see financial advisers via a digital financial advice platform. Nod, backed by accelerator H2 Ventures, is aiming to bring financial experts to people on demand. Clients can ask a question ...

Midwinter adds fintech partner

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017
Midwinter added a new life insurance software solutions provider to its advice operating system AdviceOS. Omnium's life risk research tool OmniLife has been integrated into AdviceOS to enable real-time flow of insurance premium product data to the AdviceOS ...

AIA launches digital life insurance advice tool

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017
... to raise an extra three to $6 million on top of a recent $2.5 million to help with its partnership with Challenger. The fintech aims to provide scaled financial advice to Australians in the pre-retirement phase, through the provision of affordable online ...

Compliance and cybersecurity keeping bankers awake

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017
... regulators and consumers." In terms of operations, Dring added banks should streamline operating models and partner with fintech, blockchain firms and other industry disruptors to deliver better services. "They need to be relentless in driving out costs ...

Gen Y prefers liquid investments: KPMG

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
... relevant to their goals are not particularly well formed in most financial institutions and consequently, we're seeing new fintech players step in and fill that space," the report reads. As a result, 75% of Gen Y professionals are using savings accounts ...

MDA provider upgrades offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
A managed discretionary account provider is partnering with a fintech to deliver a new cloud-based solution to financial advisers. managedaccounts.com.au will work with Melbourne-based CapitalRoad to upgrade its user interface and middle office requirements ...

Former QBE chief joins NSW insurance fund

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2017
... icare as group executive, innovation - a role which will involve overseeing the implementation of new customer-centric fintech and healthtech strategies, including machine learning and artificial intelligence. icare chief executive Vivek Bhatia said ...

Trustee Partners hunts GM

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2017
... of Tidswell Financial Services, and is aiming to provide an alternative trustee business for superannuation funds and fintech entrepreneurs. Trustee Partners has operations in Melbourne and Adelaide and opened a Sydney office this year.