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Fingerprint offered as bank password alternative

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
... The move underscores the major transformation that is due to take place in the financial services industry as new technologies drive disruption of existing norms. ING DIRECT head of digital Janelle McGuinness said, "In the past 12 months, the number ...

AFA appoints policy and marketing head

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
... professionalism," AFA chief executive Brad Fox commented. "Just as importantly, Samantha's experience in innovative technologies and marketing will empower the AFA to raise the public's perceptions and understanding of financial advice through the AFA-to-Consumer ...

Philanthropists award $1.5m to medical researchers

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2015
... Clive and Vera Ramaciotti Facility (CVRF) for Producing Pharmaceuticals in Plants, a facility to that will develop technologies to produce new drugs. These could be incorporated into novel plant products such as bio-pills (seeds), medicinal teas and ...

Turnbull backs financial start-ups

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
... invest, or a medium-sized institution or indeed an individual just investing their savings. I think all of these technologies do put pressure on prices and the people in the financial services sector are constantly having to work harder to justify the ...

New IAG boss signals digital disruption focus

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
... the needs and expectations of our customers are changing rapidly as they embrace innovation and quickly adopt new technologies. New and different competitors are entering the market and even the way we work is transforming, with a greater focus on inclusiveness ...

Tech boom drives super to VC

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
... and proactive investor, those risks are not as great as one may think. When we think about the threat of disrupting technologies, it could be argued that the risks in VC are less than investing in a top-20 listed company.A Think about what happened to ...

Gradual progress on super fund digital engagement

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2015
... of legislative requirements, many funds are now addressing digital service delivery and integrating highly agile technologies into their customer engagement process, IQ said.

New SMSFs slowing as boomers retire

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
... very poor investment markets." Of course, if the effort involved in establishing SMSFs was a barrier-to-entry, new technologies entering the market may have a hand in reversing the slowdown. BMR Corporate Solutions' online SMSF establishment service ...

Fintech start-ups painted as future heroes

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... best in the world to attract and retain the wonderful talent we have in this country, to build leading, scalable technologies and to attract as much smart capital as we can," Dunn said. Among the 41 start-ups, employing about 120 people, are several ...

Citi launches fintech challenge

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
... "industry experts and financial technology leaders," according to a Citi statement, and the winners will "take their technologies into production with Citi's support," as well as potentially being awarded a share of $100,000 and other prizes. "Australia's ...