FINTECH
Financial planning
Data released by ServiceSeeking.com showed that 89 per cent of small and medium-sized enterprises have never heard of fintech....
Policy & Regulation
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has announced a cooperative agreement with Indonesia’s Otoritas Jasa Keuangan to promote fintech development....
Financial planning
ASIC’s regulatory sandbox for testing fintech services will run for another year before the framework is reviewed....
Financial planning
Robo-advice providers in the US were introducing the human element into their automated models, indicating the advice industry was not ready for fully automated services...
Accounting
AccountantsIQ has introduced a white label statement of advice solution to assist accountants with advice documents in the wake of super reforms....
Life/Risk
Aon and Adviser Ratings have entered a partnership to launch a cyber-insurance policy for advisers to allow them to take out cyber liability insurance....
Financial planning
Wealth management firms continue to fall behind in facilitating the opening of accounts digitally but Australia was ahead of its global counterparts....
Financial planning
H2 Ventures this week announced the accelerator would invest in its fourth cohort of start-ups for the country’s sole accelerator program....
Financial planning
While Australian fintech investments hit a new high in 2016, the global investment rate dropped 47 per cent....
Financial planning
Super administrator Link Group has partnered with fintech hub Stone & Chalk to open a new area of opportunity for commercial exploration and collaboration for fintech st...
Policy & Regulation
Treasurer Scott Morrison was set to meet with counterparts in the UK and Germany to promote Australian fintech and developments in digitisation....
Funds management
Trustees Australia and fintech operator, Cashwerkz, have announced a merger under which established businesses would buy a new platform and distribution network. ...
Policy & Regulation
ASIC has released licensing exemption for fintech businesses which would allow the firms to test certain services without holding an Australian financial service or credi...
Superannuation
Financial software firm, IRESS has joined its software, XPLAN, with the Financial Synergy platform Acurity to launch a new advice solution for super funds....
Policy & Regulation
Combining regulation and technology, regtech, could solve regulatory and compliance burdens to create new efficiencies in the financial system, the Federal Treasurer beli...
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