fintech

Financial planning

Fintech sandbox to be reviewed in a year

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 offer SOA solution ahead of June 30

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 partner on cyber insurance

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 straggles on digital

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 accelerator welcomes a fourth cohort

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

Fintech investments hit US$656m

While Australian fintech investments hit a new high in 2016, the global investment rate dropped 47 per cent....

Financial planning

Link partners with Stone & Chalk

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 to meet with world counterparts on fintech promotion

Treasurer Scott Morrison was set to meet with counterparts in the UK and Germany to promote Australian fintech and developments in digitisation....

Funds management

Merger launches new market player in FI

Trustees Australia and fintech operator, Cashwerkz, have announced a merger under which established businesses would buy a new platform and distribution network. ...

Policy & Regulation

New licensing exemption for fintech firms

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

IRESS launches online super solution portal

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

Regtech to solve compliance

Combining regulation and technology, regtech, could solve regulatory and compliance burdens to create new efficiencies in the financial system, the Federal Treasurer beli...