FINTECH
Financial planning
Acquiring customers for robo-advice is a difficult task while making them pay for that service is almost impossible, according to a Melbourne Business School academic....
Financial planning
Investec Australia has made an undisclosed investment in fintech start-up vehicle H2 Ventures....
Policy & Regulation
The Government is launching a national fintech taskforce to help cement Australia’s credentials as “the leading market” for financial technology innovation in Asia Pacifi...
Financial planning
Fintech firm, MoneyMe, announced a $30 million capital raise comprised of debt and equity following a $1 million venture capital raise at its inception in 2013....
Funds management
Increased financial choices is detrimental to a consumer’s investment decisions, according to financial advice fintech Capital Preferences....
Financial planning
Fintech start-up Suitebox has been crowned as the winner of KPMG’s global Fintech Innovation Challenge, receiving recognition in the mobile category....
Funds management
Australian fintech and wealth manager, BigFuture, has completed a $520,000 capital raising as it looks to build its service capabilities....
Funds management
Two Australian firms have been named in the top five fastest growing technology companies in Asia, according to an annual survey by Deloitte....
Accounting
Accountants are faced with growing pressure to remain relevant or risk becoming “obsolete” in the face of cloud-based and self-service accounting tools, RSM believes....
People & Products
IOOF adds enhancements to Pursuit platform to include online transaction, share trading, and corporate actions capabilities....
Financial planning
Midwinter and SuiteBox have teamed up to provide virtual advice software for advisers who find it difficult to have regular face-to-face meetings with clients....
Financial planning
PractiFI has integrated Natterbox’s IP telephony offering into its platform in a bid to streamline voice interactions....
Policy & Regulation
ASIC chairman, Greg Medcraft says the regulator supports robo-advice but also acknowledges problems such as meeting best interests duty and compensating for bad advice....
Financial planning
AdviserLogic, has published its application programming interface to enable greater software integration with third-party applications....
Superannuation
Fintech provider, Enzumo, is seeking shareholder support for its $9.5 million deal to acquire superannuation research house, Chant West....
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