FINTECH

Financial planning

Financial Technology companies providing robo-advice tools should be subject to the same codes of conduct as financial advisers, according to the Financial Services Insti...

Tech

Australian Treasurer, Scott Morrison and UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond signed the UK-Australian FinTech Bridge last week, to the approval of fintech firm...

Financial planning

Consumer group Choice has warned parliamentarians that professional indemnity insurance is an inadequate safeguard for financial technology firms providing financial advi...

People & Products

Alan Quinlan has been appointed as chief executive of Ignition Wealth’s new Irish business....

Policy & Regulation

The Minister for Revenue and Financial Services, Kelly O’Dwyer has used a speech in Hong Kong to invite offshore players to consider the benefits of Australia’s FinTech r...

Tech

Financial services group Spring FG Limited has announced the launch of a new fintech platform, MyMoney247....

Tech

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has released a review of its regulatory sandbox, which plans to retain waivers for licencing for fintech businesses....

Funds management

Australian fintech, Zagga has launched its Alternative Growth Fund for wholesale investors, including self-managed super funds....

Tech

The US fintech firm, Capital Preferences has launched its first profiling and portfolio platform for Australian advisers....

Tech

The Financial Planning Association has highlighted the industry’s lack of understanding around the uses of fintech in a new whitepaper....

Superannuation

A whitepaper released by Bravura Solutions has outlined the effects of fintech disruption on the superannuation industry in Australia....

Tech

KPMG and fintech accelerator H2 Ventures have released the annual Top 100 Fintech report for 2017....

Tech

Ernst and Young and Fintech Australia have released the second annual Fintech Australia Census in Melbourne....

Tech

The 2017 EY Fintech Australia Census had provided insight into the internal challenges that affect growth for Australian fintechs....

Tech

Fintech removes institutional, bureaucratic impediments between the customer and the service provider, according to Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison....

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