Tagged: australia

October 18, 2020 @ 10:10 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  FinTech Australia announced on Monday it has made several new board appointments and has elected Paypa Plane founder and CEO Simone Joyce as Chair.  The three new appointments include:  Marie Mortimer, managing director of Loans.com.au and  director of FinTech QLD.  Nathan Walsh, Co-founder and… Read More

October 17, 2020 @ 6:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Australian neobank Volt has confirmed that it’s planning to reduce the total interest rate on its Save account. The bank will slash the current rate by 20 basis points, so it will be lowered from the current 1.45% p.a. to 1.25% p.a. This new rate… Read More

October 15, 2020 @ 4:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Australia-based SME challenger bank Judo Bank has chosen nCino (NASDAQ: NCNO) to help streamline its lending processes. Judo Bank will be using nCino’s Cloud-powered platform to enhance its services which are mainly intended for small businesses. nCino, Inc. is an established cloud banking and digital… Read More

October 13, 2020 @ 8:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

David Laird, CEO at modul8, a Melbourne based financial services firm, confirms that his company has teamed up with Nium in order to build better payments solutions in Australia and Southeast Asia. Nium is a global finance infrastructure firm. It will offer payment card-issuing services… Read More

October 12, 2020 @ 10:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Neobanks have been finding it quite challenging to maintain their competitive deposit rates. During the past few weeks, three Australian neobanks have reduced their rates and two of them have placed limits on the balances on which they’ll pay higher interest. Australia based digital bank… Read More

October 12, 2020 @ 10:06 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Australia-based marketplace lender SocietyOne announced on Monday it has successfully flattened a 2000 per cent spike in hardships caused by COVID-19 after developing and implementing a tech solution in less than 5 days to manage the surge of hardship requests. The lender noted prior to… Read More

October 8, 2020 @ 8:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Sydney-headquartered Fintech firm DataMesh Group has introduced a payment system that enables low-cost automatic routing through eftpos’ Australian debit system. DataMesh’s new payment solution should help merchants save as much as AUD 500 million per year in transaction fees, after it has been launched across… Read More

October 7, 2020 @ 10:09 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

U.S. fintech Payrix announced on Wednesday it is set to expand its services in Australia and New Zealand, as well as completed its acquisition of Brisbane-based payment service provider, IntegraPay. The expansion efforts come just days after Payrix announced it secured $50 million through its… Read More

October 5, 2020 @ 6:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Australia based IMB Bank will be introducing Open Banking services. The mutual bank confirmed on October 5, 2020, that it would provide a new banking platform that can share certain financial data through an API integration. The NSW-headquartered building society IMB Bank noted that, during… Read More

October 4, 2020 @ 4:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Commonwealth countries are planning to further tap into the potential of Fintech applications. A new toolkit has been introduced to help countries with harnessing the potential of financial technology in order to achieve inclusive economic progress. The toolkit has reportedly been developed as a response… Read More

October 1, 2020 @ 7:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

David Goldin, CEO and founder at Capify, a small business lender backed by Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS), believes that the demand for new loans will rise again after the Australian government announced changes to lending laws and requirements. Capify confirmed that it will start issuing more… Read More

September 29, 2020 @ 11:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Australia based Alex, a digital banking challenger, is reportedly planning to secure about A$10m (appr. $7.1 million) in capital through a Series B investment round. As first reported by the Financial Review, Alex’s team of senior management professionals have been focused on acquiring additional funding by approaching various… Read More

September 29, 2020 @ 7:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Airwallex, an Australia-based Fintech company, has reportedly extended an existing $250 million investment round by $40 million (appr. AUD 57 million). Scott Farquhar, the co-founder at Atlassian, has joined the funding round through his firm, Skip Capital. Airwallex has managed to secure substantial investments so… Read More

September 28, 2020 @ 6:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Dan Jovevski, a Fintech professional and former banker at National Australia Bank (NAB), has reportedly helped his company, WeMoney, with securing $2 million in capital in order to provide a service that helps young consumers with making better financial decisions. As reported by the Financial… Read More

September 20, 2020 @ 2:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cape, an Australian working capital firm, is planning to offer a corporate credit card that will leverage Open Banking technology. The company says the card will be available in 2021. Established by experienced Fintech professionals who previously worked at Funding Circle, Funding Options and 11:FS,… Read More

September 12, 2020 @ 2:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech Australia, a member-driven organization that’s focused on supporting the financial technology ecosystem in the country, has reportedly teamed up with Big Four auditing firm Ernst & Young Australia (EY). Through the partnership, both organizations will aim to support EY’s further involvement in local Fintech… Read More

September 10, 2020 @ 4:12 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

National Australia Bank (NAB) announced on Wednesday the launch of its new no-interest “NAB StraightUp” credit card. According to NAB, the card made its debut in response to Australians wanting more control over their finances. “For a flat monthly charge, customers can get access to… Read More

September 9, 2020 @ 8:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech investments in Australia reached $376.5 million during H1 2020, which represents a 150% increase when compared to the same period from last year when $149.05 million for raised by Fintechs in the country. But there was a significant drop in mergers and acquisitions (M&A)… Read More

September 8, 2020 @ 11:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Prospa (ASX: PGL), an online small business lender based in Australia and New Zealand, has reportedly welcomed the interim report recently released by the Senate Committee on Fintech and Regtech. But Prospa has also come to an agreement with other industry participants that a lot… Read More

September 8, 2020 @ 10:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Consumer Data Right (CDR) legislation in Australia has been introduced to enhance the nation’s modern banking sector. It’s also supposed to make it easier to match or compare different financial products across a range of industries in the country, according to Senator Jane Hume,… Read More