Tagged: australia

January 20, 2020 @ 8:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Volt, one of Australia’s first neobanks to have received a full operational license in the country, has reportedly secured an additional $70 million in investments. Steve Weston, co-founder and CEO at Volt, stated: “The high levels of interest we are receiving from potential banking partners… Read More

January 16, 2020 @ 3:52 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Wiser (ASX: WZR), an Australia-based neo lending platform, announced on it has secured commitments to raise $33.5 million through a placement of approximately 181 million ordinary shares. According to Wisr, the placement was supposed and allocated to new and existing institutional investors. “The issue price… Read More

January 16, 2020 @ 7:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Banxa, an established provider of fiat gateway infrastructure to major digital asset exchanges such as Binance, has reportedly secured $2 million via a Series A investment round. The funding round was led by NGC Ventures, one of the most active investors in the crypto-asset and… Read More

January 15, 2020 @ 10:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

Australia enacted investment crowdfunding laws some time ago but the initial iteration was a bit of a no starter due to some glaring omissions by the Australian government. In late 2018, this changed when the parliament fixed the most pressing issue – the fact that“proprietary… Read More

January 14, 2020 @ 11:17 pm By Cali Haan  |  

San Francisco-based cryptocurrency trading platform Kraken has acquired Bit Trade, a cryptocurrency trading platform billed as, “Australia’s longest running digital currency exchange.” Kraken was founded in 2011 and Bit Trade in 2013. “With this acquisition, Kraken will focus on being the premier crypto service in… Read More

January 14, 2020 @ 7:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Australia-headquartered Power Ledger, a blockchain-based energy solutions provider, has reportedly acquired a 250 kilowatt (kW) photovoltaic system that will use a distributed ledger technology (DLT)-powered data management and settlement platform. According to a press release, Power Ledger acquired the system from Perdaman Advanced Energy, an… Read More

January 13, 2020 @ 11:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

More than $1.4 billion in capital was secured by Australian Fintech firms in 2019 across 38 deals or partnerships, setting a new record. The significant increase in financial technology investments may be attributed (partially) to the rising number of rounds of at least $100 million,… Read More

January 10, 2020 @ 7:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Traditional bank and Fintech collaboration and Open Banking are becoming quite common for financial institutions throughout the world that are planning to update their product offerings for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). India-based private lending institution SBM Bank recently teamed up with PayNearby to introduce… Read More

January 7, 2020 @ 10:15 am By JD Alois  |  

The former CTO and co-founder of Atom Bank, Paul Hanks, has joined Australia based DayTek Capital as a Technology Advisor. DayTek Capital reports that it is on track to launch “Infinity” within the first 6 months of 2020. Infinity seeks to become the first “product-disruptive… Read More

January 6, 2020 @ 7:42 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Australian SME challenger bank Judo Bank has formed a partnership with InfraRisk Pty Ltd., a supplier of credit management solutions and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pintec Technology Holdings Limited, to support its lending business with a smart and highly efficient cloud-based SaaS solution. Judo Bank… Read More

January 3, 2020 @ 5:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Puerto Rico-based digital bank First Finance International Bank (FFIBI) has reportedly partnered with the Australia-headquartered Seafarer Foundation, in order to offer online payroll and card services for the marine industry. By working cooperatively with FFIBI, the Australia-based foundation has launched a General Purpose Reloadable Multi-Currency… Read More

December 29, 2019 @ 7:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Australia-based Fintech firm Groupee has introduced a real-time payment app that lets groups of people share the cost of products or services they purchase. For example, the app allows people to split the cost for a meal, gift, and tickets. Groupee provides a prepaid Visa… Read More

December 22, 2019 @ 12:49 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Australia’s anti-money laundering agency has revoked the licences of four cryptocurrency exchanges linked to crime in the country, IT News reports. AUSTRAC revoked licenses at AUSCOIN ATM and MK Buy & Sell in September. Both projects were run by “Lamborghini-driving Bitcoin trader Sam Karagiozis” and associates…. Read More

December 18, 2019 @ 8:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Australian banking challenger 86400 has teamed up with FMS, a mortgage software developer, in order to use its eSign solution for mortgages. In November 2019, neobank 86400 introduced its home loan product suite, which has been designed to reduce the time required to issue and… Read More

December 18, 2019 @ 8:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Coverhero, an Australia-based insurance technology (Insurtech) provider, revealed on December 17 that the launch of its first product, Hustle Cover, an “instant” and customizable income protection insurance product developed specifically for gig economy professionals. There are reportedly over 1.5 million Australian residents that are now… Read More

December 7, 2019 @ 9:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Australians are supporting a new technology that tracks energy use. The project has reportedly raised around half a million dollars in just days after its equity crowdfunding campaign was launched. Ecocentric, a digital transformation company, has acquired more than A$3.6 million from nearly 180 different… Read More

December 4, 2019 @ 2:06 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Australia Border Force (ABF) announced on Wednesday detectives from WA Police’s Forces Drug & Firearm Square – Meth Transport Team arrested two people for drugs (attempted importation of MDMA) and seized more than $1.5 million worth of cryptocurrency. The organization reported: “On Thursday 31 October… Read More

December 2, 2019 @ 8:24 pm By JD Alois  |  

Investment crowdfunding platform Birchal will launch secondary trading of CSF securities in 2020, according to a note from the company. Birchal is a leading “crowd-sourced funding (CSF)” platform in Australia. The new marketplace, announced today, will be called Birchal Trade. There has been a good… Read More

November 25, 2019 @ 4:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Several digital banks have been launched in Australia during the past few years. However, these direct banks that are 100% digital currently face challenges around awareness and consumer trust. This, despite millions of customers being dissatisfied with traditional banking services, according to the latest research… Read More

November 25, 2019 @ 8:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Australia’s Senator Jane Hume has suggested that there’s significant potential for new international agreements to lead the nation’s Fintech companies into emerging financial markets. Hume pointed out that Australia’s present agreement with the UK to promote exports of Australia’s financial technology has not been used… Read More