Author: Reposted by Australian FinTech

Nov
27

Why the payments industry needs to champion workforce diversity

How can an established and highly regulated payments industry look to continuously reinvent itself, and strive to encourage and bring fresh ideas to market?

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Nov
27

What is Blockchain Technology and how does it work?

Blockchain technology is a distributed ledger system that offers stronger security to the real-time digital economic process.

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Nov
27

How fintech’s are streamlining cash investing

With interest rates at an all-time low, investors could be forgiven for questioning the value of cash investing especially if they are or about to retire.

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Nov
25

Government plans fintech push to boost export sector

The fintech bridge agreement was unveiled in 2018 as a way to better facilitate trade and collaboration for banking disruptors across Australia and the UK.

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Nov
24

$423m acquisition shows expected increase in fintech M&A, HSF says

Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) said that a recent major deal it advised on in the fintech sector shows the expected increase in M&A activity in the sector. The Anglo-Australian giant advised EML Payments Limited (EML) on its $423m acquisition of Prepaid Financial Services (Ireland) (PFS). “This is an exciting deal for the fintech sector and shows that European fintechs remain attractive targets for global investors. We expect to see further M&A in this sector during 2020 given the number of mature businesses with good traction in the market and clear paths to profitability,” said partner Caroline Rae, one of the leaders of the HSF team. Based in Australia, EML is […]
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Nov
22

A win for financial inclusion for the ‘unbankable’

Australian fintechs like Jacaranda Finance are enabling financial inclusion through advanced algorithms and machine learning.

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Nov
21

ASX ‘blockchain’ system to open new digital horizons, exec says

ASX’s blockchain-inspired system will open up new opportunities to digitise multi-party workflows, according to the exchange operator’s deputy CEO.

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Nov
21

Outsourcing allows firms to innovate

For Stephen Dawson, CEO of Grapple, outsourcing the finance function to an accounting firm allows him and his team to focus on growing the business.

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