Frank Lab’s senior advisor Jasmine Koh interviews Gobbill CEO Shendon Ewans about the Federal Budget impact on Small Businesses and Startups
Key points: Bill payment automation company Gobbill is seeing more small businesses doing it tougher drawing on reserves to meet their payables. The 2019 Federal Budget may be good for some small businesses but certainly lacks investment in innovation. The increased instant asset tax write-off may help bricks and mortar type businesses but is unlikely to help high-tech innovative companies using scalable cloud processing and other subscription-based services. There should have been more support and a broader view of R&D as new fields and methods of engineering and scientific development have emerged and do not necessarily fit the traditional R&D models. A different lens should be applied to larger corporations […]
BGL wins Fintech Breakthrough award for Best Regtech company
BGL Corporate Solutions, Australia’s leading supplier of SMSF administration and ASIC corporate compliance solutions, has been recognised as Best RegTech Company in the 2019 FinTech Breakthrough awards. FinTech Breakthrough is a worldwide independent organisation that recognises the top companies, technologies and products in the global FinTech market. This is the second consecutive year BGL has been recognised as the world’s Best RegTech Company. “Over the year BGL Corporate Solutions has grown and evolved into the leading provider of SMSF administration and ASIC corporate compliance cloud software solutions, with over 8,000 clients in 15 countries now using its product suite of compliance solutions,” said James Johnson, Managing Director, FinTech Breakthrough. “As […]
SME lending is a valuable source of diversification for brokers says fintech lender OnDeck Australia
The Banking Royal Commission has highlighted the perils of relying on a single revenue stream, and SME lender OnDeck Australia is urging mortgage brokers to think beyond home loans and diversify into SME lending. Research by commercial lending fintech OnDeck Australia[1] confirms that 25 percent of Australia’s small to medium enterprises plan to seek additional business finance. Michael Burke, Head of Sales at OnDeck Australia, says, “There is clearly strong demand for SME finance, making this a revenue channel that brokers cannot afford to overlook. Moreover, our discussions with brokers indicate that, on average, one in four of a broker’s existing home loan clients are SME owners, providing a ready […]
Australian FinTech company profile #2 – Link4
In case you missed it on Tuesday, for exclusive members of Australian FinTech we’re going to do a Company Profile on each member company. We’ll then post it on our website, share it to our 10,000+ global social media followers and have it appear in our weekly newsletter which goes out to over 3,000 subscribers. Here’s Australian FinTech company No.2 – Link4 1. Company Name: Link4 2. Website: www.Link4.com.au 3. Key Staff & Titles: Robin Sands – CEO, Sam Hassan – CTO 4. Location(s): Adelaide, SA 5. In one sentence, what does your fintech do?: Link4 delivers invoices from one accounting system direct into another – including Xero, MYOB, QuickBooks […]
Arctic Intelligence warns many Australian businesses may be vulnerable to financial crime
Arctic Intelligence, a market-leader in financial crime prevention audit, risk and compliance software, warned today that many Australian businesses may be unaware that their internal risk assessment processes do not go far enough; leaving them vulnerable to money laundering, terrorist financing, sanctions and regulatory non-compliance. With organised crime is estimated to cost the Australian economy more than $36 billion a year (source: https://www.acic.gov.au/about-crime/crime-types), government regulations are tightening and the spotlight is on businesses who may be a target for financial crime, to ensure that they have appropriate controls and programs in place. The Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) is responsible for ensuring that more than 14,000 Australian businesses, […]
SocietyOne targets $50M through launch of Personal Loans Unit Trust
Australia’s leading marketplace lender, SocietyOne, is targeting $50 million through the launch of a Personal Loans Unit Trust designed to increase simplicity, liquidity, diversification, and access for its wholesale investors. The Trust will provide investors with a consistent monthly income stream and enhanced liquidity, with an expected return of 6 per cent per annum. It will invest in a diversified portfolio of SocietyOne’s fixed rate unsecured personal loans, and includes a reserving mechanism that smooths earnings across the portfolio. “We believe this new Unit Trust model will help to significantly simplify the experience of investing in our portfolio of personal loans, and provide investors with greater access to this asset […]
Australian FinTech company profile #1 – Investfit
For exclusive members of Australian FinTech we’re going to do a Company Profile on each company and post it on our website, share it to our 10,000+ global social media followers and have it appear in our weekly newsletter which goes out to over 3,000 subscribers. Here is our very first profile for Investfit: 1. Company Name: Investfit 2. Website: www.investfit.io 3. Key Staff & Titles: James Claridge, CEO, Co-founder Ed de Salis, Sales Director, Co-founder Gavin Daw, Technology Director, Co-founder Antony Pritchett, CTO 4. Location(s): Sydney 5. In one sentence, what does your fintech do?: Technology that helps financial advisors provide better, lower cost, lower risk […]
Square partners with Australia’s community banks to help regional SMBs go digital
Today, global payments provider Square, Inc. (NYSE: SQ) announced it is teaming up with Unity Bank, Southern Cross Credit Union and the WAW Credit Union in a string of regional partnerships that will give more small businesses outside of Australia’s capital cities greater access to innovative payments technology. Small businesses across regional New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland will be able to benefit from the new partnerships and will see affiliated branches provide access to the iconic Square card reader for contactless and chip for just $59. Customers will also receive fee-free card processing for their first $1,000 worth of sales to help them get started. Square’s Country Manager […]
