Australian FinTech joins with FinTech Australia to support the Intersekt Festival
Australian FinTech is excited to announce that we have joined with FinTech Australia to support the Intersekt Festival as a Strategic Partner. As part of our support, we are able to offer you, our member, a 10% discount on your ticket to the Collab/Collide 2017 Summit, which includes access to all events during Intersekt Festival. Early Bird ends tomorrow! Get your 10% discount on the already discounted Early Bird special! You must buy your ticket before midnight September 29th to get this fantastic deal! The Intersekt FinTech Festival, is a week long program of events, including; Visa Pitchfest, NAB Hackathon, Startup Vic Reverse Pitch, Women in FinTech meetup, […]
Change Financial anticipates to dual trade in USA
ASX-listed Change Financial Limited, Australia’s only listed digital banking platform, is pleased to announce the upcoming anticipated dual trading of the Company’s shares on the OTCQX Best Market in the U.S. On 2nd October 2017 (US EDT), the Company’s shares are expected to commence trading on the OTCQX Best Market under the stock code “CNGFF”. Trading on OTCQX and ASX supports Change Financial’s strategy to broaden its global investor base, particularly in the U.S. where there is growing interest in the Company’s digital banking platform. Change Financial’s digital banking value proposition (via its ChimpChange Mobile Banking brand) is well understood by US investors, and the Company has […]
Have you got your tickets to LendIt Europe 2017? It’s Europe’s largest global fintech & lending conference
LendIt Europe 2017 is Europe’s largest global fintech and lending conference, and returns to London on October 9-10, 2017. This year’s conference is expanding with the industry to cover the hottest topics in fintech including digital wealth, blockchain, insurtech, digital banking, and much more. Nowhere else can you meet 250+ industry leaders, 150+ investors and 1,000+ attendees from fintech companies, investment firms, banks, service providers, regulators and the media from across Europe and beyond. With six tracks of content including Innovations in Lending, Investor Insights, Policy & Regulation, as well as our PitchIt startup competition, there is content for everyone. You can now save 15% with Australian FinTech! Simply enter […]
Sexiest Job of the 21st Century: Data Scientist
Data miner? Web analyst? Information wrangler? Harvard Business Review[1] labelled it the “sexiest job of the 21st Century” and the opportunities are exploding and salaries rocketing for astute professionals choosing “data science” as their career. As industries and governments worldwide race into the era of Big Data, James Cook University (JCU) is giving its students a head start with a fast, fully online and keenly priced Master of Data Science that offers students a potentially rapid return on their investment. Graduates will enjoy up-to-the-minute skills in the scientific methods, systems and processes used to unlock the secrets hidden in data. This ability to deliver insights and solutions by analysing data will give graduates an edge […]
IRESS invests in leading Australian RegTech Lucsan
Australian technology leaders, IRESS and Lucsan, today announced a partnership that will accelerate the application of RegTech in the financial services landscape. IRESS is making an equity investment in Lucsan: an established, Australian-owned RegTech and data analytics company providing leading technology solutions to a wide range of companies, including Australia’s major banks. Lucsan’s vision is to help financial institutions proactively reduce the ongoing cost of compliance and implement improved practices with its RegTech solutions. The minority equity position will support Lucsan’s own growth strategy as it focuses on expanding its business in Australia and more broadly into international markets. Equity investments by IRESS IRESS was founded in Melbourne in […]
Australian Fintech finalists at the Optus My Business Awards
Congratulations to all the Australian Fintech companies and leaders who have been nominated as finalists in this year’s Optus My Business Awards: Business Leader of the Year Andrew Murray, Curve Securities Young Business Leader of the Year Larry Diamond, zipMoney Mandeep Sodhi, HashChing Finance Business of the Year zipMoney Fintech Business of the Year Curve Securities ezyCollect Maestrano MAUS Business Systems MoneyMe Financial Group NowInfinity Practice Ignition SelfWealth Sniip zipMoney Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Business of the Year Maestrano Innovator of the Year Practice Ignition Pocketbook
AI RegTech deal boosts compliance speeds for Airwallex
Melbourne headquartered fintech startup Airwallex today announced a partnership with AI-driven RegTech ComplyAdvantage. The partnership will allow Airwallex to conduct real-time screening and monitoring of transactions for sanctions, anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorism financing (CTF), following a US$13 million Series A funding round from Tencent, Sequoia and Mastercard that has spurred rapid growth into new regions. ComplyAdvantage helps firms make intelligent choices by using Artificial Intelligence, machine learning and big data analytics to manage their compliance and risk obligations, and to prevent the occurrence of financial crime. Regarded as one of the most trusted and innovative compliance solutions in the industry, ComplyAdvantage’s real-time insights will minimise risk on transactions conducted […]
CXi Software announces partnership with its third client PE Capital
New Australian fintech CXi Software Pty Limited announce that PE Capital Funds Management Limited is now live on its cloud-based unit registry platform CXi-Registry™. “We chose CXi as they were able to provide their cutting edge registry platform as well as advice in setting up our processes and fund structure in the system that we really needed” said Anthony Mann; Chief Operating Officer. PEC, a Melbourne based diversified property investment manager, had found its business had grown beyond managing via internally managed databases and sought a robust solution that will scale with their growth projections. “The CXi team were able to migrate us across from our legacy processes very quickly, […]
