CXi Software selected as 2018 Startup Innovation Firm of the Year
CXi Software announces their selection as 2018 Startup Innovation Firm of the Year (Australasia) by the Finance Monthly FinTech Awards. “We are delighted to have been recognized by Finance Monthly as the Startup Innovation Firm of the Year (Australasia)” says Séamus Ó Concheanainn, CEO of CXi Software. “It is a testament to the hard work and commitment from our development team, and our sales and marketing. 2017 was a breakthrough year for CXi Software as we transitioned from research & development to a commercially available platform and live, happy clients.” “We are proud to be recognised by industry experts who value the blood, sweat and tears involved in designing and […]
Australian FinTech partners with Australia’s leading Crowdfunding platform OnMarket
In a movement to continue fostering a thriving environment for fintech, Australian FinTech is delighted to announce our official partnership with Australia’s leading IPO and Equity Crowdfunding platform OnMarket. This new partnership is a step towards growing the support network and shared knowledge between Australian fintech businesses. OnMarket has revolutionised the way wholesale and retail offerings into listed and unlisted companies are made available to investors by providing the world’s first free-access portal and app for capital raisings. OnMarket makes investing and capital raising an efficient, simple and transparent process that is accessible to everyday investors and innovative and growth stage businesses. As a marketplace platform, OnMarket acts as the […]
AML Accelerate launches a category defining AML/CFT compliance platform
Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) compliance requirements are being revised and new requirements are being introduced and enforced around the world, impacting more than 30 financial and non-financial industry sectors, with many being brought into AML/CFT for the first time. Industry sectors including lawyers, accountants, real-estate agents and dealers in high-value goods are soon to be subject to AML/CFT laws which are being progressively rolled-out with law practices in New Zealand the first required to comply by 1 July 2018. Non-compliance could result in fines, penalties, civil or criminal prosecution, loss of license and reputation damage. The estimated cost for an average business to achieve compliance […]
Seasoned Executive is appointed CEO of leading Fintech Macrovue
AMP-backed fintech Macrovue is pleased to announce today it has appointed Rod Bristow as CEO. Rod is a former Chief Operating Officer and alternate Managing Director of Australia’s largest online stockbroker CommSec. Most recently he was Managing Director and CEO of Infocus Wealth Management – a national financial advice, asset management and technology group. In these roles, Rod led large teams to drive substantial growth organically and via mergers and acquisitions. Macrovue will retain the expertise and capability of Founder Dr Sid Sahgal, who will move into the newly created role of Chief Operating Officer. This strategic move will provide substantial depth of capability for Macrovue to deliver on its […]
Verrency emphasizes commitment to Fintech partners with new partnership arm and leadership appointments
Australian global payments platform Verrency has appointed two experienced entrepreneurs and venture capitalists to drive its partnership strategy to ensure fintech partners and financial institutions get the best value from the API platform. Eddie Wilson and AJ Milne have been named to lead V+, the official partnership arm of Verrency. V+ is designed to leverage Verrency’s behind-the-scenes, enterprise-grade, curated-API platform to generate opportunities for payment-enabled Fintechs around the world. While Verrency has already begun signing up Fintech partners over the last few months, these appointments demonstrate Verrency’s clear commitment to bringing the best of Fintechs to financial institutions. Wilson has been immersed in the emerging business community for many years. […]
Payments fintech startup Sniip, launches first ever digital bills with push notifications
Toowoomba Regional Council is leading Australia in digital billing, by partnering with Australia’s first bank-agnostic payments and billing app, Sniip, to launch a patented “m-billing” function that will alert ratepayers of Council rates and water bills via push notifications directly on their smartphones. Ratepayers can opt into the function by registering for m-billing in the Sniip app, from which point they will receive future bills directly into the app via push notifications and can pay in a few simple clicks, without inputting any extra data or leaving the app. The end-to-end paperless solution is expected to drastically reduce the Council’s overheads and carbon footprint by helping them transition […]
Prospa named as #1 high-growth company in APAC on FT 1000 list
The Financial Times, in partnership with Statista, has identified Asia-Pacific’s top 1,000 high-growth companies. With high growth a signal of underlying demand, the FT 1000 list, which was published this week, highlights the major players driving economic growth within the APAC region. Sydney-based online small business lender, Prospa, has been identified as the top high-growth company in Asia Pacific. The list is dominated by technology companies, suggesting innovation and disruption are key drivers of growth across the regions key markets. Countries included in the research are Japan, South Korea, India, Australia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, New Zealand, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines. 138 companies from Australian and New Zealand make […]
The New Payments Platform Launches
Payments infrastructure that enables customers with accounts at different banks, building societies and credit unions to make real-time data-rich payments to each other any time of day, any day of the year, will commence rolling out to the Australian public from today. The New Payments Platform went live in November last year and has supported funds transfers between employees at a number of different banks, building societies and credit unions. The Platform’s public launch occurred in the very early hours of this morning — at 12.01am to be precise — when CEO of NPP Australia Adrian Lovney marked the occasion by making a donation to the Alannah and Madeline […]
