Link4 named as a Leading Global Innovator in 2017
Judged by leading innovation experts, Link4 has been identified as one of the top 100 ventures with the potential to disrupt markets globally. Disrupt 100 is an index compiled by Tällt Ventures, a global data intelligence and innovation company, celebrating the ventures with the most potential to influence, change or create new global markets. Link4 has been recognised as a company with the potential to change the world we live in by supporting small business owners. Based in Adelaide, South Australia, Link4 has the goal to make life easier for businesses around the world through simple eInvoicing. Only 4 Australian companies made the list, with each company being judged against […]
41% of young Aussies don’t know how to pay bills
New research commissioned by BPAY Group has revealed younger Australians lack knowledge around bill payments and struggle with everyday finance management. 41 per cent of Australians aged between 18 and 25 say that they have no effective system for paying their bills. 1000 Australian bill payers between the ages of 18 and 65 were surveyed in late 2016, with the findings collated by strategic research consultancy The Leading Edge. Five bill payer personalities were identified to categorise the habits and attitudes of Australian bill payers, and include: – Big Picture Organisers: 28 per cent – Life Jugglers: 27 per cent – Rigid Record Keepers: 19 per cent – Mobile and […]
The 2nd Annual FinTech Awards 2017
The 2nd Annual FinTech Awards 2017 celebrate the achievements of the dynamic people and businesses comprising the FinTech sector. These Awards seek to recognise success in the FinTech sector in its many forms. This event will be an evening of celebrating the best innovation, created by the best innovators and entrepreneurs that live and work in Australia. Australian FinTech is proud to be a media partner for the 2nd Annual FinTech Awards 2017 to be held in Sydney on 22nd June 2017. Australian FinTech’s CEO and Co-Founder, Cameron Dart, recently named as one of the Top 25 Influencers of FinTech in Australia, is honoured to be one of the judges […]
IRESS and ITG to deliver faster, improved analysis
Financial technology provider IRESS and ITG, a leading agency broker and financial technology firm, today announced a faster and more comprehensive analysis of trading costs for mutual clients. IRESS and ITG have aligned their systems to enable mutual IRESS and ITG clients to receive more comprehensive and efficient analysis of their trades. The alignment will also assist mutual clients in addressing the requirements set out in ASIC’s Regulatory Guide 97, which puts growing focus on costs and transparency in fund management processes. As a result of Regulatory Guide 97, automated access and analysis of trade data is becoming a top priority for the Australian fund management community. ITG’s Head of […]
YTML: Focus on what you can change
Advice solution and tech provider YTML is calling on advisers to extract more value from their relationship with their software by working in partnership with it. YTML is software agnostic, working with a range of software providers so as to deliver the best solutions to the adviser or licencee. YTML CEO Kevin Liao said it is in this capacity as problem solvers for their advice clients, that they often hear frustrations about the software. “It is a common problem in our industry, that with limited training, many advisers aren’t equipped in understanding how to get the best out of their software. A little bit of knowledge can be a dangerous […]
Dion and Fincast partner to deliver an integrated portfolio management and exchange trading platform
Dion Global Solutions and Fincast Pty Ltd, announced the availability of their integration and operations partnership, which allows clients of Fincast’s cutting edge goal based advisory and portfolio modelling platform to obtain account and holding details from Dion’s rapidly expanding TradeCentre™ platform, perform guided modelling of the portfolio and then automatically generate trades based on agreed investment models and investor’s preferences, greatly streamlining implementation and back office operations for Fincast’s and Dion’s clients. Further, Dion and Fincast have created an operating partnership which sees accelerated improvements in productivity and cost savings for clients through the consolidation of the infrastructure and operations for the SaaS versions of our respective platforms. […]
Dion Global Solutions launches integrated wealth management and trading platform
Dion Global Solutions announced the launch of its wealth management module – TCWealth. Easy-to-use and functionally rich features of TCWealth will enable stockbrokers and wealth managers to carry out effective and efficient management of client assets. The Financial industry in Australia is undergoing a shift from traditional stockbroking services to wealth advisory. This unleashes an enormous opportunity for stockbrokers to expand their business model and offer access to a growing segment of new products and exchange listed instruments that give better returns to their clients. With TCWealth, stockbrokers and financial advisors gain instant and holistic view of their client’s portfolio information and extensive market data. This information is […]
Winners at The Finnies!
Congratulations to those Australian Fintech companies and their fearless leaders who won awards last night at the inaugural Finnies Fintech Awards: Female Fintech Leader of the Year: Emma Weston, AgriDigital Co-Founder & CEO Joint Male Fintech Leaders of the Year: Greg Moshal & Beau Bertoli, Prospa Co-Founders Fintech Organisation of the Year: Afterpay Emerging Fintech Leader of the Year: Emma Weston, AgriDigital Co-Founder & CEO Emerging Fintech Organisation of the Year: Spaceship Best Fintech place to work: Prospa Best workplace diversity: Timelio Marketing Campaign or Brand Initiative of the Year: Equitise – Equitise Bubble Excellence in establishing Market Presence (Australia): BrickX […]
