Author: Australian FinTech

Sep
01

Ignition Wealth launches Ignition Priority One Assist to support XPLAN solutions

Ignition Wealth’s XPLAN consultancy team offer Australian advice practices a full range of consultancy and customisation options, either under a bespoke arrangement or through our Managed Services packages, Core, Pro and Ignition Next. From September 1, the XPLAN Consultancy Team will also offer the Ignition Priority One Assist Service. “If your practice is using XPLAN (and most are), any breakdown can impact your business efficiency. We know practices need a fast, efficient and expert response. Our on call team of XPLAN technicians are highly trained and will work rapidly to have your XPLAN running and delivering your advice vision.” – Richard Liverpool, Head of Sales and Marketing, Ignition Wealth.   […]

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Aug
30

APP Securities and Ignition Wealth announce partnership to provide digital advice

APP Securities and fintech Ignition Wealth have today announced a new partnership to provide digital financial advice to APP Securities’ clients. APP Securities is an Australian stockbroking and investment banking firm, which offers a wide range of investment products, as well as a comprehensive suite of financial services spanning Corporate Finance and Advisory, Institutional Sales and Trading, Private Client Advisory and Research. “Embracing digital financial advice will allow us to provide our clients with the latest in financial technology and complements our existing broking business. We are delighted to provide a solution that can be tailored to each of our client’s needs, enabling our brokers to maintain and grow the […]

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CXi announces second client for Unit Registry

CXi Software has announced that it has successfully migrated its second client, in as many months, onto its cloud-based Unit Registry system – CXi-Registry™. “We’re delighted to welcome our second client; a significant Melbourne-based property firm managing some $2 billion in assets” said Seamus Ó Concheanainn, Managing Director of CXi. “This client is synonymous with professional property investing and is a terrific partner for CXi. Our CXi-Registry™ platform delivers the high-end capabilities that innovative fund managers require and feedback from our early adopters indicates we are meeting and exceeding market expectations in that regard,” Mr. Ó Concheanainn continued. “Our digital platform is the first purpose-built unit registry system developed in […]

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Aug
29

Ignition Wealth appoints Simon Conroy as Investment Committee Chair

Ignition Wealth CEO Mark Fordree today announced the appointment of Simon Conroy as Chairman of the Ignition Wealth Investment Committee.   Simon Conroy is a senior investment and banking professional whose previous roles include Head of Investment Strategy and Head of Private Markets at the Macquarie Group, where he served for more than a decade.   “Ignition Wealth continues to expand our leadership team. The appointment of Simon Conroy as Chairman of the Ignition Wealth Investment Committee is part of our ongoing commitment to drive the business forward,” Mark Fordree, CEO, Ignition Wealth.   Simon Conroy joins several financial services leaders at Ignition Wealth. Industry veteran Peter Meurer serves as […]

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Aug
28

expensemanager delivers accounts payable automation software for the SME’s

expensemanager helps businesses to automate each step of their expense, receipt and invoice management process with clever cloud software.

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Industry newcomer, Huddle, tackling insurance fraud with Australian-first technology

Insurance industry newcomer, Huddle, is taking significant steps to tackle fraud within the sector while dramatically increasing the speed at which claims are approved and paid. The Insurance Council of Australia currently estimates the cost of fraud is up to $2bn per year – most of which gets passed on to the end consumer. With the insurance industry largely offline – in the form of paper forms and applications – the opportunity for potential fraudsters to slip through the cracks is large, and damaging for the whole industry. Huddle co-founders, Jason Wilby and Jonathan Buck, saw an opportunity to use technology to disrupt the traditional insurance industry, reduce fraud, and […]

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Moneysoft expands footprint with Investfit and Xeppo integrations

Moneysoft has struck new deals to integrate its cashflow as a service solution with goalsbased advice software Investfit and software data connector Xeppo. The partnerships bring together powerful technology and the capability for financial services providers to offer customised solutions that meet the individual needs of their client base. Moneysoft founder and managing director, Peter Malekas, said the integrations will unlock new insights for financial services businesses, supporting deeper client engagement while also identifying future leads and increasing efficiency. “We’re putting control back into the hands of funds, advisers and brokers to say what they want to achieve and how they want it to look and feel. These new integrations […]

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Aug
23

The rise of cashless society – is your business listening to your customers?

You will often hear a small business owner complain about the banks ‘taking their cut’ of every transaction. The cost of having a transaction machine can feel like a big expense for some businesses; and many then pass those costs onto their customers in the form of surcharges. However, with the introduction of tap and go technology comes numerous cost-effective options available to the small business owner – and Australian customers are loving them; a recent survey by the RFI Group reveals that 32 per cent of Australians believed they could go cashless. The same survey shows that Australia currently has the highest use of contactless tap and go cards […]

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