Mortgage Choice joins forces with leading online lender Prospa
In a bid to better cater to the growing commercial needs of its customers, Mortgage Choice has added Australia’s leading online lender, Prospa, to its panel. “We are very excited to announce that we have partnered with Prospa to help us deliver a broader range of commercial lending and cash flow financing solutions to our customers,” said Mortgage Choice’s general manager of product Emma Dupont-Brown (pictured above with Prospa’s Matt Bauld). “Prospa is the leader in online small business lending, utilising their smart proprietary technology platform to quickly assess online applications for unsecured loans up to $250,000. “A significant proportion of our customers are small business owners who have very specific commercial […]
Australian software startup Businest wins Global Award for Small Business App
Accountex (formerly SleeterCon) announced businest® as the winner of The Small Business App You Should Be Using at their annual accounting technology conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. The award sponsored by Accountex, the leading independent accounting technology expo and conference in the world, was presented to businest® founder Rhondalynn Korolak, on stage in front of more than 1,000 attendees. Each year more than 150 new apps are added to the small business, cloud accounting ecosystem. The Meridian Awards, created by Accountex, are presented to a prestigious few apps in the accounting technology space who have displayed excellence beyond their peers in a given award category. There are only 4 awards […]
Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Australia
Congratulations to those Australian FinTech companies that appeared on the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Australia winners list and taking out the Top 3 places! #1 – Cashrewards #2 – MoneyMe Financial Group #3 – OpenMarkets #6 – Prospa #12 – DigitalX #24 – Mobile Embrace #42 – Class Read all about it here.
How digital automation can help offset Australia’s 492 per cent regulation boom
By Jacqui Henderson – Founder & CEO, Adviser Intelligence Damage control does not come cheap. Just ask Dongjin Koh, President of Mobile at Samsung Electronics. Koh told press in October this year that the total recall of the inflammable Galaxy Note 7 range – based on reports of just under 50 exploding units of the 2.5 million shipped products – would cost the Korean conglomerate a “heartbreaking amount”. Or to be more precise, more than $5 billion, Samsung later admitted. But, according to Chang Sea Jin, National University of Singapore business school professor, the multi-billion dollar Note 7 recall cost was worth it. “The potential damage to reputation is far […]
Barry Lambert predicts 2017 The Year of the Robo
“YOU DON’T REVOLUTIONISE YOUR COBB & CO BUSINESS BY BUYING FASTER HORSES.”. IGNITION WEALTH INVESTOR AND MENTOR BARRY LAMBERT PREDICTS 2017 THE YEAR OF THE ROBO Digital financial advice is poised for rapid uptake in Australia, with 2017 set to be the year when professional financial businesses adopt ‘robo-advice’ as an essential element of their client offering. Ignition Wealth is at the forefront of the pack of Australian digital financial advice technology providers. “Everyone is talking about the cloud revolution and many are looking to change their technology because they want to look smarter. Changing technology is very expensive if it does not revolutionise your business. Financial planning, a […]
SelfWealth take out FinTech Business of the Year at the Optus My Business Awards
SelfWealth has been honoured with the title of Fintech Business of the Year at the Optus My Business Awards 2016, hosted by My Business.
Acurity Online to launch actionable advice solution for superannuation funds
IRESS has accelerated online superannuation portal Acurity Online to draw on IRESS’ advice technology to demonstrate the direction of integration for Acurity and XPLAN, and enhance member engagement. The announcement follows IRESS’ acquisition of Financial Synergy last month. The solutions draw on XPLAN’s multi-channel advice technology. Acurity Online is an online superannuation portal for members, employers, advisers and administrators. It is an API- enabled digital portal that leverages the Acurity superannuation and wealth management registry, which administers approximately four million superannuation accounts and $250 billion in member funds. The solutions were previewed to representatives of superannuation funds and third-party administrators at the Acurity Client Conference in Melbourne yesterday. IRESS’ Managing […]
Payment giants Ezidebit and eWAY join forces to launch the eWAY Accelerator
Ezidebit and eWAY are delivering another innovative product launching the eWAY Accelerator, a FinTech solution which challenges the banks in the market.
