Quantifeed opens office in Australia to meet growing demand for digital wealth advice; taps local tech talent
Quantifeed, Asia Pacific’s leading provider of digital wealth management solutions, has opened an office in Australia to strengthen its strategic relationships as demand for B2B digital advice solutions grows. Quantifeed’s new Sydney office – staffed with eight employees- will also enable the company to grow its technology offering by leveraging local software engineering talent. Lars Bischoff will head the technology development team in Australia. He has led software development teams at major Australian financial institutions for over three decades and has been a senior member of the Quantifeed engineering team for the past four years. Graeme Brant heads Quantifeed’s development of strategic partnerships in Australia. He has a background in […]
IRESS reports strong 2018
Financial technology provider IRESS reported solid figures for 2018, anticipating a successful 2019 to follow. IRESS group operating revenue grew 6%, driven by 7% growth in its UK business and 9% in Australia and New Zealand. IRESS cited a number of strategic achievements as key drivers, including significant deliveries to large wealth management and financial advice clients, momentum in lending and increased innovation across the IRESS offering. The Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) Wealth Management segment saw operating revenue of $136.4 million and a direct contribution of $100.7 million. This is an increase of 9% and 7% respectively. This was down to the delivery of significant projects to advice and […]
Tech puts value of advice in question
Addressing a room of financial advisers at the Portfolio Construction Forum’s 2019 Finology Summit yesterday, US-based financial planner, Michael Kitces, says advisers should turn their attention away from the regulators and towards technology if they want to stay relevant. Kitces said technology has slowly (and silently) been disrupting the financial advice industry since Wall Street brokers traded stocks for non-negotiable fixed prices in the 50s, and, while advisers may think it’s the regulators that are forcing change, Kitces makes the point that regulators are simply reacting to it. “There’s a tendency to solve the last crisis rather than the next one,” he said. But, five industry trends he sees reshaping […]
Apple Pay goes plastic: Goldman Sachs and Apple partner on new credit card launch
The Apple and Goldman Sachs joint credit card could be hitting the market soon. After announcing last year that the tech giant and Wall Street firm would be launching an Apple Pay credit card, the Wall Street Journal reports that employee testing of the product should begin within the coming weeks. Both companies are looking to expand their consumer base, and this new Apple Pay credit card just might be their ticket. Apple has long been a tech favorite among the Millennial crowd, but they are beginning to shift their focus to other products and services as iPhone sales start to lose steam. To read more, please click on […]
Five tips for getting the most out of your equity crowdfunding campaign, from founders who have been there
Since equity crowdfunding launched in Australia in 2017, startups in their droves have looked to the public to help take their venture to the next level — albeit some more successfully than others. But from the modest to the multimillion, what is it that made the successful raises successful? These founders have all been there, and they’ve got some advice. Make the most of your community Sonya Stephen, founder of cinema ticket startup Choovie saw equity crowdfunding as a way to turn her “fabulous customers” into investors, giving the community of users a chance to be more involved in the business When business-to-consumer interaction is important to a startup, “crowdfunding […]
40-50 banks expected to use Stellar (XLM) use in coming months
Put Tuesday 1.40am (UTC) on 19 March in your calendar of major Stellar Lumens events. Speaking to Finder at IBM Think 2019, IBM head of blockchain Jesse Lund revealed that 40-50 banks are expected to join the Stellar-based IBM World Wire service in the near future. “We’ve got a launch announcement coming out soon… we’re going to be supporting more than 50 countries out of the gate, 30-40 currencies, and enough market makers to drag along 30 or 40 banks, so we’ll have a significant portion of the world covered,” he explained. Several banks have already confirmed that they plan to issue digital assets, including stablecoins of their own, through […]
ezidox powers up with OneSpan Sign integration
ezidox, a popular cloud portal supported by full function mobile apps used by banks, brokers, insurers and many other professional service providers for the rapid collection of documents and information from customers, today announced the integration of OneSpan’s e-signature solution, OneSpan Sign, allowing users to prepare, send and receive documents with e-signatures directly from ezidox. When a customer needs to sign a document as part of a transaction, a “wet signature” can significantly delay the whole process – customers have to print out the document, sign it and then send it back physically or scan it and send it back electronically. E-signature capability has been shown to get a faster […]
ICO Submission to the Australian Treasury – Why ICO should stand for “Illegal Coin Offering”
By Aleksandar Svetski, CEO of Amber Labs Preface This article is an extension to a submission the authors have made to the Australian Treasury during their information-gathering process. We believe it’s critical for people to better understand what really happened during this mania, the skewed incentives that resulted and the ramifications of this blind excess. The ultimate aim is to help ensure something this deranged does not happen in a space with so much promise. Please also note: Rory and myself are both 100% for free markets, choice and people’s right to do what they want — so this is not some request for socialist compensation. This is an exposé. The goal […]
