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Apr
27

How SelfWealth’s MD got his startup IPO-ready

Startups contemplating an IPO must have all their ducks in a row and be willing to get their hands dirty, says Andrew Ward, founder and managing director of recently-listed fintech company SelfWealth. Launched in 2012, the online, cloud-based share trading platform offers investors flat fee brokerage, regardless of the trade size, as well as access to SelfWealth PREMIUM, a social network where share portfolios can be compared and constructed. “In an Australia-first, we’re allowing users to leverage the power and wisdom of the crowd when making investment decisions,” Ward told Dynamic Business. “Being the first to market in this space has created a powerful barrier to entry for other competitors, […]

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Apr
10

DigitalX advances crypto market intentions with crypto-asset investment fund and news sources

DigitalX (ASX: DCC) is back trading on the ASX after coming out of a self-imposed trading halt. The reason for short-lived market hibernation was the launch of its newly-founded investment division and “crypto-asset” investment fund, DigitalX Investments, to be led an managed by former Goldman Sachs Associate Director Tim Davies. As an emergent fintech provider DigitalX has made headlines in recent months after netting several high-profile corporate advisory clients linked to the emergent growth of cryptocurrencies and their associated initial coin offerings (ICOs). Its activities and market achievements have seen the company’s value swell to almost A$100 million by market capitalisation, framed within the larger interest in distributed ledger technology […]

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Novatti launches brand new payments bridge between Australian BPAY and Chinese Alipay

The international online payments landscape is rapidly evolving as yet another ASX-listed payments processor, Novatti Group (ASX: NOV) announced the launch of a bill payment service, able to bridge the gap between Australian supply and Chinese demand. Novatti announced the launch of its new bill payment service chinapayments.com, a financial technology (fintech) platform enabling consumers to pay bills via Australia’s BPAY system, using funds from their Alipay wallet. The race for payments dominance in Australia is truly on with several companies now vying to become the go-to brands to court Chinese customers. Last month, Smartpay (ASX: SMP) struck a deal directly with Alipay, with the deal bringing together the largest […]

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Apr
03

PrimaryMarkets offers liquidity for local unicorns

PrimaryMarkets is a platform for delivering liquidity to unlisted securities and investments, matching buyers and sellers in a secure controlled environment.

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Peppermint to access over 1m Filipinos in tech deal

ASX listed fintech, Peppermint Innovation, has signed a potentially transformational service provider agreement with the largest cooperative federation in the Philippines. The deal brings more than one million potential Filipino customers into play for the Perth based financial payments APP provider. In a recent market update, Peppermint said it will develop a mobile financial services app and web tool for “MASS-SPECC”, the oldest cooperative federation in the Philippines, encompassing more than 300 affiliated cooperatives and one million individual members. MASS-SPECC is shorthand for the Mindanao Alliance of Self-Help Societies -Southern Philippines Educational Cooperative Centre, Peppermint said the app, to be known as the ‘Peppermint Conditional Cash Transfer Management System’, will […]

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Mar
19

Novatti Group (ASX:NOV) 1H18 results & outlook

Novatti Group Limited (ASX:NOV) CEO, Peter Cook talks about the company’s 1H18 results, the launch of its Australian remittance service, the integration of basis2 and progress towards its goal of becoming an ADI (authorised deposit-taking institution). Rachael Jones: Hello I’m Rachael Jones for the Finance News Network. Joining me from the Novatti Group (ASX:NOV) is CEO, Peter Cook. Peter, welcome to the Network. Peter Cook: Rachael good afternoon. Rachael Jones: Firstly could we just start with an introduction to your company? Peter Cook: Novatti listed two years ago, January 2016. Our market capitalisation is about $40 million at the moment and actually, our top 20 shareholders have about 80 per […]

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1 in 4 are financially stressed, but Australia just got Wisr

Wisr (formerly DirectMoney) launches new brand with new financial wellness focus.  ASX-listed Wisr today launched a major rebrand of the personal lending company, following its official name change from DirectMoney. Wisr is Australia’s only ASX listed marketplace/p2p lender and is one of the very first to emerge in Australia. Now entering its fifth year, the company is going through a phase of rapid growth and expansion, and the new brand reflects the company’s repositioning into a technology-led, customer-focused company with a vision to “bring financial wellness to the world”. Research has shown that 1 in 4 Australians are financially stressed, and the number one cause is high interest debt (typically […]

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Mar
14

Smartpay secures fintech connection with Alipay

Dual-listed payments facilitator Smartpay (ASX: SMP) has signed a cornerstone agreement with Alipay, China’s largest payments provider with around 520 million active users and clearing around $1.7 trillion per year in transactions. The deal brings together the largest online payments provider in China and the largest independently-owned EFTPOS provider in Australia — a deal that could serve as a watershed moment, opening the door for other similar agreements amongst smaller players in the near future. The deal also means that Australian consumers will obtain a far wider range of payment and money transfer options than before. Smartpay said that “harnessing this reach will both boost the merchant’s revenues and benefit […]

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