Banks will assess loans using real spending data: Basiq
A start-up backed by Westpac and National Australia Bank has developed software to read bank account data and automate the loan assessment process for banks, allowing them to base lending decisions on actual customer spending rather than relying on estimates and indexes. Basiq’s system is being used by Regional Australia Bank, whose chief risk officer Campbell Nicoll says asking customers to estimate spending in various categories during an application process no longer cuts it. “People have just been guessing their expenses,” he said. “But Basiq plugs into our bank, extracts two years of transaction data, categorises it – and that and gives us the true picture on expenses.” The Australian […]
Data Action to underpin Australian banking disruptor 86 400
Data Action (DA), a leading Australian provider of Digital and Core Banking solutions, is pleased to announce that it has partnered with banking disruptor and neobank 86 400, to deliver its Core Banking platform. The cloud-based platform has been operational for several months with all payment rails (including real-time payments) established and money already flowing through the banking system. “Having 86 400’s Core Banking platform live and functional is hugely important for them as they move closer to a full-scale launch,” Data Action’s Chief Technology Officer, Brett Miller said. “We’ve witnessed several recent examples of costly and destructive Core Banking implementation failures across the banking industry, so we know how […]
86 400 marks completion of key milestones on road to public launch in 2019
86 400, a genuine alternative to Australia’s Big Four Banks, can today disclose that it has successfully achieved a number of key milestones as part of its mission to give Australians a better banking experience. The major milestones that the aspiring bank has completed since unveiling include: Product: Field testing of the beta 86 400 app with staff during Q4 2018 — as committed to during June’s unveiling Testing of the 86 400 debit card, Apple Pay, Google Pay and Samsung Pay across Australia and overseas 86 400’s Core Banking Platform sourced from its Australian banking technology partner Data Action has been operational for a number of months. All payment rails […]
Embed banking the future of digital transformations
Embed banking will be the next wave of the digital transformation of the Australian banking industry according to one expert. Derek Corcoran, customer and marketing operations executive for fintech Avoka said that the next few years would see banks start to embed their operations where people think of them. “Embed banking is where we see the future of banking heading, so those banking services will become embed in the places that people are thinking about them,” he said. Mr Corcoran said that most people did not want to go into a bank, so banks needed to make it easier for people to connect with their products. “One of the challenging […]
Josh Frydenberg says ‘open banking’ will let customers navigate complexity
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says growing complexity in financial services has made it tough for customers to compare prices and products but “open banking” will help overcome this by ensuring banks present information in a standardised, simpler way under a policy that aims to facilitate account switching and stir competition. With the government planning to introduce its Consumer Data Right law into Parliament on Thursday, Mr Frydenberg told The Australian Financial Review technology was advancing rapidly over the banking sector and he wants open banking, the first industry application of the new right, to encourage fintech innovation and allow customers to “harness their data for their own benefit”. “We live in […]
How game theory and Blockchain can help support a better banking network
Banking today is far from what it used to be. Increasingly, in order to power the services that consumers demand, banks need to have access to wider arrays of tech as well as new methods of interaction and transaction. While this may seem like it would only lead to further inefficiencies in banking, it can actually streamline the industry thanks to new innovations in blockchain tech, all taking inspiration from game theory. Modern banking, the type that you access on your phone when you deposit a check with a photo or when you send money using Venmo, often functions according to a Banking as a Service (BaaS) model. This lets […]
Bankwest accelerates shift to digital cards
Australian retail banks are accelerating their push towards deploying virtualised payment cards to replace vulnerable legacy plastic, as the pace and scale of breaches intensifies sharply. Commonwealth Bank subsidiary Bankwest revealed on Monday it has gone live with a ‘digital card’ feature that can activate a credit card in a digital wallet via the Bankwest Mobile app within 24 hours rather than having to wait for embossed plastic to arrive via snail mail. It’s a small but significant move because it signals the transition by banks to a truly digital-first payments footing as major card schemes American Express, Mastercard and Visa all heavily push tokenisation efforts that remove the need […]
Xinja to launch second equity crowdfunding
Xinja, which is building a 100% digital bank or ‘neobank’ designed for mobile, is inviting potential investors to register their interest in its second equity crowdfunding, which will get underway early in 2019. The offer, through Equitise (with whom they partnered for the first round), is targeting a raise between $500,000 and $5 million. Shares will be priced at $2.04. Xinja is an independent, Australian-owned start-up that aims to give bricks and mortar, old-style banking a serious shakeout. It won’t have bank branches and it has been built with feedback from customers about how they want to bank. Xinja launched Australia’s first equity crowdfunding, which closed in March this year, […]
