ANZ prototypes 21 new apps in three-day open banking sprint
ANZ Banking Group has ramped up its open banking preparations by running a three-day innovation challenge that generated 21 new apps ideas.
Smartbank 86 400 launches in Australia
Australians are waking up to a smarter way to bank as smartbank 86 400 becomes available nationwide, built so customers can bank directly from their phones.
Xinja Bank receives full banking licence from APRA
Xinja Bank was today granted a full banking licence, and opened bank accounts to early customers: the first transaction accounts from a 100% Aussie neobank
Fintech founder predicts the end of bank branches
Former Barack Obama banking advisor Brett King says it is China that the Moven bank founder looks towards for inspiration.
Big banks overcharging customers for overseas money transfers, finds ACCC
In this day and age it pays to look outside of the traditional means of a bank or credit union to make an international money transfer
Better behaviour, not Royal Commission driving fintechs’ bank fight
As the big banks’ PR machines went on the defensive following the royal commission, those employed by our growing fintech sector licked their lips with joy.
Will Blockchain systems kill banking as we know it?
The failure of central banks to keep economies stable is increasingly paving the way for emerging alternatives like blockchain systems.
Big banks’ fintech Beem It harassed us: Finch boss Shahirah Gardner
According to Finch’s Shahirah Gardner, the Australian start-up has been the victim of harassment and IP infringement by Beem It, a fintech run by big banks.
