New user-focused offering for corporate super comes at turning point for the sector
With super funds looking to improve transparency and customer experience, GBST has today announced a new user-focused offering for corporate super providers. The launch comes at a time when the sector is looking for ways to evolve their offerings in light of the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services. The enhanced corporate super offering allows funds to offer a user-focused experience, with a modern, intuitive interface to meet employer and member needs. It features straight-through processing (STP) capability so employers can easily manage their accounts and access their employee’s information online, improving user engagement and reducing administration costs for the fund provider. This is an […]
Fintech joins express loans partnership
A digital mortgage service fintech has announced it will join a partnership to create fast, paperless home loans. Tic:Toc and Bendigo Bank announced recently they would be teaming up to offer “express” loans. Now, legal fintech LeadPoint, which specialises in providing automated home loan documentation, has announced it would join them. The group has generated more than 50,000 home loan contracts through its platform since it launched in 2013. LeadPoint’s involvement in Bendigo Bank Express is the next phase of LeadPoint’s partnership with Tic:Toc loans, which already offers ‘webmortgages’ loan documentation as part of its instant home loan assessment and approval platform. LeadPoint uses its proprietary platform to produce digital […]
Australian fintech Ignition forms multi year multi million dollar partnership with tier one bank
Bank of Ireland’s Seán Ó Murchú joined Manish Prasad and Alan Quinlan from Ignition Advice in today launching a new digital advice platform for Irish consumers. Seán Ó Murchú, Director, Wealth Advice and Distribution at Bank of Ireland, said, “Creating a single, digital advice platform will have a transformational impact on the Irish market,”. Ignition Advice technology will support Bank of Ireland customers across all areas of their financial lives, from financial wellness and saving, to investment and insurance. Scalable solutions allow the bank to offer digital financial advice to all of their customers, while the Ignition Advice hybrid model allows the bank to fully integrate digital advice with telephone […]
American Express praises Ripple for cross-border payments, calls blockchain technology ‘very promising’
American Express is at it again with positive comments on blockchain technology and praising Ripple.
BGL announces significant software updates for CAS 360 and Simple Fund 360
BGL Corporate Solutions, Australia’s leading supplier of SMSF administration and ASIC corporate compliance solutions, is proud to announce the release of a new trust management dashboard in CAS 360. Plus, addition of new feeds and smart matching enhancements in Simple Fund 360. “Many corporate secretaries have been using spreadsheets to manage trusts” said BGL’s Managing Director, Ron Lesh. “We have been working for a while to simplify this process and the new Trusts Dashboard in CAS 360 does this to a treat – Trusts are now just as simple as companies to manage on CAS 360”. “CAS 360 is currently used to manage over 45,000 trusts, with potential to manage […]
CashDeck app Wealth Desk is a game changer for mortgage brokers
CashDeck have released their Financial Fitness Tracker app called Wealth Desk for Apple and Android and it’s set to be a game changer for the 65% of mortgage brokers who find marketing and lead generation a challenge. The app is a simple tool that helps clients prepare for the lending process. But, for the broker, it acts as a sales tool, an ice-breaker, a database builder and a way to get their business onto thousands of smartphones. “Twelve months ago we set ourselves three goals”, said Owen Joyce, CashDeck’s Chief Commercial Officer. “One, build an app that is useful to its user in less than two minutes after they download […]
Assembly Payments rolls out Westpac partnership while announcing international expansion
Leading Australian fintech Assembly Payments has today announced the next stage in its partnership with Westpac and its international expansion. Assembly’s Westpac partnership has seen its unique in-store solution approved by POS companies serving more than 50% of Australian retailers. The solution, which supports Westpac’s Presto payment device, was highlighted by Westpac CEO Brian Hartzer in his result statement in November. The success of Assembly’s first partnership with a major financial institution has drawn global attention from similar finance behemoths, which the Assembly team is moving rapidly to capitalise on. “Australia was only the beginning,” co-founder and CEO Simon Lee said. “We have been working with a range of international […]
Practifi: How a successful Fintech company was created from a few glasses of wine
Adrian Johnstone, Chief Commercial Officer and Co-founder of Practifi, recently spoke to the Entrepreneur Podcast Network (EPN), where he went into depth about his company, what inspired its inception, and what the future holds for the financial advice and services industry as Practifi expands into the US market. Practifi is the business management platform for the financial advice industry. It is an exciting alternative to traditional CRM systems and offers an end-to-end solution that revolutionises financial services businesses by enabling them to reach their full growth potential. With you can run your business on the cloud, automate your workflows, integrate the best tools and build the advice business you’ve always […]
