Fintech startup Edstart launches platform to help parents pay for private school fees
Fintech startup Edstart launched a new lending platform last week to help Australian parents manage the cost of private school fees. The private school market is the first of many education sectors the company is looking to target, offering low-cost, customised loan packages to make paying education fees simple and easy. The loans help parents to spread out the cost of school fees over the period of tuition and beyond, allowing 6 years of high school to be paid over 10 years or more. Co-Founder and CEO Jack Stevens said the company’s focus from day one has been on solving for customer pain points. “Over 35% […]
SocietyOne, Australia’s leading marketplace lender, appoints new board director
SocietyOne, Australia’s leading marketplace lender, today announced the appointment of Brett Clegg to its board as a non-executive director. Mr Clegg is Managing Director of News Corp Australia’s Community Publishing division. Among his responsibilities are its community titles in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, SMB digital marketing services provider newsXtend, and the company’s investments in a range of disruptive technology companies including hipages and Sports Technology Group. Prior to spells with News Corp’s The Australian newspaper where he was deputy chief executive and later Fairfax Media’s CEO and Publisher of the Financial Review Group, Mr Clegg was a journalist, columnist and senior editor on the Australian Financial Review. He […]
H2 Ventures Fintech Expo 2016
H2 Ventures Fintech Expo 2016 H2 Ventures are hosting its third annual Fintech Expo, an opportunity to hear from some of the most talked about and exciting Fintech companies in Australia. Tuesday 19th of July 2016 Get your tickets here: http://h2vfintechexpo.eventbrite.com.au/ Save Save
Australian FinTech Company Profile – HashChing
FINTECH COMPANY: HashChing FINTECH SECTOR: Online Mortgages WEBSITE: www.HashChing.com.au CONTACT: [email protected] PHONE: 1800 464 338 FOUNDED: 2015 FOUNDER(S) / CEO: Mandeep Sodhi & Atul Narang DESCRIPTION: HashChing is Australia’s first online marketplace allowing consumers to access great home loan deals without having to shop around. ABOUT: Completely FREE to consumers, HashChing connects you directly to verified mortgage brokers who can further negotiate a better rate from the lenders and save you time, hassle and money. Ask any home loan related question on HashChing and only verified financial experts will respond to you promptly to help you make smart and informed financial decisions. HashChing’s vision is to keep Australians financially smart […]
Australia’s Small Businesses receive boost to their funding with new credit tool
Australia’s leading peer-to-peer business lending platform, ThinCats Australia, has boosted small businesses’ opportunities for funding through the launch of a new credit assessment tool that makes finance applications easier. Created by local company Othera, the credit assessment tool allows small companies to prequalify for loans on the ThinCats platform, as well as allowing its 300 peer-to-peer lenders make more informed business lending decisions. ThinCats now has access to Othera’s Lender Dashboard to run credit assessments on loans applied for by small businesses on the platform. According to John Pellew, Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Othera, the typical prequalification process takes lenders anywhere from two to four […]
Loans flood in for fintechs
Non-bank business lenders are receiving more than $1.1 billion of loan applications every month as awareness of new fintech operators and other alternative providers accelerates, according to a new survey. Providing insight into the level of demand for loans outside traditional banks, the survey by online business lending aggregator eBroker found non-banks were attracting at least 11,676 loan applications a month, worth $1.13bn. Non-banks are alternative lenders that don’t take deposits, sidestepping the need for a full banking licence and oversight by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority. The survey, conducted with marketing company WebBuzz, took place in early May and included the chief executives of 29 non-bank business lenders, including […]
Welcome to the new world of ‘regtech’
During a speech at the Tyro Fintech Hub in Sydney on Friday morning, federal Treasurer Scott Morrison pointed to the promise of “regtech” – a new word that is increasingly rolling off the tongues of the global regulatory community. Regtech (an amalgam of “regulatory technology”) is a subset of fintech (financial technology). While fintech has captured the imagination of banks, entrepreneurs and investors around the world for its ability to enhance how customers experience core parts of banking like lending and payments, banks are interested in regtech because new technologies can be deployed internally to reduce the costs of complying with various regulations. Morrison told about 200 members of the […]
Fintech MoneyMe progresses diversified lending platform, entering phase ‘2.0’
Consumer fintech startup, MoneyMe, has announced it’s launch into what they’re calling ‘MoneyMe 2.0’, with the release of a new $10,000 loan product, expanding it’s portfolio of all-purpose consumer loan products designed for the tech- savvy, convenience-driven millennial market. The product expansion signals MoneyMe’s transition from being a simple small loans provider, to a diversified consumer lending fintech driven by an advanced in-house technology platform that automates loan application approvals and reduces interest costs through intelligent customer profiling algorithms. “MoneyMe’s ultimate objective has never been to remain in one segment of the lending market, rather from day one we envisaged using technology to revolutionise the way finance is delivered to […]
