Finance industry growing to favour AI
More than half of financial executives expect to see increased efficiency in their organisations as a result of artificial intelligence, according to a study by Baker McKenzie. The proportion of finance leaders anticipating increased productivity from AI comes to 52 per cent, a significant shift from 39 per cent in 2016. The report titled Ghosts in the Machine: Revisted queried 355 senior executives working for financial institutions globally. It was a follow up to Baker McKenzie’s 2016 study. The number of finance leaders who expect customer experience to improve has more than doubled, going from 20 per cent to 42 per cent. “A seismic shift has occurred over the last two years […]
Mint partners with Velocity Frequent Flyer
Australian-based Mint Payments (ASX: MNW) has partnered with Velocity Frequent Flyer, the frequent flyer program of Virgin Australia. Following last month’s launch of their “Rewarding Payments” brand platform, Mint has entered into a partnership with Velocity Frequent Flyer that enables merchants to earn Velocity Frequent Flyer Points on eligible transactions processed through Mint’s payment services. Mint Payments’ Co-founder & Group CEO, Alex Teoh, said, “Our partnership with Velocity has been launched in response to overwhelming feedback we’ve heard from merchants — that they just don’t see any meaningful value for the fees they’re charged by payment service providers”. “The partnership is an important part of our promise to merchants; it […]
The opportunity of open banking
Open banking is set to reshape the way customers access their data and banks and other financial institutions are now getting ready to start implementing the system from next year. Australia’s four major banks must have implemented an open banking standard by 1 July 2019 and other banks will need to follow by the same time in 2020. One company, which has been working with open banking before it even began, said the regime will make things much easier. MoneyTree launched in Tokyo, Japan, six years ago based on the idea customers should have better access to their data. It started with a personal finance app which categorised users’ spending […]
Ord Minnett readies online consumer lender MoneyMe for fund raising
Fast-growing consumer lending company MoneyMe knows plenty about writing cheques, and now it is asking potential investors to do the same. Street Talk understands MoneyMe will front institutional investors and family offices in coming days, seeking support for a pre-initial public offering funding round. The raising is expected to be worth as much as $15 million and structured as a convertible note issue. Stockbroker Ord Minnett has been lining up investor meetings in Sydney and Melbourne, fund manager sources said. If successful, it would be the first (quasi) equity raising by the personal lender. The company made headlines when it secured $100 million from global credit investor Fortress Investment Group […]
Aussie fintech startup building an investment platform for rapidly growing global retire early movement
Whether you’re an intern, executive or somewhere in between, everyone wants the option of not having to work, the sooner the better for most. While the end goal is easy to picture, the path to get there seems very complicated, or even imaginary. Housing affordability, negative gearing, royal commissions and fund returns are topical stresses for older Australians. A bigger issue is younger generations not building savings in a world of credit and higher discretionary spending. Younger people work as hard as past generations but have different relationships with. Bad financial discipline results in declining happiness as financial pressure builds and is passed on to future generations. But, according to […]
Novatti to become an AUD Utility Token Anchor on the Stellar Network
ASX-listed Novatti Group Limited announce that it will launch the Novatti AUD Utility Token, the first Australian Dollar-Backed Utility Token. As an Anchor for the Stellar Network, consumers and institutions will be able to use the Novatti platform to instantly accept and settle payments in AUD, as well as easily access foreign exchanges via a lightning-fast global network. The Novatti AUD Utility Token, a token on the Stellar Network is one-to-one backed by the Australian dollar (AUD). Held in trust by Novatti, one Novatti AUD Utility Token will always be equivalent to one Australian dollar. With the Novatti AUD Utility Token, consumers and institutions, once KYC’d, will be able to […]
ANZ CEO Shayne Elliott says technology will kill the banking oligopoly
Rapid technological disruption will break apart the Australian banking oligopoly and overturn the universal banking model that has underpinned big bank profits for decades, the chief executive of ANZ Banking Group told thousands of global bankers on Monday. In order to thrive in an uncertain future, banks will need to partner more with start-ups and global tech giants and potentially sell financial products manufactured by outsiders, Shayne Elliott said. The ANZ boss said dealing with the fallout of the Hayne royal commission simultaneously with unprecedented technological change was “challenging”, although he remained optimistic that ANZ could cope with both. The four-day Sibos event in Sydney this week is being attended […]
Raiz partners with Swiss RE to develop tailored service offering
Raiz Invest Limited has reached an agreement with Swiss Re to work exclusively with Swiss Re to jointly research and develop tailored and personalised superannuation insurance products using machine learning algorithms. This will initially be for its Raiz Invest Super product. The research and development process will use predictive modelling technology, powered by machine learning developed by Swiss Re. This will include co-developing a predictive underwriting model which aims to deliver a simpler underwriting experience for customers. The aim is to develop a risk product inside superannuation that allows customers to have a personalised product, which is simple to apply for online. Predictive modelling will give Raiz Invest Super the […]
