Australian FinTech company profile #33 – Cloudfloat
Cloudfloat provides buy-now, pay-later arrangements for small businesses
HSBC announces Digital Accounts Receivable Tool built on Identitii’s tokenisation technology
HSBC has announced the launch of its Digital Accounts Receivable Tool (HSBC DART) using Identitii’s innovative tokenisation technology
Is this the Afterpay of small business?
Cloudfloat is one of a number of companies looking to bring buy now pay later to businesses. When Afterpay was founded in 2015, few could have predicted the impact that it and other buy now pay later providers would have on the consumer payment sector. From 400,000 users in 2016, the sector now boasts over 2 million customers and over 2 million transactions per month. A similar revolution may soon be on the horizon for small businesses, with startups such as Cloudfloat looking to bring the buy now pay later model to business invoicing. Founded in August 2018 by Aleem Habibullah, Cloudfloat is in early access, with plans to launch […]
SocietyOne targets $50M through launch of Personal Loans Unit Trust
Australia’s leading marketplace lender, SocietyOne, is targeting $50 million through the launch of a Personal Loans Unit Trust designed to increase simplicity, liquidity, diversification, and access for its wholesale investors. The Trust will provide investors with a consistent monthly income stream and enhanced liquidity, with an expected return of 6 per cent per annum. It will invest in a diversified portfolio of SocietyOne’s fixed rate unsecured personal loans, and includes a reserving mechanism that smooths earnings across the portfolio. “We believe this new Unit Trust model will help to significantly simplify the experience of investing in our portfolio of personal loans, and provide investors with greater access to this asset […]
Novatti joins IBM World Wire network as a foundation member
Novatti Group Limited (ASX: NOV) announces it will join IBM Blockchain World Wire1, a real-time global payments network for regulated financial institutions such as Novatti’s subsidiary Flexewallet Pty Ltd. IBM World Wire is designed to optimize and accelerate foreign exchange and remittance services through a New Cross-Border Payments Network Supporting Real Time Payments and Foreign Exchange on the Stellar Protocol. By connecting to the World Wire network, Novatti now has access to a single unified network for foreign exchange and cross-border payments clearing and settlement built on blockchain technology and the Stellar public protocol. This will allow Novatti to offer clients the ability to conduct transactions across additional currencies and […]
Regulatory regime for initial coin offering on the cards
The federal government is considering regulating initial coin offerings, a niche form of private fundraising for the technologically sophisticated developer community, in a move that could give blockchain-based start-ups an alternative to traditional capital raising. With ICOs around the world largely unregulated, they are considered the “wild west” of capital markets where scams and fraud are rife. But a growing list of global regulators and governments consider regulation could bring advantages, including providing a faster, lower-cost form of fundraising – an alternative to initial public offerings, venture capital, crowdfunding or bank loans – for entrepreneurs wanting to retain full equity in their start-ups. Unlike an IPO or venture capital raising, […]
Advice dealer group, fintech align
Advisers licensed by Elders Financial Planning can now access Cashwerkz, a term deposit administration service and cash management platform. Advice clients can access current term deposit rates across a wide range of Australian banks and other authorised deposit-taking institutions. Elders advisers using Xplan can also benefit from a wide range of data feeds offered by Cashwerkz, enabling them to comprehensively measure asset allocation, cash exposure and liquidity levels. “We are very conscious of the need to continuously innovate throughout our organisation to counteract the increased levels of administration and myriad of challenges that advisers are currently facing and Cashwerkz will be a big help in creating these efficiencies for our […]
