SME lender leading the way with new bridging finance solution
A new bridging finance product means SMEs no longer need to be in a holding pattern while they wait for the proceeds of an asset or property sale.
Australian FinTech company profile #125 – FinSS Global
FinSS Global help Financial Institutions with Data Compliance, Debt/Collection Management, Business Lending Solutions and Open Banking (CDR) Enablement.
Here are the finalists for the 2021 Finnies
The Finnies are on again, representing many of the best fintech companies in Australia. Here is a list of the 2021 Finnies finalists.
Congratulations to the MyBusiness Awards Fintech Business of the Year finalists
Congratulations to the MyBusiness Awards Fintech Business of the Year finalists including Payright, SendGold, MoneyMe, Link4 and others!
Online lenders warn SME loan scheme may miss the mark
Australian online lenders have seen little uptake of the federal government’s revamped $40 billion small business guarantee scheme.
Andrew Thorburn explains the fintech forces reshaping NAB
The emergence of fintech has fundamentally changed National Australia Bank’s strategy and the thinking of its chief executive, Andrew Thorburn. He’s deploying more start-up lingo, and said last week the nation’s largest business lender is no longer benchmarking its performance against its rival banks, but rather technology players. Thorburn and his newish tech chief, Patrick Wright, who was previously with Barclays in the United States, went to Seattle and Silicon Valley last month and met with Amazon, Microsoft and Google for some inspiration. Like the tech giants themselves, NAB is pumping up technology spending with sums that would make wannabe disrupters salivate. With a plethora of start-ups nipping at NAB’s […]
Fintech business lenders to self-regulate
A lack of transparency around fintech borrowing costs for small businesses has prompted the industry committing to adopt a code of conduct and standardised interest rate and fee disclosures. The fintech sector hopes moves to self-regulate will help start-ups win trust and avoid concerns that helped prompt the royal commission into the banks. The Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman, FinTech Australia and the Bank Doctor, an SME advocate, will drive start-ups to improve disclosures that will allow small business customers to compare total costs, understand obligations and penalties if payments are missed, and ensure disputes are dealt with quickly and fairly. The moves come after a survey of […]
Prospa raises $20m from Partners for Growth
Online business lender Prospa has raised $20 million from Silicon Valley-based Partners for Growth through a tailored debt facility that will allow it to ramp up loans and further develop its technology allowing credit assessments to be made in seconds. Prospa, which has lent more than $400 million to small businesses, up from $250 million in February after a strong fourth quarter, has deals with 4000 distribution partners, including finance brokers and cloud accounting platforms. It also has a referral partnership with Westpac Banking Corp. Prospa chief financial officer Ed Bigazzi said some of the new capital will be used for product development, including in invoice financing, and a stronger […]
