Samsung Pay on Gear S2, S3 sparks smartwatch pay war with Apple
Samsung has joined Apple in offering users the ability to pay by flashing their smartwatch across a retail terminal. Customers who buy Samsung’s new Gear S3 smartwatch or who own last year’s Gear S2 model will be able to pay at shops with the flick of a wrist. Samsung users already can use Samsung Pay with recently released Samsung smartphones, but today’s announcement extends this to smartwatches as well. An ability to make payments from a Gear S2 and S3 watch with Samsung Pay will give Australians yet another layer of convenience when shopping and will let them make payments quickly and easily, says Richard Fink, Head of IT and […]
InvestSMART records profit surge as investors flock to robo advice
InvestSMART Group Ltd (ASX: INV), Australia’s largest provider of automated investment advice to retail clients and self-managed super funds, today announced its profit had surged in the year to June 30, 2016 as the group expanded its range of robo advice tools and content services. In a year that was focused on business consolidation, cost restructure and systems development to improve scalability, InvestSMART’s operating profit before tax and amortisation jumped from $131,204 to $2.41 million. The result, and the focus on improving services to members, set the scene for organic growth in member engagement and revenue in FY2017 as the numbers of investors turning to the group’s sophisticated robo advice […]
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Iress launches digital advice and education solution to close advice gap
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