Tag: Fintech

Do we need a digital AU dollar?

Posted on   |  by James Riley
A number of local FinTech startups have lobbied the Reserve Bank of Australia to create a cryptocurrency version of the Australian dollar. Three use cases from Australian FinTechs were...

Govt to regulate digital currencies

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Australia has taken a “big step forward” in recognising digital currencies as legitimate and trusted with the government moving to regulate the likes of bitcoin for the first time....

AliPay is coming, ready or not

Posted on   |  by James Riley
There is a financial technology tsunami headed this way from China and our government, business and regulation leaders need to get ready to adapt. So says Grame Barty an...

FinTech adoption at a tipping point

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Australian FinTech companies have reached a collective tipping point and are on the verge of enjoying mainstream adoption, a new report has found. The EY FinTech Adoption Index 2017...

Reform data or banks are doomed

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Tyro Payments executive director Jost Stollmann arrived in this country with his family by accident in 2004 and it is our good fortune that he did. Mr Stollmann is a...

Kean spruiks new RegTech plans

Posted on   |  by David McClure
RegTech and its best mate FinTech are on the boil in Australia, and NSW wants to maintain the lion’s share of these money-tech businesses, according to the state’s Innovation...

ASIC’s Indonesia FinTech play

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Australia’s corporate regulator has inked a FinTech partnership with its counterpart in Indonesia in a “terrific validation” for the work of the local sector. The Australian Securities and Investment...

Morrison wants to let the data flow

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Treasurer Scott Morrison has thrown the substantial weight of his office behind draft Productivity Commission recommendations that would give consumers more control over data held by banks and...

Dave Sharma: Our man in Tel Aviv

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australia’s Ambassador to Israel Dave Sharma is in the country for a couple weeks, in part to drum up business for Austrade’s new startup ‘Landing Pad’ in Tel Aviv....