Tag: FinTech

In a FinTech Australia award’s first, all category awards have been won by women. The awards, called the Finnies, award excellence in the financial technology sector.

In an Australian fin-tech first, a Melbourne based company has developed an app that allows users to negotiate their debt with creditors from a single platform. The app, called Lever, streamlines the negotiation process, giving users greater control of their credit.   Debt negotiations  According to ABS data, Australians’ financial stress has increased over the past […]

Wise, formerly known as TransferWise, allows businesses and individuals to hold and trade using multi-accounts. Using Wise makes international purchases and purchases straightforward and transparent.  Why Wise Wise can be used to send one-off international transfers of any size. For longer-term solutions, Wise supports multi-currency accounts. Using the service, businesses and individuals can manage their […]

UK-based technology platform BankiFi has announced its entry into the Australian Financial Services market.

Australia’s burgeoning fintech sector will receive additional support to expand overseas and attract productive foreign investment.

Together with regulation and market demand, technology has played a prominent part in the rise and growth of SME lending among such industry leaders as Prospa, Moula, Lumi, Capify and others…

A new report by Airwallex and CPA Australia shows that only one third of Asia Pacific (APAC) businesses have invested in fintech despite increasing digital adoption in the face of COVID-19.

American Express has partnered with Sniip, an Australian mobile bill payments platform, allowing Sniip members to pay bills with AMEX. “Until now, customers have often not been given the option to pay their household bills using an American Express card, as many businesses have not made it available for their customers,” said Damien Vasta, CEO […]

Australian fintech Verteva today announced it has rebranded to Nano and written its very first home loan via mobile, as it prepares to disrupt the mortgage industry. The company, run by two former Westpac execs, has also begun official beta testing and welcomed family and friends to experience its home loan product and platform ahead […]

The pandemic has prompted an explosion of digital and global business services. Airwallex, an online business account for SMEs, has seen this surge in digital business first-hand.   “A major shift in the way businesses operate from offline to online is something Airwallex predicted from our inception,” said Jack Zhang, CEO and Co-founder of Airwallex. […]