Tag: FinTech
Australian venture capital platform, TEN13, has had an active quarter, headlined by preventative health company Everlab closing a $65m Series A round and medical coding firm Arintra banking US$25m …
Boomi has unveiled the Agent Control Plane, a piece of AI-native infrastructure designed to sit between AI agents and core business systems to provide governance, cost control and security …
Financial operations platform provider, BlackLine, has achieved Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliance validation for its PCI Detokenization Service, allowing organisations to automate high-volume payment card …
Embedded credit technology provider, R2, has expanded into Brazil as it looks to connect digital platforms with working capital solutions for small businesses and gig workers across Latin America’s …
The assumption that outsourcing accounting means outsourcing bookkeeping is one of the most commercially limiting misunderstandings in small and mid-size business finance. Bookkeeping, the recording of transactions, the reconciliation …
Australian business management software provider, MYOB, is preparing to give small and medium business customers the ability to access their financial data through Anthropic’s Claude and OpenAI’s ChatGPT. The …
Australian payment verification company, Eftsure, has launched in Singapore, extending its payment assurance infrastructure into the Asia-Pacific as part of a broader international expansion. The move gives finance teams …
Australian student fintech, MIST, has secured a $3.5 million investment from DoxAI to accelerate the development of financial technology supporting Australia’s international education sector. The funding will be directed …
BlackLine has made its Verity Prepare system generally available, delivering a multi-agent AI platform designed to automate one of accounting’s most labour-intensive processes. The system targets reconciliation preparation – …
Bitcoin is hovering around US$63,600 with sentiment stuck firmly in fear territory, as geopolitical tensions, regulatory uncertainty and a wave of exchange closures reshape the cryptocurrency landscape. The flagship …
Fifteen years after starting as a trainee finance broker, Goran Babac has acquired Yes Loans, marking a new chapter in the growth of a fintech-led lending group aimed at …
Expensify has made its corporate card available to businesses in the UK and select European markets, extending a product that was previously limited to US-based customers. The Expensify Visa …
Global travellers visiting Argentina will be able to make QR code payments at millions of merchants across the country following an integration between Ant International’s Alipay+ platform and Argentina’s …
Melbourne-based regulatory compliance company HCPA has expanded into the United States, opening an office in Austin, Texas, as a first step in an international growth plan. The company, founded …
Australia’s technology sector is growing faster than its talent pool. Demand for skilled software engineers, data specialists, cybersecurity professionals and IT infrastructure experts continues to outpace local supply and …
BlackLine has expanded its Agentic Financial Operations Platform with new governance and observability capabilities, headlined by a Finance Control Console designed to give CFOs centralised oversight of AI-driven actions …
Australian fintech Zeller has released a cloud-based point-of-sale (POS) app aimed at small and medium-sized businesses, expanding its offering beyond payments into core business operations software. Zeller POS is …
London-based fintech startup Plasma has launched Plasma One, a financial product designed to make stablecoins usable for everyday spending, sending and earning. The app brings together wallet, exchange and …
BlackLine has been named the recipient of the 2026 FinTech Tech Ascension Award for AI/ML-Powered Solution, while also collecting four TrustRadius Top Rated Awards based on verified customer reviews. …
Tencent Cloud is expanding its presence in Hong Kong, positioning the city as a central hub for enterprises moving between mainland China and international markets. The cloud division of …
Australia has spent the better part of a decade building one of the most capable real-time payment infrastructures in the world. The New Payments Platform (NPP), launched in 2018 …
Melbourne-founded fintech Zeller has expanded into the United Kingdom, taking its payments platform into one of the larger fintech markets globally as it looks to replicate the growth it …
Fujifilm Business Innovation New Zealand (FBNZ) has partnered with DoxAI, a venture of Lakeba Group, to offer an AI-powered fraud detection solution to financial services organisations across New Zealand. …
A new report from the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF) and Luxembourg for Finance argues that tokenisation in financial services is moving beyond the experimental phase and …
Melbourne-based corporate advisory firm, BW Equities, has signed a multi-year deal with fintech provider Openmarkets Group to deploy a new wealth management and trading technology platform. Under the agreement, …
Across all fronts, the world is becoming a more digitised space. From leisure to banking, a lot of the processes that we used to do through pen and paper …
With charities and nonprofits facing increased pressure to improve donor engagement while managing limited resources, payment provider, Brite Payments, is positioning its instant payments and data tools as a …
Pay.com.au has launched a new International Payments feature that it says will give small and medium businesses access to competitive foreign exchange rates alongside flexible rewards on every transaction. …
KPay Group has opened a Sydney office as part of its international expansion, bringing its unified financial management and payment solutions to Australian small and medium-sized enterprises. The move …
Generative Ai is revolutionising banking, finance and insurance and only those who modernise fast will lead the charge. The pace of innovation in the financial services sector has been …
Swift will roll out new rules for retail cross-border payments designed to deliver greater speed, transparency, and predictability for consumers and small businesses sending money internationally. Scheme To Guarantee …
The landscape of wealth management has been radically altered over the past few years, fueled primarily by changing client expectations and technological innovation. Investors today need more than occasional …
For decades, finance was defined by regulations, forms and compliance-heavy processes. But the rise of digital banking shifted the battlefield. Customers no longer evaluate a financial institution by marble …
Stripe has confirmed it will bring its small business financing product, Stripe Capital, to Australia. The move comes as the company announced more than 1 million users across Australia …
Invoice finance fintech FundTap has integrated Australian eSignature provider Annature into its platform to speed up document processing and reduce delays in applications. The Brisbane-based partnership has been in …
Commonwealth Bank is rolling out a new anti-scam measure known as Confirmation of Payee (CoP), a name-checking tool developed to prevent mistaken payments and reduce fraud across Australia’s banking …
Muse has launched a mobile app designed to analyse and curate investment-grade assets from suppliers of luxury and high-end products. At launch, the platform offers access to US$150 million …
Aussie fintech, Sphere, is expanding its carbon action technology to millions of cardholders in Asia, with two Vietnamese banks adopting the service. Techcombank has joined Malaysian banks Maybank and …
Mastercard has launched One Credential, a digital payment solution designed to give consumers more control over how they manage transactions. The initiative responds to growing demand from Gen Z …
Independent Reserve Report Highlights Growth In Digital Assets Australia’s cryptocurrency adoption has reached record levels, with 32.5 per cent of Australians currently owning or having owned digital assets, according …
Zeller For Startups Aims To Bridge The Banking Gap For Founders Zeller has launched Zeller for Startups, a financial solution designed to support technology businesses with integrated banking tools. …
FE Investments (FEI) has chosen technology vendor Jacobi Strategies to improve its model portfolio capabilities. The move is expected to streamline risk monitoring, analytics and portfolio design processes. Jacobi’s …
As we gear up for our 10th anniversary later this year, I’m immensely proud of what we’ve accomplished together in 2024 and I’m thrilled about the journey ahead. Driving …
Every day, millions of people around the world face a common challenge: moving money across borders quickly, safely, and affordably. Over my 20-year career in payments and financial services, …
Swiss bank integrates Ai-driven solutions to streamline operations MongoDB has partnered with Lombard Odier to modernise its banking technology, integrating Ai-driven tools to enhance services and streamline operations. The …
Allianz has partnered with the Sydney Phobia Clinic to introduce a Virtual Reality (VR) therapy program aimed at helping individuals overcome psychological injuries following car accidents. This initiative marks …
At Zeller, we support payments and financial technology transformation across businesses at all stages — from micro to enterprise, and everything in between. We’re equally excited about what we …
Airwallex, the Aussie-born fintech company, has announced a major initiative, Airwallex Impact, aimed at bolstering innovation and entrepreneurship globally. This new social impact program includes a pledge of one …
The financial technology (fintech) sector is booming in Australia, with the local fintech industry valued at over $10 billion in 2022 and expected to grow to $25 billion by …
In a move to revolutionise the banking sector, Yondr, the emerging Australian payment and loyalty platform, is integrating Microsoft’s artificial intelligence (AI) into its operations. The incorporation of AI …
Australia’s customer-owned (also known as mutual) banks are incredibly diverse and powerful, with more than 60 mutual banks and credit unions servicing over five million customers. Despite the sector’s …
Profectus Group, which deals in automating compliance and recovery solutions, is bringing Xelix, the AI-powered, real-time auditing tool-set and reconciliation automation platform to Australia. The exclusive reseller agreement’s key …
Slyp has announced a partnership with Brand Collective that will see stores such as Review, Shoes & Sox, Superdry, Hush Puppies, Clarks and Replay use its Smart Receipts across …
Global, property technology company, MRI Software, has announced it will buy PropTech Group Limited (PTG) for $93.4 million. PropTech is an operator of and investor in real-estate software companies that are mostly …
