Morgan Stanley’s Jeffrey McMillan says collaboration is key in fintech
It makes more sense for a global banking giant such as Morgan Stanley to collaborate with innovative fintech start-ups than to try to be innovative itself, according to the bank’s chief analytics and data officer, Jeffrey McMillan. “Probably 75 per cent of our technology that we build is coming from the fintech sector,” Mr McMillan told The Economist’s Finance Disrupted conference in New York. “We don’t really want to be innovators — that’s not what we’re really good at. “We have $US2 trillion ($2.8 trillion) of assets, 2.2 million customers, 16,000 advisers and that’s our intellectual capital. But we’re not known for being nimble and quick. ”But the bank wants […]
InPayTech Limited Initial Public Offer opens today
Integrated Payment Technologies Limited (InPayTech) has today formally opened its Initial Public Offer (IPO). InPayTech is an Australian financial technology company that has created a unique payments process in support of Australia’s banking, wealth management and superannuation sectors. The Prospectus offers a total of up to 25,000,000 Shares in the Company at a price of 20 cents per Share (the Offer). The Offer seeks to raise a minimum of $3,000,000 and a maximum of $5,000,000. The company would have cash of $2,300,000 under the minimum subscription and $4,173,000 under the maximum subscription, and be debt free. InPayTech’s offer period is expected to close on 18 November, 2016. Brokers to the […]
FinTech Security from the team at Entersoft
Security forms the foundation of the financial services industry. One side is the cautious, steady moving world of banks and financial institutions while the other is the dynamic, entrepreneurial environment of software and technology companies which are moving into the FinTech space. Aside from convenience, keeping customer information secure is the biggest responsibility of all FinTech companies. A single security breach can be a big blow to the reputation of a financial institution. The rapidly emerging fintech sector is throwing up serious challenges in this extremely important area. And the issue is as much related to cultures as it is to technology. Here is a comprehensive set of resources for FinTech, created and […]
Statewide Super to offer robo-advice
Robo-advice provider Decimal has announced its Eqilize software has been chosen by Statewide Super to provide members with digital financial advice. The South Australia-based industry superannuation fund will roll the software out as part of “a broader system upgrade and expansion project” due to begin in November 2016, Decimal said. “One of our drivers was to integrate digital advice with phone as well as internal and third party face-to-face advisory services, which are areas in which other Decimal clients have had success,” said Statewide Super head of member experience Tony D’Alessandro. “That omni-channel approach is important for Statewide Super to enable us to provide members with services that suit their […]
The coolest 100 people in Australian tech
Business Insider Australia’s Tech 100 is a comprehensive list of the coolest people in Australian tech. It highlights achievements in the sector over the past 12 months. Congratulations to those cool people from the world of FinTech, FinTech Startups and FinTech Hubs & Accelerators, FinTech VC’s and Investors in Australia…. 12. & 13. Dan Petre and Craig Blair, co-founders, AirTree Ventures 15. Jason Yetton, MD and CEO, SocietyOne 20. Stuart Richardson, founder and managing partner, Adventure Capital; co-founder, York Butter Factory 21. Paul Bassat, co-founder, Square Peg Capital 23. Maile Carnegie, group executive digital banking, ANZ 24. Jost Stollmann, CEO, Tyro Payments 25. Niki Scevak, managing director, Blackbird Ventures […]
Optus MyBusiness Awards – FinTech Finalists
Congratulations to the Australian FinTech companies that are shortlisted for the Optus MyBusiness Awards: Billsumo HashChing Maestrano Practice Ignition SelfWealth Six Park ABAKUS APPS From the team here at Australian FinTech, we wish you all the best! Good luck!
H2Ocean pulls float, but commits to raising new private fund
The listing of what was set to be Australia’s first public venture capital company, H2Ocean, has been pulled, but the firm intends to proceed with raising a private fund. As revealed by Street Talk, the company – the brain child of H2 Ventures founders Ben and Toby Heap – was unable to raise enough capital. H2Ocean had been trying to raise between $27.5 million and $55 million to establish a portfolio of 15 to 50 fintech start-ups, but Ben Heap told The Australian Financial Review the firm had fallen just short of its target. Rather than persist with a lower amount, Mr Heap said it was better to withdraw the […]
Link Group invests in technology solutions provider Moneysoft
Link Group (ASX: LNK), a global provider of fund administration, share registry, shareholder management, analytics and services, today announced an investment in Australian technology solutions company, Moneysoft. Moneysoft is a provider of Personal Financial Management (PFM) tools that incorporate real-time data, budgeting, reporting capabilities and more, to assist financial advisers and their clients to better manage their money and reach their financial goals. The strategic partnership with Moneysoft will augment Link Group’s offering to both superannuation funds and listed company clients as the two parties join forces and explore opportunities to collaborate on new products and innovations. Initially, Link and Moneysoft will release a number of products designed to help […]
