Meet Beck Wadworth of An Organised Life
Beck Wadworth of An Organised Life, the newest member of Vogue's Spy Style Network, touches on how she turned her innovative blog into an e-commerce site, with her fashionably functional products now stocked in over 70 stores worldwide. Click here to read article on...
Big revenue lift tipped as Freedom Foods meets rising demand
A spanking new Sydney factory and solid growth in local and Asian markets have set the scene for a better than expected trading year for long life milk processor and cereal products maker, Freedom Foods Group. Freedom has tapped strong e-commerce and offline retail...
Australian fintechs are pitching to the RBA to create DAD, Australia’s very own cryptocurrency
Australian fintech startups are throwing their support behind a proposal to create a government-endorsed Australian cryptocurrency called DAD, or the Digital Australian Dollar. Led by FinTech Australia, a group of startups have submitted cases to the Reserve Bank of...
Pressure to shut ATMs as digital payments boom gains pace
Global data from Capgemini last week showed the number of non-cash payments in Australia grew by 9.9 per cent in 2015, a quickening in the rate of growth after a 8.9 per cent expansion in the previous year. The consultancy's director of banking and capital markets...
Square Releases New Point Of Sale Solution – The Square Stand
The element of fintech which has been most heavily disrupted, from consumer and small business point of view, has been payments. And as of October 3, Square, one of biggest players in this disruption, the has released a new Square Stand - a $299 device that works...
ASIC unveils new ICO guidelines
Late last week, ASIC released its first set of guidelines for ICOs – or Initial Coin Offerings. An ICO is a form of capital raising where a blockchain-based platform or project issues a number of ‘tokens’ which can be bought in exchange for digital currencies,...
Australian fintech industry ‘world leader’
Addressing more than 300 people at ACS’ Digital Economy Breakfast event in Sydney, the Treasurer of Australia, the Hon Scott Morrison, spoke of Australia’s emergence as a fintech powerhouse. Combining the financial services provided by banks and accounting firms, with...
Goldman Sachs Could Set Up Online Retail Bank In Australia
With Sydney's being recognized as the eight most attractive financial centre in the world, and Melbourne ranking 15th, Australia is coming out to be an attractive market for Goldman Sachs. Given the fact that Australians have expressed a real interest in fintech...
