Financial Services News

South Korea is being left out of the global fintech wave due to its lack of deregulatory reforms and inward approach.

Newly-appointed inaugural head of Fintech Australia, Danielle Szetho, has identified Australia’s biggest innovation challenge.

Eliminating the ‘regulatory red tape’ could see Australia become the fintech hub of Asia, says Tyro.

Industry body NZTech has said that the ICT contribution to economic growth has been higher in New Zealand than any country across the globe in the last fifteen years.     

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has approved fintech start-up, Clover, for the first robo-advice platform licence in the country.

Australian fintech firm Cashwerkz has a new marketplace, which offers a simple way to research, buy, switch and manage term deposits.

Intel has announced that it will create a fintech innovation lab in association with a fintech hub based at the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.

The global phenomenon that is fintech could soon see banks throughout India closing their doors for good.

Despite the low global average of women in senior level finance positions, the growth of the fintech industry in China is making a difference.

The Japan Times has reported that the East-Asian nation has adopted a Bill on the regulation of digital currency.

Pro-fintech regulators the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) have signed an innovation agreement.

Australian start-ups will soon have access to a regulatory sandbox which will be ‘game-changing’, says Stone & Chalk’s Alex Scandurra.

A former group of Australia big four bankers have launched a new lending marketplace aimed at small fintechs.

Money-saving wearable devices and robotics are set to become the future of New Zealand healthcare.

Millennial focused technology start-up, MoneyMe, is entering a new phase with the launch of its latest loan product and the debut of a new tagline.