http://australianfintech.com.au/ Connecting Australian FinTech Wed, 08 Jan 2025 15:37:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://australianfintech.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2015/06/logo-words-orange-background-small-50x50.png http://australianfintech.com.au/ 32 32 https://australianfintech.com.au/digital-surge/ Wed, 08 Jan 2025 15:18:50 +0000 https://australianfintech.com.au/?page_id=189408 https://australianfintech.com.au/the-role-of-bitcoin-in-decentralised-finance/ Sun, 05 Jan 2025 19:27:08 +0000 https://australianfintech.com.au/?p=189399 When it launched in 2009, Bitcoin was the first truly global decentralised digital currency and it also introduced blockchain technology to the world]]> https://australianfintech.com.au/the-role-of-fintech-in-australias-transition-to-a-cashless-society/ Wed, 18 Dec 2024 04:39:25 +0000 https://australianfintech.com.au/?p=189367 Many financial experts agree that Australia will eventually become a cashless society. It is just a matter of when.

]]> https://australianfintech.com.au/fat-zebra-acquires-fellow-fintech-payments-company-pin-payments/ Tue, 10 Dec 2024 23:34:49 +0000 https://australianfintech.com.au/?p=189304 Fat Zebra, a digital payments company used by some of Australia’s largest merchants, today announces its acquisition of Pin Payments.]]> https://australianfintech.com.au/new-rba-data-shows-a-rapid-rise-in-digital-payments-in-australia/ Tue, 10 Dec 2024 00:41:44 +0000 https://australianfintech.com.au/?p=189295 New data released today from the Reserve Bank of Australia shows Australians continue to embrace the ease of mobile wallets when making digital payments.]]> https://australianfintech.com.au/moneyme-surpasses-4-billion-in-total-originations-as-quarterly-originations-surge-27/ Mon, 09 Dec 2024 01:44:05 +0000 https://australianfintech.com.au/?p=189285 ASX-listed Digital lender MONEYME has reached a major lending milestone, surpassing $4 billion in total originations since inception.

]]> https://australianfintech.com.au/three-top-drivers-for-bitcoins-record-breaking-rally/ Mon, 09 Dec 2024 01:23:53 +0000 https://australianfintech.com.au/?p=189282 Bitcoin’s rally to US$100,000 has not happened in isolation – we see a convergence of political shifts, institutional demand, and evolving market dynamics.]]> https://australianfintech.com.au/bitcoin-smashed-through-us100000-brief-sell-off-expected-before-surge-to-us120000/ Thu, 05 Dec 2024 19:14:57 +0000 https://australianfintech.com.au/?p=189257 Bitcoin soared past US$100,000, driven by expectations of a crypto-friendly regulatory environment under Donald Trump’s incoming presidency. ]]> https://australianfintech.com.au/income-verification-and-the-payslip-paradigm-the-last-bastion-of-document-based-credit-decisions/ Wed, 04 Dec 2024 05:39:21 +0000 https://australianfintech.com.au/?p=189241 one crucial area of credit decisioning remains firmly rooted in outdated processes: Income Verification.

]]> https://australianfintech.com.au/gift-cards-take-centre-stage-this-christmas-australian-shoppers-to-spend-nearly-half-of-gift-budget-on-flexible-presents/ Tue, 03 Dec 2024 01:28:46 +0000 https://australianfintech.com.au/?p=189230 Australian shoppers plan to allocate nearly half (44%) of their total gift spend on gift cards, up from 40% last year.]]> https://australianfintech.com.au/aussie-ecommerce-rebounds-in-time-for-peak-sales-season-with-international-sales-surge-airwallex/ Mon, 25 Nov 2024 23:37:38 +0000 https://australianfintech.com.au/?p=189141 Just one month out from Christmas, eCommerce retailers are witnessing signals of renewed consumer confidence as international sales drive spending growth.

]]> https://australianfintech.com.au/ripple-announces-its-rlusd-exchange-partners-for-global-distribution/ Wed, 16 Oct 2024 18:24:02 +0000 https://australianfintech.com.au/ripple-announces-its-rlusd-exchange-partners-for-global-distribution/ Ripple, the leading provider of digital asset infrastructure for financial institutions, have announced its exchange partners and customers for RLUSD.]]> https://australianfintech.com.au/account-to-account-payments-and-instant-payments-set-to-spark-new-wave-of-innovation-capgemini/ Sun, 22 Sep 2024 18:59:56 +0000 https://australianfintech.com.au/?p=188521 The Capgemini Research Institute’s World Payments Report 2025 reveals an industry set to be reimagined with account-to-account and instant payments.]]> https://australianfintech.com.au/parpera-state-of-australian-small-business-report-reveals-urgent-need-for-action/ Wed, 28 Aug 2024 05:40:58 +0000 https://australianfintech.com.au/?p=188292 Parpera have announced this week the release of its inaugural report, "The State of Australian Small Business 2024".]]> https://australianfintech.com.au/global-x-etfs-celebrates-crypto-success-as-ethereum-etfs-enter-the-us-market/ Tue, 23 Jul 2024 22:07:07 +0000 https://australianfintech.com.au/?p=187950 Global X ETFs, the first provider of spot cryptocurrency ETFs across the Asia-Pacific region, welcomes the US SEC decision to introduce Ethereum ETFs.

]]> https://australianfintech.com.au/mobile-wallets-transactions-overtake-atm-cash-withdrawals-in-digital-banking-boom-australian-banking-association/ Wed, 26 Jun 2024 20:00:40 +0000 https://australianfintech.com.au/?p=187632 Australia’s digital banking boom is continuing with payments by mobile wallets surging by 35 per cent in the last year alone, according to a new report. ]]> https://australianfintech.com.au/australian-fintech-credit-card-compare-relaunches/ Mon, 20 May 2024 04:45:37 +0000 https://australianfintech.com.au/?p=187253 Australian credit card comparison site Credit Card Compare was recently relaunched by the Boyd brothers’ original founders Andrew and David.]]> https://australianfintech.com.au/mastercard-launch-mobile-virtual-card-app-in-australia-to-simplify-business-and-travel-expenses/ Sun, 21 Apr 2024 19:56:49 +0000 https://australianfintech.com.au/?p=187056 Mastercard have announced a new mobile virtual card app that enables virtual commercial cards to be seamlessly added to digital wallets.]]> https://australianfintech.com.au/in-a-first-for-australia-nab-customers-can-add-their-cards-to-the-paypal-wallet-from-the-nab-app/ Wed, 03 Apr 2024 19:45:11 +0000 https://australianfintech.com.au/?p=186838 The new service enables NAB customers to easily add their credit and/or debit cards to their PayPal wallet from their NAB app.]]> https://australianfintech.com.au/after-cracking-aud100000-where-to-for-bitcoin-jackson-zeng-shares-his-insights/ Thu, 21 Mar 2024 21:01:07 +0000 https://australianfintech.com.au/?p=186728 Jackson Zeng, CEO of Caleb & Brown, a leading cryptocurrency brokerage and asset management firm, admits Bitcoin is firmly in the bullish segment of the market cycle.]]>