Tag: Australia

LendEx, a leading Australian peer-to-peer lending platform for direct commercial property lending, has appointed two new prominent board members. Read more: www.crowdfundinsider.com

FinTech in Indonesia is on the rise, thanks to its demographics and largely unbanked population. Read more: www.techwireasia.com

Reserve Bank of Australia has made a decision to overhaul its core banking technology with TCS Financial Solutions’ Bancs system. Read more: www.bankingtech.com

QxBranch, the quantum computing and data analytics software company, has created a quantum computing simulator for the CBA. Read more: www.bankingtech.com

ANZ has announced it will be the first Australian bank to introduce voice biometrics on mobile devices to allow higher value transactions. Read more: www.bankingtech.com

Commonwealth Bank of Australia says that its decision to move into the point-of-sale hardware market two years ago has proved a success. Read more: www.finextra.com

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has denied authorisation for banks to collectively bargain with Apple and boycott Apple Pay. Read more: www.finextra.com

The RegTech Association will facilitate collaboration between RegTech startups and Australia's biggest financial institutions. Read more: www.finder.com.au

Australian venture capital firm Square Peg Capital has closed its latest fund with $180m (AU$234m). The firm invested in Stripe’s $100m Series C round. Read more: www.fintechroundup.com

Austrade, the Australian government trade commission for exporters and information, is in China this week. Read more: www.crowdfundinsider.com