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Digital transactions hold the key for Australia Post
Last week’s news that Australia Post is shedding jobs made unwelcome reading for the 900 unfortunate employees who are affected, and the recent proposal to restructure (combined with the implicit risk...
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Stripe’s John Collison: “Better to be #disruptive than incumbent”
In a Melbourne fireside chat with Paul Bassat (hosted by NAB and Startup Victoria) Stripe‘s co-founder and President, John Collison offered the insight that “it’s better to be disruptive than...
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CSIRO – what price #innovation?
Last week Startup Victoria invited scientists and researchers from CSIRO to come and talk about some of the projects they are currently working on. Around 400 people turned up to listen to fascinating...
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Online Pillar 2: #Finance
Along with the launch of the iPhone 6, Apple also announced a new mobile payments system. OK, so it’s not the first smart phone app that will help you manage (read: SPEND) your money, but it’s likely...
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Who’s making money from market data?
In recent years, market data vendors and their clients have been fixated on supporting the demand for low-latency feeds to support high-frequency, algorithmic and dark pool trading while simultaneously...
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Australia 3.0 – beyond the mining boom….
In the wake of the G20 Brisbane meeting, Australia’s place in the world has been under scrutiny, in particular our role in Asia Pacific. With the announcement of a Free Trade Agreement with China...
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The 3L’s that kill #data projects
The typical data project starts with the BA or systems architect asking: “fast, cheap or good – which one do you want?” But in my experience, no matter how much time you have, or how much money you are...
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How to Survive a #Startup Weekend
A rite of passage for any startup founder or budding entrepreneur is a weekend hackathon, and a Startup Weekend is probably the best way to throw yourself in at the deep end. As part of Startup Week,...
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The future of #FinTech is in Enterprise Solutions
Talk to anyone involved in FinTech, and apart from telling you the sector is “hot”, there’s little consensus on what happens next. Despite positioning itself as a disruptive force within financial...
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#FinTech – using data to disintermediate banks?
At a recent #FinTechMelb meetup event, Aris Allegos, co-founder and CEO of Moula, talked about how the on-line SME lender had raised $30m in investor funding from Liberty Financial within 9 months of...
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Assessing Counterparty Risk post-GFC – some lessons for #FinTech
At the height of the GFC, banks, governments, regulators, investors and corporations were all struggling to assess the amount of credit risk that Lehman Brothers represented to global capital markets...
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A Tale of Two #FinTech Cities – Melbourne vs. Sydney….
Inter-city rivalry between Melbourne and Sydney is nothing new. The fact that neither city is the national capital only adds to the frisson. The usual debates as to which is the better for sport,...
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Do we need a #FinTech safe harbour?
As part of the recent FinTech Melbourne Meet Up, there was some discussion on the regulatory challenges startups face when trying to validate an early-stage concept. The notion of a safe harbour or...
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#FinTech: The 8 things I want from mobile banking apps
As we await the launch of ApplePay in Australia, and in light of the plethora of mobile banking tools, here is my wish list against which all such apps should be assessed: TRUST – is my money safe?...
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Finding Careers in #FinTech
Through the many meetup events I attend around Melbourne, people often ask me for career advice on which FinTech startup to join or follow. In response, I try to summarise where I see the current state...
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A big year in #FinTech
Looking back over the past year, it’s easy to see that 2015 has seen a giant leap forward for #FinTech in the Melbourne #startup scene. Much of this progress can be attributed to the efforts of the...
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ANZ’s new CEO on #FinTech, CX and #digital disruption – 10 Key Takeaways
I went to the recent Q&A with the new CEO of ANZ, Shayne Elliott, organised by FinTech Melbourne. It was the first public speaking appearance by Shayne since becoming CEO (excluding his gig at the...
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Latest #FinTech Round-Up
The first quarter of 2016 has seen some significant FinTech developments in Australia. It feels the sector has finally “come of age”, at least in terms of government policy, as well as some significant...
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#FinTech Melbourne’s latest #pitch event
The latest FinTech Melbourne meetup event was the second of their pitch nights. Co-hosted by NAB (at their Docklands Arena venue) and Capgemini (who were promoting the World Retail Banking Report...
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A new co-operative model for equity #crowdfunding
**Updated with some clarifications** Last week, I attended the launch of a new equity crowdfunding scheme, called The Innovation Co-op (THINC). It’s the latest model I have seen that is trying...
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