Img credit: Cafe Credit In March 2014 the Australian Parliament rubber stamped new Credit reporting & Privacy Laws that enabled Credit Providers (CPs) and Credit Reporting Bureaus (CRBs) to commence voluntary Comprehensive Credit Reporting (CCR). Australian […]
Category: Fintech
What the Number26 PR fail teaches us about transparency & empathy
In financial services and fintech, there’s no such thing as a free lunch. And while ‘free’ can be an effective marketing phrase for the purposes of boosting customer acquisition, you’d better mean it, or else. Because thanks […]
Is blockchain startup Flux the answer to direct democracy?
We certainly live in interesting times. This morning Australia woke up to a hung parliament and continuing uncertainty about its political direction. Flicking on Sky News this morning, commentators were already referencing ‘Senior Labor Sources’ as whispering […]
Income inequality, Brexit, Trump and the role of fintech
The events of the past few days have demonstrated how fast the economic ground beneath us can shift. With markets and bookies pricing in a win for the ‘remain’ campaign, the carnage that was seen […]
Can only the wealthy become entrepreneurs?
‘Entrepreneurial talent is not the prerogative of the wealthy, but is broadly distributed throughout the population as a whole. Without reasonable access to financing, many of our countries’ most talented and aggressive entrepreneurs will be […]
Life from the fintech trenches
Nothing in life worth having comes easy, so they say. And well, nothing could ring truer in the world of fintech and banking disruption. Challenges abound, tempers are tested daily and ideas, good and bad, are […]
To be or not to be? The ethical conundrum at the heart of fintech and banking
Australia has been hit, yet again, by another round of ethical failures by its largest bank, Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA). And it couldn’t come at a worse time for the bank, arriving hot on the […]
Australia’s gone backwards on gender pay equality – who’s talking about that?
Recently I attended a diversity discussion led by Catherine Harris, founder of Harris Farm and an eminent Australian businesswomen and advocate for equal rights in the workplace. The group discussed the increasing role of men in day-to-day family life, […]
3 challenger banks you need to know about
The life of a challenger bank is far from smooth sailing. I would happen to know, because I’m living it right now. As some of you have probably experienced, maybe not at a challenger bank […]
How should the Australian Government shape fintech?
On Wednesday Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Treasurer Scott Morrison jointly announced the launch of a new fintech advisory panel, bringing together bankers and fintech leaders alike, and tasking its members with the job of making Australia the […]
