It’s one thing having a great idea for a business, it’s quite another to work out how that business should be structured. And if you’re starting a bank or a finance company from scratch – […]
Why Apple is the best ecosystem banking hope yet
Recent research conducted by the Pew Centre has found that 1 in 5 Americans find themselves online constantly. It’s hardly surprising. From our daily commute, to our desks, and all the way back home – it’s […]
The female fintech gold rush
This week, along with some Tyro colleagues, I attended a SheSay’s event in Sydney titled ‘The Business of Negotiation’. It was a great night, with plenty of free flowing sparkling wine, convivial conversation and delicious, complimetary canapés, the latter a very […]
New Zealand Fintech – Companies to Watch
Perhaps more famous for a world cup winning rugby team and hobbits, New Zealand also boasts a thriving technology scene – populated by both homegrown companies and multinationals. You see, we’re the ideal testing ground […]
The untapped opportunity of the unbanked
2.5 billion individuals in the developing world do not have access to a bank account. Classified as ‘unbanked’, they are said to present a serious challenge to governments when it comes to lifting their respective nations out of […]
Chris Brycki – Australia’s roboadvice evangelist
For many of us, talking about our personal finances is one of the last taboos. A survey by a team of researchers at University College in London, found that Britons were seven times more likely to reveal […]
The fintech Silk Road – what we can learn from China
“Banks often look at disruption in terms of product impact, in other words, how general FinTech (including distributed ledger technology, P2P lending, third-party payments, etc.) will disrupt. In reality, the biggest threats lie in the […]
Neuroscience, fintech, and breaking bad money habits
Why do we do the things we do? And why do we behave the way we behave? For many of us, the quest to understand ourselves and our actions continues until the day we die. And while […]
What the Square IPO means for POS vendors and payments in Australia
Square’s plan to IPO later this year must be the worst kept secret in the financial technology sector. Processing $US30 billion in payments from its millions of merchant customers in 2014, it now offers business lending, payroll […]
Want to outsmart the banks? Get Smarket(ing)
No matter which way you look at it, fintech startups are the underdog in the finance sector. While many have better technology, pricing and value propositions for customers, they simply don’t have the market footprint, manpower […]
