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Three Australian payments infrastructure companies, eftpos, BPAY and New Payments Platform Australia (NPP) have agreed to merge as a single entity. The step has been taken in order to compete better and reduce costs with the growing number of international payments platforms.  The three platforms...

Australian financial technology company Attra has been acquired by infrastructure technology and consultancy giant Synechron. How much Synechron paid for Attra and other terms of the deal have not been disclosed. Attra’s financial advisor on this transaction is Avendus Capital. Software company Synechron continues its streak...

In a first, Big Four bank National Australia Bank has partnered with Australian fintech Slyp to introduce Smart Receipts as a feature in its mobile banking app. Customers of NAB will automatically receive itemized Smart Receipts from participating retailers directly in the NAB app at...

Australian investment company NextGen Funds Management has announced the launch of the country’s first AI (Artificial Intelligence) fund. The name of the fund is NextGen Artificial Technology Fund. This fund will be for sophisticated investors who wish to invest in a diverse mix of debt-equity...

Ecommerce platform Kogan has been fined $350,000 by the Australian Federal Court for misleading its customers by inflating its product prices before offering “discounts”. The Federal Court has already found that Kogan misleadingly increased its product prices for its online retail sales in July 2020....

New South Wales-based fintech firm Flexigroup has renamed itself as humm. The financial technology company changed its name following its decision to cut down its product offerings from 23 to 4 in order to simplify its services in the competitive market. The ASX-listed company has...

Limepay, an Australian buy now, pay later fintech has banked $21 million ahead of its scheduled initial public offering for mid-2021. The investors that contributed to the funding include current backers along with a few institutional and high net worth investors. The payments fintech says...

Australia-based venture capitalist Square Peg Capital hires its first female investing partner, Piruze Sabuncu. The VC firm has recruited Sabuncu along with other hires to push further into Southeast Asia. She will be based in Singapore along with Tushar Roy who relocated to Singapore earlier...

Headquartered in Amsterdam, digital payments platform Azimo has set up its operations in Australia and joined the international money transfer (IMT) landscape to offer its customers competitive exchange rates as well as fast service. The Netherlands-based company has been operating in Europe for the past...

Australian fintech Finspo, a mortgage broking firm, has branched out into mortgage broking. The company aims to provide its customers with an aggregated view of their banking costs. Finspo announced the launch of  its mortgage broking capability within its fintech start-up. The company also unveiled...