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Buy now pay later darling Afterpay has announced the departure of its Chief Financial Officer Luke Bortoli after 3 great years in the role. Mr Bortoli’s place will be taken by Rebecca Lowde who was the former Group CFO of Bravura Solutions, a fintech firm....

The Non-Executive Director of Australian buy-now-pay-later darling Zip, Ms Dianne Challenor is all set to retire from her position, effective October 1st 2020. Zip Co says Challenor has been on the board since February 2018. Simultaneously, Zip Co announced that Ms Pippa Downes will step...

A Sydney-based financial technology firm Plenti Group Limited (ASX: PLT) is all set to launch into the Australian Securities Exchange from 23rd September 2020 with a market capitalization of $280.3 million. Previously known as RateSetter, Plenti is a fintech firm that has built an investors...

Rob Marchiori, the Group Transformation General Manager for Australia and New Zealand Banking Group will be stepping down from his role. Marchiori will leave the bank in October 2020 and the remaining agile work way teams will be merged into the technology organisation The latest...

A US-based fintech-focused company Change Financial has launched a capital raising to acquire the Australia and New Zealand arm of payment fintech solution provider Wirecard. The ASX-listed Change Financial announced that it has entered a binding agreement to successfully acquire Wirecard ANZ’s all business assets...

In an attempt to take on Afterpay’s buy-now-pay-later fintech solution, one of Australia’s big four banks NAB has introduced a ‘no interest credit card’ that charges its customers a monthly fee. The ‘StraightUp Card’ by the NAB offers customers credit of up to $3000 and...

Trending in the latest fintech news, Milestone Group has named its newest Managing Director for the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. The fintech firm’s newly created position plays a key role in its revamped global strategy which places its APAC markets in the spotlight. The company’s...

Australia’s very own next-generation neobank, Douugh has announced its plans to get listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) by September 2020 end in an attempt to expand its customer base in the US. The neobank will list in the ASX through the Australian telecom...

Superhero, a promising Australian share-trading startup has entered the market after receiving $8 million in a fresh round of funding which was backed by some of the big names in the country. The funding round for the Sydney startup was led by Founder and CEO...

Laybuy, a New Zealand-based buy-now-pay-later contender has announced that it will be listed as a public company on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX). The BNPL fintech firm made its debut on the ASX by raising $80 million through its Initial Public Offering (IPO) and will...