Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has appointed Victoria Ledda as Group Chief Information Officer and Rodrigo Castillo as Group Chief…
Australia’s virtual asset sector is running out of time to meet incoming compliance requirements. From 1 July 2026, the AUSTRAC…
The Federal Court has ordered HSBC Australia to pay a A$35 million penalty after the bank admitted to serious and…
UQPAY has officially registered as an Australian Financial Services (AFS) authorised representative with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC),…
Checking someone’s ID at the door of a nightclub tells you who they are, but it does not tell you…
Paymentology has partnered with Australian BaaS platform Kobble to accelerate the launch and expansion of embedded finance products across Australia.…
ANZ Bank New Zealand has appointed Chief Risk Officer Ben Kelleher as its new Chief Executive Officer, taking over from…
Butn has launched Moneybox, a digital private credit investment platform designed for eligible retail investors in Australia. The platform offers…
IG Group has introduced its first direct digital asset product in Australia with the launch of the IG Markets cryptocurrency…
Generative AI is making fraud more convincing and easier to scale. Reports of Gen AI-enabled scams rose 456% between May…
Australian stablecoin issuer AUDC is launching a New Zealand dollar-backed digital currency, NZDC, targeting institutional payments and Trans-Tasman settlement efficiency.…
AI is getting better at helping us shop. The next step is much bigger: making payments on our behalf. That…
Australian SME lender Moneytech has appointed David Cameron as its new Chief Technology Officer to accelerate the deployment of automation…
Macropod has completed a live retail payment at a Sydney cafe using AUDM, a stablecoin that operates under an Australian…
Consumer fraud is no longer a peripheral risk across APAC. It is becoming a defining factor in how people engage with…
Global payments platform Volt has partnered with broker Trade Nation to launch instant deposits and real-time withdrawals for Australian trading…
Cuscal has announced the completion of its acquisition of Paymark, a leading payments services provider in New Zealand. Effective immediately,…
Aayush Singhania is Chief Product Officer at Tazapay, a Singapore-based cross-border payments platform that onboards customers across 70-plus countries and…
CommBank has commenced testing a new conversational AI interface within its daily banking application. The tool is designed to support…
FinTech Alliance.PH and the Australia Philippines Business Council (APBC) have signed a MoU to strengthen digital economy ties between the…