Investor lust for ASX-listed fintechs continued today with US-based Sezzle (ASX: SZL) skyrocketing more than 50% in Thursday morning trade before the ASX handed the stock a speeding ticket and placed it in a trading halt. While easing during lunchtime trade, Sezzle shares were at one stage up 54% to peak at $7.50 having started… Read more »
Shares in ASX-listed US design software company Altium Ltd (ASX:ALU) fell by more than 12% in morning trade on Monday after the company said its revenue growth for FY2020 will be behind analyst expectations. The global multinational, one of the top 5 tech shares in Australia, saw its shares fall below $32 within the first… Read more »
Thursday was a very good day for ASX-listed buy-now-pay-later venture Splitit which, just before 11am, told the market it had “signed a multi-year agreement” with Mastercard “to accelerate the adoption of Splitit’s instalment solution around the world”. The market was bullish for the Afterpay rival – itself hitting new record highs today before closing at… Read more »
Kogan.com shares have jumped more than 11% in early trade on Thursday morning after the online retailer announced it had successfully raised A$100 million in an institutional placement on Wednesday. Within 30 minutes of trade resuming today, shares in the multi-pronged ecommerce business (ASX: KGN), had climbed to $13.79, up from Tuesday’s closing price of… Read more »
● Kogan.com is raising $100 million on the ASX in a fully underwritten placement at A$11.45 per share ● The price is a 7.5% discount to Tuesday’s closing price of A$12.38 ● An addition $15 million is being raised via a share purchase plan ● The raise is “to act quickly on future value accretive… Read more »
Shares in Zip Co. jumped more than 40% following news that it will acquire the major US buy-now-pay-later venture QuadPay in an all-scrip deal to drive international growth, as well as raising $200 million. QuadPay shareholders will receive up to a 23.3% stake in the Australian fintech (ASX: Z1P) – a maximum of up to… Read more »
The astonishing resurrection of Afterpay’s share price after falling below $10 just two months ago continued today with the buy-now-pay-later fintech’s share price briefly topping $50 in morning trade today. Afterpay (ASX: APT) closed at a new record high on Monday of $49, having announced that interim chair Elana Rubin will step into the role,… Read more »
There’s one clear way to keep investors happy if you’re an ASX-listed tech company, even when you’re not heavily impacted by coronavirus, and Nearmap (ASX: NEA) was the latest to demonstrate what’s now become a major trend in Australian workplaces when it cut the pay of all its staff by 20% and its shares jumped… Read more »
Medtech Atomo Diagnostics had an unusual start to life as a listed company today, holding a virtual bell-ringing as it became the first company to list on the ASX since January. But coronavirus concerns proved to be boon for the rapid blood test startup, which in the past month has turned its attention producing… Read more »
Rapid blood test startup Atomo Diagnostics is playing its part in the fight against coronavirus, signing a deal with French diagnostics company, NG Biotech, to supply up 2.465 million of its rapid, blood-based COVID-19 tests in 2020. The sale landed as the Sydney-based healthtech venture’s $30 million Initial Public Offer was oversubscribed at 20 cents per… Read more »
ASX-listed MedAdvisor has fast-tracked plans to launch an “Uber” for pharmacy delivery services as part of the company’s response to the COVID-19 crisis. MedAdvisor (ASX: MDR) shares have soared more than 25% today on the news to close at 42 cents, with the company’s CEO, Robert Read, saying they’d skip a pilot phase and go… Read more »
Buy-now-pay-later fintech Afterpay has moved to reassure shareholders after the company’s share price went over the cliff amid concerns about its future as coronavirus provokes an economic crisis. Yesterday the Reserve Bank cut interest rates to the RBA’s stated floor of 0.25%, as well as launching a $90 billion bond-buying program to keep interest… Read more »
China-based analyst and short-seller J Capital took another swing at ASX-listed WiseTech on Thursday as the logistics company reels from the impact of coronavirus on its bottom line. It’s the third time J Capital has released a report critical of the Sydney-based software business, which it has shorted, in a long-running attack over the… Read more »
HY20 revenue of $75.6 million up 12% on the prior year (HY19: $67.7 million), in line with November downgrade. Customer numbers up 45% on corresponding period to 26,900 in HY20 HY20 loan originations of $306.8 million, up 37% on the prior corresponding period Co-CEO Beau Bertoli moving to role of Chief Revenue Officer Small business… Read more »
A new index featuring ASX-listed companies in the fast-growing technology sector launches on the Australian stock exchange on Monday. The S&P/ASX All Technology Index (All Tech Index), a partnership between the ASX and S&P Dow Jones Indices using the S&PDJI methodology, will go live on February 24, with an Australian version of the US… Read more »
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