The Commonwealth Bank of Australia announced last week that it will allow its customers to buy and sell cryptocurrency through its app, in the first move of its kind by a major Australian bank. If Australia’s biggest bank is willing to offer unregulated products like crypto to their customers and take on board a high… Read more »
The Australian arm of UK fintech Wise has been approved to join the NPP (New Payments Platform) as a participant and shareholder of NPP Australia – the first fintech to do so. The move will allow Wise Australia to connect directly to the NPP to clear and settle real-time payment and the regulator, APRA, granting… Read more »
Teenage entrepreneurs looking for their first big break into startups have the chance to impress Sir Richard Branson with the business smarts with global fintech Wise bringing its Eurovision-style pitching competition, Wise’s 20 Under 20, to Australia for the first time, up against contestants from the UK and EU. Now in its 4th year, Wise’s… Read more »
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