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JobKeeper ‘failed’ early-stage tech firms

The government’s JobKeeper wage subsidy scheme has “failed” early-stage pre-revenue tech companies, with more support needed following the September cut-off, a Parliamentary inquiry has heard. The Select Committee on...

National FinTech strategy needed

15 January 2020 | by Denham Sadler

There is an urgent need for a bipartisan national FinTech strategy and a suite of targeted reforms, according to FinTech-focused co-working space Stone & Chalk. In a submission to...

FinTechs get a new Senate focus

16 September 2019 | by Denham Sadler

A senate committee has been formed to conduct a year-long inquiry into the Australian FinTech and RegTech industries as potential areas for further reform, with the expectation it will...

NSW drags digital to the centre

26 September 2018 | by James Riley

NSW Minister for Finance, Services and Property Victor Dominello has foreshadowed structural changes in government that would bring its successful citizen-facing Service NSW delivery model even closer to the...

ASIC puts $6m to new innovation

26 September 2018 | by James Riley

The Australian Securities and Investment Commission has revealed that it has set aside $6 million over two years to develop financial regulation technology (RegTech), including collaboration with industry on...

ASIC seeks new RegTech resources

4 May 2018 | by James Riley

Ahead of next week’s budget, Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) commissioner John Price has suggested that in order for it to effectively regulate Australia’s emerging RegTech and FinTech...

UK bridge: Tech ties that bind

2 November 2017 | by James Riley

The government has moved to build a “FinTech bridge” to the UK to better enable cooperation between industry and regulators and assist local companies in expanding overseas. Announced by...

Profit shifting a blockchain problem

23 October 2017 | by Aimee Chanthadavong

The RMIT’s newly-minted Blockchain Innovation Hub is just a month old, but is already pressing for fresh thinking on by blockchain technology, including possible regulatory considerations that could underpin...

ASIC to create RegTech advisory

18 September 2017 | by James Riley

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) wants to establish a new RegTech advisory group before the end of the year to help advocate for support for the RegTech...

Banks told to open up their data

9 June 2017 | by James Riley

There’s a clash developing between traditional finance institutions and the new wave of disruptive FinTechs and RegTechs over data access that may take government intervention to rectify. FinTechs and...

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