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Australian millennials & Gen Z save $2.4bn using Raiz Invest app

Amid Australia's living-cost crisis, over 300,000 local millennials and Gen Z users saved up to $2.4bn cumulatively since joining micro-investing app Raiz Invest, exploiting technology for modern saving strategies.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Thu, 15th Feb 2024

Customer Relationship Management

Spaceship improves customer communications with Aircall

Since acquiring Aircall in April 2022, Australian fintech, Spaceship has boosted its first call resolution by over 80%.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Wed, 17th May 2023

Platform-as-a-Service

Safewill secures AU$5.5 million to expand its services

The latest funding round includes previous seed investor, Reinventure, along with two new institutional investors, Carthona Capital and Flying Fox Ventures.

By Gaurav Sharma • 4 min read • Thu, 4th May 2023

Unified Communications

Macquarie Telecom delivers another half of profitable growth

Macquarie Telecom reports half-year financial results with revenue of $172.5M, EBITDA of $51.3M, and NPAT of $8.5M, despite economic uncertainty.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Fri, 24th Feb 2023

Crypto

Nearly half of Aussies plan to invest in crypto in 2023

Despite three-quarters of Australians still being confused about crypto, 47 percent are still considering investing in cryptocurrencies in 2023.

By Gaurav Sharma • 3 min read • Fri, 6th Jan 2023

Data Protection

KPMG appoints Greg Miller as Partner

KPMG Australia's Cyber team grows to 16 partners with the addition of new partner Greg Miller and incoming partner Mitra Minai in July.

By Zach Thompson • 2 min read • Fri, 3rd Jun 2022

Global Stories

Investing stories

Transparency

Broadridge expands Shareholder Disclosure solution to UK, Australia & Hong Kong

Broadridge Financial Solutions has expanded its blockchain-based Shareholder Disclosure solution to the UK, Australia, and Hong Kong.

By Sean Mitchell • 2 min read • Thu, 9th Nov 2023

Cloud Services

CyberArk enhances Secure Cloud Access solution for comprehensive cloud security

CyberArk announces new capabilities in its Secure Cloud Access solution, improving access and security for cloud services.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Tue, 24th Oct 2023

Crypto

eToro partners with Index Coop to launch Web3 portfolio

eToro has partnered with Index Coop, a decentralised autonomous organisation, to launch a new crypto Smart Portfolio that will offer exposure to Web3.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Fri, 20th Oct 2023

Unified Communications

Spike in demand for Boom Collaborations' WFH conferencing kits

Boom Collaborations, a developer of video and audio conferencing hardware, has seen a 28% surge in demand for its work-from-home conferencing kits.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Thu, 19th Oct 2023

Fintech

Raiz Invest launches fully customisable Plus portfolio

Raiz Invest, Australia's mobile-first financial services platform, has launched its new portfolio, Plus, adding ASX stocks to its product offering.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Tue, 1st Aug 2023

Supply Chain

SAP's sovereign cloud capabilities available in ANZ

SAP has announced the general availability of its sovereign cloud capabilities in Australia and New Zealand, investing in up to 70 new specialist roles.

By Kaleah Salmon • 4 min read • Tue, 25th Jul 2023

Accelerator

HLV and RBV launch accelerator to empower next era of Web3

Horizen Labs Ventures (HLV) and Red Beard Ventures (RBV) have announced the launch of Denarii Labs, a tokenomics accelerator for Web3 projects.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Fri, 19th May 2023

Artificial Intelligence

US investors back Australian innovation in optical health

Health tech company, Ascertain, is investing AUD $18 million in Eyetelligence, a company that, through the power of AI, equips optometry for disease detection.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Wed, 17th May 2023