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Westpac's foray into digital banking stepped up a gear this week, with the announcement of a digital-only platform. The move is seen as an attempt to coax younger customers away from the new wave of neo banks. "We're preparing for our digital ... More

More than a third of Australians (35%) struggle with money management and 41% of us are not prepared to handle a large, unexpected expense, says the Commonwealth Bank. But there's at least $10 billion in free money that we're not accessing ... More

EML Payments is a structural growth company with multiple growth drivers and identifiable near-term positive share price catalysts - a clear standout at the most recent results season (40% FY19 EBITDA growth, solid earnings beat, market forecasts upgraded). ... More

The way we bank is changing. Less than one in four of us set foot inside a bank branch in the last six months. Instead, a Roy Morgan survey found almost half of us use online banking. The real groundswell of change however, is the growth of mobile banking ... More

1. What is a robo adviser? By Greg Einfeld, co-founder and chief financial planner of Plenty Wealth A robo adviser (also called a digital adviser) provides automated, instantaneous financial advice based on a set of rules. It is typically the same as ... More

He may not be as famous as Warren Buffett, but he is known as the richest man in Japan. Ranked number 43 on the World's Billionaires 2019, Masayoshi Son is estimated to have a net worth of $US22.9 billion. Son is the founder and current CEO of SoftBank ... More

Brad Krauskopf measures his success by bumping into people. Not physically walking into them but rather how many he sees and speaks to as he walks around his rapidly growing business empire. In order to be big in his chosen field, Krauskopf needs to ... More

PayPal delivers strong growth Shares of PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) have surged from around $US77 ($109) late last year to probe record highs above $US97 in late February on the back of analyst upgrades and overall optimism for the company. In its latest ... More

Any experienced surfer knows how important it is to keep one eye fixed on the horizon. While a wave is still forming a long way off, that is the time to start paddling, to get into position and get ready. Leave it too long or fail to move at all, and ... More

The incorporation of forward-thinking technology is taking the finance world by storm - so much so that a new breed of technology-focused financial start-ups - fintech for short - has emerged to change the way local consumers manage their money. In ... More