Tag: Australia

Australian venture capital firm Square Peg Capital has closed its latest fund with $180m (AU$234m). The firm invested in payments disruptor Stripe’s $100m Series C round in July 2015.

Cloud9 Technologies, which provides advanced capabilities to leverage compliance, voice analytics and workflow solutions, has partnered with Behavox.

Accounting software provider MYOB is expanding its payments capabilities with the acquisition of Paycorp for A$48m ($36m).

The Sydney-based company picked up A$25m ($19.18m) in a Series B round led by AirTree Ventures. Entrée Capital and Ironbridge Capital also participated in the round.

Australian blockchain-based software developer Digital X has raised AUS$1.62m ($1.2m) in post-IPO equity and inked a new deal with remittances company UniTeller.

Traditional financial services providers in Australia are not too worried about FinTech disruption, the country's first ever sector survey shows.

Australian FinTech startup LoanDolphin has been valued at $5m after it completed its seed financing from two key investors.

Ontario and Australian securities regulators have signed an agreement to help innovative FinTech companies to enter the others’ market.

Australian peer-to-peer lending platform SocietyOne is partnering with Beyond Bank Australia.

Australian bank Westpac is continuing to plough money into the region’s FinTech companies and investing $16.5m in online mortgage startup uno.