Asset loss an "epidemic" costing Aussie businesses $4.3 billion per year

From little things like keys to larger objects like vehicles Australian businesses are losing billions of dollars' worth of assets every year. The problem is a $4.3 billion hit to Australian businesses every year, and as businesses become more digital it could become even worse. According to new research done by Telsyte and commis...

Afterpay shares jump after final audit handed to AUSTRAC

The auditor notes Afterpay's compliance with its AML/CTF obligations was based on legal advice he believes to be incorrect from top tier Australian law firms. An independent audit of Afterpay (ASX: APT) has been handed to Australian authorities confirming the company's alignment with the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terro...

Watchdog warns major tech takeovers could harm consumers

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) certainly has it out for the big US tech players. Following its landmark decision to launch proceedings in the Federal Court against Google alleging the Silicon Valley giant misused users' location data, the ACCC chair Rod Sims has swung another punch at Google and Faceboo...

WiseTech suffers another attack from J Capital

"While there are those who seek to distract, we will not be deterred," says WiseTech founder and CEO Richard White. Besieged short sell victim and Australian logistics technology giant WiseTech (ASX: WTC) has today lost most of its recent gains on the sharemarket in the wake of yet another critique from China-based J Capital. ...

Profits triple for TechnologyOne

Profit growth may plateau for some companies as they mature and their size makes them clunky, but TechnologyOne's (ASX: TNE) result today proves even longstanding tech titans can send earnings into overdrive. The Software as a Service (SaaS) company which has been listed for almost two decades today announced its profit before tax sur...

AI developer Appen upgrades guidance as its customers beg for more

Artificial intelligence is frequently cited by analysts as one of the world's fastest growing industries, so it's little wonder that innovators in the space are often on the fast track to financial success. Keeping with that trend is New South Wales-based Appen (ASX: APX), an AI developer that helps other companies improve their d...

Evie Networks hails 'landmark moment in Australian electric motoring'

Sydney-headquartered Evie Networks has started rolling out charging infrastructure to make an electric vehicle (EV) vision a reality in Australia, with the launch of a game-changing highway station between Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast.  The new easy-access EV charging station by the Bruce Highway at Coochin Creek will help un...

Jumbo to acquire UK lottery business for $9m

Australian online lottery company Jumbo Interactive (ASX JIN) has entered into an agreement to acquire UK lottery company Gatherwell for $9.1 million. Gatherwell was founded in Oxford in 2013 as a lottery company to support local causes and schools across the UK. The UK company currently has around 80 local authorities and 1,000 schoo...

Bevan Slattery's SUB.CO to connect Oman and Perth with subsea cable

Subsea fibre cable infrastructure group SUB.CO is set to build the Oman Australia Cable (OAC), a new system directly connecting Muscat, Oman with Perth which will ultimately give Australia closer links and a lower latency route to Europe.  The company founded by Bevan Slattery is the only group currently building a cable of this...

OPEC Systems, the Aussie company with the tech to tackle PFAS contamination

As Shine Lawyers (ASX: SHJ) launched one of the country's largest class actions last week over the impact of toxic firefighting foam PFAS (polyfluoroalkyl) on 40,000 Australians, a company from northern NSW was receiving accolades for its efforts to fight the problem. Lennox Heads-based OPEC Systems won the top prize at...

Aussie firms punch above their weight in Fintech100 list

Australia has ranked fifth in terms of representation in this year's Fintech100 prepared by KPMG and H2 Ventures, with cross-border payment unicorn Airwallex the country's highest ranking firm at 32. Co-founded by Jack Zhang (pictured), Airwallex completed a US$100 million Series C round in March giving it an estimated market...

EMVision builds breakthrough portable brain scanner

In what has been described as a medical breakthrough, med-tech EMVision (ASX: EMV) has unveiled its prototype portable brain scanner. The brain scanner has been in development for close to a decade and will allow doctors to perform scans on stroke patients from virtually any location. The machine is the size of an ultrasound unit and ...

Alternative data the next frontier for lending tech

"All the technology, processes and procedures that we build are constantly evolving, and I think that's what's separating us from the giants in our space and the legacy lenders," says Jacaranda Finance founder Daniel Wessels.  For most people the word association with "subprime" would be "mortgage cri...

ACCC takes Google to court over misleading use of user location data

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ('ACCC') has launched proceedings in the Federal Court against Google, alleging the Silicon Valley giant misused users' location data. The watchdog claims that from at least January 2017, Google breached the Australian Consumer Law when it made on-screen representations on And...

Bravura to acquire wealth management software company for $25 million

Listed fintech Bravura (ASX: BVS) is poised to acquire Australian software company FinoComp for $25 million. Like Bravura, FinoComp is a software development company that builds solutions for the wealth management market. FinoComp currently has clients in the UK including Aegon and Nucleus, and provides them with software for data ana...

Atomos acquires UK-based video tech developers Timecode Systems

An Australian technology company developing video content creation products Atomos (ASX: AMS) has acquired UK-based Timecode Systems to further enhance its product range. Timecode Systems has developed a patented technology that enables multiple audio and video capture devices to wirelessly synchronise together. The tech fits neatly a...

E-learning business OpenLearning launches IPO

Sydney-based education software as a service (SaaS) company OpenLearning has launched its $6 million IPO, with plans to land on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) by the end of 2019. Led by founder and CEO Adam Brimo (pictured), OpenLearning is one of the world's largest online learning platforms that enables education providers...

Tinybeans blooms on the back of increased advertising revenue and user growth

Family-oriented social media platform Tinybeans (ASX: TNY) has exploded out of the gates during the first quarter of FY20, reporting a 91 per cent increase in revenue during the period. The strong revenue growth comes on the back of a healthy influx of new users, with 210,000 joining in the last three months, and a stronger rate of monthl...

Australian SMEs hit hardest in the world by Ransomware attacks

Small-to-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Australia and New Zealand hold the highest rate of Ransomware attacks in the world according to new cybersecurity research. IT solutions provider Datto's latest global research shows that SMEs in Australia and New Zealand have the highest rate of reported Ransomware attacks. Ransomware i...

Five things to consider when reviewing your EOM reporting process

Improving financial performance management can be an ongoing challenge for businesses. Regardless of the size of your finance department, the chances are that end of month reporting (EOM) causes the occasional headache for staff. Brisbane-based Bistech, provides solutions to businesses looking to improve their current reporting proces...