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Ted Pretty's next big bet is farm data
Former RP Data chairman Ted Pretty wants to create a rural property version of the company and thinks he's found the beginnings of it in Kisimul.
- by Shaun Drummond
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ING's cure for bad culture: robots
Tongue (mostly) in cheek, ING Australia chief Vaughn Richtor says he aims to keep his staff happy, but not comfortable.
- by Shaun Drummond
Sydney Stock Exchange's blockchain system targets venture capital funds, commodities
Sydney Stock Exchange is building a blockchain settlement system to avoid high ASX fees and build a market for VC funds.
- by Shaun Drummond
OFX full-year net profit falls 10 per cent to $21.8 million
The boss of currency exchange OFX partly blames the scotched takeover by Western Union for a 10 per cent drop in its annual profit to $21.8 million, but he maintains it can still double revenue in the next three years.
- by Shaun Drummond
DirectMoney unable to fully fund loan demand
Listed P2P lender, DirectMoney, says it is unable to fully fund its loans and is asking borrowers if it can refer them to another lender.
- by Shaun Drummond
Competition to limit airfare hikes when surcharges cut: ACCC
ACCC chairman Rod Sims says airlines will be free to raise their fares to compensate for cuts to hidden surcharges the Reserve Bank is planning to impose, but argues competition will limit any such move.
- by Shaun Drummond
ING spends big on site to automate marketing
ING Direct says its biggest website overhaul ever could cut millions from marketing campaigns by automating the products offered to customers based on their transactions and browsing history.
- by Shaun Drummond
Aussie fintech lenders nervously watch faltering US pioneers
Fintech lenders say lower loan sales and plunging stock prices plaguing the US sector pioneers won't affect them yet.
- by Shaun Drummond
Fintech floater convinced blockchain its future
David Cassidy, the head of Irish float hopeful Kyckr says there is no question blockchain is here to stay and is the future of its business identity check business.
- by Shaun Drummond
Labor pledges to retain tax break on company car perk
Labor has put a bomb under the stocks of the car salary packaging industry after it declared it will not meddle with tax breaks the industry relies on as it threatened to before the last election.
- by Shaun Drummond
Afterpay fintech float closes up 25pc
Ron Brierley backed buy now, pay later fintech Afterpay got a positive response to its $125 million listing on Wednesday, closing up 25 per cent.
- by Shaun Drummond
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