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Global money-moving tech company Wise has launched new features that allow consumers to spend like a local in over 170 countries, and for businesses to help their customers manage money in multiple currencies, all in a one-stop solution.

Broadband operator NBN Co has successfully raised EUR 1.35 billion (A$2.1 billion) from its debut European Green Bonds issuance in debt capital markets.

Fintech firm Airwallex has launched a "borderless card" for businesses in collaboration with Visa.

Australia and New Zealand standout in a positive light as worldwide IT spending is forecast to total $3.54 trillion dollars in 2016, just a 0.6% increase over spending of $3.52 trillion dollars in 2015.

The drop in the value of the Australian dollar has been a real boon for devops and cloud transition solutions provider base2Services as it looks to penetrate the competitive US market.

With the Australian dollar having dropped by almost 25% against the US dollar, it was but a matter of time before Apple’s Australian prices rose.

Selfie Foods says it is first to launch ‘customisable Apple Passbook mobile payments’ in Australia with the help of retail tech specialist DCG4.

Say what you like about Apple or the iPhone 6, the company seems to know what it's doing when it comes to predicting currency fluctuations.

Australian-based startup CoinJar has announced CoinJar Swipe, the first EFTPOS card compatible with bitcoin.

Canberra has got its own Bitcoin ATM machine thanks to Aussie Bitcoin ATM provider ABA Technology.

One-time US Olympic rower and Mark Zuckerberg frenemy Cameron Winklevoss, one half of the famed Winklevoss twins, has revealed he thinks Bitcoin could reach US$40,000 a coin.

A young Australian entrepeneur has lost more than $1 million in Bitcoins in what is possibly the biggest online theft in history.

Australian online electronics retailer Millennius today announced it is the first major Australian online retailer to accept controversial currency Bitcoin as a payment mechanism.

Currency specialists, OzForex, which recently entered the travel market with its own pre-paid travel card, says a majority of Australians say they will spend more money overseas while the Australian dollar remains high.