Cloud accounting system provider Xero has joined Fintech Australia’s corporate program.

Crowdsourced security platform Bugcrowd has hired Nick McKenzie as its chief information and security officer and Sammie Walker as chief marketing officer.

Decision-making platform provider Board International has made four senior appointments.

Customer experience management provider Qualtrics has appointed former Salesforce and American Express senior manager Brigid Archibald as country manager for Australia and New Zealand.

Professional services firm EY Australia has acquired the business and assets of security consultancy Aleron.

Global assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services company EY has partnered with fintech industry peak body FinTech Australia to launch their third annual census aimed at tracking the growth and the progress of Australia’s fintech ecosystem.

Software giant Microsoft and British service company EY are working on a blockchain network that can streamline the calculation of royalties between Microsoft, game publishers and developers among others.

Professional services firm EY is acquiring Melbourne-based identity and access management provider Open Windows Australia.

A survey has found that more than a quarter of Australian employees (27%) believe it is common practice in their industry or sector to use bribery to win contracts while 31% believe Australian companies often report financial performance as being “better than it is”.

HealthXL, a global market for health innovations, and IBM have teamed up to host a health hackathon to explore options for tackling some of the biggest challenges facing Australia’s growing aged population.

goCatch and EY are hailing a real corporate earner: a streamlined, corporate solution to processing taxi payments and receipt tracking for staff travel.

Growth Codes: Ernst & Young and Ericsson have identified the codes leading to telco Frontrunners who experienced 9.6% CAGR growth between 2010-14 while competitors lagged substantially.

A major survey finds Australian believe we are technology laggards, despite our digital addiction.