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FinTech Australia, the national association for the Australian FinTech startup community, has launched a new event aimed at showcasing sustainability-focused fintech companies.

GUEST OPINION by Raghu Nandakumara, Head of Industry Solutions, Illumio: From energy and water supply to transport and healthcare, there are multiple industries that fall under the banner of critical infrastructure that not only function as private organisations but are also essential to the fabric of our society and economy. Disruption to critical infrastructure providers can have a huge impact on a national or even international scale – and organised cybercriminal groups are preying on this weakness.

Australian car subscription company Loopit Group has appointed Sim Tuzun as finance director to lead the group’s financial operations across its software arm, Loopit, and its consumer subscription arm, HelloCars, ahead of its upcoming capital raising.

Global enterprise cloud security provider Menlo Security is launching into the Australian market following a $110 million (US$75 million) Series D funding round.

Financial professionals expect artificial intelligence will play a significant role in their profession over coming years as the software becomes more sophisticated and changes the type of work completed by humans, according to a new survey of corporate accountants.

Automation of Australia’s workforce may not have such a negative effect on jobs and employment, according to new research which shows that more jobs are expected to be created — especially in finance — by automation.

Supply chain finance industry provider Octet Finance has forged an alliance with Mastercard  to enable businesses to pay global suppliers.

Corporate treasurers and financial managers have identified security, risk and connectivity as their top priorities and they require more speed, accuracy and flexibility to help their business in a digital era, according to a newly published survey of the Asian market.

Australian EFTPOS payments provider Tyro Payments has forged an alliance with US fintech company, Yodlee, to give its Fintech Hub members secure, flexible access to Yodlee’s Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), and 14,000 global financial data sources.