Investment in Australia’s fintech sector has accelerated in the first half of 2020, reaching US$376.5 million, a more than 150% increase from US$149.05 million in the corresponding period in 2019, with the growth coming despite a decline in merger activity, according to a new fintech report.



Australian beauty products retailer MECCA, is in the final chapter of a phased human resources makeover that has seen it implement Workday HCM to eliminate manual paper-based processes and reduce HR administration time.

Brisbane-based digital engineering SaaS provider RedEye has joined forces with the IBM and Shell-developed Oren Marketplace, as a founding solution provider on the platform.

The American semiconductor industry will not survive a tech war with China, both US and Chinese tech industry sources have told the Asia Times, with the only party believing that Washington will prevail being the Trump administration.

The University of Newcastle in the UK has been hit by a gang using the Windows DoppelPaymer ransomware, with the institution saying it is investigating the attack that it had noticed on 6 September.

Chinese smartphone maker OPPO has broadened its product range and entered the market for wearables and wireless earbuds.

Enterprise cloud communications provider RingCentral Australia has announced a master agent partnership with IT distributor Westcon-Comstor to distribute its solutions to channel partners in Australia.

The Huawei P40 Pro+ 5G smartphone is something like a tale of two cities: the hardware side is great, but the software side means that the outlook for this device, as far as sales in Australia are concerned, really isn't that good.

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