The new year promises reprieve for margin-crunched bank investors — at least if the ASX bank index can be believed. But not everyone thinks it can.
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Bendigo Bank argued in court last year that smaller banks cannot compete effectively with the big four. Newer challengers like Judo Bank and Alex see things differently.
The startup ecosystem is freaking out about the Albanese government’s plans to significantly lift the financial thresholds allowing retail investors to back startups.
Private markets operatives predict smaller high growth ASX firms and unlisted startups will increasingly lean on debt to fuel growth as equity markets remain frozen.
A maiden rocket launch for Queensland-based Gilmour Space Technologies could mean liftoff for a growing cohort of Australian space tech companies already punching above their weight.
The respected US VC, and early Atlassian investor, says there are advantages for businesses in not being sucked into the Silicon Valley bubble.
The biggest immediate winners from the SEC's Bitcoin ETFs approval were people holding its smaller rival.
Bill Ackman's latest crusade against his alma mater Harvard and media outlet Business Insider has unexpectedly won him the respect of arguably his fiercest critic.
An asset class is very different to an instrument of the financial system. Following SEC approval of bitcoin ETFs, the cryptocurrency is the former, not the latter.
The enormous and growing cost of misconduct by cryptocurrency and digital payments companies goes beyond the billions they're paying in fines.
Stablecoins like Tether are benefitting from a crypto revival sparked by hopes of a Bitcoin ETF. But little is known about how they're backed or where their reserves are held.
Intense competition for mortgages and deposits crunched big bank margins in the second half of 2023 but investors are happier now as competition backs off.
Sydney-based ARIA Research has created world first tech in an area that attracts a lot of government support and very little VC interest - assistive technology for people with a disability.
Some experts believe generative AI could have a bigger impact on the banking industry than the internet. And that might be underselling the impact.
