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NZTech Update - Change the way you see the world!

Hi Readers Technology has connected nations, dissolved borders, encouraged empathy across great divides, and yet, the technology industry itself is still sorely lacking in diversity.  Our industry is built on data.  Yet the data of diversity tells a sad story. Even though one in three IT graduat

July 17, 2017

Industry News

Fidelity adds Bitcoin to website and cafeteria as the digital currency hits new record

Article from Vito Petan on LinkedIn Fidelity, one of the largest asset managers in the world, added bitcoin support to their website and started accepting the digital currency in its employee cafeteria, as it tries to position itself as the pioneer in digital currencies among the large financial f

July 17, 2017

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Can banks survive the FinTech revolution?

Article from Vito Petan on LinkedIn In a country where a staggering 425 million people, or 65% of all mobile phone users use mobile phone wallets to transfer money to their friends or pay at local shops and restaurants in mere seconds, there is also a contrasting experience. Outdated state owned ba

July 14, 2017

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Launch of Zelle Is Proof That FinTech Firms Have the Power to Sway Big Banks

Article from www.letstalkpayments.com Since its founding in 2009, Venmo has established itself as one of the premier peer-to-peer money transfer servicesand one of the most prominent names in FinTech. From its humble beginnings as the brainchild of former college roommates, the app was the first t

July 13, 2017

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Wellington students win IT award by pushing boundaries

Four Victoria University students plan to make life easier for business owners with a digital assistant that helps with the day-to-day tasks of running their operations. The idea formed part of the winning entry for the national MYOB IT Challenge. Their idea is to develop an application that allows

July 10, 2017

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NZTech UPDATE - Diversity, political debate and our digital future

Kia Ora Readers In recent months, I have become very conscious of the gendered language I use, in particular, ‘hey guys’ or ‘thanks guys, great meeting’. My six year old daughter constantly mirrors this language and every time I hear her say 'hey guys' it gives me that fingernails down the

July 10, 2017

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NZTech Update - What IoT means for the kiwi economy!

Hi Readers Not surprisingly, I received plenty of feedback from last week’s 'rant'. It has helped create a robust national discussion on whether or not there is a skills shortage and thankfully more responses to the Digital Skills Survey. We now have 72 responses from companies, however we need a

July 3, 2017

Industry News

Agri business using IoT will jolt the NZ economy

A new research study has identified agri-business as one of the best opportunities to use the internet of things (IoT) for economic advantage in New Zealand, mainly because of the contribution that agriculture already makes to the Kiwi economy. The research study was commissioned by the New Zeala

July 2, 2017

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Cities will become more desirable when IoT takes hold

Cities will become safer and more desirable to live in when the internet of things (IoT) takes hold a research study report says. The IoT research was commissioned by the New Zealand IoT Alliance, an independent member funded group of tech firms, major corporates, startups, universities and gover

July 2, 2017

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