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NZTech expansion sign of rampant tech sector growth

The substantial growth of the country’s umbrella tech organisation NZTech is indicative of the rapid expansion of the nation’s fastest growing industry, says its chief executive Graeme Muller. NZTech has its eighth annual meeting in Auckland today and NZTech now represents more than 400 orga

July 19, 2017

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FinTech will grow globally through collaboration

Article from www.virgin.com In some ways big business has never been bigger. As Apple surges past an $800bn valuation it’s increasingly clear that a small number of tech companies are monopolising international markets. But history teaches us that even the largest, most powerful organisations

July 18, 2017

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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

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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 Outdated state owned ba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