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Accountants in Australia lead global counterparts in “new era” for accounting practices

03/05/2017(0)
Accountants in Australia, and their global counterparts, are changing their attitudes towards automation in the profession as the benefits become clearer, signalling a “new era” for accounting practices, according ... Read More
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Law firm in Australia launches patented legal technology

21/04/2017(0)
Australia’s leading independent law firm, Corrs Chambers Westgarth, has received a patent from IP Australia for a new optical character recognition (OCR) analysis technology. The technology identifies documents with ... Read More
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Australia’s Law to End Double Taxation of Bitcoin Stalled

08/04/2017(0)
Last year, Australian Treasurer Scott Morrison promised to swiftly act on changing the goods and services tax (GST) law, in order to end the double taxation of bitcoin and ... Read More
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Apple taken to court by Australia

07/04/2017(0)
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has instituted proceedings in the Federal Court against Apple Pty Limited and its US-based parent company, Apple Inc., (together, Apple) alleging that Apple ... Read More
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Citibank refunds $5 million in credit card international transaction fees

31/03/2017(0)
Citigroup Pty Limited (Citibank) has refunded approximately $5 million to around 230,000 customers, for failing to properly disclose that credit card international transaction fees apply to Australian dollar transactions ... Read More
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ASIC accepts enforceable undertaking from Barclays entities

23/03/2017(0)
Yesterday, ASIC accepted an enforceable undertaking (EU) from three Barclays foreign financial service providers (FFSPs): Barclays Capital Inc. (BCI) domiciled in the United States of America Barclays Capital Asia Limited ... Read More
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CMC Markets announced a major partnership to become the second-largest stockbroker in Australia

08/03/2017(0)
CMC Markets plc, (LSE: CMCX, “CMC” or the “Group”), a leading global provider of online retail trading, today announces a major stockbroking partnership with Australia and New Zealand Banking ... Read More
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Paysafe appoints Tim Thurman as Chief Digital Officer

03/03/2017(0)
Former Australian Stock Exchange CIO and tech leader to drive next level of Group’s digital transformation Paysafe Group plc (PAYS.L), a leading global payments provider, has appointed digital technology ... Read More
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ASIC reports on corporate finance regulation July to December 2016

24/02/2017(0)
ASIC has today published its sixth report on the regulation of corporate finance issues in Australia. The report, which covers the period July to December 2016, provides companies and ... Read More
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What about paying with your sunglasses?

06/02/2017(0)
Because we carry our phones with us all the time that it makes sense to include mobile payment functionality on them. However what about those times it’s not convenient ... Read More
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