Fresh tech advances driving growth in fintech

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Auckland - New Zealand financial sector will be able to provide their clients with unprecedented online advice from next year and a leading fintech expert today urged companies to start looking to the process sooner rather than later as the FMA is expecting substantial submissions early next year. FinTechNZ general manager James

Businesses should be living wage employers

BERL

Wellington - Leading economic researcher BERL challenges all businesses to become Living Wage employers to make a real difference to New Zealanders and their communities. On its 60th anniversary celebrations, BERL chief economist Dr Ganesh Nana told invited guests, economists and business people at a gala function in Wellington tonight that

More Kiwis buying into artificial intelligence

AI Forum

Christchurch - New Zealanders are buying into the benefits of artificial intelligence (AI) as it is creeps into many walks of everyday life, an AI specialist says. New Zealand needs to actively embrace artificial intelligence at a faster rate as an extraordinary opportunity and challenge for New Zealand’s future, Artificial Intelligence

BERL to celebrate 60 years in business

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  Wellington - Leading New Zealand economic research company BERL next week celebrates 60 years in business with a special event in Wellington. BERL was founded by Bryan Philpott, then an economist with the New Zealand Meat and Wool Board’s economic service; Hew Walls, a staffer in the Reserve Bank; and Norman

Kiwi exercise experts vying for NZ awards

Christchurch - Top experts from Whangarei, Palmerston North, Dunedin, Hamilton and Auckland have been named best personal trainer of the year finalists in ExerciseNZ’s annual exercise industry awards. The finalists are Corinne Austin, Northland; Freya Thompson, Palmerston North; Matt McKay, Dunedin; Matthew Bevege, Hamilton; and Naz Spencer and Ross Bymolt from Auckland. The

Leading NZ tech businessman honoured

Auckland - A leading tech businessman, who has possibly done more to improve trade ties with Vietnam than any other New Zealander, was last night recognised for his leadership at the Auckland University of Technology Business School's NZ Business Support Excellence awards. Augen director, NZTech and FinTechNZ chair Mitchell Pham was

Christchurch – will be a city of choice

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Christchurch -  As the rebuild takes effect, Christchurch has a golden opportunity to become New Zealand’s number one city of choice, says outgoing Canterbury Employers’ Chamber of Commerce chief executive Peter Townsend. Townsend says Christchurch is back and running after 11,000 aftershocks, 53 of them over five on the Richter scale. Currently

First ever NZ Tech Leaders group launched

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Auckland - A new national group of New Zealand’s leading tech experts was formed in Auckland today, because the country is facing unprecedented growth and change in tech – which is now the nation’s fastest growing sector. Tech Leaders has been set up with the support of NZTech and is a