March 10, 2026
Author: Alena Sarri, Managing Director, Aquatots Swim School Fintech data privacy should be a given for platforms handling your bank details, Social Security numbers and transaction history. Yet the most rigorous data protection practices in 2025 don't come from Silicon Valley or Wall Street. They come from your local children's swim school. That comparison sounds ridiculous on
March 9, 2026
Author: Hasan Can Soygök, Founder, Remotify DAC7 tax reporting has quietly transformed every digital platform that touches freelancer payments into a tax reporting entity. Three full reporting cycles have now been completed since the directive took effect, and the rules are expanding globally. If you operate a platform that facilitates freelancer services, you are already subject to
March 9, 2026
Author: Darren Tredgold, General Manager, Independent Steel Company Supply chain finance has a $2.5 trillion problem. The global supply chain finance gap has ballooned 47% since 2020, according to the Asian Development Bank's latest survey. Meanwhile, 41% of SME trade finance applications still get rejected by traditional lenders. So where does all that unmet demand go? Increasingly,
March 9, 2026
Author: Brady Souden, Managing Director at Econ Energy Electrification financing is the fintech category that nobody planned but every Australian homeowner now needs. When the ACT banned new gas connections in December 2023, it turned every home renovation into a lending event worth $8,000 to $19,000. Yet the fintech sector still hasn't built the right product to
March 9, 2026
Author: Callum Gracie, Founder, Gia AI Failed SaaS payments represent the single largest preventable source of subscriber loss in the subscription economy. These failed SaaS payments could cost subscription businesses over $129 billion in 2025 alone, according to Recurly. That number should terrify every SaaS founder reading this. Here is the uncomfortable truth. Between 20% and 40%
March 8, 2026
Author: Hasan Can Soygök, Founder, Remotify The platform work directive is about to reshape how Europe treats every freelancer, gig worker, and payment platform in its borders. Adopted on October 23, 2024, Directive 2024/2831 gives 27 EU member states until December 2, 2026 to write it into national law. If you run a platform that touches
March 8, 2026
Author: Brady Souden, Managing Director at Econ Energy Green lending fintech doesn't look like a checkout button or a banking app. In Australia, green lending fintech looks like an electrician sitting at your kitchen table, explaining a zero-interest government loan while quoting your solar installation. The ACT's Sustainable Household Scheme has channelled $250 million in
March 8, 2026
Author: Callum Gracie, Founder, Gia AI Martech fintech convergence is no longer a prediction. It is the reality reshaping how millions of small businesses sell, get paid, and grow. Consider the numbers behind martech fintech convergence. Shopify now earns 75% of its revenue from financial services. HubSpot processes payments inside its CRM. Moreover, TikTok Shop hit $15.8
March 8, 2026
By Jesse Fowler, Founder of J&J Renovations and J&J Plumbing Services Fintech for trades has quietly become the most important shift I have seen in how small contracting businesses manage money. When I started J&J Plumbing Services, my "accounting system" was a literal shoebox of receipts on top of the fridge and a spiral notebook in the glovebox. I
March 7, 2026
Author: Callum Gracie, Founder, Gia AI AI fintech tools promise to handle everything from bookkeeping to tax returns without a human in sight. I use AI fintech tools every single day across my businesses, and I'm here to tell you the marketing is lying to you about what they can replace. My name's Callum Gracie. I run
March 7, 2026
Author: Callum Gracie, Founder, Gia AI SaaS accounting mistakes nearly torpedoed my first subscription product. I trusted a traditional CPA with my books because, honestly, I assumed all accountants understood how recurring revenue worked. That assumption cost me two years of unclaimed tax credits and an investor meeting that went sideways fast. If you run a SaaS
March 6, 2026
Author: Alena Sarri, Managing Director, Aquatots Swim School Palm scan payments are about to change how families interact with children's service venues. Palm scan payments collapse identity verification, access authorisation, and billing into a single gesture, and that convergence matters more for child safety than it does for convenience. Parents arrive at swim schools carrying a lot.
