Fintech, Financial Services and Superannuation with Senator Jane Hume

The Richards Report

In this episode I speak with Senator Jane Hume, the Assistant Minister for Financial Services, Fintech and Superannuation. We discuss the following topics; Open Banking The Consumer Data Right involves the sharing of your data with an accredited provider, and allows Open Banking to fuction. Launched in July 2020, it will focus for now on the banking sector, but in time the Consumer Data Right will move beyond financial services to other 'grudge' purchases like energy and insurance providers. Superannuation Jane acknowledges that despite the Australian super system being the envy for the majority of the world, it's still an imperfect system. There's a lot of options out there which can make selecting a fund difficult for people. On top of this there's persistent underperformers, issues around duplicate accounts, and insurances are still being paid by many people that aren't aware of what they're paying. Financial Services We discuss the different ways in which financial advice is becoming more accessible and affordable for Australians. Single issue advice can help with the affordability issue for those that don't have the financial capacity and/or time that holistic advice requires (e.g. the recent early release of super). Tech enabled solutions can help solve for accessibility issues people may face in trying to souce advice. We also discuss how robo-advice, which often combines technology with single issue advice, and how it can be a solution to help people looking for more affordable and accessible ways of getting financial advice. This episode is brought to you by Six Park, one of Australia's leading roboadvisers. For episode shownotes visit www.sixpark.com.au