No sooner had the ink dried on CBA's announcement that it's to launch it's own Buy-Now / Pay-Later offering (sorry Klarna) to challenge local incumbents, Afterpay, went full 'double-bicep flex' and returned fire with the salvo that they are making a foray into banking via Afterpay Money.Confident that they have the loyalty amongst their base to lure them across, Afterpay are developing customer experiences that "will be like nothing a bank, or neobank, will do," according to Lee Hatton, who is running the venture.Given their success to date, few would bet against them. Popcorn at the ready.https://www.afr.com/companies/financial-services/afterpay-confident-it-can-build-a-better-banking-app-
From Square Peg | "With work from home, it’s getting really hard to differentiate on culture. If you don’t differentiate on culture, then compensation becomes your primary lever for attracting talent, which tech has historically not done. So much of culture was created via in-person things - lunch, breakout spaces, happy hours etc. So the challenge is how you create culture in a hybrid/WFH workforce."MORE > https://www.squarepegcap.com/blog/culture-as-a-service-the-new-300b-industry
Lynette Wallworth is an Australian artist/filmmaker known for her innovative use of emerging technologies. Her work reflects on the connections between people and the natural world, engaging viewers in an exploration of fragile human states of grace through immersive environments, interactive technologies with gestural interfaces, and narrative long form film. In 2017, she received a News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding New Approaches in Documentary Film for her virtual reality narrative Collisions (2016). Wallworth's works span virtual reality 360 film, feature documentary, and digital fulldome and interactive video installations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIM8mOYvPec
Australia’s points-based skilled migration system has been the envy of the world, and has been emulated by many other countries. The focus on skills, experience, age and language ability has allowed Australia to tightly control the migration intake, making it a tool to engineer favourable demographic and skills outcomes in the general population. The success of the program and recommendations for its improvement should be based on the following economic criteria.READ > https://www.ceda.com.au/ResearchAndPolicies/Research/Population/A-good-match-Optimising-Australia-s-permanent-skil
