Australia’s foremost precious metals enterprise, The Perth Mint, has today
launched an exciting new smartphone app – GoldPass™
– as part of its commitment to taking Australian gold to the world.
At the touch of a smartphone screen, GoldPass™ gives retail investors the
unique ability to securely buy, store and sell gold via digital certificates.
The app also allows the instantaneous transfer of gold to other approved
GoldPass™ app users.
The Perth Mint launched GoldPass™ today during the opening day of Precious Metals Investment
Symposium 2018 being held in Perth for the first time.
The Mint’s latest secure investment platform, powered by InfiniGold
technology, offers investors the innovation for which Perth Mint products are
renowned combined with the flexibility and convenience of being able to
manage their wealth at any time.
All GoldPass™ digital certificates are 100 percent backed by physical
Perth Mint gold stored in its network of central bank grade vaults, with the
weight and purity of every ounce guaranteed by the Government of Western
Australia.
“With the uncertainty and speculative nature of cryptocurrencies with
no asset backing their value, investors are always keen to discover
innovative and credible vehicles through which to safely protect the worth of
their portfolios,” Perth Mint Chief Executive Officer Richard Hayes
said.
“With many commentators suggesting that digital gold products are
expanding the market for gold investment, there is a distinct rise in the
demand for trusted modern and contemporary means of exchange.”
GoldPass™ digital certificates are an alternative to cryptocurrency
investments and will pave the way for gold to be used as an easy and convenient
store of wealth with the ability to also transfer gold to other approved
GoldPass™ users.
“InfiniGold’s technology is innovative and has also been specifically
tailored to digitise Perth Mint gold to satisfy the demands of investors,”
InfiniGold Chief Executive Officer Andreas Ruf said.
"We're delighted The Perth Mint chose InfiniGold technology to
power GoldPass™ and equally excited to be able to give investors a simple,
seamless and secure way to add gold to their asset portfolios.”
Mr Hayes said gold was a tangible and trusted store of wealth with a long
and strong history.
"We are making this traditional asset more accessible, trades
immediate and revolutionising how customers transact in real time with other
GoldPass™ app users. This is a significant leap forward in gold exchanges
globally,” Mr Hayes said.
An investor’s digital certificates, which reflect their gold balances in
ounces, are visible in the app’s interface along with any cash holding in the
same way that balances are seen on an online banking system.
Using GoldPass™, investors may buy Perth Mint unallocated gold and redeem
their digital certificates or ounces for physical gold or cash at any time.
The Perth Mint GoldPass™ app offers another dimension to the expansive
range of innovative investment and storage solutions offered by The Perth
Mint for 25 years.
GoldPass™ is now available for free download for Android and iPhones on GooglePlay
and the App
Store.
