Client: Assetchain Finance
Industry: Asset finance broking
Scope: IT consultation, domain and DNS setup, Microsoft 365 setup, email authentication, multi-factor authentication, website deployment and hosting, ongoing support and monitoring
Technology: Microsoft 365, domain and DNS, web hosting
Overview
Assetchain Finance is a new Australian finance broker that helps businesses and individuals fund vehicles, equipment and machinery. The Bitrates took it from nothing to a working, secure IT environment: advice up front, then the domain and DNS, Microsoft 365 with protected sign-in, email authentication, and the deployment and hosting of its website. We now provide ongoing support and monitoring.
About Assetchain Finance
Assetchain works with a panel of more than 20 banks and non-bank lenders, matching each customer to the lender most likely to say yes. Its customers range from sole traders buying a first ute to transport operators refinancing fleets.
Brokering finance means handling customers’ business and financial details and exchanging documents with lenders. For a new business, trust is the main asset, and its website and email are often the first impression.
The challenge
Assetchain started from nothing, and its technology choices had to hold up as the business grew:
No existing foundation. There was no domain, email or Microsoft 365 setup, so every decision was a fresh one.
A website that needed a home. The site was built separately, so someone had to deploy it, host it and connect it to the company’s own domain.
Trust from the first email and the first click. A new brand has to look legitimate. Email needs to arrive in inboxes and be recognisably from the company, and the website needs to load reliably.
Protecting sensitive information from day one. Customer and lender details, and the accounts that hold them, needed protection from the very first enquiry.
What we did
Consultation first. Before configuring anything, we reviewed how Assetchain planned to work and recommended a setup that suits a new business today and can grow with it.
Domain and DNS. We set up the company’s domain and configured its DNS, so email and the website both work reliably from the same address.
Email that can be trusted. We published email authentication records (SPF, DKIM and DMARC), which let receiving mail servers check that a message really comes from Assetchain, and make it harder for anyone to send fake email in the company’s name. These records are public, so anyone can verify them with an online DNS lookup.
Microsoft 365 with protected sign-in. We set up Assetchain’s Microsoft 365 environment, giving the team business email and the tools they need to work. Multi-factor authentication protects every account, so a stolen password on its own isn’t enough to get in.
Website deployment and hosting. Assetchain’s website was built separately. We deployed it, hosted it and connected it to the company domain, so it went live on a professional address.
The IT around it. We handled the rest of the IT setup a new business needs, so the owners could focus on customers rather than technology.
Ongoing support and monitoring. We didn’t hand it over and walk away. The Bitrates continues to support and monitor the environment, so the team has one place to go when something needs attention.
The result
A professional web address, business email and live website, all connected and working together
Email authentication in place and publicly verifiable, so customers and lenders can trust messages from the company
Multi-factor authentication on every account, from the first day
One provider handled the domain, email, hosting and IT setup
Ongoing support and monitoring, so the setup stays healthy as the business grows
