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Move Bank has become the first bank in the world to move its entire operation, technology, product, operations and compliance, onto Constantinople's platform.
In this episode Dexter Cousins is joined by Move Bank CEO Mike Currie and Constantinople co-CEOs Macgregor Duncan and Di Challenor.
They unpack an 18 month migration of around 25,000 members that cut cost to income by roughly 30 percent. It is a story about culture and courage as much as technology, and what it means for every customer owned bank in Australia.
Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:36 Inside Move Bank and how the partnership began
2:48 A banking operating system
4:55 Busting the CEO killer myth
8:26 Fintechs reputation problem
10:26 Why a domestic team mattered
13:12 Challenger culture - Building a true partnership
17:00 Go live - A world first transformation
21:03 Synthetic scale and the problem with mergers
24:35 Going global
31:02 The next decade of AI
31:49 Advice for bank CEOs
39:39 Where to find Move Bank
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Constantinople: https://www.cxnpl.com
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Sam Everington joined Starling Bank ten years ago as one of its first twenty employees. He led the build of the technology that has made Starling a Fintech giant - 4.5 million customers and a 9% share of UK business banking.
Mark Bernhardi leads Engine's growth across Australia and New Zealand, having previously held technology roles at Atlassian, nCino and Westpac.
Both join Dexter Cousins on a special episode of Fintech Chatter Podcast recorded at the World Credit Union Conference in Sydney July 2026.
Engine is the software business Starling spun out four years ago to license its platform to other banks. Sam and Mark explain how Engine gets banks like AMP live on a full core banking platform in under twelve months.
They also discuss the opportunity for mutuals and credit unions to compete with much bigger banks and offer their customers the Starling Bank experience using technology platforms like Engine.
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Mark Bernhardi LinkedIn: https://au.linkedin.com/in/mark-bernhardi
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Peter Jones co-founded Nimo Industries with Leann Jones after living the core banking problem himself as a mutual bank CEO. Ten years ago he decided solve the problem for himself. Today, Nimo is a platform serving over 20 Australian banks and lenders, entirely bootstrapped.
In this episode of Fintech Chatter Dexter asks Peter how his mutual sector background shaped the product. Peter shares his journey bootstrapping a bank grade technology platform through APRA-grade compliance. And shares real examples of how mutual banks are growing nationally on the Nimo platform.
About Peter Jones
Peter Jones is co-founder and COO of Nimo Industries, the Melbourne fintech building loan origination and core banking technology for Australian mutual banks, credit unions and non-bank lenders. Before starting Nimo in 2016, he spent close to two decades in banking, including as CEO of Plenty Credit Union and in roles at ANZ, NAB and ME Bank.
What we discuss
- Why living the “CEO killer” problem of fragmented core banking as a mutual bank CEO shaped how Nimo builds its platform
- How Nimo has stayed 100% self-funded for close to a decade
- Why Nimo dropped the word “startup” for “scale up” internally, and how that shift changed hiring standards
- How South West Slopes Credit Union used Nimo to drive its open banking and CDR strategy
- How one mutual bank client went live on Nimo's platform in five to six weeks and a regional bank hit 30% growth and landed national exposure
- Why critical thinking, not competency-based interviewing, is now Nimo's deciding hiring factor
- Why Nimo is opening the door to outside investment after a decade of bootstrapping
Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
02:32 Understanding Nimo's Banking Solutions
05:45 The Journey of Building Nimo Industries
12:48 Addressing Regulatory and Technology challenges in Mutual Banks
18:45 Building Trust with Mutual Banks
21:51 Talent Acquisition Strategies in a Competitive Market
29:07 Navigating Growth and Recruitment Challenges
32:25 Lessons Learned from a Decade of Business
34:38 The Importance of Resilience and Adaptability
36:36 Cultural Fit in Scaling Teams
38:08 The Role of Mindset in Organizational Success
43:53 Navigating Change and Embracing AI
47:45 Opportunities for Nimo
Links & resources
Peter Jones LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterjonesaust/
Nimo Industries website: https://nimoindustries.com/
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Andy Taylor is the founder and CEO of ASX-listed Stakk Limited (ASX: SKK), an embedded trust and fraud prevention platform used by Chime, Robinhood, T-Mobile and H&R Block.
In this episode Andy breaks down Stakk's proposed US$63 million acquisition of document intelligence firm ParaScript, and how the deal turns a decade of building into an AI-powered fraud detection engine.
I ask Andy about Stakk's pivot from consumer neobanking under the Douugh brand into B2B infrastructure. He shares where the business is headed next as it expands into healthcare.
Before Stakk, Andy co-founded SocietyOne, Australia's first peer-to-peer lending platform, and later founded Douugh, an AI-first neobank that listed on the ASX pre-revenue. He has spent close to two decades building fintech businesses in Australia, New Zealand and the United States.
Find out more - https://stakk.tech/
Chapters
00:00 Welcome to FinTech Chatter
01:16 Introduction to Stakk and Andy Taylor
03:44 The Journey of Stakk: From Douugh to Success
10:54 Reflections on Society One and Early FinTech Days
17:17 Navigating Challenges in the Current FinTech Landscape
23:15 Consumer Behavior Shifts and Market Dynamics
25:55 Future Expectations for Stakk
34:55 Advice for Founders Facing Adversity
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Steve Hind is the co-founder and CEO of Lorikeet, an Australian AI startup that has raised more than $50 million USD to build AI concierges for high-regulation businesses in fintech, healthcare and energy.
Lorikeet's customers include Airwallex, Linktree and Eucalyptus, the telehealth company recently acquired by Hims & Hers in a deal worth up to $1.15 billion.
Before founding Lorikeet with former Google Brain researcher Jamie Hall, Steve worked in product roles at Stripe and climate tech company Watershed, following an earlier career at BCG and Bridgewater Associates and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
He first connected with Dexter in 2019 while working in Silicon Valley. Here's what they discuss in this episode:
00:00 Introduction
01:32 Understanding Lorikeet and Its AI Concierge Solutions
05:54 The Origin of Lorikeet and Its Founding Story
09:50 Navigating the AI Landscape and Company Growth
12:49 Regulatory Challenges in FinTech and AI Compliance
15:12 The Role of AI in Compliance and Customer Relationships
20:03 Steve's Career Journey and Lessons Learned
23:51 The Art of Startup Hiring
28:34 Navigating AI's Impact on Work
33:36 The Future of Work and Leadership
39:05 Optimism in the Age of AI
41:57 Advice for Aspiring Founders
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Clayton Howes is the CEO of MONEYME (ASX: MME), an Australian non-bank lender that has originated over $5 billion in consumer credit and now manages a $1.9 billion loan book across personal loans, credit cards, and car finance. In this episode, Clayton walks through the full 13-year journey: bootstrapping from a desk-sized office, listing on the ASX in December 2019, acquiring SocietyOne during the Ukraine invasion, and engineering the Horizon technology platform that now powers everything.
0:00 Introduction
1:34 What MONEYME does and 13 years of milestones
3:37 From corporate to founder
5:32 Why consumer finance over any other vertical
9:53 Why consumer fintech is the hardest category
11:25 The ASX listing decision
14:38 The SocietyOne acquisition
19:53 The Horizon technology platform
23:00 Leadership evolution from player to coach
28:37 Staying close to the front line
32:28 Why the office is always full
36:18 Product innovation and the path forward
42:10 Careers at MONEYME
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MONEYME Website: https://www.moneyme.com.au
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Michelle Bagnall is the CEO of BankFirst, a mutual bank with 92,000 members and $4.7 billion in assets that exists to serve nurses and teachers in Australia. In this episode she tells Dexter the origin story of a bank that started with $480 in a shoebox, explains why nobody at BankFirst gets paid a bonus, and makes the case that mutuals were the original fintech startups.
00:00 Introduction
03:08 The Origins of Bank First and Peer-to-Peer Lending
05:30 Understanding Mutual Banks and Their Model
10:54 Competing with Big Banks and Neo Banks
14:24 Leadership and Culture at Bank First
21:15 Finding Passion and Purpose in Banking
31:04 Bank First's Role in Supporting Members During Economic Challenges
36:00 The Complexity of Financial Solutions and Collaboration
40:47 Opportunities at Bank First
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In this episode Dexter chats to Jamie Twiss CEO of Beforepay Group (ASX: B4P) and Carrington Labs. Jamie joined Beforepay pre-IPO, turning them from a startup into a profitable ASX-listed fintech writing 40,000 small loans a week with a 99% repayment rate.
Jamie and Dexter discuss why Beforepay is on a mission to disrupt the payday lending sector, and provide a fairer system based on advanced credit risk models.
They also discuss the other business of Beforepay Group, Carrington Labs. Jamie explains their expansion into North America, supporting US lenders with the Beforepay credit risk platform, and why he believes AI will fundamentally rewire financial services.
01:00 Introduction to BeforePay Group
02:50 Understanding Consumer Lending and Risk Management
06:13 The Role of BeforePay in Economic Challenges
09:03 Product Evolution: From Pay Advances to Personal Loans
12:10 Carrington Labs: Expanding into the US Market
14:54 Journey into FinTech: From Big Banks to Startups
17:58 Navigating Market Changes Post-IPO
21:12 The Importance of a Diverse Educational Background
23:50 Company Culture and Leadership Values
26:59 The Future of AI in Lending
30:09 Looking Ahead: What’s Next for BeforePay Group
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Fred Schebesta co-founded Finder in 2006, grew it to five markets over 20 years, won a landmark Federal Court case against ASIC over the Finder Earn product, and is CEO of Finder Ventures.
In this episode of Fintech Chatter we cover where Finder Rewards is going, why stablecoins have quietly won the crypto race, what actually makes an employee irreplaceable in the AI age, and what Australia’s regulatory environment is costing the innovation economy.
What we discuss
- How Finder built from Google search arbitrage in 2006 to a five-market platform in 2026
- Finder Rewards: the cashback product giving Australians $250–$500 on everyday switches
- Why the cost-of-living crisis has reset who uses fintech products and why
- The moat question: brand, data, and regulation as defensible advantages in the AI era
- Stablecoins and DeFi: why USDT’s market cap now exceeds Ripple’s
- The Finder Earn case: ASIC, the Federal Court, and what it cost Australian fintech innovation
- Why Australia keeps losing crypto and fintech builders to Singapore and Dubai
- What makes an employee essential in 2026 (and what doesn’t)
- AI adoption: why not using it is the same as refusing to use a computer in 1995
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Chris Brycki founded Stockspot in 2013 with no income, no office and no VC, and built it into Australia's largest automated investment service with $1.5 billion under management. In this episode, Chris and Dexter discuss what it actually takes to build an enduring fintech in Australia: staying lean, rejecting growth-at-all-costs capital, and never losing sight of the customer.
About Chris Brycki
Chris Brycki is the founder and CEO of Stockspot, Australia's first and largest automated investment service. He left a career on the institutional side of finance in 2013 to build a lower-cost, evidence-based alternative to traditional financial advice, and has since made money for 99.3% of clients who have invested with Stockspot for at least a year.
What We Discuss
- How Chris validated Stockspot's concept with friends before writing a single line of code
- Why he walked away from institutional finance to start a business with no income
- The Fat Cat Funds Report: how naming and shaming underperforming super funds drove real industry change
- Why paid marketing fails when you're competing against CBA's use-it-or-lose-it budget
- How Stockspot has made money for 99.3% of clients invested for at least a year
- Why Chris rejected VC and how that decision shaped everything that followed
- The discipline required to avoid meme stock temptation during the 2021 trading frenzy
- What nearly $500 million in client profits means in terms of real lives changed
- Why the next generation of fintech will be built with smaller teams and less capital raised
Chapters
00:00 Introduction and Background of StockSpot
05:14 The Journey of Entrepreneurship
12:16 Growth Strategies and Media Influence
16:19 Regulatory Challenges in FinTech
20:03 Staying True to Core Values
25:57 The Future of FinTech and AI
30:11 The Evolution of Founders and Startups
35:07 Impact of FinTech on Society
39:10 Maintaining Innovation and Customer Focus
Links and resources
- Chris Brycki on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brycki/
- Stockspot: stockspot.com.au
- Fat Cat Funds Report: https://www.stockspot.com.au/fatcat/
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Brendan Malone, CEO of Raiz Invest, joins Dexter Cousins to mark 10 years since Raiz launched to Australian retail investors. From a joint venture with US micro-investing app Acorns in 2015, Raiz has grown to $2.1 billion in funds under management, over 330,000 active monthly users and over $5.5 billion invested for Australians.
What We Discuss
- How Raiz started as a joint venture with US app Acorns in March 2015 before listing on the ASX as Raiz in April 2018
- The roundup innovation that put $2.2 billion to work for 340,000 Australians through small amounts consistently over time.
- Why Raiz expanded into Southeast Asia, the 280 million person opportunity in Indonesia and what made it harder than expected
- The ASX listing as a capital strategy when VC appetite for fintech was thin in 2018
- Brendan's frustration with CDR after a decade of roundtables, policy submissions and no meaningful consumer outcome
- How a 42-person team manages $2.2 billion using AI and machine learning, and why Brendan would not start again from scratch even in the AI era
- Raiz's product roadmap including the Raiz Kids ecosystem and why Brendan expects consolidation among micro-investing platforms within the next few years
- The endurance principles shared by Australian fintechs that have survived a decade: stay close to customers, resist the bright shiny things, and stick to the strategy
Key Timestamps
01:00 Celebrating a Decade in Business
02:11 The Genesis of Raze and Early Challenges
05:13 Breaking Down Barriers to Investing
08:08 Innovative Wealth Management Solutions
10:49 Growth Plans and Market Strategies
13:18 Exploring Southeast Asia's Market Potential
15:50 The Scale Game: Financial Inclusion in Indonesia
18:28 Lessons from Early Adopters: The CDR Experience
19:51 Navigating Regulatory Challenges in FinTech
23:04 Customer-Centric Innovation: Listening to the Market
24:19 The Impact of AI on Business Transformation
28:21 Building an Ecosystem for Sustainable Growth
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- Raiz Invest: raizinvest.com.au
- Brendan Malone on LinkedIn
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David Hyman co-founded Lendi Group in 2013 and built it into Australia's largest non-bank mortgage platform with a $107 billion loan book, 5 million customers, and $350 million in annual revenue. He stepped down as CEO in January 2026 and within weeks was building his next company.
In his fourth appearance on Fintech Chatter, David joins Dexter to talk about Mono AI, a platform business that helps established companies become AI native before a leaner AI native competitor makes them irrelevant.
They cover the difference between human motion and agentic motion, why the CTO is often the biggest blocker to AI strategy, what ElevenLabs's $2 million revenue per employee tells you about the next three years, and the two traits (curiosity and high agency) that separate people who will thrive in this transition from those who won't.
David also explains the Mono AI wedge model, why he's building a global AI business from Sydney, and what roles the company is actively hiring for now.
This episode was recorded just before the major job losses at Block and Atlassian. It is one of the most practically important conversations on this show to date.
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Block Just Cut 4,000 Jobs. WiseTech Cut 2,000. Here's What To Do Next.
Last week was a wake-up call for anyone working in fintech and tech in Australia.
Block — the company behind Square, Cash App, and Afterpay — cut more than 4,000 employees. That's nearly half the company, down from over 10,000 to just under 6,000. The stock surged 24% on the same day. Afterpay is still headquartered in Sydney, and Australian staff have been directly affected.
The same week, WiseTech Global announced 2,000 job cuts over two years — 29% of their workforce. CBA quietly cut 300 roles, mostly in technology. All three cited AI as the driver.
In this video, Dexter Cousins breaks down what actually happened and gives you three practical steps to take today if you've been affected or think you might be next.
Chapters
- 00:00 Navigating Job Loss in FinTech
- 01:39 How Your Experience Is In Greater Demand Than Ever
- 03:02 Avoid Three BIG Mistakes
- 03:49 Career Balance Sheet
- 05:03 Identifying Opportunities
- 05:45 GTM Strategy — Quick Wins
- 07:09 Building Momentum and Networking
Career Balance Sheet - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hLJJQl2B_h1u00G46sNxlhGNRXXZlCv6/view
Part 1 - https://tieronepeople.com/2025/11/14/find-fintech-jobs/
Part 2 -https://tieronepeople.com/2026/01/12/professional-networks-job-hunting/
Part 3 - https://tieronepeople.com/2026/02/16/professional-brand-first-principles/
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Checkbox AI just raised $23M at $100M valuation serving enterprise customers SAP, PepsiCo, Telstra, and Woolworths. CEO Evan Wong shares the 9-year journey from bootstrapped startup to enterprise legal AI platform, competing against $5B+ valuation businesses like Harvey.
📊 KEY METRICS:
• US$23M Series A at $100M valuation (total of US$29m raised)
• 100+ enterprise customers including Fortune 500
• Capital Raise will be used to expand into the US market
• Named in Gartner's 2025 Hype Cycle for Legal Tech
• 9-year journey from founding to Series A
⏱️ CHAPTERS:
00:00 Introduction to Checkbox AI and Its Journey
02:26 Understanding Checkbox AI's Role in Legal Tech
06:27 The Evolution of No-Code and AI in Legal Solutions
10:50 Navigating the Competitive Landscape of Legal AI
12:58 The Importance of Customer-Centric Product Development
18:49 Building for Enterprise: Lessons Learned
25:58 Scaling Efficiently in the Age of AI
28:38 Embracing an AI-First Mindset
31:19 Navigating Fear and Shame in Entrepreneurship
35:09 Advice for Young Entrepreneurs
39:51 Finding Energy and Passion in Work
40:52 Building a Resilient Organization
44:23 Future Plans and Growth Strategies
🔗 EVAN WONG:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/theevanwong
Checkbox AI: https://www.checkbox.ai
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Checkbox Series A Announcement: https://www.checkbox.ai/news/checkbox-raises-23-million-series-a-to-become-the-front-door-for-in-house-legal-teams
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Tier One People placed Matt Baxby as Revolut Australia's founding CEO. Six years later: 1M customers, profitable. The right leader changes everything. Looking for your next hire? Contact Dexter Cousins for a confidential discussion.
Welcome back to Fintech Chatter Podcast - In our first episode of 2026 Matt Baxby reveals how Revolut reached 1M customers and saved Australians $250M in FX fees while achieving profitability. Discover the hiring secrets, growth strategy, and vision to become Australia's #1 finance app.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction and Milestone Achievements
06:45 New Products
12:08 Banking License Update
14:06 Why Revolut has outlasted other Neobanks
16:37 6 Years at Revolut, One Million Customers.
20:09 What makes someone successful at Revolut?
24:46 Why Revolut's "work from anywhere" policy works.
28:04 What's next for Revolut?
31:33 Careers at Revolut
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Most people treat networking like fitness - they lie on the sofa for three years, then panic when they're out of shape. In this episode, Dexter Cousins breaks down the 95-5 principle: 95% of your job hunting success comes from 5% of your network. Learn how to identify the critical 5% of your network, activate them strategically, and turn two-minute conversations into warm introductions. This is networking done right.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- The 95-5 Principle: Focus on your critical 5%, not broadcasting to thousands
- T1/T2/T3 Framework: How to filter your network strategically
- The Two-Minute Ask: Why small requests get bigger results
- Compounding: How one conversation generates 1-2 warm introductions
- The Trust Shortcut: Borrow credibility through warm introductions
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In this episode of FinTech Chatter, Dexter Cousins shares insights on how to find your next role in the fintech industry using the Lean Startup methodology. He emphasizes the importance of creating a career balance sheet, identifying problem customers, and positioning oneself as an expert before applying for jobs. Dexter provides practical steps to research and validate hypotheses about companies' needs, turning job hunting into a targeted and strategic process.
00:00 Creating Your Professional Brand
06:24 Leveraging Top Brands
07:42 Finding Target Companies
08:31 Organizing Your Research
10:42 Iterating Your Approach
12:02 The Importance of Precision in Job Applications
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Thinking about your next career move in 2026? Maybe you're actively hunting for your next role in Fintech?
This is Episode 1 of a 5-part series that completely flips the script on job hunting in fintech. Whether you're looking for a permanent role or exploring fractional opportunities, this approach will transform your entire career conversation.
Most job seekers approach their career transition completely backwards. They ask the wrong questions, compete on the wrong battlefield, and leave millions in untapped value on the table. This episode introduces the framework that transforms you from "Please hire me" to "Here's the problem I solve. Here's why you'd be crazy not to talk to me."
We break down:
- Why conventional job hunting is fundamentally broken
- The questions you should be asking instead
- How to identify the concrete problems you solve
- The Career Balance Sheet framework
- Real-world examples of value creation ($1.5M, $20M+, +40% revenue growth)
- Why this framework makes you remarkably hireable
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In this episode, Dexter discusses the silent crisis affecting job seekers, highlighting the alarming rates of burnout and mental health issues before employment.
He explores the current job market landscape, the challenges candidates face, and the impact of financial stress on mental health.
Takeaways
- Two-thirds of job seekers are experiencing burnout.
- The average job hunt takes almost six months.
- Job seekers send an average of 294 applications before landing a job.
- Financial stress and mental health are intertwined issues.
- Over 70% of employers research candidates on social media.
- 82% of employees are at risk of burnout in 2025.
- Gen Z and millennials report peak burnout at just 25 years old.
- Financial pressure is the top concern for young Australians.
- Candidates may exhibit odd behavior due to stress.
- Understanding candidates' contexts is crucial in recruitment.
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Dexter Cousins brings a new weekly insight on Fintech careers and hiring.
In this episode he explores the growing trend of C-suite professionals contemplating a shift from their current roles to alternatives that better support their well-being.
While at the same time executives who have made the shift by becoming self-employed or starting Fractional service offerings, are seeking permanent work again.
Let s know what you think. What has been your experience in either offering Fractional Exec services or using them?
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In this episode of Fintech Chatter, host Dexter Cousins speaks with Dan Jowett, CEO of OpenMarkets Group, about the rapid convergence of Tradfi and DeFi
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Power your Fintech, Advisory, or Trading business with an end-to-end Wealth Management and Trading solutions.
Openmarkets empowers financial institutions and advisers to deliver a seamless investment experience to their clients. They provide a comprehensive suite of trading, clearing and settlement, custody, and technology solutions that enable businesses to efficiently manage portfolios, scale their business, and support investors in achieving their financial objectives.
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Tune in as Dan and Dexter discuss how OpenMarkets has transformed from a traditional stockbroker to a technology-focused fintech, the regulatory hurdles facing the crypto industry, and the future of equities trading in a rapidly changing environment.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction to OpenMarkets and Fintech Landscape
02:26 Evolution of OpenMarkets: From Stockbroker to Tech Innovator
06:08 Navigating the Future: DeFi and Traditional Finance
11:45 Regulatory Challenges and Opportunities in Digital Assets
15:37 Building a Strong Culture at OpenMarkets
18:47 Navigating Market Changes in Fintech
21:07 Lessons from Leadership During Challenging Times
23:22 The Importance of Networking and Global Perspectives
24:26 The Future of DeFi and Regulatory Challenges
27:24 Cultivating a Positive Workplace Culture
30:59 Finding the Right Fit in a Dynamic Environment
Find Out More - https://openmarkets.com.au/
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In this episode of Fintech Chatter, host Dexter Cousins speaks with Joni Pirovich, a crypto compliance expert and founder of Crystal AOS. They discuss Joni's journey from being a crypto lawyer to a tech founder, the challenges of hiring in the compliance space, and the role of AI in enhancing productivity and filling the compliance knowledge gap in the digital assets space.
Joni and Dexter chat about the current state of play in the crypto industry in Australia, regulatory challenges, and the need for holistic policy to foster innovation in the tech sector.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction to Fintech Chatter and Guest Background
04:50 The Evolution of Compliance in Crypto
09:24 AI's Role in Enhancing Compliance and Legal Practices
14:11 Challenges in the Australian Crypto Landscape
18:43 The Need for Holistic Regulatory Approaches
23:18 Building a Supportive Ecosystem for Startups
27:56 Conclusion and Future Outlook
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Is Ethereum the layer to exchange value via the internet?
In this episode of Fintech Chatter, host Dexter Cousins speaks with Jake Denny, Chief Commercial Officer of Pier Two, about Ethereum staking and its commercial potential.
Tune in for a discussion on the differences between Ethereum, Bitcoin, and Solana, the future of money through smart contracts, and the real world use cases that are being delivered through stablecoin adoption.
Find out more - https://piertwo.com/
Chapters
00:00 Introduction
01:28 Understanding Ethereum Staking and Its Commercial Potential
07:00 The Use Cases of Ethereum vs. Bitcoin and Solana
13:05 The Future of Money and the Role of Smart Contracts
18:55 The Impact of Technology on Traditional Finance
24:51 The Importance of Speed in Financial Transactions
31:07 The Role of Curiosity and Hustle in Fintech Careers
39:19 Pier Two's Mission and Vision in the Crypto Space
56:24 Connecting DeFi and TradFi: Opportunities for Collaboration
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In this episode of Fintech Chatter, Dexter Cousins speaks with Morty Tollo, co-founder of Elbaite and Faststables.com, about the intersection of traditional finance (TradFi) and decentralised finance (DeFi).
They discuss the evolution of Elbaite, the importance of stablecoins in solving everyday business problems, and the challenges posed by regulation and banking in the crypto space.
Morty shares insights on the future of crypto, and his observations from Token 2049 in Singapore. The need for optionality in payment solutions paints a bright future for stablecoins in the evolving landscape of financial services.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction to Elbaite and Morty Tollo
02:20 Bridging TradFi and DeFi
10:22 Challenges and Successes of FastStables
17:04 The Future of Stablecoins and Banking
27:37 Connecting with Elbaite and Closing Thoughts
Find out more: https://www.faststables.com/
https://elbaite.com/au
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In this final episode on Housing Affordability, Fintech Chatter host, Dexter Cousins speaks with Dean Fraser, founder of BrickFloor.
BrickFloor aims to help "Forever Renters" through innovative property technology and fintech solutions, including a market price guarantee product that locks in a price for sellers before they go to market.
Find out more - https://brickfloor.com.au/
Chapters
00:00 Introduction to Housing Affordability Solutions
02:39 Understanding BrickFloor's Business Model
05:32 Navigating the Challenges of the Housing Market
08:21 Regulatory Hurdles and Product Innovation
11:08 Success Stories and Customer Experiences
17:02 Future Plans for BrickFloor
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In this episode of Fintech Chatter, host Dexter Cousins speaks with Matt McKenzie, CEO and co-founder of Nuj, a Regtech company making serious strides in the Aus$ 4trn Superannuation sector. Nuj’s plug-and-play solution streamlines workflows while ensuring compliance with all current and upcoming regulations.
The platform enables quick integration, with automated workflows, audit trails, and real-time updates.
Nuj raised a $4m seed round in early 2025 and counts Bluechip names like MUFG and AMP as clients.
Find out more - https://www.nujsuper.com/
Key topics covered in the chat:
- Nudge was founded during COVID-19 in 2020.
- The superannuation industry has significant legacy challenges.
- Client acquisition requires proving value in a slow-moving market.
- Funding strategies can include leveraging early client relationships.
- Growth in fintech requires patience and resilience.
- Remote work has become integral to Nudge's culture.
- Establishing authentic company values is crucial for team alignment.
- Hiring should focus on cultural fit and embracing collective wisdom.
- Networking within the fintech community provides valuable insights.
- Future growth at Nuj will leverage AI and technological innovations.
Connect with Matt: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-mckenzie/
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Another instalment of our series on Housing Affordability! In this episode, Dexter speaks with OSQO CEO Stuart McGregor on how they're using Blockchain technology to solve housing affordability and the last frontier of finance yet to be adapted for the internet - Debt!
Starting with deposit gap loans - Stuart shares his bold and ambitious vision https://depositgaploans.com/
Chapters
00:00 Introduction to Housing Affordability Challenges
01:21 Osco's Innovative Approach to Home Ownership
02:51 The Role of Technology in Fintech Solutions
08:19 Navigating Regulatory Challenges in Fintech
11:53 The Evolution of Osco's Business Model
15:02 Future Opportunities and Market Adaptation
21:11 Connecting Capital Supply and Demand for Home Ownership
Find out more - https://depositgaploans.com/
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Kicking off a new career series on Fintech Chatter, Dexter Cousins speaks with Alan Costello, employee number two at Afterpay, about his journey from the early days of the company to its current status as a global leader in the fintech space.
As Alan reflects on 10 years with the business he shares insights on the challenges of rapid growth, the importance of timing in business, and what it was like to meet founder Nick Molnar and join the rocket ship.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction to Afterpay's Journey
02:59 Alan's Background and Joining Afterpay
06:28 Early Challenges and Growth Strategies
11:28 Recognizing Success and Market Timing
14:50 The Role of Relationships in Growth
17:33 Scaling the Business and Cultural Changes
19:26 The Journey of Afterpay: From Startup to Success
24:42 Navigating Challenges: Regulatory Pressures and Media Narratives
27:48 Sustaining Motivation: The Highs and Lows of Startup Life
30:43 Looking Ahead: Future Aspirations and Lessons Learned
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In this episode of Fintech Chatter, we continue our series on the challenges of housing affordability in Australia. Dexter Cousins speaks with Michael Ragavan, founder of Our Leg Up.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction to Housing Affordability
02:48 The Concept of OurLegUp
05:37 Innovation in Financial Products
08:37 Challenges in Product Development
12:17 Investor Relations and Capital Raising
14:21 Legal Wins and Product Feasibility
16:08 Future Plans and Market Strategy
Find out more: https://www.ourlegup.com/
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In this episode of our special series on Housing Affordability, Dexter speaks with Lynda Coker, co-founder of Co-Operty, about their innovative solution enabling fractional co-ownership of property.
Here's what's discussed.
00:00 Introduction to Housing Affordability and Co-Opity
01:51 Understanding Co-Ownership as a Solution
04:48 The Role of Parents in Home Buying
07:42 Navigating the Lending Landscape
10:49 Challenges in Integrating with Lenders
13:03 Innovative Approaches to Property Ownership
15:29 Future Roadmap for Co-Operty
18:26 Fractional Property Ownership
Find out more about Co-operty https://co-operty.com/
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In this episode of Fintech Chatter, host Dexter Cousins speaks with Ritchie Cotton, co-founder of Valiant Finance, about the company's journey over the past decade.
Key Talking Points
- Valiant connects small businesses with the right finance options.
- The company has helped nearly 25,000 small businesses with over $2bn in funding.
- How Ritchie and Co-founder Alex Molloy met and the genesis for Valiant.
- Building one of the best working environments in Fintech.
- Valiant's push into embedded finance solutions.
- Getting the right combination of technology and human touch.
- How COVID-19 was a pivotal moment for Valiant.
- Valiant's plans for global expansion.
- The companies customer centric values.
- Ritchie's leadership style and focus on empowering teams and fostering collaboration.
Find out more https://www.valiantfinance.com/careers
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In this episode of Fintech Chatter, Dexter Cousins speaks with Mark Macduffie of Downsizer about the pressing issue of housing affordability in Australia.
They discuss the challenges faced by the downsizer segment, the innovative solutions being implemented in the FinTech space, and the importance of collaboration within the industry to address these challenges.
- Downsizer helps baby boomers find properties with zero cash deposit.
- There are 1.9 million homeowners in Australia looking to downsize.
- Downsizer has sold $168 million of property off the plan to downsizers.
- The 'bank of mum and dad' is becoming a common transaction method.
- Future plans include launching in the UK and expanding their white label technology offerings.
Find out more https://Downsizer.com.au
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In the third part of our Fixing Housing Affordability series, host Dexter Cousins speaks with Nir Golan and Robbie Baskin from Frontya.
We showcase another innovative approach to tackling housing affordability in Australia. Frontya have identified the challenges faced by first home buyers are amplified by the role of property investors.
Frontya's innovative funding model aims to double deposits for home buyers, enabling them to access the property market more effectively. On the other side of the problem they've developed a managed fund geared specifically to property investors, helping them spread their risk whilst also supporting first time buyers.
To find out more go to https://frontya.com.au/
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In this episode of Fintech Chatter, host Dexter Cousins chats with James Bowe, CEO and co-founder of OwnHome, about the innovative solutions his company is bringing to the housing market.
James shares insights into the challenges of housing affordability and accessibility in Australia, and how OwnHome is empowering families to own homes sooner by funding deposits and providing buyer's agent support.
James discusses the genesis of OwnHome, highlighting the financial and legal structuring challenges that inspired him and his co-founder to tackle the housing crisis.
Tune in to learn about the successes and partnerships that have propelled OwnHome forward, and gain valuable insights into the current state of the fintech industry. Whether you're a potential homeowner or interested in fintech innovation, this episode offers a compelling look at how OwnHome is making a difference.
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Welcome to Fintech Chatter Podcast. We're dedicating the month of August to showcase the Australian founders passionate about solving the housing affordability crisis.
Dexter Cousins kicks off the series with Lucinda Hartley of Mondus Capital. Lucinda shares how she's leveraging her background as a City Planner and SaaS founder to bring a zero deposit home loan to market.
Find out more - https://www.mymondus.com/
Watch out for their upcoming rebrand https://zeroo.com.au/
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Welcome back to Fintech Chatter Podcast! In this episode your host Dexter Cousins invites guest No2 back onto the show.
David M. Brear is CEO of 11:FS Group and 11:FS Holdings. The award winning digital consultancy has built digital banks all over the world and through 11:FS holdings, David and the team are finally going to build the next generation of financial services, this time for their own company!
Having first appeared on the show in January 2020, David and Dexter talk about the evolution of fintech, the challenges facing the fintech industry, and the future of digital banking.
They also discuss the impact of AI on the consultancy model, the importance of understanding customer insights to drive innovation, plus the current state of fintech in the UK and Australia.
David also reveals his new favourite hobby, the increasing role of influencers in fintech media and his personal health challenges that have him more motivated than ever.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction
01:16 About 11:FS
03:05 Changing the Fabric of Financial Services
17:20 Regulatory Challenges and Market Dynamics
23:07 The Future of UK FinTech
26:00 Maturity Challenges in FinTech
29:05 Emergence of Influencers in FinTech
33:26 The Power of Podcasting in FinTech
38:13 The Reality of FinTech Media
41:54 Cult of Personality in FinTech
48:55 Building 11FS Holdings
54:30 Health, Work, and Life Balance
For more information on 11:FS - https://www.11fs.com/
Listen to Fintech Insider Podcast - https://content.11fs.com/podcasts
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Dexter welcomes back Josh Foreman to discuss their global expansion and recent Series C capital raise.
Josh first appeared on the show in 2020 and he shares the lessons he has learned from writing Indebted's first line of code to launching in 7 countries!
Chapters
00:00 Introduction to Indebted and Its Mission
03:04 The Evolution of Technology in Debt Collection
09:08 Disrupting Traditional Debt Collection Models
15:00 The Future of Credit Infrastructure
18:03 Lessons Learned and Strategic Insights
30:42 Scaling a Global Business
35:59 The Role of Intuition in Decision Making
39:00 Raising Capital in a Challenging Environment
45:41 The Future of Fintech and AI Innovations
Find out more about Indebted - https://www.indebted.co/careers/
You can find previous episodes with Josh -
2020 - https://tieronepeople.com/2020/11/11/josh-foreman-indebted-fintech-australia-podcast/
2022 - https://youtu.be/iA0j-yejKDQ?si=ibKW4oNXZUxHaJpg
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Dexter Cousins interviews Antony Jenkins, the CEO and founder of 10X Banking, the core banking platform that makes banking ten times better.
Antony stands out in Fintech as the global CEO of Barclays who decided to start a fintech. Tune in for a deep dive into the challenges of core banking, the outdated technology in the banking sector, and how 10X helps banks like Westpac and Chase innovate fast.
We talk about fixing the banking technology silo problem, Antony's transition from a large bank to a startup, and his approach to creating a high-performance culture within 10x and how it differs to running a global bank.
Antony also shares his thoughts on the future of fintech, opportunities in the Australian market (and their partnership with Constantinople) plus his advice for banking professionals considering a move to fintech.
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Antony Jenkins, CEO and Founder of 10x Banking joins Dexter Cousins to talk about the Future of 10x and the Fintech Industry - Full interview available Monday 7th April
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In this episode of Fintech Chatter, Dexter Cousins interviews Julian Fayad, CEO of LoanOptions.ai about the challenges and advantages of bootstrapping a fintech company from the ground up.
LoanOptions.ai aims to revolutionise the loan application process. Julian shares insights into how they’re using AI to build a mobile first loan application process.
Julian first appeared on the show in 2023. We chat about his progress and the lessons he has learned over the past two years. Julian also talks about the transition from a broking business to a technology-focused company, and the launch of Synapses, the API services hub for Fintech!
We also discuss the launch of HAILO and LoanOptions.ai, expansion into New Zealand and future plans for market expansion into the US and UAE.
Find out more: https://loanoptions.ai
Chapters
00:00 The Bootstrap Journey of a Fintech Founder
02:12 Innovating the Loan Application Process
10:45 Transitioning from Broking to Technology
18:04 Launching New Products and Partnerships
25:49 Building an API Services Hub for Fintechs
26:48 Navigating B2B Partnerships and SaaS Pricing Strategies
32:05 Transitioning from Brokerage to Tech: Lessons Learned
35:21 Building a Cohesive Team and Company Culture
39:47 Innovative Talent Acquisition Strategies
41:45 Valuable Lessons in Business Partnerships
46:22 Expanding Horizons: New Markets and Future Plans
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In this episode of Fintech Chatter, Dexter Cousins chats to Nathan Walsh and Michael Starkey, Co-Founders of Athena Home Loans.
Making their long awaited return to the show, Nathan and Michael discuss their journey over the past four years, and the insane challenges they’ve had to navigate as interest rates rose rapidly and funding markets dried up.
According to Wikipedia Athena was the patron goddess of heroic endeavor; she was believed to have aided the heroes Perseus, Heracles, Bellerophon, and Jason. She may have also aided Michael and Nathan over this last few years!
We ask Nathan and Michael the tough questions like how do you compete with banks, balance innovation with regulatory requirements, navigating the rapid interest rate rises since 2022, and the importance of partnerships.
Nathan and Michael also share their secrets to building a resilient team and maintaining a strong company culture as they aim for the next stage of growth and innovation in the home loan sector.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction to Athena Home Loans
03:38 Founding Story and Vision
05:48 Tech Fin vs Fin Tech: Athena's Position
07:32 Navigating Regulation and Innovation
11:48 Challenges of Distribution in a Fragmented Market
13:34 Impact of Interest Rate Rises on Fintech
19:45 Lessons from Big Banks
23:23 Partnerships and Growth Opportunities
29:29 Cultural Alignment in Partnerships
33:47 The Journey of Co-Founders
37:59 Hiring The Right People
40:51 Navigating Growth and Change
45:09 Reflections on Past Experiences
48:40 Future Aspirations and Growth
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In this episode of Fintech Chatter, host Dexter Cousins speaks with Di Challenor and Macgregor Duncan, co-founders of Constantinople, about their journey in building the Operating System for banks.
Constantinople is the most ambitious startup in Fintech, tackling the most complex problem in Fintech, rethinking how banks become fully digital.
Tune in as Mac and Di discuss the challenges of winning banking clients, the importance of establishing trust, and the strategies behind their successful capital raising efforts.
We revisit our first interview in 2023 and talk through the challenges and learnings of the past two years. As they look to the future, they share their vision for Constantinople and the endless quest for excellence.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction to Constantinople
04:09 The Evolution of Banking Technology
07:17 Challenges in Client Acquisition
10:10 Building Trust and Credibility
12:53 Creating a New Category in Banking
16:04 Navigating Capital Raising
19:03 The Importance of Execution
25:02 Scaling the Business
34:08 The Importance of Documentation in Scaling
36:49 Driving Excellence in Early Stage Companies
42:45 Commitment to Excellence: Attracting the Right Talent
49:07 Identifying and Filling Skill Gaps
53:15 Future Vision: Building a Multi-Tenanted Banking Platform
Find out about careers: https://www.cxnpl.com/
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In this episode of Fintech Chatter podcast, Dexter Cousins chats with Justin Greenstein, CEO of 1835i, about the evolution of corporate venture capital in Australia’s banks.
Justin shares insights on the structure and strategy of 1835i, its investment thesis, and the importance of aligning with ANZ's overarching strategy.
We get Justin's top tips for partnering with a CVC, his thoughts on the future of fintech in Australia, and what he sees as the Biggest untapped opportunity in Fintech.
About 1835i
As ANZ Bank’s external innovation partner, 1835i invest in and partner with fintechs that are focused on homeowners, small and medium sized businesses, trade and capital flows, and transforming businesses through data, analytics and digital technologies.
Notable Fintech investments include Airwallex, Cash Reward, Lendi, Valiant, Datamesh, Slyp and Citoplus.
Chapters
00:00 How To Raise Capital From a Big 4Bank - Justin Greenstein, CEO of 1835i
04:24 The Evolution of 1835i: From ANZ to Independence
09:05 Understanding Corporate Venture Capital vs. Traditional VC
14:27 Horizon 2 and Horizon 3: Future Technologies and Startups
19:22 Success Stories and Strategic Partnerships
24:21 Navigating the VC Landscape and Founder Expectations
29:06 The State of Fintech in Australia and Globally
34:19 The Untapped Opportunities in Fintech
39:00 Closing Thoughts and Future Directions for 1835i
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Vincent Gramoli - RedBelly Network
Dexter Cousins invites Vincent Grimoli, Founder and CTO of RedBelly Network to this week's Fintech Chatter Podcast. Vincent charts his journey in the blockchain environment from academia to entrepreneurship.
He outlines the innovative approach RedBelly Network takes towards the tokenisation of real-world assets and the need for collaboration between Tradfi and Defi.
Vincent shares insights on blockchain technology safety measures, the importance of compliance, and how he sees the future of fintech in Australia.
About RedBelly Network
Redbelly Network is a team of innovators, engineers, and visionaries committed to building a secure and inclusive blockchain ecosystem.
RedBelly Network believes in the power of collaboration — within both their team and the global community, working towards reshaping the future of finance and technology.
About Vincent Gramoli
Vincent Gramoli is the Founder and CTO of Redbelly Network and the Head of the Concurrent Systems Research Group at the University of Sydney.
Vincent has chaired the Cybersecurity Committee for the Computing Research and Education Association of Australasia (CORE) and the Blockchain Technical Committee for the Australian Computer Society.
His accolades include the Digital National Facilities & Collections Award from CSIRO, the Best Paper Awards at ICDCS’21, IPDPS’22, ICDCS’22 and DSN’24 for his research on blockchains.
He received the Education Leader of the Year Award from Blockchain Australia and the Future Fellowship from the Australian Research Council.
Vincent has been affiliated with INRIA, Cornell, Data61 and EPF.
Key Takeaways
- RedBelly Network aims to provide a compliant blockchain solution for traditional finance.
- The company focuses on tokenising real-world assets to lower barriers for retail investors.
- Safety measures include linking accounts to real-world identities to ensure accountability.
- The collaborative approach to scalability is a key feature of RedBelly Network's technology.
- Commercialising innovation in Australia can be a lengthy process due to regulatory hurdles.
- Emphasising the importance of learning business skills for tech founders.
- Building stong networks is crucial for finding talent in niche markets.
- Investor interest in compliant asset tokenisation is growing.
- RedBelly Network aims to reduce transaction fees by maintaining a fixed fee structure.
Sound Bites
- "We're entering a new era with tokenisation."
- "I had to learn the business side of things."
Chapters
00:00 Introduction to Vincent and Red Belly Network
05:27 Navigating Regulation in Blockchain
08:58 Tokenisation of Real-World Assets
12:08 Safety Measures using Layered Technology
19:33 Transitioning from Tech to Business
24:36 Hiring the right Talent
27:19 The Challenge of Funding
30:51 Reducing Fees for Consumers
34:30 The Pro-Crypto Movement
39:23 Learning from TradFi for Future Innovations
41:33 Future Plans for RedBelly Network
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Dexter Cousins speaks with Simon Lee, founder of Teamified, about the transformative role of AI in startups and recruitment.
We discuss tactics on how to build and rapidly scale a startup by harnessing an offshore workforce augmented by AI agents.
We also chat about the impact of AI on jobs and hiring, venture capital and the evolving landscape of entrepreneurship in Australia.
And we also unravel why Fractional Executives may not be the right solution for Fintech startups.
Simon shares his insights on building businesses with limited resources and the importance of health and passion in the startup journey.
Takeaways
- AI is significantly reducing hiring times and costs.
- Offshoring talent can provide access to specialised skills not available locally.
- The traditional path to entrepreneurship is changing with technology.
- AI is not just a tool; it's a game changer for startups.
- Health and well-being are crucial for sustained entrepreneurial success.
- The rise of AI will democratize business opportunities.
- Every SaaS application needs to be rethought in the age of AI.
Chapters
00:00 The Power of AI in Startups
02:59 Teamified's Unique Approach to Recruitment
06:03 Offshoring and Remote Work Dynamics
09:04 The Impact of AI on Hiring and Recruitment
11:23 The Evolution of the Job Market
14:06 Democratizing Entrepreneurship with Technology
17:12 AI Agents: The Future of Business?
20:15 Optimizing Outsourcing Functions
23:14 The Future of Recruitment and AI Tools
29:52 The Future of Executive Roles in a Changing Landscape
37:16 The Reality of Work: Expectations vs. Performance
40:15 Prioritizing Health: A Shift in Perspective
43:02 Passion vs. Burnout: The Balancing Act
44:38 The Impact of AI on Business and Employment
46:07 Democratisation of Business: Opportunities for All
48:45 Starting a Business with Limited Resources
Find out more - https://teamified.com.au
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The Spriggy story returns to Fintech Chatter Podcast! Five years after his debut, our most-requested guest ever is back with insights you can't afford to miss.
Dexter Cousins chats to Alex Badran, the founder of Spriggy, a fintech app designed to help parents teach their children about money management.
This isn't just another success story - it's a masterclass in scaling consumer fintech in a challenging market.
Alex shares his decade-long journey with Spriggy, its growth to over one million users, and the importance of real-world financial education for kids.
Join us as we take a deep dive into building a category and product that has captured the hearts and minds of millions of Australian families.
Favourite quotes
"We created a category that didn't exist before."
"You can't outsource growth to a partner."
"Your ability to learn is what matters."
Chapters
00:00 Introduction and Background of Spriggy
03:58 The Problem Spriggy Solves
07:13 Understanding User Needs and Early Development
10:10 Adapting to Growing Users and Changing Needs
13:07 The Impact of Technology on Kids' Financial Education
15:57 Growth Strategies and Market Positioning
19:12 Partnerships and Their Role in Growth
22:12 Lessons Learned and Personal Growth as a Founder
29:10 The Importance of Learning and Enjoying Work
30:59 Authenticity in Leadership
33:33 Navigating Team Dynamics and Cohesion
37:00 Adapting to Economic Changes in Hiring
41:49 Future Vision for Spriggy
47:28 Behavioral Education and Parenting
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About Spriggy
Spriggy is Australia’s #1 Pocket Money app that helps kids learn about money. Spriggy was founded in 2016 with a clear mission to help parents teach their kids about money.
We believe that financial literacy is a crucial life skill, one that lays the groundwork for a secure and confident future.
By learning how to manage money from a young age, kids are empowered to make informed financial decisions as they grow, mastering everything from saving and spending to setting goals and budgeting.
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🎯 1M+ paying users 🇦🇺 Australian market 💡 One remarkable journey
The Spriggy story returns to Fintech Chatter, five years after their debut. Our most-requested guest ever is back with insights you can't afford to miss.
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Dexter Cousins welcomes Sean O'Malley CEO of AMP Bank for his Fintech Chatter debut.
It's been a BIG week for AMP Bank as they launched their new digital mobile-first bank aimed at helping small business owners manage their business and personal finances.
Dexter and Sean discuss the role of technology in modern banking and how an established financial institution tackles innovation.
Sean and Dexter uncover AMP’s extensive research on the needs of small businesses and the need for more human support in banking. Sean also shares the thesis on the problem they’re solving and the rapidly evolving nature of how, when and where people work.
And Sean shares his secrets to successful partnerships showcasing their relationship with UK Fintech Starling Bank and their ‘Engine’ platform.
About Sean O’Malley
Sean O’Malley was appointed the Group Executive of AMP Bank in September 2021, after 11 years at AMP.
He is responsible for the management and growth of AMP Bank, delivering its future growth strategy, uplifting its digital capability and ensuring the ongoing delivery of high-quality products and services to customers.
He has over 25 years of experience in delivering enhanced business results, predominately in the financial services industries.
About AMP Bank
AMP Bank is aiming to disrupt the small business banking market in Australia. They have launched a fully digital, 24x7 human-supported, full-service Bank to help serve the needs of the Australian small business community.
Their aim is to help Small businesses get started, survive and thrive, embracing the challenge of bringing new thinking, new ways of working and new bold ideas to a 26 year old Bank, inside a 175 year old Super & Wealth business.
Key Takeaways
- AMP Bank has launched a fully digital offering for small business owners.
- The future of work is evolving, with more emphasis on gig and flexible employment. Sean sees continued growth in small and micro businesses as a result.
- The banking industry faces challenges in balancing innovation and risk management.
- Brand reputation is crucial for banks, especially in the digital age.
- Curiosity and a willingness to learn are key traits for success.
- AMP Bank is focused on building a customer-centric culture.
- Partnerships are vital for delivering innovative banking solutions.
Chapters
00:00 The Launch of AMP Bank's New Platform
03:39 Targeting Small Businesses & Personal Banking Customers
06:03 Insights on the Future of Work
11:13 Viewing Business Failures as Learning Opportunities
14:18 Embracing the Challenges of Modern Workforces
17:31 Lessons from Fintech Startups and Neobanks
23:00 Navigating Change and Innovation at AMP
27:28 The Importance of Strategic Business Relationships
31:53 Risk Management in Fintech Partnerships
35:58 Talent Acquisition and Staff Retention
38:59 Managing Stress
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Matt Baxby - Revolut
Dexter welcomes back friend of the show, Matt Baxby, CEO of Revolut Australia, to talk about their remarkable growth to 50 million customers globally.
It’s been five years since Tier One People placed Matt into the Country CEO role at Revolut. Matt shares his journey over the last five years, discusses the challenges and strategies involved in building a digital bank in Australia, the importance of reaching profitability, and the unique approach Revolut has taken to integrate technology with consumer needs.
Matt shares his insights on leadership, team building, and the future of consumer banking with Dexter.
About Revolut
Revolut's global mission is for every person and business to handle their money in just a few taps, removing the friction that gets in the way of your money goals.
Revolut delivers faster, better, smarter products to over 50 million customers across the globe giving you access to investments and your money effortlessly and across borders.
About Matt Baxby
Matt is a strategic and people-oriented leader with diverse experience across consumer-facing businesses facing disruption or significant regulatory change.
He has broad finance services sector experience - particularly consumer banking - from start-ups to an ASX-listed company.
Matt embodies the entrepreneurial spirit from a decade with the Virgin Group combined with the discipline and scaled leadership as the Group Executive - Retail Banking and then Group CFO of the Bank of Queensland.
Key Takeaways
- Revolut aims to be a single place for managing financial life.
- The company has grown to over 800,000 customers in Australia.
- Revolut has achieved profitability at both group and local levels.
- Building a strong local team is crucial for success in new markets.
- The fintech landscape is maturing, with significant challenges for startups.
- Australia's remittance market presents a unique opportunity for Revolut.
- A strong focus on technology and innovation is essential for differentiation.
- Leadership qualities include action orientation and adaptability.
- The importance of a clear strategy in a fast-paced environment.
- Talent acquisition is critical for long-term success.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction
01:18 Revolut's Global Reach and Market Strategy
02:32 Profitability and Financial Milestones
03:27 Long-Term Commitment to the Australian Market
05:26 Building a Digital Bank: Lessons Learned
07:33 Consumer-Centric Approach and Product Development
10:33 Opportunities in the Australian Market
13:01 Future Product Offerings with a Banking License
18:33 Matt's Unique Journey in Fintech
27:03 The Power of Being a Founder
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A little taste of what is to come in this weeks Fintech Leader episode of Fintech Chatter.
Matt Baxby, CEO of Revolut Australia joins Dexter Cousins to take about his five years with Revolut, their remarkable growth to 50 million customers, the path to profitability and what it takes to succeed at a Fintech unicorn.
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In this rant, Dexter Cousins discusses the ongoing debate between Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and Merit, Excellence, and Intelligence (MEI) in hiring practices.
He argues that while diversity is essential, it should not come at the expense of merit.
Dexter highlights the importance of hiring based on meritocracy to improve business performance and shares insights from the McKinsey Report on diversity's impact on financial returns.
He highlights the need for companies to focus on the overall talent of their executive teams rather than just superficial diversity metrics.
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About this EpisodeDexter Cousins talks with Tristan Dakin, Country Manager at Wise on the Fintech Chatter Podcast. They chat about the innovative solutions Wise provides in the payments technology space and the complexities of instant payments.
Tristan speaks about the company's growth and the challenges of operating in a highly regulated environment.
He shares insights into Wise's culture, the importance of transparency in financial services, and the future of fintech in Australia.
About WiseWise launched in 2011 making international money transfers cheap, fair, and simple their vision. Today, their multi-currency account helps millions of customers and businesses manage their money globally.
Their story started in London with Taavet (paid in Euro's) & Kristo (paid in Pounds) solving the issue of making money in one country but needing to meet payment commitments in their home country. Expensive fees and bad exchange rates led them to make a simple workaround. Taavet would pay Kristo's mortgage in Estonia and Kristo would pay him back in pounds.
No waiting, no stress, and no extra cost, they quickly realised that they had hit upon a great idea and TransferWise was born. They have since added a multi-currency account, a debit card, and a business account, and changed their name to Wise.
About TristanTristan joined Wise in 2020, and since 2022, has been leading Wise in ANZ as Country Manager. Before joining Wise, Tristan worked in the financial services industry, including Lombard Securities in the UK.
He is skilled in FX, Banking, Management, Financial Markets, Trading, Structured Products and Derivatives, and Financial Risk.
Key Takeways
- Wise aims to build the best way for people to move money globally.
- The company focuses on transparency in fees and payment processes.
- Instant payments are achieved through advanced technology and infrastructure.
- Wise's growth has been significant, with millions of active customers.
- The complexity of regulatory compliance is a major challenge for fintechs.
- Tristan's background in financial services shaped his approach at Wise.
- The culture at Wise emphasises autonomy and problem-solving.
- Australia's fintech landscape is evolving, with increasing competition.
- Regulatory changes could enhance transparency in the financial sector.
- Wise is committed to empowering customers and improving financial services.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction to Fintech Chatter and Wise
01:15 Wise's Mission and Products
03:27 Challenges of Cross-Border Payments
07:09 The Complexity of Instant Payments
09:10 Wise's Growth and Market Presence
10:54 Wise's Centralised Infrastructure and Competitive Advantage
12:32 Australia's Unique Remittance Landscape
13:18 Tristan's Background and Attraction to Wise
16:25 The Role of Country Manager at Wise
17:55 Inspiration and Motivation in Fintech
19:43 Cohesion and Culture at WISE
26:51 Navigating the FinTech Landscape in Australia
30:18 The Future of FinTech: Trends and Innovations
38:36 Download the Wise App
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About this EpisodeDexter Cousins calls in the expert for the annual Fintech Predictions 2025! We welcome Danny Levy Managing Director, Asia & ANZ for Money 20/20.
Dexter and Danny discuss the evolution & significance of Money 2020 and they chat about the unique experience and the rigorous selection process undertaken for speakers.
Danny shares insights on trends for 2025, highlighting the rapid changes in the banking scene, the rise of digital payments, and the opportunities in embedded finance.
They also explore the role of AI in FinTech and the importance of maintaining energy and focus while travelling for business.
About Money 20/20Money20/20 is the world’s leading, premium content, sales and networking platform for the global money ecosystem.
Their events feature in-depth analytics & inspirational speakers, our world-class insight and networking opportunities help our customers stay ahead.
Key Takeaways
- Money 2020 is designed to create a unique festival-like experience.
- The event focuses on quality networking and content over quantity.
- Health and wellness initiatives are now integral to event planning.
- Speaker selection is based on editorial integrity and industry relevance.
- The banking landscape in Asia is rapidly evolving with digital innovations.
- Digital payments are leading the way in cross-border transactions.
- Embedded finance presents significant growth opportunities in FinTech.
- AI is transforming customer service and operational efficiency in financial services.
- FinTech innovations can significantly improve financial inclusion.
- Maintaining personal health and wellness is crucial for high performance in business.
About DannyWith 15 years of senior leadership experience in Singapore, Danny is an accomplished business leader with a proven track record of scaling businesses and driving record-breaking profits.
As the founder and host of "Digital Transformation & Leadership," a top 100 Business podcast, Danny regularly engages with industry leaders from global companies. He is a guest host on the South China Morning Post podcast, focusing on digital transformation.
Danny serves as an Ambassador for the Emerging Payments Association Asia (EPAA).
Danny spent a decade as Managing Director at Worldwide Business Research, where he delivered consecutive record-breaking profit results and led market expansion across Asia and ANZ.
Danny’s leadership philosophy centres on creating empowering environments where teams can excel. He is passionate about strategic business growth and innovation, recruiting and developing high-potential talent, building inclusive, high-performing teams, and driving innovation and digital transformation.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction to Money2020 and Its Impact
03:36 The Evolution of Money2020
06:28 Wellness and Networking at Events
09:22 Speaker Selection and Content Integrity
12:18 Trends and Insights from the 2025 Report
15:05 Digital Payments and Cross-Border Innovations
17:56 The Role of Regulators and Collaboration in FinTech
20:47 Opportunities in Emerging Markets
23:49 Innovations and Challenges in FinTech
26:50 The Evolution of AI in FinTech
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After receiving great feedback on our LinkedIn posts this year, Dexter has decided to record a weekly rant sharing his thoughts and insights on leadership, careers and Fintech.
In this very first episode, Dexter discusses the impact of AI on the job market, AI is indeed replacing jobs rather than just augmenting them.
He highlights the shift in focus from hiring based on technical skills to leadership capabilities, reflecting a broader trend in Fintech. Dexter also provides insights on how professionals should adapt their experience to remain relevant in a rapidly changing industry.
Takeaways
- AI is replacing jobs, not just augmenting them.
- Fintech companies are thriving with fewer employees.
- The focus is shifting from skills to leadership capabilities.
- Leadership can come from any background or demographic.
- Every hire should embody leadership qualities.
- Experience should be framed around problem-solving.
- The next 20-30 years will differ significantly from the past.
- Diversity in leadership is essential for success.
- Adapting resumes to highlight relevant experience is crucial.
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Dexter Cousins interviews Craig Carroll, co-founder of JustFund, one of Australia's fastest-growing startups.
Craig shares their innovative approach to solving a problem that creates untold stress on those seeking divorce - lending for family law fees.
With a background as a serial entrepreneur, Craig shares insights on navigating uncertainty, his lessons learned from the US market, the importance of company culture, and the role of AI in enhancing client service.
Dexter gets to discuss his favourite topic - hiring the right talent and building a strong company culture as JustFund prepares for international expansion.
About CraigCraig is passionate about financial services, education and technologies that either promote economic well-being and/or address societal challenges. Craig's career has been focused on creating, building and managing teams, raising capital, consumer social lending, product development, software development, corporate strategy and general management across various sectors.
Craig has extensive experience developing services that help individuals deal with financial matters. He has also advised educational institutions on admission strategies and accessibility. Throughout his career, Craig has been an investor and advisor to various early-stage and growth companies.
Key Takeaways
- JustFund has approved about $115 million in lines of credit since its inception.
- Lessons from the US market -the importance of controlling customer acquisition costs.
- JustFund focuses on client-centric solutions for individuals facing family law issues.
- The cultural differences between the US and Australia have a major impact on business strategies and operations.
- How AI can enhance productivity and client service in the lending process.
- Hiring for adaptability and resilience is crucial in a startup environment.
- Building a strong company culture from day one is essential for long-term success.
- JustFund's plans to expand into international markets, starting with New Zealand.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction to JustFund and Its Mission
03:24 Innovating Financial Products Using Data
06:36 The Role of AI in Product Development
12:17 Rapid Growth and Scaling Strategies
19:26 Craig's Experience in the USA
23:32 Australian vs US Talent
27:40 The Challenges of Hiring in 2025
31:36 Setting the Foundations of Culture
36:35 The Benefits of Being Obsessed with NPS
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In this special episode of Fintech Chatter, host Dexter Cousins speaks with Paul Roos, AFL legend and founder of Performance by Design. They explore the parallels between elite sports and startup culture, discussing how founders and leaders can build high-performance teams on a budget!
About Paul
Paul shares insights from his trophy-winning coaching career, steering the Sydney Swans to their first title in 72 years! The culture Roosy built at the club is still legendary 20 years later. He's spent the past decade advising startups and executives at some of Australia's largest companies on building high-performing cultures and unique challenges faced by Fintech founders.
In the interview Dexter and Paul discuss the importance of self-awareness, the role of leadership in shaping culture, and the challenges startups face as they grow. The conversation also touches on the significance of health and wellbeing in leadership, and how small companies can create a positive culture that drives success.
Key Takeaways
- The culture built at the Sydney Swans is a model for startup success.
- Leadership behaviours directly influence organisational culture.
- Self-awareness is crucial for effective leadership.
- Startups must define their culture early to avoid fragmentation.
- Investing in culture can prevent costly turnover.
- High-performance teams require clear role definitions.
- Remote work challenges can be overcome with a team-first mindset.
- Health and well-being are essential for leadership effectiveness.
- Leaders should model the behaviours they want to see in their teams.
- Incremental changes can lead to significant improvements in culture.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction and Guest Background
04:38 Transition from Sports to Corporate Culture
09:30 Building a High-Performance Culture
14:11 Leadership and Self-Awareness in Startups
18:44 The Importance of Foundational Culture
23:25 Role of Leaders in Shaping Culture
27:16 Navigating Growth and Leadership Challenges
30:13 The Shift to Remote Work and Team Dynamics
33:11 Hiring for Culture and Team Cohesion
36:32 The Importance of Defining Company Culture
39:07 Mental Health and Personal Wellbeing in Leadership
42:02 Looking Ahead: Commitment to Growth in 2025
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About this EpisodeDexter Cousins welcomes Rob Lincolne, Founder & CEO of PayDock to the latest episode of the Fintech Chatter Podcast.
Rob shares Paydock's unique position in the payments ecosystem with a deep-dive into payments orchestration and the importance no-code solutions.
He discusses the challenges of attracting top talent, and the complexities of building a global team. He highlights the resilience his team in Ukraine who have operated under tough conditions since 2022.
Rob shares with Dexter his daily routines and the importance of maintaining a healthy work-life balance as a founder of a global Fintech venture.
About Rob LincolneRob Lincolne is an accomplished entrepreneur with extensive experience in the payments industry. Founder and Co-CEO of Paydock, he is dedicated to transforming how we transact by creating the world’s most trusted payment orchestration platform.
His journey began in Sydney 2007 when he founded a digital marketing agency specialising in the not-for-profit sector.
The Paydock vision arose from the need for better integration between financial institutions and their merchant clients. Their innovative approach aims to unlock the fintech market's true benefits.
Rob has also founded a successful "near-shore" talent placement agency in Ukraine, connecting software engineers with fintechs around the globe.
About PaydockPaydock is a payments orchestration platform, leading the way in resolving costly merchant issues with its innovative API-first technology that harmonises payment, fraud, identity and other vendors (such as Stripe, PayPal, etc.) through a single interface.
Key Takeaways
- PayDock addresses the technology gaps between large banks and fintech.
- Adopting a no-code solution within the payments industry is essential for merchant adoption of fintech.
- Orchestration should be about enabling merchants, not commoditising services.
- Building a global team has been crucial for scaling the business.
- Customer relationships are vital in the fintech space.
- The future of payments is modular and interoperable.
- Attracting talent requires offering challenging problems to solve
- Character and resilience are more important than skills.
- The hype in fintech is over; it's time for real business.
Chapters00:00 Introduction to Fintech Chatter
01:59 Understanding PayDoc and Its Unique Position
06:06 Innovation and the No-Code Approach
10:58 Defining Payments Orchestration
14:58 The Journey of PayDoc: From Australia to the UK
19:09 Building a Global Team and Talent Acquisition
21:54 Supporting Teams During Crisis: The Ukraine Experience
25:32 Attracting Top Talent in Fintech
29:26 The Importance of Character in Hiring
33:56 Resilience and Overcoming Adversity
38:33 Current Trends in Fintech
42:14 Daily Routines and Habits of Founders
45:06 Looking Ahead: PayDoc's Future
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In the latest episode of Fintech Chatter, host Dexter Cousins chats to Simon Schwarz, Co-Founder and CEO of FreightInsure, about his journey from fintech to insurtech.
Simon shares how his career from investment banking, to fintech, to insurtech (working with SocietyOne, Zip and BizCover along the way) has shaped his current scaleup, FreightInsure.
We take a deep dive into Simon’s strategy to build FreighInsure and how the MGA (Managing General Agent) model has enabled the distribution of embedded insurance products.
Simon reflects on the dual responsibilities as Co-Founder and CEO, and his life hacks for balance and well-being.
About SimonSimon is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of FreightInsure, Australia’s leading platform for embedded freight insurance.
He started his career at Investec Bank in Australia, holding roles as Head of Investments, Head of Credit and Head of Board Risk and Capita. Simon has sat on boards as a Non-Executive Director and Chairman at several investee companies. He has also acted on advisory boards at Zip Co and Middle, and is a Board member of Insurtech Australia and the Regulatory and Compliance Working Group.
Simon is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, holds an MBA (Exec), Masters of Applied Finance, and is the recipient of the University Medal for pure mathematics from the University of Sydney. He was an Honorary Fellow at Macquarie University’s Applied Finance Centre and a member of the Menzies School of Health Research Development Committee.
About FreightInsureFreightInsure offers embedded goods-in-transit insurance directly from a transport company's booking platform. Shippers no longer need to buy annual marine insurance policies, but can simply purchase insurance on a needs basis, when booking their freight, within less than a minute.
Key Takeaways
- How the MGA model allows for rapid growth without the need for capital reserves
- How distribution innovation is big Insurtech opportunity
- How AI applications are being developed to enhance underwriting processes
- Freight and logistics market isn’t sexy but it presents vast opportunities for growth
- Identifying profitable market opportunities is crucial for business success
- The quality of founders is the key to a startup's success
- Focus on distribution to solve market problems effectively
- The role of a founder differs significantly from that of a CEO
- InsurTech in Australia is gaining momentum and attracting capital
Chapters00:00 Introduction
05:54 The Birth of FreightInsure
12:01 Innovation in Distribution
17:57 Future Innovations and AI Applications
25:15 Identifying Market Opportunities
30:54 The Dual Role of Founder and CEO
39:00 The InsurTech Landscape in Australia
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In Episode 198 of the FintechChatter podcast, Dexter Cousins chats with Joel Yarbrough, CEO of Moment. Joel, an OG fintech leader, discusses his global journey with roles at PayPal, Grab, and now Moment, where he's tapping into Africa's fintech opportunities.
Dexter and Joel discuss the qualities of successful individuals in startup environments, emphasizing the importance of passion, collaboration, and a growth mindset.
Joel talks about the Importance of giving back and building diverse teams, as well as the challenges of hiring in a rapidly changing market. He also provides insights into the future of Moment and the importance of being mission-driven in the business world.
About Joel
A passionate leader whose love of technology drives him to deconstruct complex systems and rebuild them to solve real problems. He has spent most of my career helping strategise, design, product manage, and deliver multi-channel solutions in and around the intersections of financial services, commerce, and technology.
He would describe himself as a great evangelist and dot connector, working with partners to understand their strategies and solve their problems. The delight of leading product teams to make the vision a reality is a real joy.
His core belief is that together we can make the world a better place - even if it's through our own enlightened self-interest. By doing things well, and being decent to each other we will all keep pushing to a brighter place together.
About MomentMoment is an integrated payments platform for Africa, incubated as a joint venture by MultiChoice, Rapyd, and General Catalyst. We connect businesses and consumers in over 40 African countries. We're able to do so through our broad network that aims to cover over 100 payment providers, 200 local payment methods, and 40 currencies.
Key Takeaways
- How Africa's projected population growth presents unique opportunities for fintech.
- Moment's aims to build a comprehensive payment network for Africa, as the trend towards digital payments grows.
- Regulatory changes are shifting towards enabling innovation rather than just consumer protection.
- Australia's fintech scene is strong but needs to leverage its geographic and cultural assets more effectively.
- Regional trade clusters are more valuable than cross-oceanic trade relationships.
- The gig economy has empowered individuals in emerging markets, changing their economic prospects.
- The diversity in teams provides greater problem-solving capabilities and drives a growth mindset for individuals.
- Navigating hiring challenges requires clear communication to achieve high standards and cultural fit.
- Giving back creates a positive network effect and greater sense of fulfillment.
Chapters
00:00. Introduction to Joel Yarbrough and Moment
05:42. The Unique Opportunity in Africa's Fintech Landscape
14:01. The Impact of Fintech on Personal Agency
19:44. Australia's Fintech Identity and Global Positioning
25:08. Understanding Human Capital in Startups
30:32. Passion vs. Mission-Driven Work
39:01. Navigating Hiring Challenges in a Changing Market
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Dexter Cousins shares an update from Tier One People with some exciting news on Executive hires.
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In episode 198 of the Fintech Chatter Podcast, host Dexter Cousins reconnects with Liam Millward, CEO and Co-Founder of Instant. They discuss the remarkable growth and evolution of Instant since their last conversation. Liam shares insights on shifting from a product-focused mindset to a revenue-driven approach, navigating challenges in a competitive landscape.
He shares the importance of building a high-performance team. Liam emphasises the significance of leadership, decision-making, and the role of personal experiences in shaping his entrepreneurial journey. The conversation also touches on the future of Instant and the strategies for market expansion.
The Instant Journey
As CEO and Co-founder of Instant; Liam is on a mission to power the world's most innovative brands, helping to drive their revenue and retention on autopilot. He launched his first funding round led by Blackbird, at age 17, generating $7.5m, the biggest pre-seed to date in Australia.
As the business grew to $1.5m in annualised revenue, they have raised an additional $30m across Seed and Series A rounds. Hitting a healthy 1 million shoppers within 12 months of their launch.
Since Instant launched its Checkout product, they have gone on to develop Audiences and Targeting offering their 3 product across the US and Australia.
This is a triple-pronged approach to customer retention and greater outcomes for business revenue.
About Liam Millward
Liam started his first venture aged 13 in a caravan, travelling around Australia and the world with his family. His love of travel resulted in him curating and developing a well-known travel magazine, Navigate Australia with a monthly readership of 50,000+.
Key Takeaways
- Liam Millward reflects on the rapid growth of Instant since its inception.
- The importance of focusing on revenue rather than just product development.
- Building a strong sales strategy is crucial for startup success.
- Creating a high-performance culture is essential for team motivation.
- Leadership requires transparency and accountability within the team.
- Identifying and nurturing talent is key to sustaining growth.
- Travel and personal experiences can significantly influence an entrepreneurial mindset.
- Having a clear vision can inspire teams to achieve ambitious goals.
- Market expansion requires understanding and adapting to new environments.
- Failing as a company is not an option; resilience is vital.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction to Instant and Liam's Journey
05:28 Shifting Focus: From Product Obsession to Revenue
11:04 Sales Strategies for Rapid Revenue Growth
16:40 Leadership and Transparency in Startups
22:27 Creating an Inspiring Vision for the Team
27:00 High Performance Work Environments
34:26 The Impact of Life Challenges on Entrepreneurship
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In Episode 196 of the Fintech Chatter podcast, Dexter Cousins is joined by Graham Strain, Co-Founder of Citoplus a digital platform for commercial broking.
The Citoplus Journey
Dexter and Graham look back at their first meeting and discuss Graham's journey from traditional Banking to Start up. His recognition that he was a transformation guy at heart and wanting to do "cool stuff for customers" was the driver behind founding Citoplus.
He chats about support from great shareholders, and how they funded Citoplus through, what he calls the "Friends, Families & Fools" model, who have shown great faith in their vision.
Graham outlines the plans for the future and how Citoplus aims to reach 100% of the digital broking market through partnerships with Banks and Non-Banks. Watch out for lots of new announcements.
About Citoplus
CitoPlus is the cornerstone of modern, frictionless commercial lending. Designed by industry leaders, they launched a product that streamlines the laborious process of SME lending.
Citoplus has focussed on removing the paperwork-heavy process through automation. The result is a broker-friendly data-rich system that delivers better client service and achieves quicker outcomes, meaning deals are closed faster.
About Graham Strain
As Co-founder of Citoplus, Graham has a background in banking, including 13 years at NAB in product, business bank and corporate development executive roles. He held the position of interim CFO and Product Head at start-up Angle Auto Finance, an asset finance company. He was GM - Business Products at Judo Bank in the SME lending space.
Chapters:
00:01:15 Citoplus The Journey and Solution
00:19:45 Graham's Backstory and Career in Banking
00:25:20 Why Startups and Banks are so different
00:39:00 Big News from Citoplus
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- Connect with Graham Strain
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In this special episode of Fintech Chatter, host Dexter Cousins and guest Kristofer Rogers of Volt.io discuss the Singapore Fintech Festival 2024, highlighting its scale, the quality of discussions, and the global interest in fintech.
They explore themes of financial health, geopolitical impacts, interoperability, and the future of embedded finance emphasizing the need for collaboration in the fintech ecosystem.
In this conversation, Kristofer Rogers and Dexter discuss the evolving landscape of FinTech, focusing on the implications of disruption, the changing nature of leadership, and the critical importance of talent.
They explore the accessibility of industry leaders, the significance of community events, and Australia's position in the global FinTech arena.
The discussion highlights the challenges and opportunities facing Australia, the need for a long-term vision, and an optimistic outlook for the future of FinTech, particularly in relation to trade finance and digital currency.
2024 Singapore Fintech Festival Highlights
- The Singapore Fintech Festival 2024 had 65,000 delegates.
- Financial health is a more pressing issue than financial inclusion.
- Interoperability is becoming more important than innovation in fintech.
- Africa presents unique opportunities for fintech.
- Collaboration among fintechs and banks is essential for success.
- Embedded finance is maturing, but challenges remain.
- The festival highlighted the importance of genuine business connections.
- Talent is a critical focus area that is often overlooked in discussions.
- Accessibility of industry leaders fosters networking and collaboration.
- A long-term vision is necessary for Australia to establish its identity in FinTech.
- Optimism exists for the future of FinTech in Australia, with potential growth opportunities.
- Global trade and currency are poised for significant changes in the coming years.
- The FinTech landscape is evolving, and businesses must adapt to stay relevant.
Chapters
00:00 Overview of the Singapore Fintech Festival
06:04 Global Perspectives on Fintech
12:01 Interoperability vs. Innovation in Fintech
18:00 Collaboration in the Fintech Ecosystem
27:46 The Implications of Disruption
33:21 Accessibility and Networking in FinTech
40:05 Challenges and Opportunities for Australia
45:55 Optimism for the Future of FinTech
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We have a great Fintech Chatter Podcast for you this week, a transformative piece in more ways than one. Dexter Cousins caught up with Paul Weingarth, Co-founder & CEO of Slyp, Australia’s only independent startup backed by all four major banks.
About This Episode
12 months ago Paul and Slyp were in a challenging place. Paul's health and fitness had suffered with the stress of running a startup and Slyp were facing capital runway challenges. Things weren't looking great.
After a week of playing the victim (and a good talking to himself), he decided enough was enough and he needed to change right now! By focussing on his health first, the past year has been transformative. Paul is back in his best shape since his Uni days, shedding 25kg and doing his first triathlon. And Slyp has bounced back from its challenges with the launch of Go Rewards!
This is one of our favourite-ever episodes. Paul first appeared as an early guest - to see first-hand his journey and to be able to share it with you through the podcast is something we're really proud of!
About Slyp
Since Slyp launched in 2017 they have made it their mission to bring brands closer to their customers. The digitising of receipts and connecting the "SKU to Who" has allowed them to grow their market presence. Their DNA has always been about enriching the customer experience and helping retailers unleash the power of their POS data, to drive targeted engagement opportunities with their customers.
Go Rewards Powered By Slyp
They recently launched Go Rewards the first turnkey, full-stack loyalty platform that drives smarter commerce allowing retailers including, Kmart, Country Road Group, Chemist warehouse and countless others, the opportunity to harness the power of consumer buying, getting to "Know & Grow" their customer relationships.
About Paul
With a career rooted in digital commerce and payments, Paul previously led PayPal Australia’s growth team. His expertise and passion lie in customer experience, with a vision to revolutionise payment experiences, delivering step-change value to both retailers and their suppliers.
Outside of work, Paul has reignited his dedication to health and fitness, recently competing in his first triathlon.
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In the latest episode of the Fintech Chatter podcast, Dexter reconnects with Ryan Edwards-Pritchard, CEO of Anna.MoneyRyan chats to Dexter about the recent merger of Cape and how he's joined forces with the UK's Anna.Money to bring a new approach to supporting the 2 million plus small businesses in Australia.
About this Episode
Ryan shares the back story of launching Cape in Australia and the challenges he faced getting through the pandemic, securing funding, growing the business and then navigating the funding crunch.
They discuss the synergies that led to Cape being acquired by ANNA and Ryan shares his learnings and advice for other founders seeking an acquisition partner.
Ryan also shares the plans for growth in the region as well as some unique product offerings and services for the Aussie market.
About Anna.Money
As "The business account that does your accounting and taxes" Anna.Money provides a smart all-in-one business account for money, invoicing, expenses, bookkeeping and taxes.
About Ryan
Ryan would describe himself as a British expat Fintech Nerd. His background in the UK saw him heading up Europe's largest digital marketplace for SME Finance in Funding Options.
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In episode 193, Dexter Cousins sits down with Co-Founders John Crutchley and Dave Malcolm, the brains behind Mist, an innovative solution helping students organise their new life in Australia. It doesn’t sound glamorous, but it is an untapped market ripe for digital innovation.
Dave and John share their vision for what promises to be a unique Fintech scaleup. Mist stands out as an ambitious concept. Where many Fintech’s have essentially created a business that could easily be a feature in an app, Mist is an app that makes Fintech a feature of their design.
Dave and John share their Mist journey so far and how their contrasting startup experiences at MarleySpoon and Volt Bank are helping them navigate the pitfalls of a Fintech startup.
Key Takeaways:
- Finding the right co-founder
- Making Fintech a feature to solve a bigger problem
- Embedded finance - cutting through the hype
- Building a solution that customers will use for life
- Influencing partners and government to create opportunities
- The HUGE opportunity for Aussie Fintechs in India
- How learning from startup success and failure is shaping Mist’s strategy
About Our Guests:
John Crutchley
John gained extensive experience in various leadership roles in the Banking sector before founding Mist. He specialised in migration and international banking for ANZ and Volt Bank, where he was specifically hired as Head of International Banking to lead their go-to-market strategy in the international student market.
Dave Malcolm
A passionate C-Level executive and entrepreneur with a proven track record of founding, building, and scaling digital ventures across web2 and web3 in Australia.
He pinpoints the co-founding of Marley Spoon & Dinnerly in 2015 as his career highlight, which went on to be listed on the ASX in 2018 (ASX: MMM).
Show Notes:
- [00:57] Dave Malcolm introduces Mist.
- [01:53] John Crutchley shares the genesis for the idea and how he met Dave.
- [04:40] Dave Malcolm on getting into the mindset of a Gen Z customer.
- [08:30] Case studies: Embedded finance done right.
- [13:32] Big wins and successes so far.
- [19:29] Getting the business off the ground, overcoming challenges and obstacles.
- [24:10] Busting Fintech startup myths. Move fast and break things vs slow and deliberate growth
- [34:29] The complexity of Fintech. Why fixing problems is so hard.
- [40:15] Identifying valuable, global, niche markets.
Links & Resources:
- Visit Mist’s website: https://gomist.co/
- Connect with Dave Malcolm on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davemalcolm/
- Connect with John Crutchley on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-crutchley-0842827/
- Connect with Dexter Cousins on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dextercousins/
- Learn more about Tier One People: https://tieronepeople.com/
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In this episode of the Fintech Chatter Podcast, Dexter sits down with Robert Kassis, a visionary leader and co-founder of DigiZoo, a digital consultancy supporting some of Australia’s most innovative Fintech including 86 400, Volt Bank, Afterpay Money, Constantinople and Greater Bank.
DigiZoo is at the forefront of transforming businesses through innovative digital solutions, helping organizations navigate the complexities of the digital landscape with confidence and agility.
Robert shares his insights on the complexities of digital transformation in today's banks, how DigiZoo helps incumbents stay ahead of the curve, and the critical role that technology plays in driving business success. We also delve into the unique approach DigiZoo is developing by productising their service offering.
Whether you're a founder/executive looking to enhance your product capability or someone interested in the latest trends in digital innovation, this episode offers valuable perspectives on how to thrive in the Fintech 2.0 era.
Key Takeaways:
- The complexities of digital transformation in banks and legacy systems.
- BaaS? Embedded Finance? - What is the BIG opportunity in Fintech?
- Moving from a consultancy operating model to a product operating model.
- Bootstrapping and building sustainably.
- Attracting and retaining the best talent.
- The secret to successful partnerships.
- The future of digital consultancies and emerging trends in the industry.
**About Our Guest:
Robert Kassis** is the co-founder of DigiZoo, bringing years of experience in digital strategy and innovation. With a passion for helping businesses leverage technology to achieve their goals, Robert has been instrumental in positioning DigiZoo as a leading consultancy in the digital space.
Show Notes:
- [01:35] Robert Kassis introduces DigiZoo and its core mission.
- [08:00] From service to product operating model.
- [12:39] Fixing problems - Avoiding hype. DigiZoo's unique approach to digital consultancy.
- [21:14] Case studies: The complexity of fixing bank legacy technology.
- [25:59] AI - The impacts and opportunities.
- [29:29] Finding the right tech talent.
- [36:15] Aligning purpose and values for sustainable growth.
- [40:29] What the future holds for Digizoo and their partners.
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- Visit DigiZoo’s website: https://digizoo.com.au/
- Connect with Robert Kassis on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-kassis-2238972/
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In Episode 191 of the Fintech Chatter Podcast, Dexter Cousins is joined by Tim Buskens CEO of Hope Housing a not-for-profit initiative assisting Essential Service Workers. Dexter and Tim chat about the very real issue of home ownership in Australia for essential workers, as they battle to afford housing closer to where they work.
About Hope Housing
Tim has witnessed first-hand the issues faced by our essential workers in their fight to afford home ownership. He was struck by the stress many of our essential workers face on a daily basis. Observing how they are often forced to move away from their community in order to buy a home, resulting in long journeys to get to work.
Mainstream banks view essential workers as too high risk for the traditional mortgage route and Tim felt there could be a better way.
From this Hope Housing materialised. An innovative way for people to finance their home purchase through alternative investment, not just the bank route. Now in its 4th year, they are working with great partners who are helping make this happen.
They've assembled an experienced team of financial and technology experts, culminating in a group of people who continue to innovate the solution and deliver the mission to help Australia's unsung heroes buy a home.
About Tim BuskensTim is Chief Executive Officer and a Founding Director of HOPE Housing. Tim brings over 25 years’ experience in financial services across both private and public sectors to the role at Hope Housing.
Most recently as COO of the Australian Superannuation Funds Association, Tim has also held executive positions in Link Group, Oasis Asset Management and ASIC.
Tim has a Bachelor of Business from Victoria University and a Masters of Applied Finance from Macquarie University.
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In episode 190 of Fintech Chatter Dexter Cousins is joined by Chad West, VP of Marketing for Argent.Dexter first met Chad in 2018 when Chad was VP of Marketing for Revolut. Tune in as they talk about Chad's journey from UK Politics to UK Fintech and now the world of digital assets.
About Argent - Argent is the world's most simple and secure smart wallet for Ethereum. It puts the power of crypto into the hands of anyone with a phone. Empowering users to control and prosper from their digital assets and identity.
Store, save and send; borrow, earn interest and invest. No-nonsense and non-custodial. Combining beautiful design and bulletproof security. Without borders or boundaries.
Launched in 2018 Argent is backed by Silicon Valley and Europe's top investors, including Paradigm, Index Ventures, Creandum and firstminute capital.
About This Episode -Chad and Dexter talk about the early days of Revolut. When Chad joined as their first marketing leader, he was employee no25. Revolut had amassed a fairly impressive 50,000 customers at this stage.
Chad shares some of the strategies he harnessed to take the company to 20 MILLION customers just 5 years later.
Dexter also talks to Chad about his career post Revolut. And Chad shares why he believes the world of digital assets has even more potential to fulfil the early promise of Fintech.
And as one of the most accomplished marketers on the planet, Chad shares his tips for founders and gives some career advice to marketeers concerned about the rapid shake up in the industry by AI.
About Chad WestChad was an early employee and Director of Global Marketing & Communications at Revolut. He helped transform the company from a fintech app that no one had heard of, into one of the fastest-growing technology companies in the world.
Chad's marketing philosophy is a little different. He doesn't believe in blowing money on expensive Super Bowl ads, but instead by bringing customer's as close to the business as possible, and scaling through advocacy.
From product marketing and community building, to referral campaigns and engagement, Chad has seen it all.
Chad began his career in Public Affairs supporting at the the time UK Prime Minister, David Cameron.
He then joined renowned Internet giant Rocket Internet, where he really cut his teeth in growth marketing, before joining Revolut as their first senior marketing hire in 2017.
Chad is now VP of Marketing for Argent and holds an advisory role with Sorare.
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In episode 189 of Fintech Chatter Dexter Cousins is joined by Pablo Gil Brusola, CEO of PropHero.
About PropHero
PropHero, founded in July 2021, is Australia’s leading PropTech platform redefining property investment through cutting-edge data & AI technologies. The platform empowers over 1000 clients worldwide to craft high-return, low-risk property portfolios.
PropHero simplifies the entire investment journey by connecting clients with trusted partners and handling everything from market research to property management. As we fast forward to today, the PropHero team has grown to over 100 dedicated members and expanded to property markets in Sydney, Spain, Bali, and Ireland.
Prophero raised $8m in October 2022, is profitable and on course to generate $40m ARR this year.
About This Episode
Pablo dials in from Barcelona to share his secrets on building a global Fintech/Proptech.
Dexter goes in depth with Pablo to understand how he, and his co-founder Mikael Roger, have built a global business with over 100 people across Australia, Spain, Bali and Ireland.
Dexter digs deeper to understand Pablo’s values, principles and motivations that drive him towards success.
Tune in to find out:
- How to expand an Aussie Fintech globally
- Seeking the right investors and the right amount of capital
- Why a Bootstrap mindset is essential for success
- The secrets to hiring executive talent
- Understanding the different stages of growth and the people required for each stage
- How to commercialise an idea and find paying customers
- Recognising your strengths and what to look for in a co-founder
About Pablo Gil Brusola
As a native Spaniard Pablo moved to Australia to study in 2009. He instantly fell in love with the country and decided he had to come back. Starting his career in a Big 4 consulting firm, he quickly realised he was an entrepreneur and started his first company Growpro. After a successful exit, Pablo teamed up with a friend and fellow co-founder Mikael Roger to launch PropHero.
Find out more www.prophero.com.au
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In episode 188 of Fintech Chatter podcast, Dexter Cousins is joined by Stevie Ann Dovico, CIO of Beyond Bank.
We know what you're thinking, This is a Fintech Podcast, why are you featuring a Community Bank?
Back in 2020 Dexter made a bold prediction that talent would move from Fintech and Big banks to the community banking space, as they looked to make an impact on community.
So we were not as surprised as others when Beyond Bank managed to attract one of NAB's rising star executives in Stevie-Ann.
Tune in as Dexter chats to Stevie-Ann about her motivations for joining a community bank, the synergies with Fintech and how Fintech founders can work in partnership with community banks to solve BIG societal problems like affordable housing.
About Beyond Bank
Beyond Bank is one of Australia's largest, 100% customer-owned mutual banks with a credit union heritage.
Founded over 60 years ago by those who felt left behind by a traditional banking system that failed to meet their needs or expectations. Beyond Bank has a vision to be the best bank for relationships. Striving to create and return value for their customers and communities helping to change lives.
Stevie-Ann talks about how Beyond Bank proudly attained B Corp Certification in Australia, showing their commitment to the social and environmental impact their business has on the community.
About Stevie-Ann
Stevie-Ann is a dynamic and visionary Information Technology and Digital Executive with over 15 years of experience in Financial Services across Asia Pacific.
She has proven success in leading large (600+), cross-functional, global teams across Technology, Digital, Strategy and Innovation, Product and Distribution, Risk and Compliance and Enterprise Transformation.
At Westpac Stevie-Ann experienced the growth of the Australian Fintech scene through the partnership with Re-Inventure fund and her involvement with Stone and Chalk.
In 2022 Stevie was awarded Executive Leader of the Year by Women in Digital. She holds an MBA from the University of Sydney in addition to B.Business and B.Information Technology.
Stevie is a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
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In episode 187 of the Fintech Chatter podcast, Dexter Cousins is joined by CEO of Finmo, David Hanna. David talks to Dexter about how he and the team are tackling a global problem affecting pretty much every SME.David shares his Fintech journey as the Head of Risk and Compliance at Paypal and Chief Risk and Compliance Officer at Rapyd.
Tune in to find out how to make the transition from risk to CEO, the optimal way to launch a global Fintech and how to win enterprise clients without a marketing budget!
About David HannaDavid is the CEO and co-founder of Finmo and has over 20 years of expertise in the financial services and payments sector. Prior to founding Finmo, he held global leadership roles in Risk and Compliance for Financial Services companies headquartered in various locations globally.
David has held senior roles across companies such as PayPal, Ernst & Young, Zurich, ING Bank, Banxa and others. He serves on several advisory boards and has invested in many startups around the world.
About Finmo
Finmo is a global B2B treasury management platform that is focused on providing the
necessary tools for the “CFO Office” including finance teams, CFOs, and treasurers. Finmo provides a single platform to enable the core elements of treasury to be managed from one place.
Finmo does this by providing four core modules to its clients,
Money movement
Cash management, including AR/AP modules
FX Hedging capabilities
Integrations into existing accounting and enterprise software
Following 20+ years of working across the financial services industry with founders from organisations such as PayPal, Citi, and other big names, the Finmo exec team realised that everyone has a treasury problem!
Especially companies with multiple bank accounts and multiple org. structures within their group, handling multiple currencies in servicing their clients. In identifying this problem, Finmo is addressing a significant gap in the market for a solution that serves the end-to-end treasury management lifecycle.
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Erica Xie joins Dexter Cousins to chat about Tanggram, a smart wealth-creating App that integrates investment with shopping rewards.The app provides a seamless wealth building journey to well-educated, young people who have stable income streams and financial goals.
Co-founded with CEO Nick Tang in 2017, Tanggram is unique in that it serves a massively underserved segment of Australia's community, Asian immigrants.
Erica shares her journey as COO from starting out as a financial advisor with Nick, to building a Fintech Platform and the upcoming launch of their superannuation product.
About Erica Xie
Erica is a results-oriented leader with extensive experience in business management and operations, particularly in startups and the Fintech industry. As the Co-founder of Tanggram, Erica has played a key role in building a cohesive and goal-oriented team, and has contributed to the successful partnerships and market position of the business.
Erica was honored as the "Young Leader of the Year" at the Women in Finance 2022, and has been nominated for the "Female Fintech Leader of the Year" in both the 2023 and 2024 Fintech Australia Finnies Awards.
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In episode 185 of Fintech Chatter Dexter Cousins is joined by Andrew Ward, CEO and Founder of Liquidise.Hi, Dexter here with another great episode with another great Aussie Fintech founder. This week I chat with Andrew Ward about the launch of his latest venture, Liquidise. I'm excited to bring you this chat as Andrew has developed a solution that almost all of our listeners will benefit from!
And as this isn't Andrew's first Rodeo, he shares some honest and candid advice for founders who may be a little earlier in the journey.
About Liquidise
Recorded in the week Liquidise launched into the Aussie market, Andrew shares how Liquidise is unlocking private equity for company owners, investors and employees.
Liquidise is a unique platform, giving shareholders and investors access to guaranteed cash and equity with instant cash settlements.
Company owners retain complete control over their cap table, and can reward employees meaningfully. Investors get access to pre-vetted unlisted company opportunities, with direct ownership on the Liquidise share registry.
Using blockchain technology, Liquidise is revolutionising the way founders and private companies can grow their companies, attract the best talent and keep control of their business.
About Andrew Ward
The inspiration for Liquidise came from Andrew's own experience of launching, growing and listing SelfWealth.
His shareholders, like those in all unlisted companies, had to wait for either a public listing, company sale or change of control, or transact at a buyer’s set price – if a buyer could be found.
These options for private shareholders can be expensive and value destroying. In founding Liquidise, Andrew and his team are intent on solving this problem to unlock the value in private companies.
Find out more - https://liquidise.com/
Or watch Andrew tell you all about Liquidise in this promo video - https://youtu.be/QbqOklgComM?si=PWZZ4t2oj_88TxCX
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Meet Australia's newest bank CEO, Peita Piper of Avenue Bank.
Avenue were recently granted a full ADI banking license and Dexter Cousins chats to Peita about their journey.
In this episode Peita shares the strategy of Avenue and their focus on a niche business banking product neglected by banks, the bank guarantee.
Avenue have digitised this paper process which takes up to 60 days to offer a bank guarantee in 24 hours!
We also talk about the challenges of dealing with regulators in the aftermath of failed digital banks Xinja and Volt, while also looking at the big successes like Judo.
Peita also shares her personal experience as we talk about the 'glass cliff'. Peita shares her own inspiring story of backing herself and taking on the CEO role at a very difficult time in the business.
I also get the chance to ask Peita about what I believe is the hardest part of being a scale up CEO, taking the reigns from founders whilst they remain in the business.
Finally I just want to say a MASSIVE well done to everyone involved in the Avenue journey. There is no tougher startup challenge than building a bank - it's the Everest of startup mountains to climb.
You can find out more about Avenue Bank and careers https://www.avenuebank.com.au/careers
Until the next episode, keep well!
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In episode 182 of Fintech Chatter Podcast Dexter Cousins is joined by Pål Krogdahl, Director of Advisory at Samlink and co-host of Fintech Daydreaming Podcast.
In this episode, Dexter chats with Pål Krogdahl about the Fintech scene in the Nordics. They talk through the latest customer trends and research based on 40-plus banks, revealing the key themes and areas for innovation.
Covering everything from AI to Open Banking, Banking as a Service to Embedded Finance, and everything in between the research reveals where customers are shifting their focus and expectations from their bank.
Pål also shares some key findings on the major issues keeping banking execs awake at night, giving some clear indications on where the next wave of Fintech entrepreneurs should focus their energy.
The Nordics is the birthplace of Fintech OG's like Klarna and Tink. It is a region with a rich history of innovation and Pål gives a rundown on the Fintech scene in his native Finland. There are some startling similarities to the Fintech scene down under and lessons can be learned from our European cousins.
You can follow Pål on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/krogdahl/
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Stake Co-Founders Matt Leibowitz and Dan Silver join Dexter Cousins in episode 182 of Fintech Chatter Podcast.
In another one of our 'Origin Stories' Matt and Dan share their incredible journey from becoming friends to becoming business partners. Stake is one of Australia's most successful Fintech. They have raised US $93.5m to date with Tiger Global investing in their $50m Series A in March 2022.
Their international success and growth has led Matt and Dan to see a much bigger opportunity ahead of them than they first envisaged in 2017 when Stake launched
Entrepreneurs are often known for their adaptability in driving scaleups, but many find it difficult adapting to someone else at the helm. For many scaleups, the CEO shuffle is a key part of long term success, but why?
Stake is the latest scaleup to appoint a new CEO, Jon Howie, seeing Matt return to his roots in product and business strategy.
But for many founders, the thought of letting go of their baby is unfathomable. Dexter chats to Matt and Dan about their thinking in bringing in Jon and their appointment last year of Chair, Geoff Lloyd.
Tune in for an honest, thoughtful and candid discussion on life as co-founders and 'letting go of the baby' as we celebrate the first seven years of Stake.
Dan and Matt share lessons they've learned, the decisions they've made and the people they've brought on board as they Stake a market leading position in the next seven years.
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Dexter Cousins is joined by Chris Jewell, the CEO and Co-Founder of Zepto, one of an emerging number of Fintechs to base themselves from Regional Australia.Zepto creates real-time, account-to-account [A2A] payment solutions for business. Founded in 2016 and backed by Airtree Ventures, Zepto is one of Australia's fastest growing Fintech.
In this first episode of 2024 Chris chats to Dexter about:
- The opportunities Payto presents emerging Fintech like Zepto to totally redefine the payments landscape
- The origins of Zepto and how a problem in an existing business turned into a whole new opportunity
- Why Australia is perfectly poised to lead global innovation in payments
- The challenges and benefits of being based from Byron Bay
- The pressure of leaving the safety of a banking job and put your life savings into a new business
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Join us for a live recording of Fintech Chatter recorded at the CreditorWatch offices in Sydney.
In part one Dexter Cousins is joined by guests from the podcast to review 2023 as we look back at the key events and share the amazing stories of fintech founders.
Hear from Constantinople, Parpera, LoanOptions, Primer and Prospend.
In part two CreditorWatch CEO, Patrick Coghlan unveils their latest Business Risk Index report and gets expert commentary from Prospa CEO, Greg Moshal and Lendi Group COO, Sebastian Watkins.
Each share their insights on consumer behaviour in small business and the home loan market providing an accurate insight into what we can expect in 2024.
Will there be a rebound or is Fintech in for another tough year? Tune in as we celebrate the year that was 2023 and get set for another rollercoaster ride in 2024!
Check out the CreditorWatch BRI report
Thanks to CreditorWatch for making this live recording possible and a special thanks to the audience for making this such a great event.
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In episode 179 of Fintech Chatter Podcast, Dexter Cousins chats to Honey Insurance CEO Richard Joffe
Making his Fintech Chatter debut Richard is CEO and founder of Honey Insurance, arguably Australia's hottest early-stage Fintech!
Honey Insurance is the smarter way to protect your home and contents. Backed by RACQ, Honey uses sensors in the home to offer a new type of insurer whose focus is on helping avoid accidents and protect against damage rather than just paying out after events.
Dexter chats to Richard in the week he was awarded CEO Magazines Entrepreneur of the Year and Honey featured at #6 in the Deloitte Fast 50. Expect to see some massive announcements from Honey in 2024!
As a 3x founder, Richard shares his secrets on:
- Building successful tech startups
- The key differences between launching in the US and Aus
- Attracting and retaining the best talent
- Building a high-performance culture
- Winning investment in a down market
- Partnering with incumbents
About Honey Insurance
Honey is Smart Home Insurance, and they are on a mission to eliminate the 50% of avoidable accidents that happen to homes. Honey gives customers free technology and services from day 1 to keep homes safer, then rewards them with a lower price on their insurance.
https://www.honeyinsurance.com/
About Richard Joffe
Richard Joffe is the founder of 3 successful startups, and currently the CEO of Honey Insurance. Previously, Richard founded Park Assist which automated the parking industry, and after expanding to 20 countries was acquired by TKH in 2012.
Then Stella.ai which automated the recruitment industry using AI, and was acquired as part of a $1.1 billion merger with Trustaff.
Formerly, Richard was a strategy consultant with McKinsey and an investment banker with Morgan Stanley.
Now with Honey Insurance, Richard has turned his attention to home insurance, where he is on a mission to give Australians free technology and services, to eliminate the 50% of avoidable accidents that happen to homes.
Richard believes technology and automation can make everyone’s lives more efficient, so we can spend more time doing the things that matter most in life.
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**In episode 178 of Fintech Chatter Podcast, Dexter Cousins is joined by Ada Guan, CEO and Co-Founder of RDC (Rich Data Co).
About this episode of Fintech Chatter Podcast**
Is there a viable use case for AI in banking? 🤔
Making her Fintech Chatter debut Ada Guan CEO of Rich Data Co shares how they are reinventing the way banks assess and provide credit to businesses, using AI.
It's an awesome episode where we talk about:
- Real AI use cases for banking
- Modernising a 70 year old credit model
- Leaving a corporate job to start a business
- Hiring and retaining the best AI and Data engineers
- How rock climbing has helped create a high performance culture
- How to consistently win business with major banks (with only 2 people in sales and marketing)
About RDC
RDC is delivering the future of credit, today! They believe credit should be accessible, fair, inclusive, and sustainable. By using AI, the team at RDC has developed new techniques that leverage traditional and non-traditional data to get the right decision in a clear and explainable way.
Changing customer expectations means credit needs to be offered & consumed in new and different ways. Global leading financial institutions are leveraging the RDC AI decisioning platform to offer credit in a way that aligns to the customers’ needs and expectations.
RDC's AI Decisioning platform harnesses the incredible potential of AI and combines it with industry expertise to create the ‘AI brain for a bank’. RDC is accelerating innovation in business lending to deliver transformational and sustainable long-term business success for customers.
**Find out more https://www.richdataco.com/
Careers: https://careers.richdataco.com/
About Ada**
Ada brings over 20 years’ global experience in financial services, software, and retail industries.
Leading a Global Client Advisor team at Oracle Corporation, she advised board and C-level executives in large global banks on digital disruption and Fintech strategy, and drove Oracle thought leadership in banking digital transformation for Global Key Accounts.
During her time at Westpac Bank in Australia, Ada implemented a multi-million dollar program to deliver a mission critical services layer for the Bank and formulated the IT strategy that formed the basis of the $800m investment program to transform Westpac’s Product and Operation division, and complete the merger with St. George Bank.
Ada holds an EMBA from the Australia Graduate School of Management, and a Master of Computer Engineering from the University of New South Wales, Australia.
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Ryan Edwards-Pritchard from Cape joins Dexter as they celebrate the fourth anniversary of the very first episode of Fintech Chatter.
Dexter delves through the archives picking his favourite memories from the podcast. And Ryan does a great job of interviewing dexter about the 4 year journey of Fintech Chatter Podcast.
Thank you to all of our guests, partners and co-hosts past and present.
Almost 500,000 listens
4.9 Star ratings in Apple and Spotify
250 amazing guests
294 shows
Special mention to Fintech Australia, Patona, NAB, Chloe White, Simon Lee, Ben Ford and Joanne Cousins ❤️
And a very BIG thank you to you for listening and supporting the show 🙏❤️
Episode list from Todays show
002: David M Brear
Katherine McConnell Brighte - The Finnies 2020
Rebecca Schott-Guppy Intersekt Afterparty
088: Matt Baxby - Revolut
Business Fintech Special
048: Lee Hatton - Afterpay
025 Anthony Thomson
032 Neal Cross
Simone Joyce Farewell
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Dexter Cousins invites Datamesh CEO Mark Nagy back on the show. Mark made his first appearance 12 months ago as part of our spotlight on the next wave of Aussie Fintech startups.
One year on from his debut Mark shares his tips on how Datamesh secured $30m Series A funding in the midst of the downturn.
Mark also shares his secrets for winning contracts with global clients like Deutsche Bank and how to expand an Aussie Fintech internationally.
You can check out our original podcast with Mark https://tieronepeople.com/2022/09/16/datamesh-mark-nagy/
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In episode 175 Dexter is joined by a returning guest, Patrick Coghlan of CreditorWatch, a leading Australian data and technology company offering a complete suite of credit reporting products and data insights covering the entire customer lifecycle.
About Patrick Coghlan
Patrick is the CEO of CreditorWatch. In 2010, he became one of the three founding employees of CreditorWatch. He was appointed CEO in December 2018.
Patrick is a specialist commentator on issues in the credit industry and regularly appears in the media as well as presenting to corporate and government stakeholders. He has played an integral role in transforming the approach to the management of B2B credit risk in Australia.
Patrick has led the development of CreditorWatch’s values and team-spirited culture, as well as driving the company to considerable growth. He has a Bachelor of Arts from Sydney University and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
About CreditorWatchhttps://creditorwatch.com.au/
CreditorWatch is a leading Australian data and technology company that provides businesses with access to unique data and innovative products. By using our platform, our customers can confidently manage their commercial relationships, improve productivity and reduce financial risk.
As a commercial credit reporting bureau, CreditorWatch offers a complete suite of credit reporting products and data insights covering the entire customer lifecycle, from customer onboarding and credit decision automation to credit risk management and automated collections.
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Dexter Cousins is joined by Sharon Nouh, Founder and CEO of Prospend in episode 175 of Fintech Chatter.
Prospend automates and digitises all of the business spend processes for businesses. They build next-generation finance tools that empower businesses to make proactive financial decisions while also enabling their people to be more productive.
Sharon pioneered the expense management market in Australia by developing and launching the first locally built expense management platform. At that time, expense management technology was in its infancy.
Although the original version was simple, it provided a powerful alternative to businesses managing their processes manually.
However, Sharon didn't stop at automating expenses. She foresaw a desire among businesses to automate all their spending processes within a unified platform. Two years later, she incorporated accounts payable automation into the platform, establishing herself as a global pioneer in this technology, not just in Australia.
Sharon, who has a deep understanding of the intricacies of financial technology, has been able to leverage and develop technology that addresses real business problems, as opposed to merely following trends.
Throughout ProSpend's journey, Sharon has maintained a laser focus on solving challenges for mid to larger businesses and has competed with global players. ProSpend is now recognized as a world-class solution with more than 600 customers, reflecting Sharon’s understanding of customer needs and her ability to provide solutions that address real problems.
About Sharon Nouh
Sharon's journey as a female entrepreneur in the predominantly male fintech sector has had its challenges. In the early days, she faced difficulties securing venture capital funding due to a lack of confidence and role models for female tech entrepreneurs. The company's growth is a testament to her unwavering belief in her vision and her dedication to success. She is passionate about fostering diversity in the fintech sector and hopes her story will inspire and encourage more women to pursue fintech careers.
Sharon's leadership has been pivotal in guiding ProSpend's growth and development. She has displayed her ability to inspire and lead a team, navigate challenges, foster a positive work culture, and adapt to changes in the fast-paced fintech landscape.
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Julian Fayad is the founder & CEO of LoanOptions.ai. Australia's first AI powered loan marketplace.It uses AI to match borrowers with the best loan options from over 75+ major banks and lenders to save them thousands of dollars and heaps of time with its one simple application form that does not impact the borrowers credit score.
Julian represents the next generation of Fintech founder. He's a pioneer of artificial intelligence in the asset finance finance space. His love for technology started from a very young age and he built many projects including an app that was deployed onto the apple app store at just 18 years old.
Dexter and Julian talk about his experience as a first time founder, leadership lessons and how he has grown LoanOptions from a self funded Covid business to a profitbale Fintech scaleup now employing 40+ people.
Find out more https://loanoptions.ai
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Dexter Cousins is joined by Police Bank CEO, Greg McKenna on this weeks Fintech Chatter Podcast.
Dexter and Greg talk through the mutual banking model, the synergies with Fintech and the BIG opportunity for the next wave of Aussie startups like Constantinople.
Check out the episode featuring Constantinople - https://tieronepeople.com/2023/05/19/constantinople-macgregor-duncan/
Greg also shares Police Banks own digital transformation journey and how leveraging the talent and the tech from Fintech's like 86 400 is helping mutual banks compete.
About Police Bank - Police Bank is run by members for members. That means we'll do more than any other bank to support you and those you care about. There are no external shareholders to influence the course of our activities. Profits are returned to Members in the form of better interest rates, products and services.
https://www.policebank.com.au/
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Lendi Group Co-founders David Hyman and Sebastian Watkins join Dexter Cousins for this special episode of Fintech Chatter Podcast.
Celebrating the 10 year anniversary of Lendi, David and Sebastian share their incredible journey of meeting after Uni and becoming serial entrepreneurs.
Lendi is Australia's fifth largest distributor of mortgages and processes an astonishing $30bn of home loans each year!
From meeting each other in their first job out of uni, borrowing money from their parents to start their first business together, to a successful exit with Living Social and then taking on Australia's Big 4 Banks in the housing market, this is a remarkable story.
David and Sebastian are two of the smartest, humblest and likeable Fintech founders you will ever meet! They intentionally keep a low profile so we are delighted to bring you this exclusive interview and glimpse into their amazing journey together.
David and Sebastian share their insights and tips on bootstrapping, raising capital and blitz scaling!
You can find out more about Lendi - https://lendigroup.com.au/
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Lendi Group Co-founders David Hyman and Sebastian Watkins join Dexter Cousins for this special episode of Fintech Chatter Podcast.
Celebrating the 10 year anniversary of Lendi, David and Sebastian share their incredible journey of meeting after Uni and becoming serial entrepreneurs.
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In this special episode Dexter Cousins chats with Jenny Li and Giles Bourne of Scalare Partners.
With Investment in Australian Fintech industry back to 2018 figures, there's no doubt that the no1 challenge facing founders is finding capital.
We are seeing a rapidly growing gap in the technology capital eco-system, abandoning early-stage founders exactly when they need access to funding the most. Scalare Partners aims to bridge this gap, helping ensure the best tech innovators can change the world.
Giles and Jenny share their expertise sharing insights on what investors are looking for when assessing opportunities. They also share top tips and advice on how to run lean and increase revenue.
About Scalare Partners
We fund exceptional game-changers from diverse backgrounds who are preparing to disrupt globally to enable a smarter, cleaner, more connected future.
https://www.scalarepartners.com/
About Giles Bourne:
Giles is an experienced ASX and private company Director & Executive, passionate about bringing disruptive technology IP to the world.
Recognised as a commercial leader in technology start-ups and scaleups, he brings more than thirteen years’ experience as Managing Director of a unique ASX-listed entity in the hi-tech semiconductor field, developing breakthrough solutions for laser diodes, LEDs and microLEDs. Operating in bleeding-edge technology arenas has enabled Giles to work with a range of global market leaders - from the brightest scientists to global tech companies, high net worth and institutional investors, advisors, and entrepreneurs.
About Jenny Li:
Jenny is a strategy-focused and results-orientated finance leader, with more than 15 years’ experience in improving financial governance, working in and advising multinational businesses to high-growth start-ups undertaking rapid change and growth.
During her time with RISQ Group, a local business with less than 20 employees operated in Australia expanded to 6 countries within 8 years hiring more than 250 employees, Jenny as the Finance Director of the company is responsible for establishing and leading the finance function, driving continuous improvement through increasing operational efficiency and growth margin, leveraging financial system for scale, leading new business initiatives, and building long term cross-cultural and professional relationships with key stakeholders internally and externally.
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Welcome to part two of a three part Fintech Chatter special recorded live from the British Consulate in Sydney with your host Dexter Cousins.
Back in 2018 Tier One People began supporting the work of the UK Department of Business and Trade in their efforts to establish a UK/Aus fintech bridge.
Each year a UK Fintech Mission heads down under as part of Intersekt week.
It’s a fantastic opportunity not only to showcase what Australia has to offer, but to learn from our UK cousins.
So over this 3 part series I’m bringing interviews with the delegates sharing their insights, experiences and their thoughts to the Australian Fintech community.
In this episode Dexter chats to three Fintechs about to launch in Australia.
Abigail Thornleigh chats about NCC Group. NCC is already established here in Australia as a Cyber solution, they’re about to launch a new business which could help Fintechs and Banks enter into commercial agreements much faster and at a much lower cost. - https://www.nccgroup.com/au/
Know It is the first Scottish Fintech we’ve featured on the show. Founder Lynne Darcey Quigley shares her journey as a business owner to Fintech founder undergoing global expansion. - https://know-it.co.uk/
And Nigel Bridges is the CEO of Veracity Trust Network - an AI and Machine Learning Fintech helping banks beat Fraud and Scams. - https://veracitytrustnetwork.com/
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Welcome to part one of a three part podcast series recorded live from the British Consulate in Sydney.
Back in 2018 I began supporting the work of the UK Department for Business and Trade in their efforts to establish a UK/Australia fintech bridge.
Each year a UK Fintech Mission heads down under as part of Intersekt week.
It’s a fantastic opportunity not only to showcase what Australia has to offer, but to learn from our UK cousins.
So over this 3 part series I’m bringing interviews with the delegates sharing their insights, experiences and their thoughts to the Australian Fintech community
Guest one - Michael Ward UK DBT
In this episode I chat to Michael Ward who was the Deputy Trade Commissioner when the Fintech Bridge was established in 2017, Michael now supports the UK DBT in an advisory capacity.
Guests two - Raidiam
I’m then joined by the founders of Raidiam, Ralph Bragg and Barry O'donohoe for what is a very insightful discussion on open banking and CDR. Ralph and Barry chat about their experiences implementing open banking in the UK and Brazil - it’s eye opening stuff!
https://raidiam.com/
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Stockspot has received a $28m strategic investment from Mirae Asset.
Mirae Asset is a global asset manager with more than USD $548 billion in assets under management around the world. The investment will allow Stockspot to further enhance technology and service for clients.
Chris Brycki joins Dexter Cousins to talk about the raise and how his long term approach to building a business has paid off. Applying the same principles to his business as he does to investment portfolios, Chris has managed to build a highly respected business in ten years.
Chris is one of the best content marketers out there and he shares his practical tips to grow revenue and find investors during an economic downturn.
You can find out more https://www.stockspot.com.au/
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Mark Macduffie joins Dexter Cousins on Fintech Chatter to discuss Downsizer, a platform that helps homeowners with enough equity in their current house buy their next house with zero cash deposit.
"If we can free up 1.7 million households, that has a cooling effect all the way down through the housing market." - Mark McDuffie
Downsizer solves the problem of housing affordability by qualifying downsizers using their proprietary technology to prove that they have sufficient equity to buy their next house. The platform aims to simplify the process for downsizers and help free up 1.7 million households in Australia.
Key Takeaways:
- Downsizer helps homeowners with enough equity in their current house buy their next house with zero cash deposit.
- The platform solves the problem of housing affordability by qualifying downsizers using their proprietary technology.
- Downsizer aims to free up 1.7 million households in Australia and have a cooling effect on the housing market.
- The platform uses a blend of digital technology and a financial instrument to simplify the process for downsizers.
- Downsizer is in pilot phase with mortgage brokers and is partnering with real estate agents to handhold downsizers through the process.
About Mark Macduffie
Mark Macduffie is the co-founder of Downsizer, a unique blend of digital technology and a financial instrument that helps homeowners with enough equity in their current house buy their next house with zero cash deposit.
Mark brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the Downsizer team. A digital, data and innovation executive with 30+ years of experience delivering products and solutions in five countries across multiple business and financial sectors.
Find out more: https://www.downsizer.com/
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Mark Macduffie from Downsizer is this weeks Fintech Chatter Founder Focus interview - available Friday 25th August
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Ben Webster, founder of Agile Underwriting Services, joins Dexter Cousins to discuss his journey as an entrepreneur in the insurtech space.
With a passion for developing innovative insurance platforms, Ben has successfully built and scaled multiple bootstrapped insurtech startups from the ground up, turning them into profitable businesses.
His extensive experience spans over 15 years, making him a true veteran in the industry. His deep understanding of the insurance landscape, combined with his technical expertise, enables him to drive transformative change and create meaningful value for both insurers and policyholders.
"The hardest problem is distribution. You can launch a product after 18 to 24 months of development, and then it's tumbleweeds." - Ben Webster
About AGILE UnderwritingInsurance brokers are being asked to do more with less with a range of tasks that drain time and eat profit. With AGILE, brokers are discovering a more profitable way to sell insurance. AGILE Underwriting Services is a Lloyd’s cover holder and insurtech MGA specialising in Casualty, Construction, Cyber, Financial Lines, Retail Travel, Wholesale and more. Find out more - https://www.agileunderwriting.com/
About Todays show
We reflect on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Ben's previous venture, Insured By Us, and the hard lessons he learned from that experience. Ben explains the success of the AGILE model focusing on niche insurance products and the benefits of having a diverse portfolio as he struggled to keep Insured By Us alive.
Ben also shares insights into the challenges of finding the right people, navigating distribution and dealing with regulation in the insurance space.
Some founder insights Ben shares in this episode:
- Agile's diverse portfolio has helped the business ride the wave of market fluctuations.
- The insurance industry is highly siloed, making it challenging to find people with expertise in specific niches who can be successful in a startup.
- Distribution is the most difficult aspect of launching an insurance product, and AGILE has developed strategies to validate products early on.
- Ben emphasises the importance of a growth mindset and the need for entrepreneurs to be comfortable with uncertainty and feeling uncomfortable.
"The writing was on the wall, and I knew that I was going to have to make redundancies. I wanted to do it as early as possible to make sure that people got a good payout." - Ben Webster
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Toby Norton Smith is the head of x15ventures, the venture arm of Commonwealth Bank. x15ventures builds, buys, and invests in ventures to help them scale.
In this episode of Fintech Chatter, Dexter interviews Toby Norton Smith of x15ventures. They discuss the xccelerate program, which is designed to help early-stage ventures explore the potential for partnership with CommBank.
This year's program focuses on climate tech and helping advance Australia's transition to net zero. Toby explains the benefits and challenges of partnering with a bank and sets realistic expectations for founders seeking partnerships.
Toby highlights some of the challenges they are looking to address including measurement, traceability, and other tools in the climate tech space. Toby shares the success of previous program participants and reiterates x15 ventures' commitment to supporting the fintech community in Australia.
Apply to this years xccelerate program
Key Takeaways:
- x15ventures is a venture scaler that helps fintech startups scale through access to the CommBank divisions and customer network.
- The xccelerate program is for earlier stage ventures exploring partnership opportunities with CommBank.
- Partnership with a bank comes with trade-offs, including increased regulatory scrutiny and a shift in mindset around risk management and compliance.
- Climate tech startups need investment and customers, and corporates, including banks, can help with both.
- x15ventures is committed to supporting the fintech community in Australia and has seen success with previous program participants.
"There's a tremendous amount of help corporates need if they're going to lean into the climate tech space with any authenticity." - Toby Norton Smith
"We're certainly invested for the long term. We've definitely got the backing of ComBank." - Toby Norton Smith
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Dexter welcomes renowned Author, Advisor and commentator on digital finance, David Birch back to Australia."The metaverse is going to be built with an identity layer and a value layer, making it a safer and more secure place to do business." - David Birch
David is on a tour down under and will be making appearances at Intersekt and a number of exclusive events (details below)
Tune in for what is a bookmark episode of Fintech Chatter, an episode where we say goodbye to Fintech and hello to the new world of Open Finance!
"Tokenization is going to be much bigger than Blockchain." - David Birch
David shares new research along with Victoria Richardson on the Metaverse (or Metaverses). In this fascinating discussion David explains a template for the future of Fintech, a world where Digital ID, Digital Wallets and tokenisation enable the world to exchange value in a safe, secure, fair and efficient way.
Thanks to PayEd https://payed.biz/ for bringing you this podcast. You can catch David Birch in person at the following events:
- 17/8 Fintech Australia / ConnectID Pre-Intersekt Registration Link https://events.humanitix.com/pre-intersekt-2023-event
- Join Dexter! 20/8 Fintech Cruise [2-5pm], Newcastle Harbour NSW Email info@payed.biz for more details
- 22/8 Executive Workshop Au10Tix, Sydney Email info@payed.biz for more details
- 30/8 Fintech Australia Intersekt Conference, Melbourne https://www.intersektfestival.com/registration/
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Dexter is joined by Vishal Dalal, CEO International Business for Pismo. Pismo hit the headlines recently after it was announced Visa were acquiring the business for US $1bn.
Pismo offers Next-gen banking and cards technology through a truly cloud-native API platform. Vishal shares Pismo's plans for the region after they recently announced details of a partnership with Grow Finance.
Dexter and Vishal also discuss:
- Pismo's rapid growth 🚀
- The rise of Brazilian Fintech 🇧🇷
- The attraction of Australia to Fintechs like Pismo 🤝
- How Australia is perceived as a Fintech nation 🇦🇺
- Does Australia have the best coffee in the world ☕️
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Dexter chats to Patrick Connolly, the founder and CEO of Anility, an innovative SaaS business helping procurement and contract managers to evaluate the financial health and corporate structure of third-party service providers.
About Anility
Anility is a software-as-a-service company that is innovating in the financial viability space. We produce reports that are used by procurement and contract managers to assess the financial health and corporate structure of third-party service providers that tender on public and private works.
Financial viability assessments are a mandatory part of most procurement processes. Our value proposition is to leavearge technology to offer a faster, affordable and more user friendly solution than our competitors.
Find out more - https://www.anility.io/
About Patrick ConnollyWith 10 years of experience in the financial viability space and 5 years as CEO of Anility, Patrick Connolly is a seasoned professional in the industry and a thought leader within the space. In his free time, Patrick challenges himself with ultra endurance events that test his mental toughness and help strengthen his entrepreneurial mindset.
Patrick sees a parallel between the sacrifice, resilience, and determination needed to succeed in these events and the qualities required to succeed as an entrepreneur. He combines his financial expertise with his well-rounded perspective to bring a unique approach to financial viability.
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Simone Joyce CEO of Paypa Plane joins Dexter to share the good news of their US expansion.
In this chat we uncover:
- The challenges facing Aussie founders looking to launch in the US
- The opportunities for Aussie payments Fintechs in North America
- The US approach to regulation and how it fosters growth
- Getting the balance right between entrepreneurship, innovation and regulation in Aus
- Funding landscape down under
- Intersekt 2023
Find out more about Paypa Plane
A call to arms.*
Recent data shows the amount of Fintech funding in aus fell to 90% last quarter compared to the previous year.***
I created this podcast to give a platform to Fintech founders to help promote their story to the world. Whilst we haven’t seen a 90% drop in listeners we have seen a drop.
Fintech Chatter is in the top 1% of downloaded podcasts in the world and one of the most shared podcasts on Spotify, so you’re already doing an amazing job, but if you could help us out just a little more I’d be forever grateful.
Please give us a share on your social media platforms.
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Dexter Cousins chats to Giuseppe Porcelli, the CEO and Co-Founder of Lakeba, a successful Fintech venture studio based out of Sydney.
Giuseppe founded Lakeba with a mission to conceive, create, and commercialise transformative ventures that reshape the future. Under his leadership, Lakeba offers a unique approach to technology investment, fostering disruptive ideas and turning them into profitable businesses.
Giuseppe's shares Lakeba's secret to spotting untapped opportunities which has led to the incubation and scaling of successful startups, across AI, blockchain, IoT, and other emerging technologies.
Dexter explores the Lakeba model from a B2B and B2C perspective and their approach to partnerships with major Australian corporations like Woolworths and Mirvac.
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In today's Fintech Shot of positivity and good news, Dexter chats to Yanir Yakutiel to get his secrets behind the recent fundraising success of fintech company Loomi.
Hear how Yenir and his team managed to raise $15 million in their Series C round, even in the face of global economic uncertainty.
Learn about the determined approach of building a platform from scratch, prioritising profitability and cost control from day one. Discover the unique strategies that brought in new investors and enabled Lumi to close a round when many others are struggling.
Find out more - https://www.lumi.com.au/careers
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Dexter is also your gateway to top-tier talent if you're looking to grow or transform your fintech venture.
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Dexter Cousins is joined by Claire Alexander, founder of Coach Claire. She's here to share her secrets on how to navigate the fintech job market.
About Claire Alexander
Claire is a Global HR and Tech Talent Executive, Career Coach and ex-Employment Lawyer. She's also the founder of Thinktechstartup, an HR advisory business supporting tech startups turning into tech scaleups. Claire was previously Global Head of talent for Fintech unicorn Zip.
About today's show
Claire shares her top tips on how to stand out in the job hunt, from engaging with potential employers online to the power of networking. We'll also be breaking down the pros and cons of LinkedIn's 'Open to Work' badges, the role of recruiters, and the art of approaching companies strategically.
But that's not all. We're also addressing the tricky path of job applications and interviews. How do you follow-up without annoying recruiters? How do you handle rejection? And, most importantly, how do you determine your worth when evaluating a job offer?
With Claire's expert advice, we discuss how understanding your motivations for wanting a job can aid in salary negotiation. This episode is an absolute treasure trove of practical, actionable advice – don't miss out!
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**"Our success is defined by what we decide not to do because there are so many opportunities." - James Foster
It's been two years since James Foster last appeared on Fintech Chatter. And it has been an incredible two years for Ezypay with 50% year on year revenue growth, going from 60-100 people and now operating in 9 countries across APAC.**
Summary:
In this episode, Dexter chats with James about the challenges and opportunities of being a profitable business in the fintech industry. James highlights importance of focusing on solving customer pain points and making money, rather than chasing funding and growth for the sake of it.
James also shares insights on the impact of Payto, a real-time account-to-account payment platform, and how Ezypay is leveraging this innovation to improve collection rates and enhance the customer experience. He highlights the need for businesses to adapt and innovate while staying true to their core values and profitability goals.
About James Foster and Ezypay
James Foster is the CEO of Ezypay, a payment solutions company that specialises in supporting businesses with recurring customer payments. With over 27 years of experience, Ezypay helps merchants optimise collection rates, improve the customer experience, and enhance cash flow.
James has led the company through significant growth and profitability, navigating the challenges of the fintech industry while staying focused on solving customer pain points.
Follow Ezypay: https://www.ezypay.com/
Key Takeaways:
- Being profitable and solving customer pain points should be the primary focus for businesses, rather than chasing funding and growth.
- Payto is a game-changer in the payment industry, offering real-time account-to-account payments and improved customer protection.
- Ezypay's success is attributed to its ability to focus on its niche market, make data-driven decisions, and adapt to the evolving payment landscape.
- Doing business in Asia requires understanding the unique cultural and regulatory differences in each country, as well as being open to learning from failures and making course corrections.
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In this episode of Fintech Chatter I'm joined by ex-Fintech founder now HR tech founder Mark Lewis, CEO and Co-Founder of Crewmojo.
As we navigate the choppy waters of remote work and productivity, Mark offers valuable insights. We debate the challenge of managing remote workers, the shift from daily face-to-face interactions to asynchronous communication, and the importance of carving out a clear divide between work and home life.
We also ponder the role of leadership in setting clear expectations and helping to grow their teams, the disconnect between high and low performers, and even the potential of a four-day work week.
Mark and I explore the evolution of performance management within hybrid work models, and how to build a mutually beneficial relationship in your organisation. We dissect the power dynamics between employers and employees, and discuss how to get work done effectively as if there was no hierarchy.
Looking at the design of a flexible work policy, we emphasise the importance of aligning individuals, teams, customers, and company, and how to negotiate in a way that benefits all parties. Join us on this insightful journey, where we rethink traditional work norms and discover new paths to productivity and satisfaction.
About Mark Lewis
Mark is a people focused entrepreneur with a passion and curiosity for discovering new approaches to traditional ways. He likes a good challenge and has a need to continually improve himself but he really gets his kicks when he sees the team around him truly succeeding.
That's why Mark started Crewmojo, Performance development for the modern workforce. The Crewmojo platform helps leaders engage and motivate employees with a real-time continuous approach to employee performance.
Previously a co-founder of IP Payments which rapidly became the go-to organisation for complex corporate payment solutions. In 2015 IP Payments was successfully acquired by Bambora Group, an entity of Nordic Capital.
To find out more about Crewmojo go to: https://www.crewmojo.com/
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Dexter Cousins is joined by Simon Lee of Patona, our newest member of the Fintech Chatter crew, to bring you our new monthly Fintech News show.
This month Dexter and Simon discuss:
- Parpera and Prospend on the Wise Platform
- Revolut launching in NZ
- The state of Aussie Fintech funding
- Why so many Fintech CEO's are resigning
Plus Dexter quizzes Simon on his command of the Aussie language!
Join us every month as we discuss the latest news, insights, hiring, firing, capital raises, product launches and more.
Brought to you in partnership with Patona - The #1 platform to hire, manage and pay teams
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Looking to leverage AI in your business? Gain valuable insights from Sam Wong, CEO of Curious Thing, as he discusses the transformative power of AI in customer communication and beyond.
In this episode of Let's Chat, Dexter chat's to Sam Zheng, CEO and Co-Founder of Curious Thing, an Aussie AI scale up. Sam was also co-founder of Hyper Ana one of Australia's most successful AI startups. With a background in statistics and actuarial work, Sam has extensive experience in the AI field.
Sam and Dexter discuss the current state of AI and its impact on various industries. Sam emphasises the importance of focusing on solving real problems rather than just using AI for the sake of it.
Sam also shares his journey as a founder and the challenges he faced transitioning from CTO to CEO.
https://curiousthing.io/
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Dan McCarthy, APAC Regional Head for Wise joins Dexter Cousins to share news about the Wise Platform launch.
Aussie Fintech startups Parpera and Prospend will be the first Australian fintechs to use Wise’s infrastructure, to create deposit accounts and digital debit cards via their own apps.
If you'd like to find out more about the Wise Platform go to - https://platform.wise.com/
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Charlie Short, APAC Head of Growth for Revolut joins dexter to talk about their recent expansion into New Zealand.
Charlie also gives an update on Revolut's Australian product roadmap.
Their APAC growth plans including India.
And their measured approach to growth in the region.
Plus Dexter asks if Australia really is the test bay for fintech innovation.
You can download the Revolut app - https://www.revolut.com/en-AU/
And find out about careers - https://www.revolut.com/en-AU/careers/
Enter the Startup Daily Awards! Hurry, don't miss the 16th July 2023 deadline - go to https://www.startupdaily.net/
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It's been three years since Katrina Donaghy last joined Dexter to talk about Civic Ledger. In this episode Katrina shares an update on Civic Ledger and how they are bringing governance to water rights through tokensiation.
About Katrina
Through Katrina's early years as a sociologist through to her interest in entrepreneurialism, she has extensive experience in public policy and early stage commercialisation. For more than 20 years, Katrina has worked in both public and not for profit sectors with a specific focus on business development, project delivery and revenue diversification with the view to building resilient and sustainable organisations.
In Australia, she organises Women in Blockchain events and regularly speaks on the topic of why cities and governments should be exploring blockchain technologies. Katrina's interest in blockchain technologies is driven by her curiousity of its potential for governments to create and facilitate new citizen-at-the-centre markets, organisations and economies of the future.
Connect with Katrina - https://www.linkedin.com/in/katrina-donaghy/
https://www.civicledger.com/
Overview
In this episode the conversation centers around the need for trust and governance in water distribution. Civic Ledger help citizens, industries and governments bring transparency, accountability and auditability to transactions and data in real time enabled by blockchain technology.
The conversation also touches on the challenges and opportunities of bringing blockchain to the attention of the government, the importance of having a coordinated voice, and the need to focus on solutions rather than problems.
Enter the Startup Daily Awards! Hurry, don't miss the 16th July 2023 deadline - go to https://www.startupdaily.net/
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To celebrate episode 150 of Fintech Chatter we decided to do something a bit different. In this two part interview Simon Lee from Patona turns the tables and plays host while Dexter answers the questions.
In part two:Dexter shares his recruitment tips and the exact process he follows to hire amazing talent.
They also talk about the amazing opportunities we have with AI.
Dexter also shares his insights on the current economic situation and the opportunities it is presenting to Fintech founders. Plus he shares his tips on the ideas and businesses that will get funded in a downturn. Check out part one:
Dexter shares his background from being a failed graphic designer, working in the motorsport industry to recruitment and then launching Tier One People.
Simon gets Dexter's views on the latest market developments. And they also discuss the impacts of remote working on careers and business. And Dexter shares his tips on how to build high performance teams.
Special Thanks to Simon Lee at Patona for hosting this show.
Patona is the #1 Platform to hire, manage and pay remote teams.
Patona helps businesses get more done by fast tracking the recruitment, onboarding and contracting of trusted global teams through a single platform.
Tier One People is proud to be Patona's first official recruitment partner.
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It's episode 150 of Fintech Chatter so we decided to something a bit different. In this two part interview Simon Lee from Patona turns the tables and plays host while Dexter answers the questions.
In Part one:
Dexter shares his background from being a failed graphic designer, working in the motorsport industry to recruitment and then launching Tier One People.
Simon gets Dexter's views on the latest market developments. And they also discuss the impacts of AI and remote working on careers and business. And Dexter shares his tips on how to build high performance teams.
Make sure to check out part two where Dexter shares his tips on hiring!
Special Thanks to
Simon Lee at Patona for hosting this show.
Patona is the #1 Platform to hire, manage and pay remote teams.
Patona helps businesses get more done by fast tracking the recruitment, onboarding and contracting of trusted global teams through a single platform.
Tier One People is proud to be Patona's first official recruitment partner.
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In the last ever Blockchain News, Dexter is joined by Chloe White to discuss the latest policy and regulation developments in Blockchain. Is this the end of Blockchain? Or is it the beginning of something far BIGGER?
About Chloe
Chloe White is a blockchain and fintech expert who has been jet-setting around the globe. In this episode of Blockchain News, she joins Dexter Cousins to discuss her recent trip to Canberra where she discussed the future of emerging technologies and the digital economy with government and policy makers.
Connect with Chloe - https://www.linkedin.com/in/policyeconomist/
https://genesisblock.com.au/
Overview
In this episode the conversation centers around the need for a holistic approach to emerging technologies and the digital economy. Chloe and Dexter discuss the worrying decline of blockchain conversations and the need for a broader conversation that includes all emerging technologies.
The conversation also touches on the challenges and opportunities of bringing blockchain to the attention of the government, the importance of having a coordinated voice, and the need to focus on solutions rather than problems.
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Imagine unlocking a world of travel experiences without the financial hangover or debt!
Join me in episode 148 as I chat with Gary Burrows, CEO of Plan Pay, a fintech that's revolutionising travel payments by splitting future bookings into flexible instalments.
We discuss how Plan Pay has navigated the challenges of the COVID pandemic, Gary's journey from large tech platforms to leading a startup, and his invaluable insights on growing a business during a downturn.
Discover how Plan Pay has modernised the traditional layaway system, making it simpler, user-friendly, and visually appealing.
We also explore their two-sided marketplace model, their focus on responsible payment options, and the impact of their innovative platform on both consumers and merchants in the travel industry.
Don't miss this captivating conversation with Gary Burrows as we delve into shaping the future of travel payments.
https://www.planpay.com/
About PlanPay
On paper, we’re a payments platform. In reality, we’re in the business of promoting financial freedom for all.
PlanPay is designed to help customers unlock meaningful experiences by allowing them to pay in flexible instalments upfront.
Once their bespoke payment plans are accomplished, they’re free to enjoy the experience they’ve paid for with no further strings attached.
With PlanPay you can look forward to what you’ve earned, not back at the debt that weighs you down.
About Gary Burrows
Gary brings over 15 years of senior management experience across leading global tech organizations within the online and e-commerce space.
Gary is skilled in both start-ups and scale-ups, with a solid background in corporate structure and is renowned for his growth mindset.
Gary has built businesses across multiple continents within the EMEA and APAC regions.
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In this special bonus episode Dexter Cousins is joined by Dom Pym Co-Founder of Up and Fintech Investor.
Euphemia is Dom's family office and Australia's newest investment partner for the Aus startup community. They're investing in tomorrow’s startup scene, nurturing a diverse, progressive, intelligent, ambitious community that’s building the future of Australia.
Dexter gets an update from Dom on the current state of the Australian investment landscape.
Dom was on the show last year to share the launch of his new family office Euphemia with 🌱 Judy Anderson-Firth
Dom gives us an update on the investments they've made so far, his views on the challenging economic environment and when we can expect to see light at the end of the tunnel.
He shares an exclusive update on the website launch of the new website which is stunning!
To find out more about Euphemia go to https://euphemia.com/
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In episode 147 of Fintech Chatter Podcast Dexter Cousins is joined by Nima Karimi of Lendela.
Nima is the CEO of Lendela, Southeast Asia's first reverse auction lending platform. This podcast was recorded in Sydney in the week Lendela launched their Australian business. Nima shares his thoughts on Australian Fintech and why the country is such an attractive growth opportunity.
About Nima Karimi.
With his extensive experience in business development and product innovation, Nima has led the ideation, development, and launch of various fintech products and services, including credit card and savings comparison, insurance brokerage, and personal finance management applications.
Today, Nima leads Lendela towards sustained growth with his passion for innovation, and vision to revolutionise the lending industry with fairer and more transparent loan solutions.
Connect - https://www.linkedin.com/in/nima-karimi-4b877938/
About Lendela.
Lendela is a reverse auction lending platform that simplifies and aligns the interests of both the lender and the borrower. Its goal is to connect consumers and the best loan providers with greater transparency and quality of choice.
https://sg.lendela.com/
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Dexter Cousins is joined by Christian Westland Wigstrom of Monoova for episode 146 of the Fintech Chatter podcast.
Dexter and Christian first connected in 2018 when Christian did a presentation on the future of Payments title The Death of Payments 2030. Christian presented a day in the life of a woman named May to predict how payments will have changed by 2030. Christian argued that while payments would not die, paying would.
5 years on Dexter invites Christian to share an update and discuss if any of his predictions are coming true. Or has he changed his mind?
About Monoova
Monoova’s API integration Automate end-to-end transactions for business. From a single API and simple integration, Monoova can deliver automated, real-time debits and payments, assign unique account numbers and PayIDs to every single one of your customers for instant account reconciliation, reduce your overheads and save hours of back office time.
Monoova was one of the first payment initiators to go live with PayTo, the new and easier way to pre-authorise debits. Find out how your business can benefit from the real-time, secure and data rich features of PayTo.
Monoova won the coveted Fintech Organization of the Year award at last year's Finnies.
https://www.monoova.com/
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In episode 145 of Fintech Chatter, Dexter Cousins is joined by Macgregor Duncan of Constantinople.
Constantinople is the first of its kind: an all-in-one software and operational platform for banks. Providing a fully-managed platform service, covering customer experience, product, infrastructure, operations, servicing, and compliance.
Macgregor founded Constantinople with Co-Founder Dianne Challenor in 2022 and this week they officially announced their launch along with a record breaking $32m seed raise with Square Peg, Airtree and Great Southern Bank
Macgregor talks about the huge problem Constantinople is tackling, how they managed to raise such a significant amount at such a tough time and his journey from Global banking executive to Fintech founder
About Constantinople
Constantinople’s services cover both retail and business banking. Its platform supports a full range of customer products, including mobile apps and internet banking, transaction and savings accounts, payments, debit and credit cards, and a range of secured and unsecured lending products. These customer products are fully configurable and issued by banks under their brand.
Constantinople also supports all underlying operational services, including customer
onboarding, KYC, AML, fraud management, payments and lending operations, loan origination and decisioning, regulatory reporting, and customer service. The platform uses software to embed compliance obligations, risk settings, and automated controls.
Constantinople recently released its platform into production and is soon to commence a live pilot with its first client bank, Great Southern Bank.
Constantinople’s co-founders and co-CEOs, Macgregor Duncan and Dianne Challenor, are global banking executives with extensive banking and technology experience in the United States, Asia and Australia.
Find out more - https://www.cxnpl.com/
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In episode 144 of Fintech Chatter Podcast, Dexter Cousins is joined by Dr Dimitirios Salampasis of Swinburne University.
We celebrated 250 audio interviews last week and Dimitrios is the first Academic we've featured on the podcast. Dexter poses the question 'Has Fintech innovation stalled?'
Tune in to hear their in depth discussion on innovation, talent, immigration, skills development and what investors are looking for when it comes to investing.
About Dr Dimitrios Salampasis
Dr Salampasis is a highly regarded academic and thought leader on global Fintech innovation. Honours include Senior Lecturer of Fintech Innovation at Swinburne University, a visiting Professor of FinTech at the University of Québec, a Blockchain and FinTech Fellow at the Singapore University of Social Sciences, a Visiting Faculty at the School of Management in Fribourg, Switzerland and an Academic Council Member of the Global FinTech Institute.
Dimitrios’ research interests revolve around the organizational, human, technological and ESG sides of innovation and open innovation in financial services and FinTech innovation. His areas of specialist expertise, research, teaching, industry engagement, policy and advisory work revolve around the emergence and development of FinTech-enabled business models, Blockchain and digital assets responsible innovation, corporate sustainability and human rights, quantum computing for business, digital transformation in banking and FinTech education, along with the relevant global FinTech-related regulatory and policy interventions.
As founding course director for Swinburne's Masters of Financial Technology, Dimitrios is passionate about the Australian Fintech ecosystem and an important part of the industry down under.
About Swinburne University
Swinburne University of Technology is a world leader in education by using interactive and innovative technologies to deliver courses and degrees. From vocational education and undergraduate to postgraduate study, Swinburne has online study options at all levels.
https://www.swinburne.edu.au/
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Welcome to the April/May edition of Blockchain News with Dexter Cousins and Chloe White.Chloe dials in from Croatia and shares some of the projects she's been working on across CBDC's, Digital Assets and Tokenisation.
Dexter and Chloe discuss:
03:00 - The role AI plays in Blockchain
11:00 - Regulation for Blockchain and AI
14:30 - Hong Kong is a Crypto friendly Hub - fact or fiction?
16:45 - The banking collapse and De-Dollarization
26:00 - Tokenisation and Fractional investing
Referenceshttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65452940
https://cointelegraph.com/news/circle-ceo-warns-of-active-and-accelerating-de-dollarization
https://cryptonews.com/news/visa-to-develop-brazilian-blockchain-powered-cbdc-project.htm
https://cointelegraph.com/news/hong-kong-authorities-remind-banks-not-to-be-too-hasty-in-rejecting-digital-asset-clients
https://cointelegraph.com/news/hong-kong-s-crypto-rules-set-a-high-bar-for-good-reason-says-sfc-advisor
https://www.blockchaintechnology-news.com/2023/04/cofund-tokenises-luxury-bali-hotel-using-tokeny/
About Chloe White
Chloe was Australia’s inaugural National Blockchain Roadmap Lead and former advisor to the Australian Government on crypto-asset innovation. She is now playing a key role in policy development and regulation globally through her advisory business, Genesis Block.
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**In episode 143 of Fintech Chatter Podcast, Dexter Cousins is joined by Gabriel Le Roux, co-founder of Primer.
About Primer**As the world's first automation platform for payments and commerce, Primer offers merchants the underlying infrastructure they need to build better buying experiences for their customers.
For the first time, merchants can connect and control their entire payment and commerce stack, and build their ideal payment flows autonomously from scratch.
Plug in any desired payment and commerce solution with 1-click Connections, define logic across the entire commerce lifecycle with a drag-and-drop workflow editor, and create seamless checkout experiences that meet today’s consumer expectations.
Find out more https://primer.io/
About Gabriel Le Roux
Gabriel Le Roux is the co-founder of Primer, the world’s first automation platform for payments and commerce, where he leads a team of over 120 employees based across 35 countries. With nearly a decade of experience working in the FinTech space, Gabriel has built a strong understanding of the FinTech industry landscape.
Prior to founding Primer, Gabriel worked at PayPal's Braintree division for five years, where he grew Braintree's footprint in the European startup ecosystem and managed the company’s new and highly strategic commerce infrastructure tools. During his time at Braintree, he was exposed to the ever-growing challenges of the online payment industry, which inspired him to begin Primer.
Before his work at Braintree, Gabriel has also worked at several Rocket Internet ventures in Germany and Asia.
Connect with Gabriel on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabriel-le-roux-2a62434a/
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In Episode 142 of the Fintech Chatter podcast, Dexter Cousins chats to Bianca Bates, Chief Client Officer and Deputy CEO of Cuscal about their recent acquisition of Basiq. Bianca Bates is one of the most respected leaders in Fintech. Tune in as Bianca shares Cuscal's rich history of innovation from opening Australia's first ATM to building a digital bank from scratch.
Dexter and Bianca discuss Cuscal's push into CDR with the acquisition of Basiq. And they also talk about Cuscal's continued support for the Fintech ecosystem.
In the second part Bianca shares her leadership tips. They discuss the challenges of leading remote workforces, how to manage mental health and how to keep relevant in a rapidly changing environment.
About Bianca
Bianca was appointed to the role of Chief Client Officer & Deputy CEO in December 2020. As well as leading Cuscal’s Product, Client Services and Operations teams, Bianca is Craig Kennedy’s delegate, and is involved in Cuscal’s engagement with industry bodies, regulators and shareholders.
Bianca has over 20 years’ experience in financial services with large and complex US and Australian companies, both public and private. Prior to Cuscal she worked in senior legal and compliance company secretariat roles with Genworth, GE Capital and DLA Phillips Fox.
About Cuscal
Cuscal is Australia’s leading provider of payment solutions, partnering with mutuals, banks (large and small), fintechs, and corporates who provide payment services to their customers.
For over 50 years, Cuscal has championed competition in banking and payments in Australia. Today Cuscal is focused on enabling the future for clients, bringing to life the platforms and tools needed to compete and succeed in Australia’s rapidly evolving digital economy.
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In Ep. 141 of the Fintech Chatter Podcast, Dexter Cousins is joined by Daniel Foggo, Founder and CEO of Plenti.Daniel is a true OG of Australian Fintech bringing the Peer 2 Peer lending model to Australia through Ratesetter (which became Plenti before listing on the ASX.)
Dexter and Daniel discuss the challenges of running a lending business in a rapidly changing interest rate environment, the benefits of building bespoke tech platforms and the resurgence of the P2P model.
About Plenti
Plenti is a fintech lender, providing Australians with faster, fairer loans through smart technology. Our proprietary technology platform allows us to provide creditworthy customers with automotive, renewable energy and personal loans to help bring big ideas to life.
Since establishment in 2014, loan originations have grown consistently, supported by diversified loan products, distribution channels and funding, and underpinned by exceptional credit performance and continual innovations. Plenti listed on the ASX in September 2020.
About Daniel
Daniel founded Plenti and has acted as CEO since its inception. Prior to that, he worked in investment banking for over a decade, including Rothschild in London and Barclays in Sydney. Daniel was a co-founding director of PartPay, a buy-now-pay-later business, which was acquired by Zip Co Limited in 2019.
He has been recognised for his achievements in the fintech industry, being named the Fintech Leader of the Year at the inaugural Australian Fintech Awards in 2016 and Fintech Entrepreneur of the Year at the Australian Fintech Business Awards in 2017.
Daniel holds a Bachelor of Commerce, Economics (Honours) and a Master of Business, Finance (Distinction) from the University of Otago.
https://www.plenti.com.au/
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In Ep 139 of the Fintech Chatter Podcast, Dexter Cousins welcomes back Leda Glyptis, author of Bankers Like Us.
In this chat Dexter talks to Leda about Bankers Like Us: Dispatches from an Industry in Transition - it's a recounting of the challenges Leda has faced in her career, driving digital transformation in some of the worlds largest banks.
About Bankers Like Us
"Bankers Like Us - Dispatches from an Industry in Transition" looks at the human and structural obstacles to innovation-driven transformation and at the change in habits, mindsets and leadership needed for the next stage of the digital journey.
Leda argues that this change will be brought about, not by external heroes and saviours, not by a generation yet to be born, but people just like us. People who understand the industry and its' quirks. Bankers who have the grit, determination and energy to drive change. Bankers like us.
This book celebrates and chronicles the shared experience of bankers like us. It starts with a ‘this is who we are’ piece, including Leda's own personal experiences. It then presents an overview of corporate culture (this is what we deal with and a few ideas on how to handle it), as well as a piece on why transformation is so difficult and so many get it wrong; a piece on the challenges our lack of diversity brings or compounds, and a hopeful look-ahead on what a team of principled, dedicated folks can do despite everything.
About Leda Glyptis
Leda, is the author of the LedaWrites Fintech Futures column and regular contributor at industry events and publications. She is a lapsed academic and a recovering banker, having worked in ‘incumbent banks’ across various geographies and functions including innovation, IT and Operations.
Most recently, Leda works as Chief Client Officer at 10x and has served at 11FS Foundry, QNB, Sapient and BNY Mellon. She holds an MA from King’s College Cambridge and an MSc and PhD from the London School of Economics.
Order - Bankers Like Us: Dispatches from an Industry in Transition
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In Ep. 140 of the Fintech Chatter Podcast, Simon Beitz CEO of Alex.Bank joins Dexter Cousinsto chat about the challenges of launching a digital bank.
In 2023, Alex.Bank is the most awarded new digital bank in Australia having received its full ADI in December 2022.
Alex has over 2000 customers, settling close to $50m in personal loans, and has both lending and deposit products in the market – most recently launching a new Term Deposit product.
Simon talks to Dexter about building a new bank, the lessons learned from other neo banks and his lessons and insights as an entrepreneur.
About Simon
Simon was motivated to start Alex.Bank after noticing a decline in customer experience in consumer and small business lending due to the focus of big banks on mortgages and transaction banking. He believed that consumers deserved a fairer and easier banking experience. With this in mind, Simon co-founded Alex.Bank in 2018 to challenge the status quo.
About Alex.BankThe aim of Alex.Bank was to provide a humanised banking experience, which Simon achieved by eliminating complicated paperwork, jargon, and unnecessary fees. He and his co-founder, Craig Fenwick decided to give the bank a human name to bring back the ‘human-touch’ to banking.
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In ep138 of Fintech Chatter Podcast Dexter Cousins is joined by Ben Pfisterer of Zeller.
In our opinion, Ben is one of the most talented founders in Fintech. He shares his experience of growing a business to 225 people, raising capital, running a lean operation, and hiring a high-performance, hands-on executive team.
About Ben
Ben is the CEO and co-founder at Zeller, the Melbourne-based fintech reimagining business banking for Australian businesses.
Ben has extensive financial services experience across local and global organisations. Prior to launching Zeller, he held the Aus Country Head role at Square. Ben shares his learnings from working with one of the world's largest Fintech and how he then shaped Zeller.
About Zeller
Zeller is one solution for all of your business finances. From EFTPOS and invoicing, to accounts and cards, it's everything you expect from a business bank, but better.
Every Zeller product is designed to give you complete visibility over payments, spending, expenses, and cash flow.
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In Ep. 007 of Blockchain Chatter Dexter Cousinstalks to David Lavecky, CEO and Co-Founder of CANVAS.
Tune in as they discuss the latest RBA CBDC pilot scheme and the work Canvas is doing on Atomic FX settlements.
As a payments and fintech veteran, David shares his thoughts on the convergence of blockchain and payments and why he feels the time is right for mainstream adoption of the technology.
About Canvas
Canvas is a global blockchain company with a mission to digitise finance. Canvas offers decentralized capital market infrastructure that enables financial institutions and governments to easily expand their reach into the digital economy.
Canvas Connect is a privacy focused Layer 2 ZK network built for finance and the digital economy. Connect extends the capabilities of Ethereum with assurances of privacy, high speed and low costs.
Connect uses an API first model that supports easy integration with no solidity skills required.
Capital Markets Applications are built on the network that enable the Transfer, Trade & Investment of Tokenised Real World Assets, Stablecoins, CBDCs & Digital Assets, all with privacy and secured by Ethereum.
With a deep understanding of financial markets and the digital economy, Canvas is committed to driving the digital transformation of banks, financial institutions and governments in the modern landscape. By providing innovative solutions that are faster, more secure, and more cost-effective than traditional systems, Canvas is helping to unlock the potential of digital finance globally.
About David
David is a highly experienced technology entrepreneur and investor, and CEO and Co-Founder of CANVAS.
He was previously the Co-Founder, COO & EVP of Pure Commerce which was one of Australia’s first high-growth fintech companies, providing electronic payment infrastructure to banks globally. Following the sale of Pure Commerce to Euronet WorldWide (NASDAQ: EEFT), David was retained to continue the global growth, working with major banks and financial institutions across the globe.
As their next venture, David and his brother Daniel Co-Founded CANVAS in the belief that Blockchain technologies, Digital Assets, & Tokenisation will radically transform financial and capital markets over the next decade with trillions of $ of securities and currencies to be tokenized and traded 24/7/365.
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Welcome to Fintech News - in this special edition Dexter Cousins chats to Scott Heyes of Mendoza Ventures about the Silicon Valley Bank crash.
Scott shares his first hand experience of events as they unfolded last Thursday with an urgent call from the CEO of SVB.
As we know things quickly escalated from there leaving most VC firms with little choice but to recommend their portfolio companies withdraw their funds.
Scott shares his views on what went wrong, how it could have been avoided and what the impacts will be both short and long term for the global startup sector.
To find out more about Mendoza Ventures - https://mendoza-ventures.com/
You can follow Scott Heyes - https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottheyes/
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What a crazy week! Dexter Cousins is joined in person by Carolyn Breeze as co-host of Fintech News. They cover the latest Aus Fintech news from capital raises, acquisitions, legislation and layoffs.
Scott Heyes dials in from the US to give a first-hand account of the SVB collapse and what happens next.
And Carolyn shares her advice to founders looking to raise capital in the current climate.
Tune in to this jam-packed show as we cover:
- SVB - What happened, why and what it means for Aus Fintechs
- Cuscal Acquires Basiq
- Till raises $70m in Series D round
- Xero lays off 800 staff
- Datamesh raise $30m
- RBA announces CBDC pilot scheme
- Revolut turns a profit
To find out more about Scalare Partners - https://www.scalarepartners.com/
You can follow Carolyn Breeze - https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolynbreeze/
To find out more about Mendoza Ventures - https://mendoza-ventures.com/
You can follow Scott Heyes - https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottheyes/
This months Fintech Startup to watch is https://www.planpay.com/
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In Ep 137 of Fintech Chatter Dexter Cousins chats to David M. Brear, CEO of 11:FS.
A celebration of sorts as both 11:FS and Tier One People celebrate their 7th anniversaries.
Tune in as Dexter and David discuss their contrasting experiences over the last 7 years as founder/builders in Fintech. They share their lessons in business, hiring, leadership, life, startups, parenthood and everything else in between.
About 11:FS11:FS is a challenger consultancy that builds and launches next generation digital propositions for some of the biggest banks in the world.
The team is driven by the belief that digital banking is 1% done and that digital reform is needed to improve systems and services for banks and their customers.
11:FS build new digital banks and banking products, and deliver benchmarking, research, and consultancy for banks, insurers, governments, regulators and startups around the world.
They are also behind multiple podcasts including Fintech Insider, a bi-weekly show about all things fintech and financial services, which is downloaded in over 100 countries every week and is one of the top business podcasts on Apple podcasts; Blockchain Insider, a dedicated podcast specialising in all things blockchain, ledger technology and cryptocurrencies and Insurtech Insider, covering the latest news, insights and trends in the Insurtech industry.
About David M. Brear
David is the CEO of 11:FS and since his dream of being a sportsperson was crushed (along with the ligaments in his knee!) and he had to get a proper job, he has worked in pretty much every angle of the financial services industry never losing that competitive desire to drive forwards and win.
Having pitched, established and run billion-pound transformations for some of the biggest FS companies on the planet the realisation that Digital Financials Services Is Only 1% Finished has spurred his desire to establish an organisation that can actually support the industry through its greatest challenge.
11:FS is a challenger to the incumbent consultancies. We create innovative strategies and build out new propositions and ventures in the UK, US, Europe and Asia for some of the biggest brands on the planet. Alongside this 11:FS build in-house products from competitor benchmarking tools like 11:FS Pulse, to core banking and modern architecture systems like 11:FS Foundry.
In 4 years 11:FS went from zero brand and zero revenues to a multimillion a month business with one of the hottest brands in fintech all with zero external investment in the group.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidbrear/
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In Ep 136 of Fintech Chattter Podcast, Dexter Cousins is joined by Jeff Parker SVP and Managing Director, International at Marqeta.
Tune in as Dexter and Jeff discuss:
03:38 Pipes and Plumbing of Fintech
05:42 Serving a Global customer base
09:29 Embedded Finance - Hype or BIG opportunity?
19:44 The Marqeta Culture
23:01 Making the switch from Big Bank to Fintech
28:56 Why most people fail in startups
33:45 Where the next big shift in Fintech innovation will come from
39:56 Jeff's Podcast recommendations
About Jeff
Jeff is responsible for building Marqeta’s go-to-market and operational functions internationally and advancing the company’s service offerings in its key markets across Europe and APAC.
In his 20 years of experience in the financial services space, Jeff has worked across four continents, in senior roles at Macquarie Bank and international payments businesses, OFX, and then WorldFirst, a company he led as CEO.
About Marqeta
Marqeta is headquartered in Oakland, California and is certified to operate in 39 countries globally.
Marqeta’s modern card issuing platform empowers its customers to create customized and innovative payment cards.
Its modern architecture gives its customers the ability to build more configurable and flexible payment experiences, accelerating time-to-market and democratizing access to card-issuing technology.
Marqeta's open APIs provide instant access to highly scalable, cloud-based payment infrastructure that enables customers to launch and manage their own card programs, issue cards and authorize and settle payment transactions.
For more information visit Marqeta
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Co-host Chloe White joins Dexter Cousins to cover the Blockchain news headlines and interesting events in February 2023.
Every month Chloe calls in from an international city embracing digital assets and Web3.
This month Chloe calls in from Dubai to share some exciting developments and give an "on the ground" report of the GCC digital asset scene.
They also discuss the latest Token Mapping Exercise, NAB Stablecoin and Carbon trading, Russia's Digital Ruble potentially spelling the end of SWIFT payments, South East Asia being the new epicentre of crypto - plus Bitcoin and Ordinals.
Find out more about Genesis Block - https://genesisblock.com.au/
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or Twitter - https://twitter.com/ChloeWhiteAus
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In episode 5 of Blockchain Chatter Dexter Cousins chats to Guy Dickinson, CEO and Co-founder of BetaCarbon.
BetaCarbon launched in 2021 and winner of the Finnies People's Choice Award in 2022. Guy shares his journey of heading up Carbon Markets for HSBC to launching his own startup, democratising carbon trading tokens on the Ethereum network.
About BetaCarbonBetacarbon enables retail investors to get exposure to Australian Carbon. For the first time, you can take part in the Australian carbon market with as little as $1.Carbon credits are created through projects that capture greenhouse gases from the atmosphere, such as planting trees. These credits can then be bought and sold in the carbon markets, with the goal of reducing overall carbon emissions.
As the world moves towards a low-carbon future, carbon credits will likely continue to play a role in helping businesses and individuals offset their carbon emissions and transition to cleaner energy sources.
About Clima
In just three simple steps, Clima makes it easy to show customers your commitment to climate change, while improving brand loyalty.
https://www.clima.com.au/
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In episode 135 of Fintech Chatter Podcast Dexter Cousins is joined by Andrew Black, Managing Director of ConnectID.
ConnectID aims to become Australia’s first and leading reusable digital identity exchange, allowing citizens to take more control over their identity and data, and enabling organisations to unlock value and reduce security risks.
Part of Australian Payments Plus (which also includes eftpos, BPAY, Beem and the New Payments Platform) ConnectID provides businesses access to trusted and reliable identity data, and is partnering with the big 4 banks to launch this Digital Identity ecosystem for Australians.
Andrew is an established leader in the Digital Identity industry, working with state and federal government here in Australia. He also works with international bodies to shape future technology evolutions and policies to protect citizen data and rights.
Originally hailing from Scotland, Andrew spent the past decade leading digital ventures on data and cyber security in 2 major UK banks, having most recently led Open Banking and Digital Identity.
Connect with Andrew https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-black-a5118239/
Find out more - https://connectid.com.au
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Fintech Chatter News is back for 2023!
In this new format Dexter chats with a friend of the show about the BIG Aussie Fintech news of the month.
This months guest is Alan Tsen - https://twitter.com/alantsen
As an OG of Aussie Fintech Alan was GM of Stone and Chalk and Chair of Fintech Australia.
More recently Alan held the Director of Revenue Strategy role for African Fintech Chipper cash.
And Alan has now gone back to his roots by heading up IAGs Firemark accellerator program, FMX - https://www.firemarkaccelerate.com/
Alan is also the author of the excellent Fintech Radar newsletter - https://fintechradar.substack.com/
In this edition of Fintech Chatter News Dexter and Alan cover:
- Hnry $35m Series B
- Tyro turns 20
- Openpay goes into receivership
- FMX accelerator programme
- Career tips on creating a personal brand in Fintech
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In episode 133 of Fintech Chatter, Dexter Cousins is joined by Daniel Cannizzaro, CEO and Founder of Parpera.
Parpera was Founded in April 2020, raising AUD2.7m in equity funding through Equitise.
In October 2021, they launched the Parpera App, which grew to serve hundreds of Australian businesses.
Then disaster struck on 29 June 2022, Parpera had to temporarily pause the set up of new accounts, due to the closure of partner bank, Volt (read more).
Dexter chats to Daniel about the relaunch of Parpera, finding new BaaS partners and facing the challenge of preserving capital. This is a timely story of a founder who truly believes in their mission and is willing to push through what feels like insurmountable challenges to keep their dream alive.
About Parpera
We make it easier for people to manage their business finances so that they can focus more on what matters most to them.
Parpera provides everything you need to run your business finances in one app, including access to a Business account, Business Debit Mastercard®, invoicing, cash flow insights, and tax and accounting capabilities, specifically designed for Sole Traders (companies coming soon!)
Focus more on what matters. Download Parpera now. It’s free to get started!
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In episode 4 of Blockchain Chatter Dexter Cousins chats with Shane Verner from Fireblocks.
Shane shares the amazing story of Fireblocks, a tech startup that got to $100m ARR in record time (only Slack has accomplished this feat faster than Fireblocks!)
Dexter asks Shane why an Israeli-based Blockchain business sees Australia as such an important market.
And they talk about some of the groundbreaking work Fireblocks is doing in the Australian market.
Shane has spent many years in the banking technology sector working for companies like Thought Machine, IBM and Cisco. He shares his insights on how blockchain and digital assets are the future of the banking industry.
About Fireblocks
Fireblocks is an enterprise-grade platform delivering a secure infrastructure for moving, storing, and issuing digital assets.
Fireblocks enables exchanges, lending desks, custodians, banks, trading desks, and hedge funds to securely scale digital asset operations through the Fireblocks Network and MPC-based Wallet Infrastructure.
Fireblocks serves over 1,600 financial institutions, has secured the transfer of over $3 trillion in digital assets, and has a unique insurance policy that covers assets in storage & transit.
Some of the biggest trading desks have switched to Fireblocks because it’s the only solution that CISOs and Ops Teams both love.
For more information, please visit www.fireblocks.com.
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In episode 132 of Fintech Chatter Dexter Cousins is joined by Damir Cuca, Founder and CEO of Basiq.
Basiq provides businesses with all the tools to seamlessly acquire and use Open Banking data in a CDR-compliant way.
Make sure to check out the full podcast where Damir shares his approach to bringing on major investors including Plaid, NAB Ventures, Salesforce and Visa.
And if you are new to the show make sure to follow us and leave a review, it really helps others discover the show and support great founders like Damir 🙏 😀
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In episode 3 of our Blockchain Chatter series, Dexter Cousins is joined by Ryan McCall, CEO of Zerocap.
They're an Australian Blockchain business building Digital asset investment products and technology for wholesale and institutional investors.
Ryan is responsible for driving the company forward to realise Zerocap’s vision: zero friction, borderless finance.
2022 was a HUGE year for Zerocap. In addition to winning multiple industry awards, they launched Australia's first stable coin (in partnership with ANZ) and are partnering with ASX to build a digital asset trading and custody platform.
About Ryan McCall
As a self-taught software engineer, Ryan has worked around financial services since 2006, having designed and delivered complex risk and pricing engines for international insurance and wealth management companies including Marsh, Willis, IAG, Findex, Hyperion and Generation Life.
About Zerocap
Founded in 2016, Zerocap is a market-leading private wealth management firm for digital assets. Zerocap brings a deep understanding of digital asset technology, trading, portfolio optimisation, custody and insurance, having processed over a billion dollars of digital assets for investors, institutions and family offices.
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Dexter Cousins is joined by Kristofer Rogers from Eonx and Ben Ford of Frollo for a Fintech-focused review of 2022.
They cover advancements in payments, the paradox of lending Fintech, and the challenges that faced startups in 2022.
Dexter shares his insights from discussions with over 150 fintech leaders and gets 2023 predictions from Ben and Kristofer.
Thanks for your support in 2022 and have a safe and wonderful festive holiday. We look forward to bringing you more Fintech podcasts in 2023!
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Founded by Dexter Cousins in 2016, Tier One People is on a mission to help Australia become the world leader in Fintech innovation.
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And series A+ / ASX Listed Aussie Fintech like Lendi, Afterpay and 86 400 hire executive talent capable of delivering growth and scale.
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Welcome to another episode of Blockchain Chatter! Dexter Cousins is joined by David Engel, Head of Business Development for Starkware, a Layer 2 scaling solution that helps companies build on top of Ethereum while reducing the cost of doing so by up to 1000x.
About David Engel
David is a business development executive, with deep experience in accelerating the growth of Web3 and Fintech companies.
Prior to StarkWare, David was a Fintech BDM at AWS, in both the ANZ and EMEA markets from 2019-2022.
David has also been a Commercial Director for the Australian and New Zealand markets for Verrency, a fintech platform that allows card issuers to innovate faster, and at scale, as well as Australian Country Manager for i2c, a Silicon Valley-based cloud payments processor.
Twitter: @davidengel79
About Starkware
StarkWare is paving the way to a Web3 future, using uncheatable cryptographic technology to scale blockchain for mass adoption.
StarkEx, StarkWare’s SaaS-based scaling service, has settled over $770B, processed over 294M transactions, minted more than 90M NFTs, and serves hundreds of thousands of users monthly through customers like ImmutableX, dYdX and Sorare.
StarkNet, a permissionless, general-purpose scaling solution, is live (Alpha) on Ethereum Mainnet. Developers from across the world are using it to build tomorrow’s decentralized applications.
Starkware: https://starkware.co/
Starkex: https://starkware.co/starkex/
Starknet: https://starkware.co/starknet/
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In episode 129 Dexter Cousins is joined by Stevie-Ann Dovico of NAB and Simon Terry of Hicaps for a special Live recording of the Fintech Chatter Podcast.The show was recorded in front of 200 plus NAB employees for their Outside In conference.
In this special edition, Dexter chats to Stevie-Ann and Simon about how Fintech's and large Banks can collaborate and work in tandem.
About Stevie-Ann Dovico
Stevie-Ann Dovico 2022 Executive Leader of the Year - Women in Digitalhas over 15 years of experience in Banking & Financial Services. She is a dynamic senior leader of a global team who builds and run the NAB enterprise digital channels including: NAB Mobile, Internet Banking, NAB Connect, NAB Connect Mobile, Digital Customer Establishment
Stevie-Ann has led innovation, transformation, technology, risk & compliance advisory, and product design & distribution teams across multiple channels. She is highly skilled at solving tough, strategic problems and relentlessly driving execution.
About Simon Terry
Simon Terry is a Board-level growth leader in the health and education industry. He is experienced in high growth, start-up, and mature businesses, managing business strategy, transformation, and end-to-end operations from customer-facing to operations to technology teams.
He has a proven track record of leading highly engaged teams to deliver business growth & innovation, particularly in customer experience and digital business opportunities.
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Welcome to Blockchain Chatter, our new show where Blockchain leaders join Dexter Cousins for a chat.
To kick off the show we couldn’t think of a better person who embodies the spirit of what this show is about
Today’s guest is Chloe White the CEO of Genesis Block.
Chloe is Blockchain Leader of the year and has worked directly on blockchain policy since April 2018. Chloe joins us to talk about the current state of the industry following last week's collapse of FTX.
Can the industry regroup or does this spell the end. What lessons can we draw from the GFC and where might there be new opportunities in the future? What role do regulators play now and how do we educate the public and regulators on the nuance of our industry.
Find out more about Genesis Block - https://genesisblock.com.au/
It seems a little crazy to start a blockchain podcast the week after the FTX collapse!
So why have we done it?
It has never been more important to provide a platform for the builders in this space.
Too much attention and focus has been given to crypto influencers and noise makers.
Blockchain Chatter aims to cut through the noise and give the industry's outstanding leaders the opportunity to talk about their businesses, the big problem they solve and how Blockchain and emerging technology can become the operating system of a fairer, safer, and more efficient world.
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**Chloe White from Genesis Block joins Dexter Cousins for this special Blockchain News recorded live at the Singapore Fintech Festival.
It has been an epic 3 days, 50,000 plus people, an amazing line up of speakers and lots of focus on blockchain - one of the highlights for Chloe was joining a panel of experts on Blockchain.**
Dexter and Chloe discuss -
JP Morgan and DBS making a Defi transaction via Polygon Network
Brian Armstrong of Coinbase and Sopnendu Mohanty in a sometimes heated debate between regulator and innovator
Vitalek Buterin and his thoughts on what's next for Ethereum after the merge and Twitter
Is blockchain having it's mainstream moment?
And could Asia be the epicentre of adoption of digital assets, crypto and payments infrastructure on blockchain?
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Welcome to episode 128 of Fintech Chatter, the show where Fintech leaders join Dexter Cousins for a chat. Today’s guest is Chris Brycki the Founder and CEO of Stockspot.
Chris started Stockspot so that Australians could invest better with affordable smart tech and good advice. We've watched this vision come to life as a user of Stockspot.
Chris shares insights from The latest Stockspot Fat Cat Funds Report which exposes the excess fees in super and provides more transparency on fund performance.
And as one of Australia’s first wave of Fintech founders, Dexter chats with Chris about his journey of building a bootstrapped business and how remaining lean is paying dividends as we enter a downturn.
Download the Fat Cat report - https://www.stockspot.com.au/fatcat/
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This week we have a Fintech News with a difference. Toby Norton-Smith of X15 Ventures and Jaco Veldsman of Paytron join Dexter to chat about the latest Xccelerate22 Program by X15 (the ventures arm of Commonwealth Bank.)
Paytron is the winner of the most recent program focussed on payments. Jaco shares his experience of Xccelerate, the benefits of access to top executives in the bank, and the types of Fintech startups that are best suited.
Toby gives a candid and down-to-earth representation of the challenges associated with working with major banks on innovation agendas.
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Since launching the podcast in 2019 we have recorded interviews with more than 200 Fintech leaders.
There are over 200 hours of content on the podcast, so if you are new to the show make sure to follow and check out our previous episodes. If you’re coming back thanks for your support.
We are all busy and 200 episodes is a lot to digest so we’ve decided to pick out some of the very best bits to share in 5-minute listens.
Here’s Anthony Thomson on the real challenge facing banks - Trust.
This episode was recorded in July 2020 when Anthony was chair of 86 400. Anthony has just joined the board of Humm Group and you can check out an interview with Rebecca James the CEO of Humm - https://tieronepeople.com/2022/10/14/rebecca-james-humm-group/
You can listen to the full interview with Anthony Thomson https://tieronepeople.com/2020/07/13/anthony-thomson-chairman-86-400/
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In episode 127 of Fintech Chatter, Dexter Cousins is joined by Rebecca James CEO of ASX-listed Humm Group.
Rebecca has transformed Humm-Group from a traditional financial services business to a Fintech with an emphasis on FIN
Dexter chats to Rebecca about the Humm Group strategy moving forwards including the new board appointments such as a friend of the show, ex-86 400 Chairman, Anthony Thomson.
As we enter a new economic environment, Rebecca shares her thoughts on the new opportunities presented to lending businesses.
Rebecca also shares her journey as an ASX-listed CEO and her tips on leadership and business transformation.
For more information go to - https://www.shophumm.com/humm-group/
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Raising capital has become difficult but not impossible. Mark Nagy from Datamesh shares some fantastic advice on how to get investors comfortable when raising capital during a downturn.
I particularly love Mark's advice because it reflects the exact advice we give clients on hiring leadership talent for scaleups.
You can listen to the full podcast interview with Mark https://tieronepeople.com/2022/09/16/datamesh-mark-nagy/
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Dexter Cousins is joined by Dean Morrison, Chief Strategy Officer of Shaype.
Last week Shaype announced a $33m Series C round. Regal Funds Management is back as the lead investor after cutting a cheque in Shaype’s $17 million Series B in July 2021 - back when the start-up was known as “Hay as a Service”.
Dexter chats to Dean about what the raise means for Shaype and their growth strategy over the next 12 months.
They also talk about Embedded Finance and ask the question has it really made the impact we thought it would?
And Dean shares the back story to Shaype and how the business always intended to evolve from a neo-bank offering.
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Fintech News 29th September 2022. Dexter is joined by Michael Nuciforo, CEO of Thriday after they announced a $6m pre-series A round through NAB Ventures.
Thriday is one of the Fintech’s to watch in 2023 as they aim to take on Fintech OG Xero in the small business accounting space. https://www.thriday.com.au/
In other capital raising news, our friends at Shaype raised $33m in a Series C round fronted by Regal Funds Management.
The raise will support overseas expansion.
Dexter chats to Mendoza Ventures Scott Heyes about North American expansion. Scott is an Aussie living in Boston helping Aussie Fintech land and expand in North America.
You can connect with Scott https://mendoza-ventures.com/
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In episode 126 of Fintech Chatter Dexter is joined by Liam Millward, CEO and Co-Founder of Instant.
About Liam Millward
At the time of recording, Liam was only 18 years old, the youngest ever guest on Fintech Chatter.
Dexter chats to Liam about his experiences as a Fintech founder still in his teens and the challenges he has faced in building a Fintech with no experience or network.
It's a fascinating chat with a truly talented person whose maturity and focus impressed the Fintech Chatter crew greatly
About Instant
Instant's mission is to build the future of a frictionless economy, transforming billions of complex checkouts, into 1-tap shopping experiences globally.
They create a world where the experience of checkout is effortless, anywhere and everywhere across the internet.
Instant has raised over $2.2m in venture capital, as one of Australia’s biggest pre-seed funding rounds known to date, led by Blackbird, alongside TEN13, Reinventure, Larry Diamond and more.
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In this special episode, Dexter Cousins is joined By Mark Ledsham, COO of Currency Cloud and Matthew Tyrrell APAC Commercial Director of Codat.
Recorded in September 2022 as part of the UK Department of International Trades Fintech delegation, Mark and Matt share how to successfully launch an international Fintech in Australia.
To enquire about support from UK DIT you can reach out to Elisa.Henderson@fcdo.gov.uk or Steven.Walker2@fcdo.gov.uk
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Welcome to Fintech Chatter Bitesize.
In episode 126 of Fintech Chatter Dexter talks with Liam Millward, CEO and Co-founder of Instant. This Bitesize audio is of Liam sharing what he's done to shift focus as we enter a downturn period.
The full episode live on 23rd September 2022!
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David Washbrook, Co-Founder of Look Who's Charging shares how they won NAB as their first customer, without a Pilot and bootstrapping the business.
LWC went on to work with all the major banking groups in Australia before successfully exiting with a sale to Experian.
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In episode 125 of Fintech Chatter, Dexter is joined by David Washbrook to talk about the story of Look Who's Charging, one of Australia's Fintech success stories.David shares his journey from bootstrapping to a successful exit and helping the next generation of Fintech founders through Centauri Ventures.
About Look Who's Charging
Along with Stuart Grover and Nicole Grover, David was the co-founder of Look Who's Charging ("LWC"). LWC's technology was adopted by every major banking group in Australia and tech giants like Apple.
LWC's service touched >70% of the Australian population and the business processed 8x the volume of transactions of Visa, Mastercard and EFTPOS combined (>4bn a month). LWC was sold to Experian PLC (FTSE 100 company) and David left the business at the end of 2021.
Since leaving LWC, David has set up a venture fund, Centauri Ventures, which has made over a dozen direct investments primarily in early-stage high-growth companies (see here for portfolio).
In addition, David is the Founder of Helios Technologies, a technology-driven company working on a number of projects to help drive the transition to clean energy including myenergyguide.com.au, solarisedenergy.com and hems.energy.
David has also recently become a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
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In episode 124 of Fintech Chatter Dexter Cousins is joined by Mark Nagy, CEO and Founder of Datamesh.
Mark has 31 years of experience in the technology and payments industry. A proven innovator of new technologies Mark has founded, built and profitably exited three technology companies to date. Mark also has deep experience in corporate management, capital raising and IPO strategies.
About DataMesh
DataMesh Group is an Australian-based technology company with deep payments experience. Datamesh is revolutionising the current payment systems available to banks, acquirers, and merchants across the globe.
DataMesh delivers next-generation, fully integrated payment capabilities, through its proprietary EMV-compliant financial switching platform (UnifyTM).
Unify is the world’s most modern and powerful cloud and terrestrial-based financial switching solution available in the market today.
Datamesh has commenced the global rollout of its platform, creating a worldwide, interconnected network of processing capabilities that will be offered as a white-label or SAAS model.
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It has been a MASSIVE week for the Aussie Fintech Industry. Intersekt 22 was bigger and better than ever.
Almost 1000 people attended the sell-out event and Dexter Cousins chatted to founders, CEOs, Board advisors and investors to get an accurate pulse on the market
So instead of our usual weekly news round-up in this show, Dexter shares his insights from those conversations and what it might mean for Fintech over the next 12 months or so.
Ben Ford from Frollo also joins Dexter later in the show to give an Intersekt review. You can connect with Ben https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-ford-142a027/
Listen to the UK Fintech delegation podcast - https://tieronepeople.com/2022/09/06/uk-fintech-companies/
Interviews at Intersekt with Cape, MyGigsters, Super Fierce, Paypa Plane, Monoova and others are available to listen - pod.link/1486716249
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It has been a MASSIVE week for the Aussie Fintech Industry. Intersekt 22 was bigger and better than ever.
Two days of conversations, insights, friendships being formed and connections being made. Along with lots of reunions, laughs, hugs and parties!
Out of the hundreds of conversations, I managed to record a few to share with you.
I speak to a few Fintech legends as well as founders from the next wave of fintech startups.
And I also chat with some of the unsung heroes behind the scenes.
Here’s a chat with Jennifer Harrison, Partner at Reputation Edge. Jennifer is one of the characters behind the scenes of the Australian Fintech community. She’s been instrumental in supporting the industry through her PR and media work.
Connect with Jennifer - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferjoinsthedots/
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About Tier One People
Founded by Dexter Cousins in 2016, Tier One People is on a mission to help Australia become the world leader in Fintech innovation.
Connect on Linkedin - https://bit.ly/3DsCJBp
Tier One People helps companies like Revolut, TrueLayer and 10x build founding teams for launch in Australia.
And series A+ / ASX Listed Aussie Fintech like Lendi, Afterpay and 86 400 hire executive talent capable of delivering growth and scale.
If you are building a world-class Fintech venture and need help in hiring tier-one people contact us - https://bit.ly/3Dc1p0B
It has been a MASSIVE week for the Aussie Fintech Industry. Intersekt 22 was bigger and better than ever.
Two days of conversations, insights, friendships being formed and connections being made. Along with lots of reunions, laughs, hugs and parties!
Out of the hundreds of conversations, I managed to record a few to share with you.
I speak to a few Fintech legends as well as founders from the next wave of fintech startups.
And I also chat with some of the unsung heroes behind the scenes.
Here’s a chat with Christian Westerlind Wigstrom, CEO of Monoova, Australia’s Fintech of the year. We chat about the launch of the PayTo sandbox and the evolution of Intersekt Festival over the last 5 years.
Check out the Monoova Sandbox - https://www.monoova.com/api
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About Tier One People
Founded by Dexter Cousins in 2016, Tier One People is on a mission to help Australia become the world leader in Fintech innovation.
Connect on Linkedin - https://bit.ly/3DsCJBp
Tier One People helps companies like Revolut, TrueLayer and 10x build founding teams for launch in Australia.
And series A+ / ASX Listed Aussie Fintech like Lendi, Afterpay and 86 400 hire executive talent capable of delivering growth and scale.
If you are building a world-class Fintech venture and need help in hiring tier-one people contact us - https://bit.ly/3Dc1p0B
It has been a MASSIVE week for the Aussie Fintech Industry. Intersekt 22 was bigger and better than ever.
Two days of conversations, insights, friendships being formed and connections being made. Along with lots of reunions, laughs, hugs and parties!
Out of the hundreds of conversations, I managed to record a few to share with you.
I speak to a few Fintech legends as well as founders from the next wave of fintech startups.
And I also chat with some of the unsung heroes behind the scenes.
Here’s a chat with Benjemen Elengoven Founder of MyGigsters a financial services platform for gig workers. It’s an early stage startup that I’m really excited about as it addresses a huge problem in a holistic way.
Find out more https://www.mygigsters.com.au/
How you can support the show.
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About Tier One People
Founded by Dexter Cousins in 2016, Tier One People is on a mission to help Australia become the world leader in Fintech innovation.
Connect on Linkedin - https://bit.ly/3DsCJBp
Tier One People helps companies like Revolut, TrueLayer and 10x build founding teams for launch in Australia.
And series A+ / ASX Listed Aussie Fintech like Lendi, Afterpay and 86 400 hire executive talent capable of delivering growth and scale.
If you are building a world-class Fintech venture and need help in hiring tier-one people contact us - https://bit.ly/3Dc1p0B
It has been a MASSIVE week for the Aussie Fintech Industry. Intersekt 22 was bigger and better than ever.
Two days of conversations, insights, friendships being formed and connections being made. Along with lots of reunions, laughs, hugs and parties!
Out of the hundreds of conversations, I managed to record a few to share with you.
I speak to Fintech legends, founders from the next wave of fintech startups and some of the unsung heroes behind the scenes.
Here’s a chat with Trenna Probert from Super Fierce. We featured Trenna earlier this year and support her mission to close the gender wealth gap. Trenna shares her Super fierce progress and we also discuss the mental health challenges for founders - remember it’s okay to not be okay and if you ever want to chat, just reach out to me 🤗
Find out more https://superfierce.com.au/
Play Blingo - https://www.growgold.com.au/
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About Tier One People
Founded by Dexter Cousins in 2016, Tier One People is on a mission to help Australia become the world leader in Fintech innovation.
Connect on Linkedin - https://bit.ly/3DsCJBp
Tier One People helps companies like Revolut, TrueLayer and 10x build founding teams for launch in Australia.
And series A+ / ASX Listed Aussie Fintech like Lendi, Afterpay and 86 400 hire executive talent capable of delivering growth and scale.
If you are building a world-class Fintech venture and need help in hiring tier-one people contact us - https://bit.ly/3Dc1p0B
It has been a MASSIVE week for the Aussie Fintech Industry. Intersekt 22 was bigger and better than ever.
Two days of conversations, insights, friendships being formed and connections being made. Along with lots of reunions, laughs, hugs and parties!
Out of the hundreds of conversations, I managed to record a few to share with you.
I speak to a few Fintech legends as well as founders from the next wave of fintech startups.
And I also chat with some of the unsung heroes behind the scenes.
Here’s a chat with Gus Quiroga from Mobiquity. Mobiquity does really cool stuff like building Sharia law compliant banks.
This was his first time coming to Intersekt and I was keen to get his thoughts
Find out more https://www.mobiquity.com/locations/australia
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About Tier One People
Founded by Dexter Cousins in 2016, Tier One People is on a mission to help Australia become the world leader in Fintech innovation.
Connect on Linkedin - https://bit.ly/3DsCJBp
Tier One People helps companies like Revolut, TrueLayer and 10x build founding teams for launch in Australia.
And series A+ / ASX Listed Aussie Fintech like Lendi, Afterpay and 86 400 hire executive talent capable of delivering growth and scale.
If you are building a world-class Fintech venture and need help in hiring tier-one people contact us - https://bit.ly/3Dc1p0B
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It has been a MASSIVE week for the Aussie Fintech Industry. Intersekt 22 was bigger and better than ever.
Two days of conversations, insights, friendships being formed and connections being made. Along with lots of reunions, laughs, hugs and parties!
Out of the hundreds of conversations, I managed to record a few to share with you.
I speak to a few Fintech legends as well as founders from the next wave of fintech startups.
And I also chat with some of the unsung heroes behind the scenes.
Here’s a chat with the Superwoman of Fintech Simone Joyce, CEO of Paypa Plane, self-proclaimed payments nerd and Chair of Fintech Australia
Find out more https://www.paypaplane.com/
How you can support the show.
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Thanks for your support.
About Tier One People
Founded by Dexter Cousins in 2016, Tier One People is on a mission to help Australia become the world leader in Fintech innovation.
Connect on Linkedin - https://bit.ly/3DsCJBp
Tier One People helps companies like Revolut, TrueLayer and 10x build founding teams for launch in Australia.
And series A+ / ASX Listed Aussie Fintech like Lendi, Afterpay and 86 400 hire executive talent capable of delivering growth and scale.
If you are building a world-class Fintech venture and need help in hiring tier-one people contact us - https://bit.ly/3Dc1p0B
Tier One People
Leaders in Fintech Executive Search and Recruitment
Fintech Chatter TV
Watch us on Youtube
It has been a MASSIVE week for the Aussie Fintech Industry. Intersekt was bigger and better than ever.
Two days of conversations, insights, friendships being formed and connections being made. Along with lots of reunions, laughs, hugs and parties!
Out of the hundreds of conversations, I managed to record a few to share with you.
I speak to a few Fintech legends as well as founders from the next wave of fintech startups.
And I also chat with some of the unsung heroes behind the scenes.
Here’s a chat with Ryan Edwards-Pritchard, the Founder and CEO of Cape the expense management platform. Ryan shares his journey of landing in Australia two months before lockdowns and building a Fintech startup.
https://www.getcape.io/
Connect with Ryan https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanedwardspritchard/
Find out more https://www.linkedin.com/company/tanookiventures/about/
How you can support the show.
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Thanks for your support.
About Tier One People
Founded by Dexter Cousins in 2016, Tier One People is on a mission to help Australia become the world leader in Fintech innovation.
Connect on Linkedin - https://bit.ly/3DsCJBp
Tier One People helps companies like Revolut, TrueLayer and 10x build founding teams for launch in Australia.
And series A+ / ASX Listed Aussie Fintech like Lendi, Afterpay and 86 400 hire executive talent capable of delivering growth and scale.
If you are building a world-class Fintech venture and need help in hiring tier-one people contact us - https://bit.ly/3Dc1p0B
Tier One People
Leaders in Fintech Executive Search and Recruitment
Fintech Chatter TV
Watch us on Youtube
It has been a MASSIVE week for the Aussie Fintech Industry. Intersekt was bigger and better than ever.
Two days of conversations, insights, friendships being formed and connections being made. Along with lots of reunions, laughs, hugs and parties!
Out of the hundreds of conversations, I managed to record a few to share with you.
I speak to a few Fintech legends as well as founders from the next wave of fintech startups.
And I also chat with some of the unsung heroes behind the scenes.
Here’s a chat with Luke Howes, one of the original gangsters of Fintech. Luke was the co-founder of Proviso and made a successful exit in 2018. He is now supporting the next wave of Aussie Fintech entrepreneurs through his fund Tanooki Ventures.
Find out more https://www.linkedin.com/company/tanookiventures/about/
How you can support the show.
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Subscribe and like on Youtube - https://bit.ly/3tBlRmE
Thanks for your support.
About Tier One People
Founded by Dexter Cousins in 2016, Tier One People is on a mission to help Australia become the world leader in Fintech innovation.
Connect on Linkedin - https://bit.ly/3DsCJBp
Tier One People helps companies like Revolut, TrueLayer and 10x build founding teams for launch in Australia.
And series A+ / ASX Listed Aussie Fintech like Lendi, Afterpay and 86 400 hire executive talent capable of delivering growth and scale.
If you are building a world-class Fintech venture and need help in hiring tier-one people contact us - https://bit.ly/3Dc1p0B
Tier One People
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We’ve got an absolutely jam-packed Fintech News for you today. It’s Intersekt week and the excitement is building for Australia’s premiere Fintech Event.
In this special extended show, we give an exclusive glimpse into the UK Fintech delegation organised by UK Department of International Trade.
We also chat to Fintech Australia’s Rehan D’almeda for a rundown on what to expect. If you can’t make it to Intersekt we’ll be covering events and bringing daily show’s this week, so if you are new to Fintech Chatter make sure to follow us on your podcast player.
Tier One People has worked closely with UK DIT since 2018 as part of the Aus/UK Fintech bridge. The programme has supported over 100 Fintechs expand internationally.
Dexter Cousins got to spend day one with the delegation to share insights and connect with some of the UK’s up-and-coming Fintech companies.
In this episode Dexter chats to:
Louise Cantillon from UK DIT on the Fintech Delegation - To enquire about support from UK DIT you can reach out to Elisa.Henderson@fcdo.gov.uk or Steven.Walker2@fcdo.gov.uk
Nick Briscoe from Currency Cloud talks about their Australian launch
Joe Roche from Fintech North who gives an insight on the UK Fintech scene outside of London
We’ve also got a host of interviews from some of the UK delegates including Fintechs focusing on ESG, AI, Payments and Business Lending:
Charlie Rainbird - Featurespace
Daniel Layne - QV Systems
Eleanor Metcalf - Tred
Matthew Rankine - Tumelo
Robbie MacDiarmid - CMSPI
Ian Clark - Invevo
Thanks for tuning in today, remember if you are new to the show hit follow and please leave us a review. It really helps us promote the Australian ecosystem to a global audience.
If you’re coming back, thanks so much for your support - It really does mean a lot to us.
If you want to connect with Dexter reach out on LinkedIn and Twitter
And if you have any news you want us to feature contact info@tieronepeople.com
Fintech Chatter is presented by Tier One People, leaders in Fintech Executive Search
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Welcome to Fintech Chatter Bitesize. I’m your host Dexter Cousins - Since launching the podcast in 2019 I’ve interviewed over 200 Fintech leaders.
The coolest thing for me is the feedback I get every day from people who have learned something from the show.
So every week I listen through the archives for pearls of wisdom from past guests that I can trim down and provide to you in an east-to-digest, bitesize piece!
Today’s bitesize is with Matt Baxby, taken from a chat in June 2021, Matt had just completed 12 months as the interim global CEO for Revolut Banking business.
Based in Australia, Matt oversaw the global expansion of Revolut into India, SE Asia, Australia and America creating the playbook for their land and expand strategy.
Here’s Matt sharing some of his insights.
Thanks for listening.
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You can connect with me Dexter Cousins on Linkedin and Twitter.
Want to feature on the show or have feedback contact joanne@tieronepeople.com
And if you’re building a world-class Fintech venture and need to hire world-class talent contact me dexter@tieronepeople.com
Welcome to Fintech Chatter News on 30th August 2022 with Joanne and Dexter
Caroline Tran CEO and Founder of Hello Clever joins to chat about their $4.5m seed raise.
And Ali Paterson of Fintech Finance to give us a rundown of what’s happening in the UK.
Plus we cover Financial results in the last few days, recent hires and other local Fintech news.
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Every like, share, review and follow really helps us promote and support the Aussie Fintech ecosystem.
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About Tier One People
Founded by Dexter Cousins in 2016, Tier One People is on a mission to help Australia become the world leader in Fintech innovation.
Tier One People helps companies like Revolut, TrueLayer and 10x build founding teams for launch in Australia.
And series A+ / ASX Listed Aussie Fintech like Lendi, Afterpay and 86 400 hire executive talent capable of delivering growth and scale.
If you are building a world-class Fintech venture and need help in hiring tier-one people contact us
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In episode 123 of the Fintech Chatter Podcast,Dexter Cousins welcomes James Fuller, Co-Founder and CEO of Hnry. Hnry simply pays your taxes as you earn, so you never have to think about tax and compliance ever again!As winners of this years Fintech Australia, People's Choice Award, Hnry is capping off an incredible 5 years since they launched in 2017.
It's a unique story where James shares how he and his wife Clare have built a successful Fintech in New Zealand from the humble beginnings of an excel spreadsheet.
About HnryFounded in 2017, Hnry is one of New Zealand’s largest accountancies that provides a pay-as-you-go all-in-one digital accounting service handling invoicing, expenses, payments, taxes, filings as well as providing expert on-demand support.
It takes care of all the financial admin for contractors, freelancers, sole traders and the self-employed - allowing them to focus on getting the job done, rather than worrying about tax and compliance.
In 2020 Hnry launched in Australia and quickly became Australasia’s fastest growing specialist accountancy. The Hnry Australia team are based in Sydney and are led by Karan Anand, Hnry's Managing Director of Australia.
Thanks for listening.
If you are coming back, thanks so much for your support.
If you’re new to the show, make sure to hit follow and leave a review in the Spotify or Apple podcasts app.
Every like, share, review and follow really helps us promote and support the Aussie Fintech ecosystem.
About Tier One People
Founded by Dexter Cousins in 2016, Tier One People is on a mission to help Australia become the world leader in Fintech innovation.
Tier One People helps companies like Revolut, TrueLayer and 10x build founding teams for launch in Australia.
And series A+ / ASX Listed Aussie Fintech like Lendi, Afterpay and 86 400 hire executive talent capable of delivering growth and scale.
If you are building a world-class Fintech venture and need help in hiring tier-one people contact us
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Leaders in Fintech Executive Search and Recruitment
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Welcome to Fintech Chatter Bitesize. As we approach the 3 year anniversary of the podcast you are listening to our 200th show!
It dawned on me how many great leaders I’ve interviewed over the past 2 and a bit years. I've taken something away from every single show.
The first episode with Anthony Nantes of Wisr was 16 minutes long and recorded on a smartphone.
But as the show has progressed the interviews have got longer, with our average interview now close to 40 minutes.
So I thought it might be a good idea to provide a bitesize podcast where I pick out the greatest insight from each interview and share that with you.
I’m also in the process of trawling through the archives to find pearls of wisdom from past shows that I can share in a short bite-sized format.
The concept kicks off with a preview of our upcoming leadership interview with James Fuller the CEO and Co-founder of Hnry.
James started Hnry with his wife Claire from the humble beginnings of an excel spreadsheet.
Listen to James sharing a great lesson in finding product/market and pricing a SaaS product.
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About Tier One People
Founded by Dexter Cousins in 2016, Tier One People is on a mission to help Australia become the world leader in Fintech innovation.
Tier One People helps companies like Revolut, TrueLayer and 10x build founding teams for launch in Australia.
And series A+ / ASX Listed Aussie Fintech like Lendi, Afterpay and 86 400 hire executive talent capable of delivering growth and scale.
If you are building a world-class Fintech venture and need help in hiring tier-one people contact us
Welcome to your latest Fintech News round-up. Tune in to hear Stuart Low, Founder & CEO of Biza.io chat to Dexter about their latest investment round.
The home lending space continues to provide growth opportunities for emerging Fintechs with the announcement of 2 partnerships this week between Sherlock & AFG and, Effi & AD Group.
As Crypto regulation draws nearer the Albanese government announced their intent to begin the process of Token mapping.
Regulation of crypto is a message echoed by the UN for developing nations.
Mastercard has partnered with Ebonex to allow purchases in crypto.
Crypto.com partners with Datamesh to enable the purchase of fuel with crypto.
Shopify is the latest to venture into the lending space with the launch of Shopify Capital in Australia.
Bank of Queensland has now gone live on the Temenos Banking Cloud.
Swyftx has had a 21% staff reduction as tough economic conditions take their toll.
Ben Lyons (Ex Prospa)has joined our friends at Cape as their new Chief Revenue Officer.
Brian Collins announced his departure from Startup Bootcamp and his Director seat at Fintech Australia.
Tickets for Intersekt festival, 7&8 Sept are now available.
Got news you want to share? Email joanne@tieronepeople.com
Fintech Chatter News is presented by Tier One People, leaders in Fintech executive search we help build world-class Fintech Ventures by connecting you with world-class talent.
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Welcome to Fintech Chatter, the show where Dexter Cousins invites Fintech leaders for a bit of a chat.
We are committed to showcasing Australia’s best Fintech leaders and entrepreneurs. Show your support with a 5-star review, it really helps in promoting the show to others in the Fintech community.
In ep 122 Dexter chats to Cath Whitaker, CEO of Selfwealth.
ASX listed Selfwealth runs Australia's most popular low-cost share trading platform.
Based out of Melbourne, Selfwealth is leading the way in stock market investment for everyday Australians.
SelfWealth is one of the very few Fintech's truly competing with Australia's Big Four banks and currently sits 4th in the market in terms of customers.
SelfWealth was taken to a successful IPO in late 2017 and continues to deliver value to shareholders.
With a career spanning across the globe, Cath shares her experiences as an international Fintech leader. She shares her insights on
- Managing the delicate balance of keeping shareholders, customers and people happy
- Making the transition from corporate to scaleup CEO
- What Australia can do better to compete on a global scale
Download the SelfWealth app
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About Tier One People
Founded by Dexter Cousins in 2016, Tier One People is on a mission to help Australia become the world leader in Fintech innovation.
Tier One People helps companies like Revolut, TrueLayer and 10x build founding teams for launch in Australia.
And series A+ / ASX Listed Aussie Fintech like Lendi, Afterpay and 86 400 hire executive talent capable of delivering growth and scale.
If you are building a world-class Fintech venture and need help in hiring tier-one people contact us
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Welcome to your weekly news roundup of Australian Fintech. Dexter and Joanne have an action-packed Fintech News show for you today with 3 guests:
Chloe White from Genesis Block joins us to talk all things Blockchain in what was a crazy week for news, even in the never-boring world of Digital Assets - You can listen to the extended version with Chloe here
Charlene Batson talks about the recent management buyout and a positive year of growth at Business Lender, OnDeck. You can find out more https://www.ondeck.com.au/ and check out their current jobs
And we kick off the show with Alastair Wilkie CEO of Change Financial. He joins us to talk about their recent capital raise. You can find out more https://changefinancial.com/
Plus we feature the weekly news and leadership hires across the Australian Fintech ecosystem.
If you have any news or feedback you want to share - email joanne@tieronepeople.com
Until the next episode, stay safe.
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Welcome to Blockchain news, a monthly roundup and dissection of the Big news headlines across blockchain and digital assets.
Dexter Cousins is joined by Blockchain leader of the year and Founder of Genesis Block, Chloe White.
They cover the latest Blockchain and digital asset headlines including:
Reserve Bank Australia Explore Use Cases for CBD
ASIC Survey - 44% of Retail Investors Hold Crypto Assets
Ethereums Final Testnet Merge Goes Live
U.S. Treasury Sanctions Tornado Cash
Thanks to Chloe for joining us. You can connect with Chloe
Telegram: @ChloeWhiteAus
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/policyeconomist/
Welcome to your weekly news roundup of all things Fintech.
This week Joanne and Dexter welcome three special guests on the show.
Steve Vallas ex CEO of Blockchain Australia, about his latest venture.
Toby Norton-Smith from x15 Ventures joins us to talk about their latest Xccelerate program
And Anson Parker talks about how Up Bank’s latest MayBuy initiative is being received in the market
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About Tier One People
Founded by Dexter Cousins in 2016, Tier One People is on a mission to help Australia become the world leader in Fintech innovation.
Tier One People helps companies like Revolut, TrueLayer and 10x build founding teams for launch in Australia.
And series A+ / ASX Listed Aussie Fintech like Lendi, Afterpay and 86 400 hire executive talent capable of delivering growth and scale.
If you are building a world-class Fintech venture and need help in hiring tier-one people contact us
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Join Joanne and Dexter for this week's Fintech news round up featuring Angus Gilfillan, CEO of Finspo - https://www.finspo.com.au/
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About Tier One People
Founded by Dexter Cousins in 2016, Tier One People is on a mission to help Australia become the world leader in Fintech innovation.
Tier One People helps companies like Revolut, TrueLayer and 10x build founding teams for launch in Australia.
And series A+ / ASX Listed Aussie Fintech like Lendi, Afterpay and 86 400 hire executive talent capable of delivering growth and scale.
If you are building a world-class Fintech venture and need help in hiring tier-one people contact us
In episode 122 of Fintech Chatter Podcast, Dexter Cousins chats to Dan Silver, COO and co-founder of Stake, a global gateway to investing and its culture.
Stake was launched in July 2017 by Matt Leibowitz and Dan Silver with the ambition to open up Wall St to the world.
Since launching, Stake has amassed over 450,000 customers across Australia, New Zealand, the UK and Brazil by spearheading commission-free brokerage.
Stake now offers investors access to over 8,000 stocks across the US and ASX markets through a sophisticated and seamless platform.
Stake has grown to 135 staff and is booking $20 million in revenue a year. Stake recently completed its $90 million Series A funding from Tiger Global and DST Global Partners.
Dexter chats to Dan about his experience of giving up a corporate career and launching his own business. Dan shares his lessons on scaling, leadership, resilience, global expansion, bootstrapping and capital raising.
Check out the Stake Platform
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We're kicking off our new weekly show - bringing you the latest Fintech Chatter News from Australia and Overseas.
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Every Monday we'll cover investment at home and overseas, bringing you the latest people on the move and reporting on upcoming events in Fintech. We'll also be speaking to guests and sharing their wins.
In this show, we are joined by Victor Zheng from MX51 as he shares the latest news on their series B $32.5m raise,
We're also joined by Nick Nicolaides from Pearler talking about their latest raise.
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In episode 120 of the Fintech Chatter podcast, Dexter Cousins is joined by Andrew Wong of Koba Insurance.
Koba, a data-driven Australian car insurance company
Koba's offers comprehensive car insurance at a flat (whilst parked) fee, with an add on cost per km's driven. So, if you work from home and your car is sitting in your garage then you simply don't pay any extra. With an ever-growing number of cars linked to smart technology, this offers a fairer pricing option for many customers.
KOBA is led by an industry-leading insurance professionals team, not just a bunch of tech guys trying to solve insurance problems, they understand that technology gives them a competitive advantage.
Andrew is a senior executive with a background in digital and commercial marketing strategy. He has worked on the digital launch of Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) brands for corporate environments and start-ups in global markets incl. US, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, China, and the UK.
He is a performance-based marketeer with a dedication to gaining rapid and measurable ROI. He has successfully assembled high-performing teams and navigated through complicated landscapes and chaos to achieve a collective vision.
Find out about Koba Insurance here
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In episode 119 of Fintech Chatter, Dexter Cousins is joined by Dan Jovevski, CEO and founder of WeMoney.
WeMoney is a social financial wellness platform aimed at helping people achieve their financial goals.
Since starting in 2020 WeMoney has built a strong community of users and has more than 300,000 downloads. And in 2021 WeMoney won the coveted People's Choice Award for Emerging Fintech at the Finnies Awards.
This week they announced a AU$7m capital raise to help scale the business and develop new products.
Dan is a second-time founder, having founded, scaled and exited his first FinTech - SwitchMyLoan.com.au back in 2016.
Dan shares some of his secrets on building a purpose/community-led Fintech. A little tip, it takes more than just a Discord group 😉
Dexter asks Dan about the experience the second time around and what he has done differently. They also discuss a recent trip to the US and the key differences between launching a FIntech in Aus vs North America.
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Founded by Dexter Cousins in 2016, Tier One People is on a mission to help Australia become the world leader in Fintech innovation.
Tier One People helps companies like Revolut, TrueLayer and 10x build founding teams for launch in Australia.
And series A+ / ASX Listed Aussie Fintech like Lendi, Afterpay and 86 400 hire executive talent capable of delivering growth and scale.
If you are building a world-class Fintech venture and need help in hiring tier-one people, you can reach us info@tieronepeople.com
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In Episode 118 of Fintech Chatter Dexter Cousins is joined by Lisa Virgo, Chief People Officer at Tic:Toc Homeloans.
Tic:Toc, is a platform Fintech company based in Adelaide, South Australia - with a growing presence in Sydney. Founded in 2015, but launched to the public in July 2017, Tic:Toc offers automated digital home loans to consumers while selling its automation technology to other lending businesses.
Lisa has been emersed in the journey of Tic:Toc from the early days, from a start-up with 9 employees to scaling the headcount of approximately 130 employees.
Dexter talks to Lisa about the lessons they have learned along the way, including:
- How P&C delivers the growth strategy for the CEO/Founder
- The importance of values from day one
- How Tic:Toc have managed remote working
- Avoiding the growing pains
- Setting principles around salaries and remuneration
- Attracting great talent when you don't have much money or a recognised brand
- Not using job descriptions
- Getting rid of performance reviews
- Overcoming talent shortages by identifying and developing people with potential
There's some incredible advice in this podcast delivered in a very honest and candid way, which will hopefully resonate with many founders and Fintech leaders.
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Tier One People helps companies like Revolut, TrueLayer and 10x build founding teams for launch in Australia.
And series A+ / ASX Listed Aussie Fintech like Lendi, Afterpay and 86 400 hire executive talent capable of delivering growth and scale.
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In Episode 117 of Fintech Chatter podcast, Dexter Cousins is joined by Fintech Leader of the Year, Dom Pym.Dom is co-founder of Up and Ferocia and has made successful exits from Pin Payments and Nutmeg.
Dexter first met Dom in 2018 as Up went into Beta phase - He made the bold claim back then that Dom was the Steve Jobs of Aussie Fintech.
Since then Up has become a world-class digital bank and Dom has had a massive impact on Fintech Down Under.
Ferocia was recently acquired by Bendigo Bank giving Dom and business partner Grant Thomas the dream exit.
Dom still is very much involved in UP and he shares the latest product release into home loans.
He recently announced his family office, Euphemia, which promises to support the next wave of startups. It’s a unique approach and one that puts people and values at the very core of the investment thesis.
About Dom Pym
Dom’s been involved in numerous start-ups and large-scale technology projects since the 1990's, in Australia and overseas.
Dom sits on the board of directors at Fintech Australia, and the advisory Board at Bendigo Bank, and continues to work on Up (up.com.au, Australia’s most successful digital bank, highest rated bank, and most trusted bank). Up’s built to help #Upsiders spend wisely and save effortlessly.
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And series A+ / ASX Listed Aussie Fintech like Lendi, Afterpay and 86 400 hire executive talent capable of delivering growth and scale.
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In Ep116 of Fintech Chatter Podcast Dexter Cousins is joined by Leda Glyptis, Chief Client Officer for 10x Banking.
In late 2019 Westpac and 10x announced a world first. One of the world's biggest banks partnering with a Fintech startup to build a Banking as a Service platform, so Westpac could partner with other Fintech startups.
In another world first, Westpac announced Afterpay would become the first customer of the 10x BaaS partnership.
Founded by banking legend Anthony Jenkins (previously global CEO of Barclays Bank) and based in London, 10x Banking has also partnered with JP Morgan Chase to launch a UK digital retail offering.
Dexter and Leda talk about 10x Bankings plans for Australia and just how much the Australian Fintech scene has evolved since Leda's last visit to Australia for Sibos in 2018.
About Leda.
Leda is Chief Client Officer of 10x Banking. A former banker, technology executive and founding CEO of 11:FS Foundry, leading the growth of its modular core digital banking offering. Prior to that, Leda was Chief Innovation Officer at Qatar National Bank, the largest bank in the Middle East and North Africa, with responsibilities for employee-driven and market-led innovation strategy and execution.
Prior to QNB, Leda was a Director at business and technology consulting firm Sapient, focusing on digital transformation and emerging technologies, and led EMEA innovation at BNY Mellon. Leda joined BNY Mellon from fintech start-up Great East London Software, where she served as Head of Services Development.
Leda holds an MA from King’s College, Cambridge, and an MSc and PhD from the London School of Economics and Political Science. She has taught politics, global governance and management principles, while working in management roles across various industries.
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In episode 115 of the Fintech Chatter podcast, Dexter Cousins is joined by Yish Koh, MD of Kit. Launched in Beta in May 2022, Kit is the latest venture from x15ventures, CommBank’s venture-scaling entity.
Kit is an ‘earning and learning’ money app, that helps school-aged kids build financial capability through fun, evidence-based and experiential learning. Nifty nudges and kid-friendly explainers are delivered by Kit – a friendly, in-app sidekick, who helps make money, make sense.
Prior to being MD of Kit, Yish Koh was Head of Portfolio at x15, responsible for new venture investment and building opportunities. Starting off her career in management consulting, she spent several years working in the NFP sector in early learning, disability services, and health insurance, prior to joining CBA.
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Tier One People helps companies like Revolut, TrueLayer and 10x build founding teams for launch in Australia.
And series A+ / ASX Listed Aussie Fintech like Lendi, Afterpay and 86 400 hire executive talent capable of delivering growth and scale.
If you are building a world-class Fintech venture and need help in hiring tier-one people, you can reach us info@tieronepeople.com
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In ep. 114 Dexter Cousins is joined by Jaco Veldsman Co-founder of Paytron, a solution to simplify large-volume domestic and international payments, payroll, and process automation, all while auto-reconciling with a company's existing accounting software.
Jaco Veldsman and Francois Henrion of Team Paytron have merged decades of financial and tech experience in algorithmic high-frequency trading to help ease the collaboration between businesses and accountants.
Founded in Sydney, but now operating on a global scale, they help businesses focus on their mission, driving them further than ever before. Businesses and accountants around the world use their team-based workflows to efficiently manage their cashflow.
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Founded by Dexter Cousins in 2016, Tier One People is on a mission to help Australia become the world leader in Fintech innovation.
Tier One People helps companies like Revolut, TrueLayer and 10x build founding teams for launch in Australia.
And series A+ / ASX Listed Aussie Fintech like Lendi, Afterpay and 86 400 hire executive talent capable of delivering growth and scale.
If you are building a world-class Fintech venture and need help in hiring tier-one people, you can reach us info@tieronepeople.com
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In episode 113 of Fintech chatter, Dexter Cousins chats to Josh Foreman, CEO and Founder of Indebted, a Fintech changing the world of consumer debt recovery for good.
Dexter recently caught up with Josh to record Indebted's People’s Choice Award podcast.
But we decided to record an extended version with bonus content for our loyal Fintech Chatter fans.
Indebted was recently recognised as Australia’s No1 place to work by the Australian Financial Review.
Tune in for an in-depth chat with Josh about his approach to hiring and scaling the business, how he has tripled the size of the organisation, continued to bring in top talent and successfully introduced a 4 day work week
Josh also shares his approach to building a remote, high-performance culture where people can do their best work.
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Founded by Dexter Cousins in 2016, Tier One People is on a mission to help Australia become the world leader in Fintech innovation.
Tier One People helps companies like Revolut, TrueLayer and 10x build founding teams for launch in Australia.
And series A+ / ASX Listed Aussie Fintech like Lendi, Afterpay and 86 400 hire executive talent capable of delivering growth and scale.
If you are building a world-class Fintech venture and need help in hiring tier-one people, you can reach us info@tieronepeople.com
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In episode 112 of Fintech Chatter Podcast Dexter Cousins is joined by Monica Lewis and Lynda Coker of 1835i.
1835i is the Ventures arm of ANZ bank. Combining the backing of a Global 50 bank with a team driven by innovation and disruption, 1835i builds and invests in businesses that are transforming financial services and beyond.
Monica and Lynda share how the 1835i Creation Lab partners with founders at
different stages of their journey to design, build and launch new digital ventures.
They also discuss 1835i Ventures' approach to investing in leading emerging growth fintech like Lendi, Airwallex, Slyp, Valiant and Bud.
Relationships are a two-way street, Dexter asks Lynda and Monica how 1835i approaches partnerships.
And the kind of connections and access founders can expect to portfolio companies and ANZ and its partners.
For more info go to www.1835i.com
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And series A+ / ASX Listed Aussie Fintech like Lendi, Afterpay and 86 400 hire executive talent capable of delivering growth and scale.
If you are building a world-class Fintech venture and need help in hiring tier-one people, you can reach us info@tieronepeople.com
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John Winters, CEO and Co-Founder of Superhero joins Dexter Cousins to chat about their nomination for the Emerging Fintech Of The Year in the 2022 People's Choice Award.
Brought to you by FinTech Australia and Tier One People, People's Choice is the Finnies Award the Fintech community gets to decide.
Each unique listen/download will count as a vote for Superhero. Your network can give you a bonus point by registering their details and voting for you here.
The Finnies, the most prestigious Fintech awards in Australia will be held in Melbourne - 23rd June 2022.
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Peter Bakker, CEO, and Founder of Unhedged joins Dexter Cousins to chat about their nomination for the Emerging Fintech Of The Year in the 2022 People's Choice Award.
Brought to you by FinTech Australia and Tier One People, People's Choice is the Finnies Award the Fintech community gets to decide.
Each unique listen/download will count as a vote for Unhedged. Your network can give you a bonus point by registering their details and voting for you here.
The Finnies, the most prestigious Fintech awards in Australia will be held in Melbourne - 23rd June 2022.
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Dr Lili Sussman, Chief Strategy Officer of Wisr joins Dexter Cousins to chat about their nomination for the Fintech Of The Year in the 2022 People's Choice Award.
Brought to you by FinTech Australia and Tier One People, People's Choice is the Finnies Award the Fintech community gets to decide.
Each unique listen/download will count as a vote for Wisr. Your network can give you a bonus point by registering their details and voting for you here.
The Finnies, the most prestigious Fintech awards in Australia will be held in Melbourne - 23rd June 2022.
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Chris Lumby, CXO of Nano Home Loans joins Dexter Cousins to chat about their nomination for the Emerging Fintech Of The Year in the 2022 People's Choice Award.
Brought to you by FinTech Australia and Tier One People, People's Choice is the Finnies Award the Fintech community gets to decide.
Each unique listen/download will count as a vote for Nano. Your network can give you a bonus point by registering their details and voting for you here.
The Finnies, the most prestigious Fintech awards in Australia will be held in Melbourne - 23rd June 2022.
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Rowan Wilde, COO and Co-Founder of HelpPay joins Dexter Cousins to chat about their nomination for the Emerging Fintech Of The Year in the 2022 People's Choice Award.
Brought to you by FinTech Australia and Tier One People, People's Choice is the Finnies Award the Fintech community gets to decide.
Each unique listen/download will count as a vote for HelpPay. Your network can give you a bonus point by registering their details and voting for you here.
The Finnies, the most prestigious Fintech awards in Australia will be held in Melbourne - 23rd June 2022.
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Christian Westerlind Wigstromco-founder &CEO of Monoova joins Dexter Cousins to chat about their nomination for the Fintech Of The Year in the 2022 People's Choice Award.
Brought to you by FinTech Australia and Tier One People, People's Choice is the Finnies Award the Fintech community gets to decide.
Each unique listen/download will count as a vote for Monoova. Your network can give you a bonus point by registering their details and voting for you here.
The Finnies, the most prestigious Fintech awards in Australia will be held in Melbourne - 23rd June 2022.
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James Windon, Co-Founder & Managing Director of Flare joins Dexter Cousins to chat about their nomination for the Fintech Of The Year in the 2022 People's Choice Award.
Brought to you by FinTech Australia and Tier One People, People's Choice is the Finnies Award the Fintech community gets to decide.
Each unique listen/download will count as a vote for Flare. Your network can give you a bonus point by registering their details and voting for you here.
The Finnies, the most prestigious Fintech awards in Australia will be held in Melbourne - 23rd June 2022.
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James Fuller, Co-founder & CEO of Hnry joins Dexter Cousins to chat about their nomination for the Fintech Of The Year in the 2022 People's Choice Award.
Brought to you by FinTech Australia and Tier One People, People's Choice is the Finnies Award the Fintech community gets to decide.
Each unique listen/download will count as a vote for Hnry. Your network can give you a bonus point by registering their details and voting for you here.
The Finnies, the most prestigious Fintech awards in Australia will be held in Melbourne - 23rd June 2022.
Find out more - Finnies 2022
Toni Knowlson, Venture Director of FrankieOne joins Dexter Cousins to chat about their nomination for the Fintech Of The Year in the 2022 People's Choice Award.
Brought to you by FinTech Australia and Tier One People, People's Choice is the Finnies Award the Fintech community gets to decide.
Each unique listen/download will count as a vote for FrankieOne. Your network can give you a bonus point by registering their details and voting for you here.
The Finnies, the most prestigious Fintech awards in Australia will be held in Melbourne - 23rd June 2022.
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Josh Foreman, Founder & CEO of Indebted joins Dexter Cousins to chat about their nomination for the Fintech Of The Year in the 2022 People's Choice Award.
Brought to you by FinTech Australia and Tier One People, People's Choice is the Finnies Award the Fintech community gets to decide.
Each unique listen/download will count as a vote for Indebted. Your network can give you a bonus point by registering their details and voting for you here.
The Finnies, the most prestigious Fintech awards in Australia will be held in Melbourne - 23rd June 2022.
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Anthony Baum, Founder & CEO of Tic:Toc joins Dexter Cousins to chat about their nomination for the Fintech Of The Year in the 2022 People's Choice Award.
Brought to you by FinTech Australia and Tier One People, People's Choice is the Finnies Award the Fintech community gets to decide.
Each unique listen/download will count as a vote for Tic:Toc. Your network can give you a bonus point by registering their details and voting for you here.
The Finnies, the most prestigious Fintech awards in Australia will be held in Melbourne - 23rd June 2022.
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Aaron Bassin, CEO, and Co-Founder of Bridgit joins Dexter Cousins to chat about their nomination for the Emerging Fintech Of The Year in the 2022 People's Choice Award.
Brought to you by FinTech Australia and Tier One People, People's Choice is the Finnies Award the Fintech community gets to decide.
Each unique listen/download will count as a vote for Bridgit. Your network can give you a bonus point by registering their details and voting for you here.
The Finnies, the most prestigious Fintech awards in Australia will be held in Melbourne - 23rd June 2022.
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Paul Weingarth, CEO of Slyp joins Dexter Cousins to chat about their nomination for the Fintech Of The Year in the 2022 People's Choice Award.
Brought to you by FinTech Australia and Tier One People, People's Choice is the Finnies Award the Fintech community gets to decide.
Each unique listen/download will count as a vote for Slyp. Your network can give you a bonus point by registering their details and voting for you here.
The Finnies, the most prestigious Fintech awards in Australia will be held in Melbourne - 23rd June 2022.
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Guy Dickinson, CEO and Co-Founder of BetaCarbon joins Dexter Cousins to chat about their nomination for the Emerging Fintech Of The Year in the 2022 People's Choice Award.
Brought to you by FinTech Australia and Tier One People, People's Choice is the Finnies Award the Fintech community gets to decide.
Each unique listen/download will count as a vote for BetaCarbon. Your network can give you a bonus point by registering their details and voting for you here.
The Finnies, the most prestigious Fintech awards in Australia will be held in Melbourne - 23rd June 2022.
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Caleb Gibbins, CEO and Founder of Cache joins Dexter Cousins to chat about their nomination for the Emerging Fintech Of The Year in the 2022 People's Choice Award.
Brought to you by FinTech Australia and Tier One People, People's Choice is the Finnies Award the Fintech community gets to decide.
Each unique listen/download will count as a vote for Cache. Your network can give you a bonus point by registering their details and voting for you here.
The Finnies, the most prestigious Fintech awards in Australia will be held in Melbourne - 23rd June 2022.
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Mark Hansell, Chief Product Officer of Shaype joins Dexter Cousins to chat about their nomination for the Emerging Fintech Of The Year in the 2022 People's Choice Award.
Brought to you by FinTech Australia and Tier One People, People's Choice is the Finnies Award the Fintech community gets to decide.
Each unique listen/download will count as a vote for Shaype. Your network can give you a bonus point by registering their details and voting for you here.
The Finnies, the most prestigious Fintech awards in Australia will be held in Melbourne - 23rd June 2022.
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In episode 111 of Fintech Chatter Podcast Dexter Cousins chats to Chloe White of Genesis Block, Australia’s leading experts in digital asset policy.
Chloe has become one of the most sought-after advisors on digital assets and was recognised as Australia's Blockchain Leader of the Year and Professional Advisor of the Year at the Blockchain Awards 2021.
She supports the emerging digital asset industry to de-risk growth strategies, deploy capital, and engage with government policy.
Having spent 10 years of her career with the Federal Government, Chloe has served as a key contributor to policy processes in Parliament in both an internal and external capacity.
These have included the crypto-asset Senate Inquiry, National Blockchain Roadmap Lead to the Commonwealth Treasury, and as a representative on multiple Council of Financial Regulators blockchain and finance working groups.
Chloe sat on the Advisory Board of INATBA, as the represenative for the Australian Government, and was the Founder and Director of the APS Blockchain Network.
Chloe holds a number of board and advisory positions, including the appointed Strategic Policy Advisor to Blockchain Australia, and an Advisory Board member of the RMIT School of Economics, Finance, and Marketing.
Dexter and Chloe talk about:
- Reinventing your career and finding what gives you energy
- Building a profile as a highly sought after Advisor
- The challenges in scaling a consulting business
- Where Australia ranks in digital asset innovation
- How to get a consulting business off the ground
You can find out more on Genesis Block and Chloe https://genesisblock.com.au/
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In episode 110 Dexter Cousins is joined by Brian Collins Managing Director of Startupbootcamp (SBC) in Australia.
Brian and Dexter talk about the next Delta in Fintech and where the biggest opportunities lie in the next decade, a little hint, it isn't Web3.
Brian shares his plans to launch a fund that will accelerate 30 sustainable fintech firms from around the world over the next 3 years.
They also discuss:
- Alternative paths to funding
- The advantages of an accelerator like SBC
- Is a founding CTO essential?
- Melbourne vs Sydney
Who is Startup Bootcamp?
It is a global family of industry-focused programs providing early-stage tech founders support to rapidly scale their companies. This is done by giving founders direct access to an international network of mentors, partners, and investors in their industry.
SBC Australia is dedicated to solving the most pressing global issues by focusing specifically on energy, food, fintech and sport & events innovation.
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Episode 109 of Fintech Chatter Podcast with Dexter Cousins features Ethan Singer and David Salkinder, Co-Founders of Fundabl - the funding solution with no dilution.
Fundabl helps founders turn their MRR into ARR. They offer software and other subscription-based businesses the ability to convert their monthly subscription payments into a lump sum cash advance. Fundabl simply advances customer contracts for a fixed discount and period. No dilution. No hidden goodies. That’s it!
Founded in Sydney, by a passionate team, they are on a mission to support the Australian start-up ecosystem.
Dexter chats to co-founders Ethan and David on:
- How their solution is changing the game for founders
- The importance of retaining equity whilst scaling a Fintech
- The importance of getting out to market quickly and winning the first client
- Fundabls approach to hiring
- The importance of relationships in a startup
- Shared values and defining the behaviours everyone expects from each other
- The health of the Aussie Fintech startup ecosystem
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Founded by Dexter Cousins in 2016, Tier One People is on a mission to help Australia become the world leader in Fintech innovation.
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And series A+ / ASX Listed Aussie Fintech like Lendi, Afterpay and 86 400 hire executive talent capable of delivering growth and scale.
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In episode 108 of Fintech Chatter Podcast, Dexter Cousins chats with Sarah Wallis, the co-founder and COO of Skript.
Skript was established to create simple and accessible solutions that connect businesses to the world of Open Banking. Transforming data into information, Skript provides companies with the right data and insights to build meaningful relationships with their customers.
In the last two years, we've begun to see alternative approaches to building successful Fintech businesses. Raising capital is not mentioned once in this interview!
It was rare to see a Fintech based outside of Sydney or Melbourne in Australia. But we are now seeing Fintech like Scalapay in Wollongong and Zepto in Byron Bay find success in regional Australia.
Skript has both Sydney and Newcastle offices allowing them to be close to customer headquarters while being a part of the growing Newcastle tech community.
Sarah has been a part of the Newcastle tech scene for over 20 years and has a passion for developing new talent.
She shares her insights on the benefits of launching a Fintech startup in regional Australia. And how to get the best from emerging talent by partnering with Universities and the tech community.
For more information about Skript - https://www.skript.com.au/
To find out more about the Newcastle tech community - https://newwwie.com/
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Founded by Dexter Cousins in 2016, Tier One People is on a mission to help Australia become the world leader in Fintech innovation.
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And series A+ / ASX Listed Aussie Fintech like Lendi, Afterpay and 86 400 hire executive talent capable of delivering growth and scale.
If you are building a world-class Fintech venture and need help in hiring tier-one people, you can reach us info@tieronepeople.com
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Episode 107 of Fintech Chatter Podcast with Dexter Cousins features Guy Dickinson, CEO of BetaCarbon.
BetaCarbon is a climate tech start-up at the intersection of environmental impact and blockchain technology.
Their mission is to increase the demand for high-quality Australian carbon credits, in turn bringing new green projects online and accelerating the path to net-zero.
They have created a digital carbon credit (BCAU) that represents 1kg of carbon removed from the atmosphere by quality, monitored green projects.
These digital credits are tokens that can be bought and traded as an investment, like crypto, or can be accumulated and kept to help balance your emissions.
Dexter chats to Guy about:
- The challenges of Carbon credits
- Empowering every Australian to help reduce carbon emissions
- Leaving the safety of a Big Bank career for a startup
- Embracing and elevating the next generation of talent
- Dealing with regulators in a pioneering asset class
For more info on BetaCarbon https://www.betacarbon.com/
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Founded by Dexter Cousins in 2016, Tier One People is on a mission to help Australia become the world leader in Fintech innovation.
Tier One People helps companies like Revolut, TrueLayer and 10x build founding teams for launch in Australia.
And series A+ / ASX Listed Aussie Fintech like Lendi, Afterpay and 86 400 hire executive talent capable of delivering growth and scale.
If you are building a world-class Fintech venture and need help in hiring tier-one people, you can reach us info@tieronepeople.com
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Episode 106 of the Fintech Chatter Podcast with Dexter Cousins features Clare Kinsey and David Anderson from Karta.
Gift-cards don't sound sexy for a Fintech. But when you consider it's a $1 Trillion global opportunity with zero innovation since inception in the 90's no wonder our guests are excited.
Karta is a world-first Gift Card issuance and distribution platform, connecting merchants and consumers without the need for software integrations.
A strategic partnership deal with CBA has provided new capital allowing them to capture a bigger share in the pre-paid card market in Australia, with growth estimated to top $40 billion in the next few years.
Having recently celebrated their 1st birthday, Clare and David chat to Dexter about resilience and their commitment to get Karta off the ground. Sharing candid insights on
- Dealing with failure
- Starting again
- Finding the right cofounder
- Leaving the corporate life for startup life
- Finding a trillion-dollar niche
- Attracting the right investors
For more info https://www.karta.com.au/
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Bridie Ohlsson CEO and co-founder of Geora joins Dexter for episode 105 of the Fintech Chatter Podcast.Since 2016, Geora has been the global leader at the junction of blockchain and agriculture. They have worked with customers like CBH Group and Rabobank to deliver global firsts using blockchain technology.
Borne out of the blockchain pilot workstream within Australian agtech leader AgriDigital, Geora helps farmers, agribusinesses and financiers, build technology to increase liquidity and drive sustainable practices along supply chains.
About Bridie.
Fresh out of law school, Bridie landed at the junction of agriculture and blockchain; old versus new. Bridie is fascinated by technology, policy, and human behaviour, and since 2015 she's been applying these passions to build products for our most fundamental global industry, agriculture.
An active member of the Australian National Blockchain Roadmap, Supply Chain working group and Standards Australia Blockchain Technical Committee - Smart Contracts Working Group (IT-041), Bridie regularly speaks on blockchain and agriculture and has lent her expertise to a number of publications.
She holds a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Sydney and a Bachelor of Arts (French and Politics) studying at both the University of Sydney and Sciences Po, Paris.
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About Tier One People.
Founded by Dexter Cousins in 2016, Tier One People is on a mission to help Australia become the world leader in Fintech innovation.
Tier One People helps companies like Revolut, TrueLayer and 10x build founding teams for launch in Australia.
And series A+ / ASX Listed Aussie Fintech like Lendi, Afterpay and 86 400 hire executive talent capable of delivering growth and scale.
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Welcome to FinTech Chatter the show that connects leaders from the FinTech community to share their learnings on leadership, hiring, entrepreneurship, raising capital, scaling and of course, a bit of chat.
Dexter Cousins is joined by the Super Woman of FinTech, Simone Joyce. As CEO and co-founder of Paper Plane, Chair of FinTech Australia, industry advisor on payments and mum of four Simon Joyce is what we describe as a force of nature.
Paper Plane is a B2B payments platform, bringing together the world of traditional payments, crypto and Real-Time Payments like Pay To. Dexter chats to Simone about a recent major investment by Commonwealth Bank and her own lessons in being an entrepreneur.
This year Tier One People is committed to showcasing 50 of Australia's up-and-Coming FinTechs. Show your support for the next wave of Aussie entrepreneurs and head on over to our Youtube channel, give us a like, subscribe and comment and help spread the word on a great bunch of founders.
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Dexter Cousins is joined on the latest episode of Fintech Chatter by Trenna Probert, Founder and CEO of Super Fierce, a social enterprise that links deep financial smarts with her heart-fuelled mission to empower women to control their financial future.
Building a business to solve a problem is Startup 101. But solving a problem you genuinely care about is rocket fuel for a conscience-led entrepreneur.
With close to half a century on the planet, Trenna understands why finance matters and how to harness its power for good. She’s held many roles in the corporate world across strategy, sales and investments - but being an entrepreneur - and founding three highly successful businesses – is the most rewarding.
She has made it her mission to create a fearless, financial future for women by funding social impact initiatives which help marginalised women in Australia. From this Fierce Impact was born, a not-for-profit pledging to tackle the problems faced by 1 in 4 older Australians who live in poverty, with women being increasingly at risk. If you want to lend your support please use the link above.
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In 2022 Tier One People has pledged to help 50 up and coming Aussie Fintechs
This week we launch a new initiative showcasing Australia’s next generation of Fintech Founders to our worldwide audience.
Adam Grocke Founder and CEO of Sherlok joins Dexter Cousins on Fintech Chatter and discusses his transformation from mortgage broker to fintech entrepreneur.
After 12 years as a mortgage broker, he was sick and tired of banks offering better interest rates and customers being charged a ‘loyalty tax’.
So he came up with a solution: Sherlok, an AI engine that helps mortgage brokers keep their clients for longer, protect their trail book income, and generate valuable refinancing leads.
Sherlok is Australia’s first automated repricing and refinancing tool that
- Predicts when a client is likely to leave a broker
- Lowers their home loan interest rate to keep them
- Runs instant refi comparisons to entice refinancing
All branded as the broker so they are the hero.
Sherlok's next phase is single-click refinancing which will reshape the finance industry forever.
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In Episode 101 of Fintech Chatter podcast, Dexter Cousins is joined by Matt Williamson, Vice President of Global Financial Services at Mobiquity: a digital transformation enabler.
Matt has over 20 years’ experience in banking and financial services - with prior experience at Citi Bank as SVP of technology and was instrumental in the merger of Misys into Finastra as Global Head of Payments and Cash.
As an authority in financial inclusion, diversity, sustainable banking and the bank of the future, Matt is a published author, appearing in the likes of The Times newspaper on the future of lending, Forbes magazine on digital banking during COVID-19 and Global Banking and Finance Review on the impact of the Metaverse on financial services.
Matt has also been featured alongside prominent academics such as Dr. Ben Caldecott, a British environmentalist and expert in sustainable finance at the University of Oxford and a UK Cabinet office strategic advisor. Matt is regularly invited to lecture at industry events, most recently speaking on the need for diversity at the Women in Finance Summit.
About Mobiquity
Mobiquity, part of Hexaware, is a full-service digital transformation enabler that delivers compelling digital products and services that serve a purpose, by blending strategy, creative and engineering together. Mobiquity harnesses a sector-agnostic approach to human-centered innovation applied with in-depth industry expertise.
Founded in 2011 with a focus on mobile technology solutions, Mobiquity has adapted to client needs across 9 different geographical locations, providing end-to-end omnichannel digital services to leading B2B and B2C brands.
Mobiquity’s global diverse team in excess of 55 nationalities within a team of 1200, power over 200 million user experiences every day. The company takes shared ownership and accountability throughout the entire clients’ project life cycle, enabling meaningful digital engagement and transformation success.
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Dexter Cousins is joined by Nick Nickoleides, Co-Founder of Pearler and Nick Tan, CTO of Monoova.
They talk about some of the big trends for 2022 in Fintech.
Is the world of wealth management and super finally being disrupted by Fintech?
And what can we expect from the payments space? Will it be disrupted by blockchain or is there a world where the two can co-exist?
Nick and Nick also talk about their respective journeys, Nick N as a first-time founder and Nick T as a first-time mover into Fintech from an incumbent bank.
Pearler is an investing app that bucks the trend of Robin Hood and helps people get rich slowly!
Pearler is on a mission to build a one-stop-shop for personal finance. Investments, savings, loans and insurance from multiple providers, all in one place.
For more info on Pearler - https://pearler.com/
Monoova - Makes money move with a fully automated platform making and receiving payments in real-time; it means real-time reconciliation; it means more time for you to focus on growing your business – be it a start-up, scale-up or large enterprise.
For more info - https://monoova.com
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In episode 103 of Fintech Chatter Dexter Cousins brings a show recorded live at the Blockchain Australia industry Awards, The Blockies.
It was an honour for Tier One People to support the event and present Chloe White with Blockchain leader of the year.
Dexter Cousins interviews some of the winners and sponsors who've been around the blockchain scene from the early days.
Tune in to hear about a massive year for Blockchain and some bold predictions for 2022.
Featuring
Caroline Bowler, BTC Markets: https://www.btcmarkets.net/
Paul Kang, Entersoft: https://entersoftsecurity.com/
Karl Mohan, Crypto.com: https://crypto.com/au/
Chloe White, Genesis Block Pty Ltd: https://genesisblock.com.au/
Steve Vallas, Blockchain Australia: https://blockchainaustralia.org/
Niki Ariyasinghe, Chainlink: https://chain.link/
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Welcome to the first-ever Fintech Chatter TV show. It’s a show where we invite friends from the Fintech community to connect, have a natter and discuss news, events, opinions and a bit of gossip.
We’ll be bringing more shows like this to you over the next few months, so make sure you hit subscribe and get alerted when we post new shows.
2021 was a record-breaking year for Fintech.
Dexter Cousins is joined by three awesome guests and friends of Tier One People to talk about the year that was 2021 and their Fintech predictions for 2022.
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Rebecca Schot-Guppy: Ex-CEO of FinTech Australia and now Director at IAG’s Firemark Ventures.
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Ben Ford: Head of Growth for Frollo, and owner of Fintech’s premier T-Shirt collection.
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Bosco Tan: Co-founder of one of Australia’s OG Fintech startups, Pocketbook and now an advisor and investor for the next generation of Fintech startups
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In episode 101 of Fintech Chatter we look back on 100 episodes as I share some of my highlights from the show.
It’s been an absolute blast producing the show and I never thought it would make it past one episode, never mind 101
First up I want to thank you for listening to the show. It really blows me away when people share feedback, subscribe and give five-star reviews
Lots of experts offer advice on how to monetise the show but it will always be free from paid sponsors and will always be about featuring great guests to a great audience. Our loyal listeners don’t deserve ads!
And with that in mind I’ll be mixing things up in 2022 including video interviews, more features on careers and leadership plus special live shows.
I’d like to thank every guest for making the show what it is, as I’m sure none of you tune in to listen to my dulcet tones every week.
And a special thanks to Fintech Australia who partnered with us on the show for 60 plus episodes
We start off the show with where it all began ep 1 with Anthony Nantes of Wisr.
I recorded this podcast at the Wisr offices on Halloween, Anthony greeted me in a Darth Vader costume. You’ll notice as well that the show was originally called Fintech Game Changers, pretty lame eh!
- Lee Hatton, Afterpay - one of the most energetic people you will ever meet. She remains the only person in 100 episodes to sing on the show.
- Anthony Thomson, 86400 - the Ant and Dec special, a bit odd to have two Geordies on a Fintech Australia Podcast talking about Neo Banks and Will.i.Am
- Domm Holland, Fast - What a guy. This was one of the most inspiring interviews I’ve ever done.
- Bianca Bates, Cuscal - I find out Cuscal are behind world-leading innovations in payments and digital banking.
- Lizzie Chapman, Zest - One of the main motivations in starting the podcast was to give my network access to the conversations I have with brilliant people every day. Lizzie is one of them.
- Joe McGuire, MyMy - I usually get to catch up with Joe at Intersekt or Mony 2020, but given the world was in Lockdown, we decided to record a podcast instead.
- Caroline Bowler, BTC markets - They say time flies when you are having fun and this recording flew by. It's 30 minutes in before we even mention NFT’s!
- Gareth Gumbley, Frollo - Recorded at a point in Fintech history, Gareth and his team had just completed the first authorised data exchange on CDR.
- Marie Steinthaler, TrueLayer - Marie and her dog Hunti join me from Hong Kong to talk about open banking, CDR and how TrueLayer is the LEGO of Fintech
- Neal Cross, Picture Wealth - When you get a guest who has been a computer game designer and a real-life Ninja on the show, how could you not have fun.
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It’s a very special show as we celebrate episode 100 of Fintech Chatter Podcast.
And to commemorate such an occasion Dexter Cousins is joined by the Godfather of Fintech, Brett King.
In today’s show, Brett talks about his new book, Co-Authored with Dr Richard Petty The Rise of Technosocialism
The book examines how the 21st century is going to be the most disruptive, contentious period humanity has ever lived through.
As our most sacred ideologies around politics, economics and social constructs are challenged, Brett and Richard explore how technology can be a force for good and create an advanced and fair society.
Tune in for a fascinating discussion on how our careers will evolve in the next decade as AI and blockchain begin to dislodge business models and jobs. What will jobs look like in the future? And how can we evolve to ensure we remain relevant?
Make sure you listen to the end to be in with a chance to win a signed copy of The Rise of Techosocialism.
For more info on the book and to pick up a copy go to - https://riseoftechnosocialism.com/
Author Brett King
Brett King is a world-renowned entrepreneur, futurist, speaker, international bestselling author, and media personality.
China’s President Xi Jinping cited his book Augmented: Life in the Smart Lane on the topic of Artificial Intelligence in his 2018 national address; the same book that was listed as a Top 10 non-fiction book in North America.
In 2019 his book Bank 4.0 was awarded the Top Book by a Foreign Author in Russia for that year.
In 2020 King was inducted into the Fintech Hall of Fame by CB Insights. In 2015 he was shortlisted for the Advance Global Australian of the Year Award.
His books have been released in over a dozen languages. Banking Exchange magazine dubbed him the “King of Disruptors”, while The Australian newspaper in Australia called him the “Godfather of Fintech”
Author Dr Richard Petty
Dr Richard Petty is a government policy advisor, entrepreneur and awarded academic. Based in Hong Kong, Richard has lived and worked in Greater China since the 1990’s.
He is a past Chairman of the Australian Chamber of Commerce Hong Kong & Macau and CPA Australia, and is founding Vice Chairman, Hong Kong ASEAN Economic Cooperation Foundation.
Richard sits on the board of listed companies in the United States and Australia, has advised on projects with an aggregate economic impact in the hundreds of billions of dollars, and has led reviews of several economies and studies on economic competitiveness in several countries.
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In episode 99 of Fintech Chatter we are going back to the origins of Fintech and bringing you an interview with another Aussie Fintech pioneer.
Dexter Cousins is joined by Andrew Rothwell an original co-founder and ‘chief Tyrant” of Tyro - one of the biggest disruptors and innovators of payments in Australia.
As a Jack of all trades Andrew held many roles in the business, from software engineer to finally heading up sales.
Andrew sat on various national technical committees that provided the regulation and guidance for the development of Australia's present day payment system.
Tune in as Andrew talks about
- The Tyro journey from startup to successful exit
- Revolutionising the Australian payments system and creating an interconnected ecosystem
- Making the shift from software engineering to sales
- Being resourceful and making things happen
- When founders should make a graceful exit
- Life after a startup
- The next BIG problem Andrew wants to solve
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In episode 98 of Fintech Chatter Podcast Dexter Cousins is joined by Shadi Haddad of Till Payments.
Till takes the complexity out of payments for merchants so you can get paid anywhere, anytime through a single, simplified platform.
Shadi is the driving force behind Till Payments’ vision to become a global leader in the fast-moving payments sector.
With over 20 years experience advising large corporates and government organisations, Shadi’s tech expertise, leadership, and passion help the Till team to push boundaries every day and reimagine payments.
Since co-founding Till Payments in 2013, Shadi has helped empower hundreds of merchants to take control of payments across 12 countries.
In this interview we cover:
- Tills recent Series C raise of $110m
- The 9 year overnight success of Till
- How Till is catering for the millions of merchants Stripe seems to be ignoring
- The Till culture and hiring
- Shadi's tips for founders on how to raise capital outside of the traditional VC channels
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In Episode 97 of Fintech Chatter Dexter Cousins talks to Philip Joyce, CEO of Sympli.
Sympli is a next-generation e-settlements solution delivering much-needed competition, reliability, security and value to the property industry.
Sympli entered the e-settlement market in 2018 with a clear purpose of representing industry’s need for a secure, reliable and efficient e-settlements service.
Prior to Sympli's entry, PEXA had a monopoly on the e-settlements market.
I chat to Philip about the challenges of breaking a monopoly, how Sympli is leveraging the support of their JV parents InfoTrack and ASX and what it takes to scale a tech business.
Philip shares his own experience of making the switch from Big 4 Bank to Fintech. And he shares his advice to others wanting to make a similar move.
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Episode 96 of Fintech Chatter Podcast and Dexter Cousins is joined by David Hyman, CEO and co-founder of Lendi Group.
David is one of Australia's Fintech pioneers and he kindly shares his experience and wisdom in scaling businesses successfully.
David last appeared on the show in May 2020 , episode 8. Fast forward to May 2021, Lendi and Aussie Home Loans merged to form the Lendi Group.
The last time David was on the show, Lendi was Australia’s leading home loan platform with a team of 470 people, a loan book of $7.5 billion and a customer base of more than 25,000 Australians who had settled more than $12 billion in home loans.
Today, Lendi Group is home to the industry's leading platform technology, a network of over 1200 brokers, a head office team of 600, a loan book in excess of $80 billion and a retail footprint of more than 225 stores across the country.
Both the Aussie and Lendi brands enjoyed record-breaking performance in FY21.
Dexter chat's to David about Lendi Group’s innovation in proprietary technology and the huge growth opportunities in 2022.
David also talks about Lendi's approach to a running remote-first business at scale, with the added complexity of retail stores.
For more info on Lendi Group - https://www.lendi.com.au/
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It's episode 95 of Fintech Chatter Podcast with guest Brenton Charnley, Aus/New Zealand CEO for TrueLayer.
Through their open banking platform, Truelayer enables Fintech like Revolut, Stake and Monzo to build better financial experiences
TrueLayer officially launched in Australia last week, announcing a funding round led by Tiger and Stripe which now gives them Unicorn status.
Dexter Cousins chats to Brenton about the plans for Australia, the key differences between open banking and Australia’s CDR and what the latest funding round means for TrueLayer globally.
In part 2 Dexter digs deeper into the TrueLayer culture and Brenton shares some great insights on hiring and building teams for startups.
Brenton also gives outstanding advice for anyone looking to break into Fintech, sharing his thoughts on the qualities leaders look for and how to get their attention.
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In episode 94 of Fintech Chatter Podcast Dexter Cousins is joined by Senator Andrew Bragg.
In his first term as an elected official, Senator Bragg was appointed Chair of the Senate Inquiry into Fintech.
As his 18 months in the role comes to a close we look back on his time in Fintech.
The inquiry, one of the first in the world, has been a great success leading to real change. Many recommendations in the report were actioned at the last budget.
The way in which Fintech and Government have worked successfully together is a blueprint for the rest of the startup community in Aus.
Senator Braggs support for the industry during Covid-19, especially his pushing for job keeper saved hundreds of jobs.
He's become a massive advocate and shares Tier One People's own mission of making Australia a world-class Fintech innovation hub. He continues to call out for increased competition, standing in our corner against the big banks and Superannuation funds.
As his time in the role comes to an end, Senator Bragg has tabled a major discussion on digital assets, he's a big believer that Australia can and should lead the way in Blockchain.
Tune in for what turns out to be a really enjoyable chat with a politician who gets stuff done and makes things happen.
To contact Senator Bragg - https://www.andrewbragg.com/
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In episode 93 of Fintech Chatter Podcast Dexter Cousins is joined by Caroline Bowler, CEO of BTC Markets, Australia’s largest and most trusted cryptocurrency exchange.
BTC is Australian-owned and operated. With over 300,000 traders, and more than $16.5 billion traded on the BTC Markets platform.
Caroline joins me to talk about their partnership with Australian NeoBank - Volt Bank. We dig into the debanking challenges facing Crypto exchanges in Australia and the opportunities we can expect to see in the future.
And no chat on crypto would be complete without delving into the world's of Defi and NFT's
You can connect with Caroline on LinkedIn or go to https://btcmarkets.net
A link to report is here Investor Study Report 2021-2022 | Crypto Investing Australia | BTC Markets
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In episode 92 of Fintech Chatter Dexter Cousins is joined by a very special guest, Simon Monk co-founder of World Nomads, Australia’s first Insurtech.
In this new feature show, Dexter interviews a Fintech pioneer from an era before the word even existed. Guests share their journey and how they launched, scaled and successfully exited a Fintech business when there were no iPhones, no Stripe, no Facebook, no Twitter and no AWS!
Travel has always been a big part of Simon’s life, he’s been dreaming about what's over the horizon for as long as he can remember.
Originally from the UK, he trained in design before getting involved in the very early days of the internet
As an avid traveller, he ended up in Australia, where he founded World Nomads, an online travel insurance service for people who loved travelling and exploring.
After a successful sale of World Nomads to NIB in 2015, Simon has focussed his time on the energy and renewables sector.
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In episode 91 of Fintech Chatter Podcast, Dexter Cousins is joined by Simon Taylor, Chief Product Officer of 11:FS Foundry.
Foundry is a revolutionary platform built by 11FS which aims to become the operating System of Financial Services.
The Foundry platform enables any business to quickly offer embedded financial products, delivering on the premise that every business is a Fintech.
Simon also shares his insights on how the Fintech industry is shaping up globally and what he thinks of the Fintech scene down under.
About Simon.
Simon Taylor is the Co-Founder and Blockchain Practice Lead at 11:FS. Simon has been immersed in the technology of financial services for as long as he’s been working and is consistently voted one of the most influential people in Banking, Insurance and Fintech by banks, his peers and a number of industry bodies.
For more info go to https://11fs.com/products/11fs-foundry
And you can follow Simon on Twitter and LinkedIn
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In episode 90 of Fintech Chatter Dexter Cousins is joined by Niki Ariyasinghe, Head of Business Development, Asia-Pacific at Chainlink Labs
Chainlink is the industry standard oracle network for powering hybrid smart contracts.
Managed by a global, decentralized community, Chainlink Labs currently secures billions of dollars in value for smart contracts across decentralized finance (DeFi), insurance, gaming, and other major sectors.
Niki shares his thoughts on Defi and how the technology is poised to bring a revolutionary change to banking and insurance.
There's a discussion on the actual application of the technology such as parametric insurance and their partnership with Marsh, the world's biggest insurance brokerage.
And Niki also shares Chainlink Labs 'remote first' policy on hiring and how it opens up a global talent pool.
For more info or to check out https://chainlinklabs.com/
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In episode 89 of Fintech Chatter Dexter Cousins is joined by Stuart Ward, Senior Director for Financial Services and Go-To-Market Strategy for Salesforce.
Salesforce is a global leader in CRM and SAAS. Their customer360 platform and financial services cloud is helping Australia's financial services industry get closer to their customers.
With more than 2 decades of banking, tech and marketing experience Stuart joins me to share his insights on how Big Tech is playing an ever-growing role in Fintech.
Aussie Fintech Athena, Volt Bank, Valiant Finance and Frollo are all customers of Salesforce. And last year Salesforce made a strategic investment in open banking Fintech, Basiq.
Stuart shares his views on what he sees as the BIG opportunities coming from CDR.
For more information on Salesforce: https://www.salesforce.com/au/
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In episode 88 of Fintech Chatter Dexter Cousins reconnects with Matt Baxby, Country CEO of Revolut.
Recorded the week after Revolut became the UK's undisputed Fintech leader, Revolut needs no introduction to our listeners.
A MASSIVE Series E raise valuing Revolut at US $33bn and investors including Tiger and Softbank getting behind the financial super app last week.
It has been 12 months since Matt was last on the show. Since then, Matt has been acting in the Global Banking CEO role overseeing the launch of new businesses in Australia, India, North America and Asia, giving him a unique perspective on how Fintech is taking off globally.
And it has been a record-breaking 12 months for Revolut. Many people thought the global travel restrictions would have crushed Revolut's business model. Instead they have grown to 16 million customers, launched a stack of new products and even hit break-even.
Find out how they've done it and what makes this business so unique in the world of Fintech and digital banking.
Matt also shares his own personal journey from incumbent bank to Fintech rocket ship. And we also get his insights on how to build a high-performing remote-first team, who had never met each other for the first 18 months of operation!
There are some great tips on the hiring process and the skills you need to focus on to deliver long-term success.
To find out more about Revolut - https://www.revolut.com/en-AU/
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In episode 87 of Fintech Chatter, Dexter Cousins is joined by Stephen Smyth, Chief International Officer at Clearscore.
ClearScore aims to help users around the world manage their finances better by accessing credit report information, coaching and great offers.
They are now the #1 way for over 12 million users in Australia, South Africa and the UK to access their financial data, including credit reporting/scores, and Open Banking data.
Stephen heads up the expansion of Clearscore business to new markets overseas and runs the Australian team, based in Sydney.
Tune in as Stephen talks about their recent $200m raise, regulation around BNPL and why Australia has a great opportunity to lead in open banking.
And Stephen also shares his tips on how to launch and scale in new markets plus the mission-critical hires you need to make to ensure success.
Find out more about Clearscore - https://www.clearscore.com/au/
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In episode 86 of Fintech Chatter, Dexter Cousins is joined by Kristofer Rogers General Manager for Australia and New Zealand at Mambu, the cloud-native digital banking platform.
Kristofer is instrumental in solidifying Mambu’s presence in this region. In this exclusive interview, he shares the company plans for the region and why Mambu sees Australia as a great place to grow.
Dexter asks Kristofer his thoughts on open banking and where Mambu can play an active role in creating ecosystems between incumbents and Fintechs.
They also discuss Kristofer's approach to leadership and he also shares his tips on how to be a success in a Country Manager style role.
About Kristofer Rogers
In November 2019, he was named the Start-Up Executive of the Year at the CEO Magazine’s Executive of the Year Awards for his work as the CEO of Split Payments.
Kris was the driving force behind Split Payments’ success and transformation into a key player in direct debit and real-time payments solutions.
Kris is recognised as an innovator in the tech industry and a thought leader in emerging payments and, specifically, open banking.
To register for Mambu's event at Adelaide Zoo go to https://www.mambu.com/insights/events/the-future-forum-2021
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Dexter Cousins is joined by Phil Thomson, Co-CEO of Auror for episode 85 of Fintech Chatter.
Auror was founded in 2013 after realising that $100B+ was lost every year by retailers but there was no effective technology being used to report, solve, or prevent crime.
Through their data-driven crime management platform, Auror is helping to tackle crime by providing visibility over criminal activity.
The platform enables retailers and police to harness the power of data to prevent crime and protect customers and employees.
Backed by Reinventure and now supporting Australia and New Zealand's biggest retailers, the business is expanding to North America and Europe.
Phil talks about what it means to be a force for good in Fintech and why New Zealand is producing some world-class Fintech's. Phil candidly shares some of the leadership challenges he has faced as a first-time founder.
This is a fantastic chat, we hope you enjoy it. If you do, please leave us a review and subscribe using your favourite player so you don't miss our fantastic guests.
To find out more about Auror https://www.auror.co/
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Tier One People starts a new financial year with a new season of Fintech Chatter.
Join Dexter Cousins as he chats to Victor Zheng of mx51.
Victor is the CEO of mx51 and previously the co-CEO of Assembly Payments.
mx51 partners with banks and acquirers to deliver exceptional merchant experiences. Through a white-label Payments-as-a-Service platform, mx51 seamlessly connects the world of commerce into multi-channel payments.
Victor chats about payments innovation, pivots, splits, team rebuilds and leading throughout a pandemic.
And a special mention to Fintech Chatter Podcast no1 fan Harry Cousins who stepped in as production assistant for this episode.
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In episode 83 of Fintech Chatter Dexter Cousins is joined by James Foster CEO of Ezypay.
Ezypay is Australia’s first Subscription Payments company and an OG bootstrapped, Fintech company!
Over the last 25 years, Ezypay has grown to 9 countries across Asia Pacific and developed an innovative cloud billing platform that is integrated with leading software companies across a range of industries.
James and Dexter talk about the Ezypay journey, the benefits of bootstrapping and what it means to run a profitable business with zero VC funding.
If like us, you love a good bootstrap story then you will love this episode!
About James Foster.
Prior to joining Ezypay in 2017, James has over 20 years’ experience in technology-driven businesses across marketing, sales and technology leadership roles.
His experience working at senior levels in global software and services organisations allows him to drive Ezypay’s ambitious growth objectives.
Find out more - https://www.ezypay.com/
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Intersekt 2021 will go down in history as the definitive Australian Fintech event. Join us for this live recording at the AWS afterparty as we celebrate a watershed moment for the industry.
Experience the energy of the event and hear from the characters who make Australian Fintech so unique.
With over 600 attendees and global Fintech like Revolut, TrueLayer, Q2, Xero, Mambu, Wise and Marqeta. The event also featured Australia's finest and a host of exciting new Fintech.
This event had all of the fun of a Money 20/20 and the wheeling and dealing of Sibos!
Tier One People is proud to have captured this moment and celebration of what makes Australian Fintech so unique. The innovation, resilience and most of all, the people.
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Thank you to Mastercard for sponsoring and presenting the award for Emerging Fintech Organisation of the Year at this year’s Finnies.
We hope to see you on 9th June in Melbourne at this year's finals.
And don’t forget to place your vote in the People’s Choice Awards.
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Thank you to Vocus for sponsoring and presenting the award for Fintech Organisation of the Year at this year’s Finnies.
We hope to see you on 9th June in Melbourne at this year's finals.
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Thank you to Vocus for sponsoring and presenting the award for Fintech Organisation of the Year at this year’s Finnies.
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Thank you to Vocus for sponsoring and presenting the award for Emerging Fintech Organisation of the Year at this year’s Finnies.
We hope to see you on 9th June in Melbourne at this year's finals.
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Thank you to Mastercard for sponsoring and presenting the award for Emerging Fintech Organisation of the Year at this year’s Finnies.
We hope to see you on 9th June in Melbourne at this year's finals.
And don’t forget to place your vote in the People’s Choice Awards.
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Thank you to Mastercard for sponsoring and presenting the award for Emerging Fintech Organisation of the Year at this year’s Finnies.
We hope to see you on 9th June in Melbourne at this year's finals.
And don’t forget to place your vote in the People’s Choice Awards.
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Thank you to Mastercard for sponsoring and presenting the award for Emerging Fintech Organisation of the Year at this year’s Finnies.
We hope to see you on 9th June in Melbourne at this year's finals.
And don’t forget to place your vote in the People’s Choice Awards.
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Thank you to Vocus for sponsoring and presenting the award for Fintech Organisation of the Year at this year’s Finnies.
We hope to see you on 9th June in Melbourne at this year's finals.
And don’t forget to place your vote in the People’s Choice Awards.
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Thank you to Vocus for sponsoring and presenting the award for Fintech Organisation of the Year at this year’s Finnies.
We hope to see you on 9th June in Melbourne at this year's finals.
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Thank you to Vocus for sponsoring and presenting the award for Fintech Organisation of the Year at this year’s Finnies.
We hope to see you on 9th June in Melbourne at this year's finals.
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Thank you to Mastercard for sponsoring and presenting the award for Emerging Fintech Organisation of the Year at this year’s Finnies.
We hope to see you on 9th June in Melbourne at this year's finals.
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Thank you to Mastercard for sponsoring and presenting the award for Emerging Fintech Organisation of the Year at this year’s Finnies.
We hope to see you on 9th June in Melbourne at this year's finals.
And don’t forget to place your vote in the People’s Choice Awards.
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Thank you to Mastercard for sponsoring and presenting the award for Emerging Fintech Organisation of the Year at this year’s Finnies.
We hope to see you on 9th June in Melbourne at this year's finals.
And don’t forget to place your vote in the People’s Choice Awards.
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Thank you to Vocus for sponsoring and presenting the award for Fintech Organisation of the Year at this year’s Finnies.
We hope to see you on 9th June in Melbourne at this year's finals.
And don’t forget to place your vote in the People’s Choice Awards.
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Thank you to Vocus for sponsoring and presenting the award for Fintech Organisation of the Year at this year’s Finnies.
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In episode 82 of Fintech Chatter Dexter Cousins is joined by Macgregor Duncan of Westpac. They discuss the 10x partnership and how Westpac's Banking as a Service model brings Fintech and Banking closer.In October 2020 Westpac announced a landmark partnership with Fintech giant, Afterpay.
The partnership will allow Afterpay to provide Westpac transaction and savings accounts and other cashflow management tools to its 3.3 million customers in Australia.
To our knowledge, no other such partnership exists in the world of Fintech. Further partnerships with Society One demonstrate Westpac's desire to work with Fintech rather than compete.
As we head into Intersekt Festival 2021 Macgregor talks candidly of the challenges facing incumbent banks. He also shares his thoughts on how banks can adapt and become part of a very exciting but uncertain future.
About Macgregor Duncan
Macgregor leads Westpac’s corporate and business development team, where he’s responsible for M&A, strategic investments and partnerships.
He is also the Co-CEO of Westpac’s new digital bank.
Before joining Westpac in 2016, Macgregor was a managing director at a US private equity firm, an investment banker at Goldman Sachs, and a corporate lawyer in New York.
Macgregor graduated from Adelaide, Princeton and Harvard Universities, and is the co-author of Imagining Australia: Ideas For Our Future (Allen & Unwin 2004).
Macgregor is currently a non-executive director at the Australian Business Growth Fund, and sits on the board of 10x Future Technologies in the UK.
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In this special episode, Dexter Cousins chats to Rebecca Schot-Guppy, CEO of Fintech Australia about a very special month.
On Wednesday 19th May the Australian Fintech industry will gather in Melbourne for the sector's premier in-person event, Intersekt Festival.
It’s the first Intersekt since Oct 2019 and in true FinTech Australia fashion they've decided to follow with the premier Fintech Awards, the Finnies just three weeks later!
Rebecca shares plans for the events and what you can expect from FA over the coming months. If you can't make it we'll be bringing you all of the action in a bumper podcast after the event.
And get set for binge-listening as Tier One People and FinTech Australia launches the People’s Choice podcasts at Intersekt Thursday 20th May. Remember every unique listen goes to the vote count for your favourite Fintechs!
If you’d like to attend Intersekt go to intersektfestival.com To attend the Finnies go to https://www.thefinnies.org.au/
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Welcome to the first of our Masterclass podcast series. Every month we bring together experts from the Tier One People network to discuss a particular aspect of scaling a Fintech.
In this episode Dexter Cousins is joined by two special guests from the world of Talent and People to discuss hiring.
Emma Jones of Project F and Sophie Theen of Oakam group.
The core to the success of every tech business is hiring a diverse group of talented people. The stats show diversity isn't just the right thing to do for society, but it makes a positive impact on a companies financial performance. But with Fintech lagging behind other sectors when it comes to diversity, how can founders go about bridging the gender gap and building diverse teams?
Tune in as Emma, Sophie and Dexter share their insights and tips on how to hire the right people, build high performing teams and keep everyone happy, motivated and fulfilled.
About Emma
Emma Jones has amassed a career in all things talent, that spans more than 25 years across global markets. After building an enterprise channel for tech start-up specialists Mitchellake Emma joined fast growth SaaS company, Ansarada as Global Head of Talent, scaling to more than double its headcount in two years.
Emma founded Men Championing Change (Sydney & Melbourne) before embarking on her current venture, Project F.
Project F is a for-profit, social impact business helping companies around the world to surface and remove the systemic and structural derailers that cause women to quit tech mid-career.
To find out more about Project F and the 50/50 Program mentioned in the show: https://www.projectf.com.au/program-50-50
Men Championing Change: https://www.meetup.com/Men-Championing-Change-Meetup/
About Sophie
Sophie Theen is a Talent and HR professional with a particular focus on Fintech. Studying a Bachelor of Engineering at Monash and a MBA at Melbourne Business School, Sophie has gained notable experience in Australia and Europe.
As first HR person at Revolut, Sophie helped scale the business from 30-500 people. She then joined 11:FS as Global Head of HR and Talent supporting 300% growth.
Now at Oakam Group as Chief People and Customer Officer, Sophie brings a unique approach to the role of Talent and HR.
Sophie's working is consistently recognised by the industry as a Standout 35 of the Innovate Finance Women in Fintech Powerlist 2018, 2019, 2020 Diversity Advocate and Leader
You can connect with Sophie - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sophietheen/
And find out more about Oakam - https://www.oakam.com/about-us/careers/
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In episode 81 Dexter Cousins is joined by Stuart Clout, Chief Revenue Officer and Co-Founder of Ansarada Group.
This is Stuart’s 2nd time on the show, he first appeared in episode 4, the last episode pre-covid, when we talked about his business thedocyard.
It's been a big 14 months for Stuart. We talk about the audacious merger with Ansarada and how by bringing the companies together, there’s a real opportunity to create another Aussie Fintech unicorn.
About Ansarada
Founded by Sam and Rachel Riley in 2005 Ansarada. In late 2020 Ansarada merged with thedocyard and Athena Board to create .
May 4th is not only Star Wars day but also marks the launch of Ansarada Deals. A comprehensive solution for transactions, the Deals solution tackles three of the biggest challenges facing every exec team and board, workforce collaboration, data security and compliance.
It's an exciting time for the business as the company aims for global domination.
Stuart shares his approach to being a founder and some of the lessons he has learned along the way. We talk about the advantages of being open to opportunities and having a flexible approach to growth and scaling.
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In episode 80 of the Fintech Chatter Podcast, Dexter Cousins is joined by Jins Kadwood, Chief Technology Officer of Agridigital.
Dexter first met Jins in 2018, he was fortunately/unfortunately sandwiched between the Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison in a photo as Dexter handed Jins the CTO of the year at the Fintech Awards. Check out the full horror here!
So it was cool to see Jins join another Fintech Chatter guest, Agridigital as CTO.
Backed by Square Peg Capital and founded by Emma Weston and Bob McKay, Agridigital is an Australian Fintech providing farmers with a digital way to manage grain from production to payment anywhere, anytime.
Jins chats about how Agridigital is combining technologies across blockchain, smart contracts, Defi and peer 2 peer lending to revolutionise the farming industry.
Jins also shares how his past experience as a professional soccer coach influences his approach to building and leading tech teams.
You can find out more about AgridigitalConnect with Jins
And finally, we promised to plug Jins' latest passion project
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In episode 79 of Fintech Chatter Dexter Cousins chats to Evan Wong CEO & Co-Founder of Checkbox, a 13x award-winning no code workflow automation platform.
Evan has worked with many enterprises including Telstra, Coca Cola and the Singaporean Govt on their digital transformation projects.
Leveraging his expertise in developing digital solutions to solve business process problems, Evan and the Checkbox team have built a platform that empowers employees to build software without the need for coding.
Through this work, Evan has helped redefine manual processes around risk and compliance with a focus on applying innovation with ruthless practicality.
Evan is a serial entrepreneur and was the Founder of the award-winning business Hero Education which he started at the age of 17. In 2019 Evan was listed as Forbes 30 Under 30 (and he still qualifies!)
To find out more about Checkbox https://checkbox.ai/
You can connect with Evan https://www.linkedin.com/in/theevanwong/
JOB OF THE WEEK - https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/2483587095
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In episode 78 of Fintech Chatter Dexter Cousins is joined by Steve Vallas, CEO of Blockchain Australia.
It's a big week for Blockchain Australia as they launch the very first Blockchain Week, a festival bringing together over 100 speakers to talk all things Blockchain.
Blockchain Australia aims to encourage the responsible adoption of blockchain technology by industry and governments across Australia as a means to drive innovation in service delivery across all sectors of the economy.
Steve shares his candid views of where the industry is at in Australia and what Government and industry needs to do to make Australia a real innovator in the space.
For more info go to https://blockchainaustralia.org/
To attend Blockchain Week go to https://www.blockchainweek.com.au/
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In episode 77 Dexter Cousins chats to Stephen McNulty, Chief Growth Officer of Haventec.
Each month Dexter showcases one of Australia's up-and-coming innovators. To kick off the series, we feature Haventec.
At the core of the Haventec proposition is a remarkably simple idea, beautifully executed – protecting digital identities from harm, and keeping ‘data that matters’ safe – the key foundations for digital trust.
Haventec has developed a suite of technologies that eliminate the need to centrally store sensitive credentials and data, providing the ultimate preparedness for when the enterprise is breached.
About Stephen.
Stephen has lived in Sydney for the last 15 years, moving here from London. His career has featured roles in Engineering (Ford Motor Company), Technology (Accenture and Avanade), Products (Apple) and Security with his current company, Haventec.
When you meet Stephen he will inevitably talk to you about four things - his family, his mountain bike, his love of music. And privacy…
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In episode 76 Dexter Cousins is joined by Chris Boas, Managing Director APAC of Q2 a software business that creates simple, smart, end-to-end banking and lending experiences.
Chris chats about the role Q2 is playing in the Australian Fintech sector, where Q2's software (Cloud Lending) is used to power Fintech like Athena and Prospa.
Chris also shares some of the work Q2 is doing around the world, including some 900 banks and credit unions in the US.
And Chris shares his insights on the rapidly changing world of banking since the Covid-19 pandemic.
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About Q2Cloud Lending Solutions empowers the global lending & leasing community to connect with their borrowers in a whole new way by fundamentally transforming the borrower's experience.
Built on Salesforce, the world's #1 CRM, Cloud Lending Solutions is the industry's only end-to-end lending and leasing software specifically designed to digitize the entire lending process.
Cloud Lending continues to expand globally across five continents and over twenty-three countries.
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In Episode 75 Dexter Cousins is joined by Chris Skinner, author, commentator and (in his own words) "troublemaker"
Chris Skinner is known as one of the most influential people in technology, and as an independent commentator on fintech through his blog, the Finanser.com. His latest book (sixteenth!) is called Doing Digital, and shares the lessons of doing digital transformation learned through interviews with BBVA, China Merchants Bank, DBS, ING and JPMorgan Chase.
He chairs the Financial Services Club and Nordic Future Innovation, is a non-executive director of 11:FS and on the advisory boards of various firms including Mode, Moven and Meniga. Mr. Skinner has been an advisor to the United Nations, the White House, the World Bank and the World Economic Forum, and is a visiting lecturer with Cambridge University as well as a TEDx speaker.
In recent years, he has been voted one of the UK’s foremost fintech observers by The Telegraph and one of the most influential people in financial technology by the Wall Street Journal’s Financial News and Thomson Reuters. He is also co-founder with renowned artist Basia Hamilton of The Portrait Foundation, http://portraitfoundation.com/, a non-profit platform to encourage children and the arts.
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Dexter is joined by Mark Fordree from Ignition Advice for episode 74 of the Fintech Chatter podcast.
Founded in Sydney in 2014 by Mark and Mike Giles, Ignition Advice is a global leader in digital advice technology, with unique capabilities to deliver advice across investment, retirement and insurance.
Ignition offers a full end-to-end platform for enterprise, including onboarding, consumer engagement, compliant advice, sales completion, ongoing account management and client servicing.
Ignition entered the European market in 2017, building a skilled team in Dublin.
In February 2021, Ignition Advice continues to grow with a move into the UK market establishing new teams in London and Edinburgh.
Following a successful Series B fundraising event with Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, Ignition is well funded to support business development and product research, accelerating their global growth.
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In episode #73 Dexter chats to Domm Holland, the Co-Founder and CEO of Fast, the world’s fastest online login and checkout platform.
Founded in Australia and currently headquartered in San Francisco, Fast is a privately held company founded by Domm and Allison Barr Allen and funded by Stripe, Addition, Index Ventures, Susa Ventures and Sugar Capital.
Widely known as the ’World’s Fastest CEO,” Domm is an entrepreneur and self-taught engineer who has founded and scaled companies in the logistics, transportation and technology sectors.
Fast's mission is to make buying online faster, safer and easier for everyone. Its Fast Login and Fast Checkout products enable a one-click sign-in and purchasing experience that makes it easier for people to buy and merchants to sell.
The company's products work on any browser, device or platform for consistent, stress-free purchasing. Fast is entirely consumer-focused and invests heavily in its users' privacy and data security, with a Zero Fraud Guarantee on chargebacks for sellers.
Domm previously founded and served as CEO of Tow, an on-demand vehicle towing platform in Australia that processed more than $50M in transactions. During his tenure there, Domm was awarded the top spot on the Deloitte Tech Fast 50 and recognized as the Brisbane Young Entrepreneur of the Year.
Domm has worked across Australia and the U.S., working in national and multinational telecommunications and technology companies, including Dell, with deep cross-function experience.
His background provides him with a unique perspective that spans R&D, sales and operations, all of which have contributed to his vision for Fast.
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Dexter Cousins is joined by the remarkable Lizzie Chapman CEO & Co-Founder of ZestMoney - India’s first and largest AI-Driven, digital financing platform.
Lizzie Chapman is a leading figure in the fintech landscape of India. She has been instrumental in driving the adoption of digital finance and financial inclusion initiatives in the country.
Lizzie's vision is to make life affordable to more than 300 million households that are currently ignored by traditional providers.
India is on a path to becoming the most significant market for Fintech, globally. With a population of 1.4bn, less than 40% smartphone penetration, and only 25 million people with a credit card, India is primed for BNPL.
About Zest Money
ZestMoney has built a platform that can meaningfully improve the lives of more than 300 million households who currently have no access to credit cards or other formal financing options because of insufficient credit history.
Lizzie's Background
Lizzie started her career as an Investment Manager with the Wellcome Trust, where she invested in financial services companies in India. She then worked with Goldman Sachs in London before moving to India in 2011 to set-up and spearhead the India operations for digital lender Wonga, one of the biggest fintech companies in the world at that point.
Lizzie serves on the boards of IndiaMart (India’s Alibaba) and IndiaQuotient (early-stage investment fund). She is a founding member and serves on the Executive Committee of the Digital Lending Association of India.
She was honoured with the ‘Female Fintech Leader’ award in 2017 and in 2019 was as recognised among “Linkedin Top Voices 2019: Finance & Economy” globally.
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In episode #71 Dexter Cousins chats to Nathan and Michael as they celebrate the 2nd birthday of Athena's official launch.
Athena is on a mission to save Australians a whole lot of money and help pay off their home loan faster. Founded in June 2017 to revolutionise the home loan industry and make it better in every way, Athena built an innovative digital home loan platform to deliver savings to borrowers, backed by local home loan experts.
Athena is backed by Australia’s leading investors, including AirTree Ventures, AustralianSuper, Hostplus, Macquarie Bank and Square Peg.
Athena has been the proud recipient for Finnies Emerging Fintech Organisation of the Year Award for 2 years in a row – 2019 and 2020.
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Co-founder & CEO, Athena Home Loans, Australia
Nathan Walsh, Athena’s Co-founder and CEO, is a fintech entrepreneur with over 20 years’ expertise in financial services, top-tier consulting and legal practice. Nathan is a former NAB executive who started his career with BCG before taking senior roles at Citi and NAB in wealth management. At NAB, Nathan founded Nabtrade and built it from an idea into a $40 billion platform over 7 years, winning multiple innovation awards along the way.
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Co-founder & COO, Athena Home Loans, Australia
Michael Starkey, Athena’s Co-founder and COO, has an entrepreneurial background, having been the co-founder of iSelect in AU. He spent 7 years at NAB in personal banking, was a board member of the Australian Payments Council and ASX listed Homelands Ltd and former director of the New Payments Platform (Australia’s new real-time payments network).
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In episode #70 Dexter Cousins is joined by 86 400’s founding CEO, Robert Bell. They chat about the proposed acquisition by NAB.
86 400 is Australia's first smart bank. Launched in September 2019 with an unrestricted banking license, the smart phone only bank has been the trail blazer for Aussie neobanks launching home loans, energy switching, joint accounts, budgeting tools with new feature releases on an almost weekly basis.
With an ecosystem approach 86 400 partners with many Aussie Fintech including Zip, Uno, Data Action. And with the proposed sale to NAB, Tier One People believe this is a landmark day for Australian Fintech innovation.
About Robert Bell:
Rob is committed to helping Australians take control of their finances is the driving force behind the 100+ strong team at 86 400.
Rob has extensive leadership experience in financial services across Australia and the Asia Pacific region.
Prior to 86 400 he held Executive and CEO roles at Cuscal, Australian Unity Bank and ANZ including CEO positions at both ANZ Japan and ANZ Fiji.
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Dexter Cousins is joined by Jason Pellegrino, CEO of Domain Group on the FinTech Australia Podcast.
You might be asking why a Real Estate listings platform is featuring on a Fintech podcast?
Tune in and find out why in this super interesting show as Jason shares the Domain Group strategy and their move into Fintech!
Jason spent 10 years with Google as Managing Director of Australia and New Zealand. As a member of the Asia-Pacific Regional Leadership Team, Jason held leadership positions across Sales, Operations and Strategy.
He shares his views on the role Big Tech is playing in the future of payments and financial services.
About Jason:
Prior to Google, Jason worked in several roles over 15 years spanning Corporate Strategy, Mergers and Acquisitions and Finance at Dakota Capital Partners, LEK Consulting, PepsiCo International and KPMG.
Jason holds a Bachelor's Degree in Commerce and an MBA (Distinction) from The London Business School.
Jason is a member of the Innovation Taskforce of the Business Council of Australia, a member of ASIC's External Advisory Panel and a Board member of Plan International.
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Dexter Cousins is joined by Martin McCann CEO and Co-Founder of Trade Ledger, the world’s first open digital banking platform that gives banks the ability to assess business lending risk in real-time.Tune in as Dexter and Martin discuss the Fintech landscape and how Trade Ledger has evolved since launching four years ago.
As an avid technologist, business leader, investor, academic researcher, and public speaker Martin is passionate about the digitisation of business.
Prior to founding Trade Ledger, he accrued 20 years’ experience creating, growing, mentoring, and investing in innovative global technology companies worldwide.
He has been CEO of Global Innovation Ventures, GM of SAP's Cloud Solutions Division overseeing a period of extraordinary growth, and CEO and Research Director of software consultancy, Inn-vision.
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Dexter Cousins is joined by Toby Norton-Smith to celebrate the 1st anniversary of x15 Ventures - a venture scaler focused on building, investing or acquiring ventures that can deliver the next generation of services in and around banking, advantaged through integration and support from CommBank.
Prior to x15 Ventures, Toby was General Manager of Digital Growth at CBA, was CEO of a fintech venture in the wealth space (StocksInValue), and commenced his career at McKinsey and Co.
Tune in for a candid and insightful chat as Toby shares how he and the x15 team are taking a different approach to CVC.
Toby also shares some exclusive news on the latest talent and venture acquisitions. And he gives his views on the future of Fintech and why banks need to focus on collaboration.
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Dexter Cousins ushers in 2021 and season 3 with Claire Alexander, Head of People at Limepay.
In this special show Dexter fields questions from you, the listeners, on Fintech career advice.
Tune in as Claire and Dexter discuss which skills are in demand, which skills you should focus on developing, what stage a Fintech will hire specialists over generalists and how to position yourself when applying to roles in Fintech.
They also share insights on resumes, cover letters and how to work best with recruiters.
As well as covering one or two career dilemmas.
Find out more about Limepay at https://limepay.com.au
About Claire:
Claire has extensive experience in talent acquisition, HR strategy & transformation and coaching.
Combined with her passion to build start-ups, Claire also has a coaching business that supports her clients to achieve their career goals using simple strategies and NLP frameworks.
Since arriving in Australia Claire has spent the last 10+ years in the talent acquisition and HR space.
More recently she supported Zip Co to expand globally as their Global Head of Talent and Organisational Design.
Claire is now helping to scale Limepay, an upcoming Fintech set for rapid growth over the next 12 months.
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Our good friend Lee Hatton from Afterpay joins Dexter Cousins as they discuss a world first partnership with Westpac.
Banking as a Service is real! Afterpay recently announced a landmark partnership with Westpac to provide a deposit account facility to Afterpay customers via the 10x/Westpac BaaS platform.
It's only six weeks since Lee was last on the show. Since then Afterpay has cemented their place as the jewel in Australia's Fintech crown, by becoming an ASX top 20 company.
And hitting new records with $2bn in underlying sales during the month of November!
It has been an incredible year for Nick Molnar, Anthony Eisen and the Afterpay team. Lee talks about 2020 highlights and what we can expect to see in 2021.
Lee also shares her thoughts on leadership and how the events of 2020 have challenged leaders like never before.
Find out more about Afterpay https://www.afterpay.com
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Dexter Cousins chats to Fred Schebesta, Co-Founder of Finder and CEO of Schebesta Ventures on the FinTech Australia Podcast.
It's been another breakthrough year for Finder, with the launch of the Finder Money App. Fred talks us through the first 9 months, 100,000 users and the upcoming launch of their crypto product.
We also chat about Fred's newest venture, Schebesta Ventures, a programme where Fred shares his proven systems and strategies to help building realise their ideas and build successful businesses.
Fred is a world-famous entrepreneur, LinkedIn Top Voices of Australia 2020 and AFR Young Rich Lister.
To find out more on Schebesta Ventures go to - https://www.fredschebesta.com/
To download the Finder App go to - https://www.finder.com.au/app
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Dexter Cousins chats to Tim Cameron Australia Country Head, Transferwise on the FinTech Australia Podcast.
Transferwise is a world leading Fintech offering a cheaper, faster way to send money abroad.
It's been a HUGE month for Transferwise in Australia, with APRA granting a Purchased Payments Facility license.
Tim was also re-elected to the FinTech Australia board in 2020. We talk about the important role he and Transferwise is playing in making overseas transaction fees transparent and cheaper for Australians.
Transferwise have big growth plans in 2021, Tim talks Dexter through the 2021 strategy and shares his learnings from 2020. They also discuss the trends emerging in digital money and how COVID-19 has accelerated the adoption of FinTech by several years.
Tune in for another bumper edition, candid chat and insights.
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Dexter Cousins is joined by Melissa Widner, CEO of Lighter Capital, the pioneer and leader in revenue based financing for tech start ups and scale ups. Seattle based Lighter Capital is backed by NAB and Silicon Valley Bank as well as US based VCs.
Previously Melissa was the Managing Director of NAB Ventures, the VC arm of the National Australia Bank and a General Partner at Seattle based SeaPoint Ventures.
She was the founder and CEO of 7Software, a Silicon Valley based enterprise software company acquired by Concur (Nasdaq: CNQR, acquired by SAP). She was also the CEO of Northwest Industrial Supply. Under her leadership, both companies generated over a 10X return to investors.
Melissa is also the co-founder and Chairperson of Sydney based Heads Over Heels, an organisation that supports women entrepreneurs running companies with high growth potential.
Melissa served as a lecturer at the University of Washington's Graduate School of Business where she taught courses on venture capital and entrepreneurship. She was previously on the board of the AIC (AVCAL) and has served on the boards of several venture backed technology companies in both the US and Australia.
For more info go to https://www.lightercapital.com/
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Dexter Cousins is joined by Danny Gilligan CEO of Data Republic and Partner at ReInventure Group.
It's been a long time coming but we are delighted to bring to our listeners the insights of a true visionary in Danny.
As both a serial entrepreneur and experienced venture capitalist, Danny Gilligan is at the forefront of driving disruptive innovation in Data and Fintech.
We talk about Data Republic and their revolutionary 'data sandbox'. Working with some of the world's largest B2C brands including Singapore Airlines, ANZ and Westpac, Data Republic is helping companies encumbered by legacy technology innovate at warp speed.
Through Reinventure Group, co-founded with Simon Cant in 2013, Danny is pioneering a new model of corporate venture capital. We discuss the diversity and vision of Reinventure’s Fund across verticals such as data, payments, artificial intelligence, real estate, crime prevention and human resources.
Danny is also a foundingdirector of Stone & Chalk, and founding director of peak industry body FinTech Australia.
So tune in and enjoy!
To discover data sharing 2.0 go to https://www.datarepublic.com/
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Dexter Cousins is joined by 11:FS CEO and Co-Founder, David M Brear.
As a good friend of the show and star guest of our second episode, it seemed only right that we launch our 12 Fintech of Christmas special with David.
Join us as we talk about the year that was 2020, the impacts of Covid on the Fintech industry, the rise of BNPL and where the future of Fintech is headed.
David shares his leadership lessons of 2020 and his thoughts on what we can expect in 2021.
And if you want to tune in for the Afterdark debate on BNPL you can head over to https://info.11fs.com/after-dark-bnpl-debate
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Dexter Cousins chats to Joe McGuire, CEO and Co-founder of MyMy, a Malaysian FinTech tackling the issue of financial inclusion.
Joe is an Aussie and has spent part of his career with Commonwealth Bank before joining Airwallex in the early days.
in 2017 Joe spotted a huge opportunity in Malaysia and began the journey of what he is planning to be Malaysia's first Neo Bank.
In building MyMy's core system from scratch, Joe and the team is re-defining financial services in Malaysia. And having built the technology platform, MyMy has spun off another business to challenge rising stars like Railsbank.
Tune in for a super interesting discussion on the challenges faced launching a start up in Malaysia, the size of the SE Asia opportunity, the obligatory Covid-19 'Pivot' and why the Neo Bank model will prove to be a winner in the next decade.
For more info go to https://www.my-my.com/
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Dexter Cousins chats to Yanir Yakutiel, CEO and Founder of Lumi, Australia's fastest growing, 100% digital, business lender.
They've built a platform from scratch to deliver a 100% digital process from lead generation, origination, credit risk assessment through to loan execution.
Yanir is now on his second startup, as a native Israeli entrepreneurship is in his DNA. We talk about what makes Israel such a special place for innovation in Fintech.
Although Australia has a very different culture, Yanir has been able to distill the Israeli values and approach and apply them successfully to Lumi.
Yanir shares his tips for building a diverse, high performing team at the forefront of innovation. And in the spirit of keeping things authentic, Yanir delivers in the traditional Israeli way, with a lot of chutzpah!
To find out more go to https://www.lumi.com.au/
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Dexter Cousins chats to Lauren Capelin, Principal at Startmate about the rapidly evolving Fintech scene and discovering the next generation of startups.
Startmate brings together exceptional founders, operators and investors through their accelerator programs. Over the past decade they have invested in 130+ startups, with a collective portfolio value of $1 billion.
Lauren has played a significant part in Australia's Fintech community. Joining ReInventure (Westpac's CVC) in early 2015 as Head of Community, Lauren has nurtured some of Australia's most successful FinTech startups.
As a Board Director with FinTech Australia, Lauren has supported the organisation through the tough times and leaves her role with the organisation in great shape.
Lauren talks about her new role with Startmate where through their Fellowship Program, they are supporting over 100 females to become startup founders. We chat about the strength of Australia's Fintech startup community, the next generation of founders
and the Startmate programme.
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Dexter Cousins speaks to Josh Foreman, Founder and CEO of Indebted, a Fintech revolutionising debt collection.
Indebted replaces annoying and confronting calls with convenient and compelling messaging. Using data science to understand customers better, every message from InDebted provides one-click access to a self-service portal where customers can resolve their account without speaking to anyone.
Dexter talks to Josh about how technology is humanising debt collection and in the process improving people's financial and mental wellbeing.
Josh himself is a serial entrepreneur. He's your quintessential computer nerd, got his first computer at 10, was building his own by 12, he then ran an online review website during high school to pay for broadband internet (when that became a thing).
During university Josh fell in love with the idea of building his own company. He lasted all of 18 months in the corporate world before jumping into his first start up.
InDebted is Josh's third startup where he is focused on redefining the global collections industry.
To find out more go to https://www.indebted.co/
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Dexter Cousins chats to Mandeep Sodhi, CEO and Founder of Effi, a SaaS platform using AI that enables Mortgage Brokers to spend more time with their clients while streamlining the home loan application process.
Mandeep is an OG Fintech entrepreneur. He was CEO and co-founder of Hashching, one of the first fintech to go through H2 Ventures accelerator.
Mandeep shares his deep experience in raising capital, building high performing teams on no budget and even how to deal with the F Word, Failure.
To find out more about Effi https://effi.com.au/
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Dexter Cousins is joined by Andy Taylor, CEO of Douugh, an Aussie Neo Bank doing things very differently.
Douugh recently listed on the ASX and has seen 10x growth in the share price since listing. It's a bold vision with launch in the US first through partnerships with existing banks and Mastercard.
A software business that helps consumers save and create wealth is a more accurate description for Douugh.
Dexter chats to Andy about the vision, why he decided to list and why Douugh is going US first.
For more info go to https://douugh.com/
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Dexter Cousins chats to Simone Joyce about her appointment as Chairwoman of FinTech Australia.
Simone is also CEO and Founder of Paypa Plane, a payments technology business making huge strides in 2020.
We talk about The Finnies, 2021 strategy, the mightily impressive new board of directors and what the future holds for FinTech in Australia.
Simone also shares her thoughts on Government support for the sector, diversity and how Australia is world leading when it comes to Female FinTech Founders.
Thanks to our partners FinTech Australia - a member-driven organisation that is building an ecosystem of Australian Fintechs advancing the global economy.
We share their mission to build a strong community, foster connections and support innovation. To become a member go to https://fintechaustralia.org.au/join-now/
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Dexter Cousins chats to Kraken's Jonathan Miller (Aus Managing Director) and Jakub Zakrewski (Singapore Managing Director) on their move to becoming a bank.
Kraken is one of the globes biggest digital currency exchanges and recently announced their granting of a banking license in North America. Kraken aims to become the first regulated, U.S. bank to provide comprehensive deposit-taking, custody and fiduciary services for digital assets.
We talk about the future of digital currency, what a banking license means for a crypto exchange, what we can expect to see from regulators, how central banks and financial institutions are now embracing digital currencies and just what we can expect from Kraken in the future.
Tune in for a super interesting chat.
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Dexter Cousins chats to Christian Westerlind Wigstrom, CEO of Monoova about his nomination for Outstanding FinTech Leader sponsored by Vocus.
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Dexter Cousins is joined by Patrick Coghlan, CEO of Creditorwatch to discuss his nomination for Emerging FinTech Leader, sponsored by GoCardless.
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Dexter Cousins chats to Belinda Hogan, CFO of 86 400 about her nomination for Emerging FinTech Leader.
GoCardless are sponsors of Emerging FinTech Leader of the Year.
Dexter Cousins Talks to Oliver Kidd, CEO and Founder of Archa abut his nomination for Emerging FinTech Leader sponsored by GoCardless.
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Rebecca Scot-Guppy talks to Marie Mortimer, CEO of Loans.com.au about her nominations for Outstanding FinTech Leader and Female FinTech Leader of the Year.
Thanks to Vocus, sponsors of Outstanding FinTech Leader.
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Rebecca Schot-Guppy chats to Natalie Dinsdale, Chief Marketing Officer of Athena Home Loans, about her nomination for Female FinTech Leader.
Thanks to Seedspace, sponsors of Female FinTech Leader of the Year.
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Rebecca Schot-Guppy talks to Preeti Mishra of Assembly Payments about her nomination for Female FinTech Leader sponsored by Seedspace.
Preeti is also nominated for Emerging FinTech Leader sponsored by GoCardless.
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Dexter Cousins chats to Bridie Ohlsson of Geora on her experience as an emerging leader in FinTech.
Thanks to GoCardless, sponsors of Emerging FinTech Leader of the Year.
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Rebecca Schot-Guppy talks to Jill Berry of Adatree about her nominations for Female FinTech Leader and Emerging FinTech Leader at this years Finnies.
Thanks to Seedspace for Sponsoring Female FinTech Leader.
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Rebecca Schot-Guppy talks to Debra Taylor, Opensparkz on her nomination for Female FinTech Leader. Sponsored by Seedspace.
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Rebecca Schot-Guppy talks to Carolyn Breeze about her nomination for Female Leader of the Year in The Finnies 2020.
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Dexter Cousins is joined by Andrew Wildblood ,Chief Executive Enterprise and Government at Vocus Communications.
As sponsors of FinTech Australia and this years Finnies, Vocus is really putting their support behind the Fintech community. And it's the perfect match.
As a challenger brand themselves, Vocus are no strangers to scaling and growth. It's been an epic journey for the business over the last decade. As a leading specialist fibre and network solutions provider, Vocus connects people, businesses, governments, and communities across Australia and New Zealand, to the world.
Andrew and I talk about how Vocus is helping entrepreneurs bring their ideas to life. Their focus on security, reliability and service makes Vocus the ideal partner for Fintechs.
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Your Host, Dexter Cousins is Founder and CEO of Tier One People
Thanks to our partners FinTech Australia - a member-driven organisation that is building an ecosystem of Australian Fintechs advancing the global economy.
We share their mission to build a strong community, foster connections and support innovation. To become a member go to https://fintechaustralia.org.au/join-now/
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Dexter Cousins is joined by Steve Weston CEO and Co-Founder of Volt Bank.
It's been a wild ride for Volt, as it has every neo bank! Volt have carved the path as Australia's first new bank of the millennia and the first 'Neo bank' to be granted a full banking license in Australia.
Tune in for a candid chat with Steve where we talk about the challenges of making the Neo Bank model work. Expect to see Volt hit the market with new consumer products in early 2021 and the Beta savings product is in market now.
The world has changed and the future of banking is uncertain. Steve shares the Volt 2.0 strategy which sees them partner with Microsoft to provide banking as a service to any business wishing to sell financial products.
It's a strategy that will help Volt scale globally and at an exponential rate.
Impressive partnerships with Salesforce and Paypal in place gives Volt bank the opportunity to strike (excuse the pun, totally intended.)
Go to https://www.voltbank.com.au/
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Dexter Cousins is joined by Keith Brown, General Manager of Product and Business Development with Bpay.
Bpay is behind Osko (the instant peer to peer payments system) and Sypht. Originally setup as a bill payments system by Australia's major banks 23 years ago, Bpay is undergoing a transformation.
Keith shares the Bpay strategy and their support of the Fintech community.
We discuss the Bpay approach to open API's and developer portal and why Bpay is getting behind FinTech Australia to support innovation.
Find out more https://bpaygroup.com.au/
Developer portal: https://developer.bpaygroup.com.au/
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Dexter Cousins talks to Lee Hatton, EVP of Platforms at Afterpay. Lee spent 5 years as CEO of UBank, Australia's 1st 100% online bank. Lee's also a board director at Xero.
Afterpay is one of the world's fastest growing Fintech. Listed on the ASX with a market cap of Aus $24bn! makes Afterpay a Decacorn🦄🦄🦄 Right!?
Tencent invested $300m for a 5% stake in the business in 2020. With 700 staff globally and operations in the US and UK Afterpay is the jewel💎 in the Australian Fintech crown 👑
Lee shares her story from a farm in New Zealand to, banking to one of the world's fastest growing Fintech. It's a phenomenal story from a phenomenal person!
We talk about Afterpays plans for global domination, exactly why Lee made the move and her approach to leadership.
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It's the most competitive Finnies in history. And this year we've put two categories out to the public to decide in the People's Choice.
Frollo are finalists for FinTech Organisation Of The Year sponsored by Bpay.
Gareth Gumbley, CEO and Founder of Frollo pitches for your vote as Fintech Organisation of the Year in the People's Choice.
Gareth is also a finalist for Outstanding FinTech Leader sponsored by Vocus.
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It's the most competitive Finnies in history. And this year we've put two categories out to the public to decide in the People's Choice.
Xbert are finalists for Emerging FinTech Of The Year sponsored by Afterpay.
Troy Brown, Founder and CEO of Xbert pitches for your vote as Emerging Fintech of the Year in the People's Choice.
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It's the most competitive Finnies in history. And this year we've put two categories out to the public to decide in the People's Choice.
Bizcap are finalists for Emerging FinTech Of The Year sponsored by Afterpay.
Zalman Blachman, Co-Founder of Bizcap pitches for your vote as Emerging Fintech of the Year in the People's Choice.
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It's the most competitive Finnies in history. And this year we've put two categories out to the public to decide in the People's Choice.
Brighte are finalists for FinTech Organisation Of The Year sponsored by Bpay.
Katherine McConnell, Founder and CEO of Brighte pitches for your vote as Fintech Organisation of the Year in the People's Choice.
Katherine is also up for Outstanding FinTech Leader
Tune in as shares her journey with Brighte and her approach to leadership.
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It's the most competitive Finnies in history. And this year we've put two categories out to the public to decide in the People's Choice.
Tic-Toc Home Loans are finalists for FinTech Organisation Of The Year sponsored by Afterpay.
Anthony Baum, Founder and CEO of Tic-Toc pitches for your vote as Fintech Organisation of the Year in the People's Choice.
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It's the most competitive Finnies in history. And this year we've put two categories out to the public to decide in the People's Choice.
86 400 are finalists for Emerging FinTech Of The Year sponsored by Afterpay.
Travis Tyler, Chief Product and Marketing Officer of 86 400 pitches for your vote as Emerging Fintech of the Year in a People's Choice category.
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It's the most competitive Finnies in history. And this year we've put two categories out to the public to decide in the People's Choice.
Wisr are finalists for Emerging FinTech Of The Year sponsored by Bpay.
Anthony Nantes, CEO of Wisr pitches for your vote as Fintech Organisation of the Year in the People's Choice.
Anthony is also a finalist for Outstanding FinTech Leader sponsored by Vocus.
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It's the most competitive Finnies in history. And this year we've put two categories out to the public to decide in the People's Choice.
Cake Equity are finalists for Emerging FinTech Of The Year sponsored by Afterpay.
Jason Atkins, Co-Founder and CEO of Cake Equity pitches for your vote as Emerging Fintech of the Year in the People's Choice.
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It's the most competitive Finnies in history. And this year we've put two categories out to the public to decide in the People's Choice.
SendFX are finalists for Emerging FinTech Of The Year sponsored by Afterpay.
Paul Billing, Co-Founder and CEO of SendFX pitches for your vote as Emerging Fintech of the Year in the People's Choice.
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It's the most competitive Finnies in history. And this year we've put two categories out to the public to decide in the People's Choice.
Up are finalists for Emerging FinTech Of The Year sponsored by Afterpay.
Dom Pym, Co-Founder of Up pitches for your vote as Emerging Fintech of the Year in the People's Choice.
Dom's also up for Outstanding FinTech Leader sponsored by Vocus.
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Rebecca Schot-Guppy talks to Lucy Liu, co-founder of Airwallex about her nominations for Female FinTech Leader and Emerging FinTech Leader of the year.
Airwallex are winners of the People's Choice FinTech Organisation of the year sponsored by Tier One People.
Congrats to Airwallex for winning Fintech Organisation of the Year in the People's Choice award.
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It's the most competitive Finnies in history. And this year we've put two categories out to the public to decide in the People's Choice.
Prospa are finalists for FinTech Organisation Of The Year sponsored by Bpay.
Beau Bertoli, Co-Founder and Chief Revenue Officer of Prospa pitches for your vote as Fintech Organisation of the Year in the People's Choice.
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It's the most competitive Finnies in history. And this year we've put two categories out to the public to decide in the People's Choice.
Stockspot are finalists for FinTech Organisation Of The Year sponsored by Bpay.
Chris Brycki, CEO of Stockspot pitches for your vote as Fintech Organisation of the Year in the People's Choice.
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It's the most competitive Finnies in history. And this year we've put two categories out to the public to decide in the People's Choice.
Brickfloor are finalists for Emerging FinTech Of The Year sponsored by Afterpay.
Dean Fraser, Founder and CEO of Brickfloor pitches for your vote as Emerging Fintech of the Year in the People's Choice.
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It's the most competitive Finnies in history. And this year we've put two categories out to the public to decide in the People's Choice.
Athena Home Loans are WINNERS of Emerging FinTech Of The Year sponsored by Afterpay.
Nathan Walsh, Co-Founder and CEO of Athena pitches for your vote as Emerging Fintech of the Year in the People's Choice.
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It's the most competitive Finnies in history. And this year we've put two categories out to the public to decide in the People's Choice.
Medipass are finalists for FinTech Organisation Of The Year sponsored by Bpay.
Jonathan Davey, CEO of Medipass pitches for your vote as Fintech Organisation of the Year in the People's Choice.
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Dexter Cousins is joined by Dan Wearne, Head of Design at Up Bank to celebrate Up's 2nd Birthday.
It's been an incredible two years since I attended the Up Bank launch party in October 2018. I was greeted at the door by Dan who instantly transferred $50 onto my Up account.
What I then witnessed was the birth of the Neo Bank in Australia. Since launch Dan has been instrumental in some world leading innovations in mobile banking. 'Pull to save' and giving Up Bank users their own API's are just two innovations we discuss.
While Dom Pym is a great front man for the Up Band, he'll be the first to tell you how talented his team are. And so it felt only right that with Up celebrating 2 years we shine the spotlight on Dan.
Find out more https://up.com.au
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Your Host, Dexter Cousins is Founder and CEO of Tier One People
Thanks to our partners FinTech Australia - a member-driven organisation that is building an ecosystem of Australian Fintechs advancing the global economy.
We share their mission to build a strong community, foster connections and support innovation. To become a member go to https://fintechaustralia.org.au/join-now/
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Dexter Cousins is joined by Aris Allegos , CEO and co-founder of Moula.
Aris is driven by the desire to provide Australian SMEs with a better way to access finance. Growing up around a family business, he experienced first-hand the challenges faced by SMEs. Before Moula, Aris spent over 15 years working in banking in London and Hong Kong, including roles with Credit Suisse and Nomura.
Moula is one of Australia's most successful Fintech and part of the Governments SME lending scheme. An initiative between banks, government and Fintech to provide business loans to companies impacted by Covid.
Aris talks about the fast maturing Fintech sector in Australia, collaboration with govt and big banks and how Moula continues to innovate.
To find out more go to https://Moula.com.au
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Thanks to our partners FinTech Australia - a member-driven organisation that is building an ecosystem of Australian Fintechs advancing the global economy.
We share their mission to build a strong community, foster connections and support innovation. To become a member go to https://fintechaustralia.org.au/join-now/
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Dexter Cousins is joined by Doug Morris CEO of Sharesight.
They're an award-winning portfolio tracker used by over 150,000 investors around the world to accurately track their performance, dividends, and tax.
Coming from humble beginnings (an excel spreadsheet!) Sharesight is a privately (family) owned Fintech. Sharesight are now partners to Morningstar, ASX and CMC Markets.
Started by Kiwis Tony and Scott Ryburn (father and son) Sharesight is a business you can't help but admire.
Doug talks through his experiences of being a CEO in a family owned Fintech, Sharesights plans for growth and his thoughts on hiring for startups.
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The Finnies, are coming.
Our Partners FinTech Australia along with the Victorian Government, Vocus and BPAY, are are bringing you Australia’s largest and most prestigious Fintech Awards, yet!
And we would love for you to tune in and celebrate the winners.
This year you can join virtually, in person or host your own office party!
So wherever you are, let's come together and recognise the amazing people, innovations and resilience Aussie Fintech is renowned for.
Registration for the event is now open. But be fast, the first 15 companies to host a Finnies party will receive an exclusive goodie bag full of fun gifts.
https://thefinnies.org.au/
If you would like to sponsor the FinTech Australia Podcast show please contact info@tieronepeople.com
Dexter is joined by Angus Woods, Managing Director and Co-Founder of Adviser Ratings.
Launched in 2014 Adviser Ratings puts the entire world of financial advisers and online advice tools at your finger tips.
It is an easy to use and transparent online platform which empowers customers and provides a valuable independent mechanism of consumer feedback for the industry.
The business has now pivoted to become a Data player and Dexter talks to Angus about their new partnership with the ASX.
Dexter and Angus recall how back in 2014, they talked about launching Adviser Ratings idea in a coffeeshop! Since then Angus has brought in major Advisers like David Koch and resisted the urge to sell out to a major bank.
If you like podcasts to be authentic, you'll love this one!
You can find out more https://www.adviserratings.com.au/
And if you're a financial adviser https://www.adviserratings.com.au/join/
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The Finnies, are coming.
Our Partners FinTech Australia along with the Victorian Government, Vocus and BPAY, are are bringing you Australia’s largest and most prestigious Fintech Awards, yet!
And we would love for you to tune in and celebrate the winners.
This year you can join virtually, in person or host your own office party!
So wherever you are, let's come together and recognise the amazing people, innovations and resilience Aussie Fintech is renowned for.
Registration for the event is now open. But be fast, the first 15 companies to host a Finnies party will receive an exclusive goodie bag full of fun gifts.
https://thefinnies.org.au/
If you would like to sponsor the FinTech Australia Podcast show please contact info@tieronepeople.com
Dexter talks to Scott Eddington, APAC Managing Director of WorldRemit, a Fintech tackling the issues of financial inclusion and supporting the unbanked.
Scott talks through the payment trends since Covid hit and how emerging economies are embracing digital wallets.
Covering 150 countries around the world and with over 4 million customers, WorldRemit plays a critical role in helping economic migrants send money to their families back home.
Scott shares how WorldRemit ultimately helps millions of children to go to school, thousands of people to receive medical treatment and, every week, thousands of people to pay their bills.
TCV, Accel and Leapfrog Investments have invested $375 million WorldRemit – and as early backers of the likes of Facebook, Spotify and Netflix, they are in good company!
To find out more go to https://www.worldremit.com/
This podcast is produced by Tier One People, leaders in FinTech Executive Search
Your Host, Dexter Cousins is Founder and CEO of Tier One People
Thanks to our partners FinTech Australia - a member-driven organisation that is building an ecosystem of Australian Fintechs advancing the global economy.
We share their mission to build a strong community, foster connections and support innovation. To become a member go to https://fintechaustralia.org.au/join-now/
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Dexter Cousins chats to Alan Jones of M8 Ventures. Alan is a startup founder coach and tech startup angel investor based in Sydney.
Alan shares his advice for founders on everything from accelerator programmes, asking investors for money and the proven impacts of diversity in teams. This is one Podcast that is educational and a whole lot of fun!
Alan started out as a tech journalist, before becoming an early Yahoo employee. He rode the wild ride of the Dotcom Boom and the Dotcom Crash before leaving to pursue some startup ideas of his own, and although some of them weren’t entirely unsuccessful, all of them were great learning experiences.
Alan got involved in startup accelerators and incubators to learn how to be an angel investor. He's been angel investing and helping coach tech startup founders now for more than a decade.
Also chair of Catalysr, an entrepreneurship accelerator focused on marginalised migrants and refugees, and Cardly.net. Alan is currently the third highest-ranked Australian athlete in international hide and seek competition. (behind me!)
He doesn't want you to email him but you can disagree with him on Twitter at @bigyahu
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Your Host, Dexter Cousins is Founder and CEO of Tier One People
Thanks to our partners FinTech Australia - a member-driven organisation that is building an ecosystem of Australian Fintechs advancing the global economy.
We share their mission to build a strong community, foster connections and support innovation. To become a member go to https://fintechaustralia.org.au/join-now/
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In ep 41 Dexter Cousins is joined by Brendan Malone, Co-Founder and COO of Raiz, an investment app that helps people save in the background of life.
Over 270,000 monthly users can invest in crypto and a range of investment funds using their spare change.
Launched in 2015 as Acorns, the app pioneered 'round-ups'. The name change to Raiz and listing on the ASX happened in 2017 before expansion to SE Asia in 2019. It's been a 🚀🚀 5 year ride for Brendan and the team.
CEO, George Lucas (not the Star Wars dude) is one of the sharpest entrepreneurs in Fintech and a pioneer. Some might call him a Maverick.
Brendan shares what it's like working with George, his tips for building an international Fintech, how to manage different cultures and how to get the best out of your people.
If you'd like to find out more about Raiz go to - https://raizinvest.com.au/
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Your Host, Dexter Cousins is Founder and CEO of Tier One People
Thanks to our partners FinTech Australia - a member-driven organisation building an ecosystem of Australian Fintechs advancing the global economy.
We share their mission to build a strong community, foster connections and support innovation. To become a member go to https://fintechaustralia.org.au/join-now/
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Dexter talks to Alex Badran, Co-Founder of Spriggy, a pocket money app that helps parents teach their kids all about money. 🐷
As personal users of the Spriggy app for 3 years, we've seen the positive impact the product has on our own kids. And with over 400,000 users we are not alone in our appreciation and ❤ for Spriggy.
Our kids love Spriggy so much, they call pocket money, Spriggy money!
And which self-respecting Dad wouldn't love Spriggy when you can get your son their own Darth Vader card!
Founded in 2015 by Alex and co-founder Mario Hasanakos, Spriggy is consistently voted Australia's top-rated pocket money app.
Alex talks through the Spriggy journey and evolution of the product. 🎧 tune in as Alex shares fascinating insights into how we can expect the next generation to engage with Fintech products as they become young adults.
You can find out more https://spriggy.com.au/
This podcast is produced by Tier One People, leaders in FinTech Executive Search
Your Host, Dexter Cousins is Founder and CEO of Tier One People
Thanks to our partners FinTech Australia - a member-driven organisation that is building an ecosystem of Australian Fintechs advancing the global economy.
We share their mission to build a strong community, foster connections and support innovation. To become a member go to https://fintechaustralia.org.au/join-now/
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Dexter talks to John Winters, Co-Founder and CEO of Superhero, a revolutionary investment platform making trading in Australian markets accessible to everyone.
This week Superhero announced $8m Series A round backed by ZipCo CEO Larry Diamond and Nick Molnar, Co-Founder of Afterpay 🚀🚀🚀
Co-Founder and CTO Wayne Baskin (Co-Founder of Booktopia and board advisor to Zip Co) complements John's financial expertise from a career with Shaw and Partners and Macquarie Group.
With such a strong founding team, remarkable backing and a strong board, we are expecting big things from Superhero!
To find out more go to https://superhero.com.au
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Welcome back! And after a short break, who better to help us kick off season two than our wonderful partners, FinTech Australia.
CEO Rebecca Schot-Guppy joins me to talk about the Senate Enquiry into Fintech and Senator Braggs recommendations.
COVID has had a devastating impact on the economy, despite such challenges FinTech Australia is stronger than ever, gaining more members over the last six months.
Rebecca shares her secrets to making FinTech Australia the peak industry body.
For those who don't know Rebecca all I can say is she's a force!
You can find out more about membership https://fintechaustralia.org.au/join-now/
You can follow Rebecca on Twitter @SchotGuppy and Linkedin
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Thanks to our partners FinTech Australia - a member-driven organisation that is building an ecosystem of Australian Fintechs advancing the global economy.
We share their mission to build a strong community, foster connections and support innovation. To become a member go to https://fintechaustralia.org.au/join-now/
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In this bumper special Dexter Cousins shines a spotlight on just a few of the Aussie Fintech's doing incredible stuff in the world of business banking and SME Finance.
Featuring interviews with leaders from Trade Ledger, Judo, Prospa and Butn.
A special show deserves a special location. Recorded on Sydney's stunning Northern Beaches (Shelley Beach, next to Manly) Dexter is joined by special co-host, Ryan Edwards-Pritchard CEO and Co-Founder of Cape.
Previously, Ryan was Managing Director of Funding Options, a UK SME Finance Fintech, and pioneers of open banking in the business lending and SME space, making Ryan's insights super interesting.
Now building his own SME Finance Fintech in Cape, Ryan shares his views on how Fintech in Australia is perfectly poised to take off.
Other guests include;
Paul Carmichael, APAC Director Trade Ledger
Alex Twigg, Co-Founder, Judo Bank
In episode 37 of the FinTech Australia Podcast Dexter chats with Shaul David, APAC Region Director of Railsbank.
Railsbank enables every business to become a fintech. By solving the pain points of infrastructure, regulation, operation and integration, they help founders, CEO's, product managers and marketers at any company or brand prototype, launch and scale any financial product.
Founded by Nigel Verdon (Founder of Currency Cloud) and Clive Mitchell, Railsbank set out to make it super simple to access financial services by giving "access to global banking with 5 lines of code".
Shaul talks about some of the success stories so far and their plans for Australia.
We are super excited to see Railsbank coming to Aus as open banking gains momentum.
To find out more go to www.railsbank.com
Follow Shaul; https://www.linkedin.com/in/shaul-david-a53262 and Twitter @ShaulDavidUK
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Thanks to our partners FinTech Australia - a member-driven organisation that is building an ecosystem of Australian Fintechs advancing the global economy.
We share their mission to build a strong community, foster connections and support innovation. To become a member go to https://fintechaustralia.org.au/join-now/
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In Episode 36 of the Fintech Australia Podcast, Dexter is joined by Nick Wilde, APAC Managing Director of Thought Machine.
Founded in 2014 by entrepreneur Paul Taylor, Thought machine enable banks to deploy modern systems and move away from the legacy IT platforms that plague the banking industry.
Thought Machine's cloud native core banking platform, Vault, has been written from scratch as an entirely cloud native platform. It does not contain a single line of code which is legacy, or pre-cloud.
Customers include Lloyds Banking Group, SEB, Standard Chartered and Atom bank. Now more than 350 people across offices in London and Singapore Thought Machine have raised more than £110m in funding.
Listen to Nick talk through the Thought Machine solution and their plans for Australia.
Find out more https://thoughtmachine.net/
Follow Nick https://www.linkedin.com/in/wilde-nick/
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This podcast is produced by Tier One People, leaders in FinTech Executive Search
Your Host, Dexter Cousins is Founder and CEO of Tier One People
Thanks to our partners FinTech Australia - a member-driven organisation that is building an ecosystem of Australian Fintechs advancing the global economy.
We share their mission to build a strong community, foster connections and support innovation. To become a member go to https://fintechaustralia.org.au/join-now/
If you would like to sponsor the show please contact info@tieronepeople.com
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In episode 35 of the Fintech Australia Podcast Dexter is joined by David Birch.
David is an author, advisor and commentator on digital financial services. He leads 15Mb Ltd, is Technology Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation (the London-based think tank), a Visiting Professor at the University of Surrey Business School and holds a number of board-level advisory roles.
His recent book " The currency cold war" is a fascinating read on the future of digital currency and the power battle between the US and China.
As the world enters an unprecedented period of global economic uncertainty we talk digital currencies, digital ID, Bitcoin and central banks.
Get set for a fascinating chat.
You can find David on Twitter @dgwbirch and his website http://www.dgwbirch.com/
Your Host, Dexter Cousins is Founder and CEO of Tier One People.
This podcast is produced by Tier One People, leading FinTech Executive Search and Human Capital Advisory partners.
Thanks to our partners FinTech Australia - a member-driven organisation that is building an ecosystem of Australian Fintechs advancing the global economy.
We share their mission to build a strong community, foster connections and support innovation. To become a member go to https://fintechaustralia.org.au/join-now/
If you would like to sponsor the show please contact info@tieronepeople.com
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In episode 34 of the FinTech Australia Podcast, Dexter is joined by Damir Cuca, CEO of Basiq, an open banking platform enabling developers to build innovative financial solutions.
Working with some of Australia's largest banks, backed by Westpacs ReInventure fund and Salesforce and part of the CDR pilot scheme, Damir shares his vision of what open banking could mean for Australia.
We also discuss how Damir came up with the idea, his secrets on leadership and why he chose Sydney's stunning Northern Beaches as company HQ.
You can find out more https://basiq.io/
Follow Damir - Twittter @damircuca or LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/damircuca
This podcast is produced by Tier One People, leaders in FinTech Executive Search
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In episode 33 Dexter Cousins talks to Stuart Grover, CEO and Co-Founder of Look Who's Charging.
A technologist and serial entrepreneur, LWC is 12th company founded by Stuart and his first foray into the FinTech world. He also founded a 3D printing business that is tackling some of the huge challenges presented with COVID.
LWC is integrated with over 16 banks including all of the big 4 Australian banks. Launched in 2017, the business was acquired by Experian in 2019.
This is a fascinating chat and anyone with aspirations of bootstrapping a Fintech through to a successful exit should tune in!
https://lookwhoscharging.com.au/
Connect with Stuart on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/stuartgrover
Stuart is also the Founder and CEO of 3D Printing Studios https://www.3dprintingstudios.com/
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In episode 32 of the Fintech Australia Podcast Dexter is joined by Neal Cross, CEO of Picturewealth.
PictureWealth helps you get your money matters optimised with the best singular picture of your wealth. Fast growing, profitable and now over $2bn of funds under advice.
As well as being a Board Advisor to one of our favourite clients, Razer Fintech, Neal has the most incredible back story. His corporate career with Microsoft, Mastercard and Chief Innovation Officer with DBS Bank.
Leaving school with no degree, Neal began his career designing video games in the 80’s, then decided to become a Ninja, a real one!
In his spare time he builds aquariums, wildlife sanctuaries and hotels.
You are in for a real treat in this show.
Find out more - https://picturewealth.com/
Follow Neal on Linked and Twitter
This podcast is produced by Tier One People, Australia's leading FinTech Executive Search firm.
Thanks to our partners FinTech Australia - a member-driven organisation that is building an ecosystem of Australian Fintechs advancing the global economy.
We share their mission to build a strong community, foster connections and support innovation. To become a member go to https://fintechaustralia.org.au/join-now/
Your Host, Dexter Cousins is Founder and CEO of Tier One People.
To hire game changing talent contact talent@tieronepeople.com
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The GodFather of Fintech, Brett King joins Dexter to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Moven and with it the 10th birthday of the neo bank.
A Melbourne boy, Brett shares his unique story of how an Aussie came to build Moven, and launch the first in-app mobile bank account offered anywhere in the world!
Brett also shares his thoughts on the future of Fintech as we discuss his new book, The Rise of Technosocialism.
And he reveals his no1 career tip for people in banking and financial services.
Brett is an International Bestselling Author, a world- renowned futurist and media personality. Bank 4.0 remained a global bestseller in banking more than 12 months after release.
President Xi Jinping cited his book Augmented. He even advised the Obama administration on Fintech!
Brett hosts the world's #1 Fintech Podcast Breaking Banks (180 countries, 6.5 million listeners).
This is a podcast episode of epic proportions. Enjoy!
You can find out more about Brett, his books and the Breaking Banks Podcast by going to his website - http://brettking.com
And you can follow Brett on twitter - https://twitter.com/BrettKing
This podcast is produced by Tier One People, Australia's leading FinTech Executive Search firm.
Thanks to our partners FinTech Australia - a member-driven organisation that is building an ecosystem of Australian Fintechs advancing the global economy.
We share their mission to build a strong community, foster connections and support innovation. To become a member go to https://fintechaustralia.org.au/join-now/
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In episode 30 Dexter is joined by Joanne Cooper, Founder and CEO of ID Exchange.
ID Exchange is an Identity Data Exchange, focused on Privacy Enhancing Technologies with Consent Management, Social Privacy Innovation and Digital Ethics. As Australia enters the open banking era, the work of ID Exchange is critical in ensuring Australians get the most from their data while protecting their privacy and human rights.
Partnering with Digi me from the UK, ID Exchange gives consumers the power to take control of their data with easy optin/out consent through the app.
Jo shares her unique journey which I'm sure would make a great Netflix series!
Download the app - https://digi.me/get-started/
To find out more go to - https://idexchange.me/
This podcast is produced by Tier One People, Australia's leading FinTech Executive Search firm.
Thanks to our partners FinTech Australia - a member-driven organisation that is building an ecosystem of Australian Fintechs advancing the global economy.
We share their mission to build a strong community, foster connections and support innovation. To become a member go to https://fintechaustralia.org.au/join-now/
Your Host, Dexter Cousins is Founder and CEO of Tier One People.
To hire game changing talent contact talent@tieronepeople.com
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In episode 29 Dexter is joined by Matt Baxby, Country CEO for Revolut, one of the worlds fastest growing Fintech.
Matt shares an insider's view of the Rocket Ship that is Revolut. We discuss their unique approach to building a bank, the relentless focus on the customer, blitz scaling and Revolut's plans for Australia.
We delve deeper into Matt's background to talk about his time working with Sir Richard Branson. And what he learned from Virgin that has helped him make the transition from bank to Fintech Startup.
To find out more about Revolut - https://www.revolut.com/en-AU/careers
Get the app - https://www.revolut.com/en-AU
This podcast is produced by Tier One People, Australia's leading FinTech Executive Search firm.
The Finnies, run by our partners FinTech Australia, are kicking off again in 2020!
Showcasing the best that Fintech has to offer and sponsored by The Victorian Government, Vocus and BPAY, the Finnies are a chance to celebrate the remarkable people, innovations, and resilience the fintech industry is known for and built upon.
Register now for your chance to be recognised as a leader of fintech.
finnies.org.au.
Your Host, Dexter Cousins is Founder and CEO of Tier One People.
To hire game changing talent contact talent@tieronepeople.com
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This episode we are shining the spotlight on the Tier One People community members.
Sue Steel of SuMaHa Collective is a specialist in People, Culture and Scaling. Most recently Sue scaled Aussie Tech success story, NearMap, taking the business from 50 - 300 staff.
Sue also took one of Australia's first Fintech, Society One from 30 - 80 people.
Sue shares her insights with Dexter Cousins as they discuss strategies on how to scale effectively and what founders can do to avoid the growing pains.
You can connect with Sue - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sue-steel/
The Finnies, run by our partners FinTech Australia and sponsored by The Victorian Government, Vocus and BPAY, are kicking off again in 2020!
Showcasing the best that Fintech has to offer, The Finnies are a chance to celebrate the remarkable people, innovations, and resilience the fintech industry is known for and built upon.
Register now for your chance to be recognised as a leader of fintech. finnies.org.au.
This podcast is produced by Tier One People, Australia's leading FinTech Executive Search firm. Your Host, Dexter Cousins is Founder and CEO of Tier One People.
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In Episode 28 of the FinTech Australia Podcast Dexter is joined by Beau Bertoli, Co-Founder & Chief Revenue Officer of Australia’s leading online business lender, Prospa.
Bringing new thinking to old problems, the team at Prospa are changing the way businesses experience finance through smarter data, proprietary technology and unique customer experiences.
Prospa consistently ranks as one of Australia’s fastest growing Fintech's, is certified as a 2019 “Great Place to Work”, and a 2017/2018 AON Hewitt Employer of Choice.
Beau shares the incredible journey of the business since launching in 2012. How he and co-founder Greg Moshal have built a winning culture. And how Prospa is working closely with the Australian Government to support small business through Covid-19.
This interview will get you more pumped than a Rocky Movie!
You can find out more https://www.prospa.com/
And watch the customer success stories on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjtAS-fXt7dGiLT6sFKhJX2UjvObs4-Kc
https://www.facebook.com/ProspaAU/
This podcast is produced by Tier One People, trusted by the world's leading Fintech as their Executive Search Partners.
Thanks to our partners FinTech Australia - a member-driven organisation that is building an ecosystem of Australian Fintechs advancing the global economy.
We share their mission to build a strong community, foster connections and support innovation. To become a member go to https://fintechaustralia.org.au/join-now/
Your Host, Dexter Cousins is Founder and CEO of Tier One People.
To hire game changing talent contact talent@tieronepeople.com
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In episode 27 Dexter is joined by Simon Lee, Co-Founder of Assembly Payments and now Managing Partner at Patona.
Simon knows a thing or two about raising capital and scaling Fintech's. As CEO at Assembly Simon has raised $70m and won partnerships with Westpac and Standard Chartered.
Patona started life as a bootstrapped tech startup that saw amazing success by running the majority of its business from India with minimal investment.
This is a 'no holds' barred chat with Simon as he gives his views on the 'Fintech startup Dream' and shares how Patona is helping Fintech founders launch and scale with minimal capital.
Tier One People is proud to announce a partnership with Patona. If you'd like to find out how we can help you scale your Fintech contact dexter@tieronepeople.com
This podcast is produced by Tier One People, Australia's leading FinTech Executive Search firm.
Thanks to our partners FinTech Australia - a member-driven organisation that is building an ecosystem of Australian Fintechs advancing the global economy.
We share their mission to build a strong community, foster connections and support innovation. To become a member go to https://fintechaustralia.org.au/join-now/
- Your Host, Dexter Cousins is Founder and CEO of Tier One People
- To hire game changing talent contact talent@tieronepeople.com
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It’s episode 26 and Dexter is joined by Carla Harris, Founder of Longevity App to talk all things WealthTech.
They are on a mission to change everyone’s financial future one cent at a time, by automatically boosting your existing super fund with a little bit extra whenever you spend.
Plus a load of great guests featuring in the show:
- Christina Hobbs of Verve Super
- Dan Silver of Stake
- Pat Garret of Six Park
- Jonny Wilkinson of Equitise
Download the Longevity App on the App Store or Google Play
This podcast is produced by Tier One People, Australia's leaders in FinTech Executive Search
Thanks to our partners FinTech Australia - a member-driven organisation that is building an ecosystem of Australian Fintech's advancing the global economy.
We share their mission to build a strong community, foster connections and support innovation. To become a member go to https://fintechaustralia.org.au/join-now/
Your Host, Dexter Cousins is Founder and CEO of Tier One People.
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It's episode 25 and to mark such an occasion Dexter is joined by a very special guest who needs no introduction.
Anthony Thomson is Co-Founder and Chairman of 86 400, Australia's first Smart Bank.
And with a resume that includes Founder and Chairman of Atom Bank the UKs first mobile-first bank and Metro Bank in the UK, Anthony is one of the world's leading pioneers in digital banking.
With two Geordies, on a Fintech podcast in Australia I'm thinking of renaming the show
The Ant and Dex show OR I’m a Fintech Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here 🤣🤣
Tune in as we talk about the future of banking and Anthony's observations on the global Fintech scene.
You can find out more about Anthony www.anthonythomson.co.uk
Anthony's book: No Small Change - Why Financial Services Needs A New Kind Of Marketing
Find out more on 86 400 http://86 400.com.au
Download at the app store OR Google Play
This podcast is produced by Tier One People, Australia's leading FinTech Executive Search firm
Thanks to our partners FinTech Australia - a member-driven organisation that is building an ecosystem of Australian Fintechs advancing the global economy
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In episode 24 Dexter talks to Christian Westerlind Wigstrom of Monoova, an end-to-end payment solution allowing businesses to automate how they receive, manage and pay funds.
Using an API-driven Payment Engine, businesses can scale without worrying about how their transactions are managed.
Christian shares his thoughts on a not too distant world where payments will be seamless and just happen as we move through our daily lives.
We also talk about the importance of hiring the right people and how that can quickly lead to success.
For more info go to https://monoova.com/
This podcast is produced by Tier One People, Australia's leading FinTech Executive Search firm. Thanks to our partners FinTech Australia - a member-driven organisation that is building an ecosystem of Australian Fintechs to advance the global economy.
We share their mission to build a strong community, foster connections and support innovation. To become a member go to https://fintechaustralia.org.au/join-now/
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In episode 23 Dexter is joined by Fred Schebesta co-founder of Finder, a global personal finance comparison website.
Finder attracts over 10 million visitors each month and employs over 300 staff .
Fred spearheaded the group’s venture capital arm, Finder Venture where he thrives in the startup phase of building new business ideas.
For the past 2 years, Fred has been leading the group’s latest project, the Finder App,
Fred is recognised as one of Australia’s leading entrepreneurs with way too many awards and accolades to mention in an intro!
I chat to Fred about his journey as a founder, making the transition to global CEO and Finders plans in the open banking era.
Find out more https://www.finder.com.au/app
Follow Fred on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/fredschebesta/
Follow Fred on Twitter - https://twitter.com/Schebesta
Thanks to our partners FinTech Australia, a member-driven organisation that is building an ecosystem of Australian fintechs to advance the global economy and culture.
We share their mission to build a strong community, foster connections and support innovation. To become a member go to https://fintechaustralia.org.au/join-now/
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Join your host Dexter Cousins for a HUGE celebration! Open Banking is now live in Australia and in honour of this 'Game Changing' event for Fintech we have an amazing line up of guests. True pioneers!
In episode 020 of the Fintech Australia Podcast co-host is our good friend from True Layer, Marie Steinthaler.
And a bunch of our other friends crash the party 🥳🥳🥳 including:
Gareth Gumbly - Frollo https://frollo.com.au/app/
Stuart Low - Biza https://biza.io/
Rob Hale - Regional Australia Bank https://www.regionalaustraliabank.com.au/
Fred Schebesta - Finder https://www.finder.com.au/app
John Rayment - Identitii https://identitii.com/
Click here if you want to get involved in the ACCC consultation group
Big Thanks to our partners FinTech Australia, a member-driven organisation that is building an ecosystem of Australian fintechs to advance the global economy and culture.
We share their mission to build a strong community, foster connections and support innovation. To become a member go to https://fintechaustralia.org.au/join-now/
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In episode 21 Dexter Cousins talks open banking with Gareth Gumbley, CEO of Frollo.
Frollo is on a quest to help Australians feel good about money.
Using the power of technology and community, Frollo’s ecosystem enables clients to build their own unique customer journeys and value propositions. Their SaaS Integration platform brings together an AI engine, API’s, partner integrations and Open Banking solutions.
Turning data into insights, Frollo’s features include transaction enrichment, money insights, goal setting, bill tracking, budgeting and financial wellbeing tools, as well as product comparisons (through Open Banking).
And, as the first FinTech in Australia to become an Accredited Data Recipient in the ACCC Open Banking system, Frollo is also leading the way towards a more transparent financial sector for all Australians.
Download the Frollo App: https://frollo.com.au/app/
Thanks to our partners FinTech Australia, a member-driven organisation that is building an ecosystem of Australian fintechs to advance the global economy and culture.
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In episode 19 and today I’m joined by Tim Cameron Australia New Zealand Country Manager for Transferwise.
Launched in 2011 with the vision of making international money transfers cheap, fair, and simple, Transferwise now has over 7 million customers and processes over US$5bn per month in international transactions
With investors including Sir Richard Branson and Paypal founders Peter Thiel and Max Levchin, Transferwise is one of the worlds most successful Fintech.
I chat with Tim about his own journey with Transferwise and their growth plans for Australia.
Transferwise Careers: https://www.transferwise.jobs/
Transferwise Product: https://transferwise.com/au/business/
Thanks to our partners FinTech Australia, a member-driven organisation that is building an ecosystem of Australian fintechs to advance the global economy and culture.
We share their mission to build a strong community, foster connections and support innovation. To become a member go tohttps://fintechaustralia.org.au/join-now/
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In episode 22 of The FinTech Australia Podcast I am joined by Jonny Wilkinson, co-founder of Equitise.
Equitise is a crowdfunding platform which simplifies the investment marketplace. It removes traditional barriers to investing in sourcing capital by making the process quick, easy and safe. Enabling your average Aussie to invest in early stage startups like Xinja.
Jonny shares his personal journey of launching the business and gives his views on the current investment market.
Find out more: https://equitise.com
Thanks to our partners FinTech Australia, a member-driven organisation that is building an ecosystem of Australian fintechs to advance the global economy and culture.
We share their mission to build a strong community, foster connections and support innovation. To become a member go to https://fintechaustralia.org.au/join-now/
Tier One Peopleis Australia's leading FinTech Executive Search firm. If you are looking to hire game changing talent contact talent@tieronepeople.com
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Bianca Bates is Chief Client Officer at Cuscal, Australia's largest independent provider of payment solutions. Cuscal has a rich history of technology innovation in Australia and is the main investor behind Neo bank 86 400. They were the first provider to go live on the new payments platform, switching on 30 clients simultaneously on one day.
Tier One People’s Dexter Cousins talks to Bianca about the next evolution for Cuscal as we enter the open banking era. It turns out Cuscal is the oldest Fintech in town!
We are proud to partner with Cuscal and we're hiring mission critical leadership positions. If you would like to find out more contact talent@tieronepeople.com
Thanks to our partners FinTech Australia, a member-driven organisation that is building an ecosystem of Australian fintechs to advance the global economy and culture.
We share their mission to build a strong community, foster connections and support innovation. To become a member go to https://fintechaustralia.org.au/join-now/
Tier One People is Australia's leading FinTech Executive Search firm. If you are looking to hire game changing talent contact talent@tieronepeople.com
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Welcome to episode 17. Today I am joined by Carolyn Breeze, General Manager for the ANZ region of GoCardless.
They’re a global payments platform designed for recurring payments whether they be, invoice, subscription, membership or instalment payments.
Processing more than $13bn each year, GoCardless is backed by major players in VC including Accel Partners, Salesforce ventures and Google Ventures.
Carolyn is a payments veteran holding senior positions at eBay, Paypal and winner of the ‘Woman in Payments’ award in 2019.
We talk about what it takes to launch an international Fintech in Australia and what makes GoCardless such a unique place to work.
Find out more at https://gocardless.com
And you can get in touch with Carolyn on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolynbreeze/
Thanks to our partners FinTech Australia, a member-driven organisation that is building an ecosystem of Australian fintechs to advance the global economy and culture.
We share their mission to build a strong community, foster connections and support innovation. To become a member go to https://fintechaustralia.org.au/join-now/
Tier One People is Australia's leading FinTech Executive Search firm.If you are looking to hire game changing talent contact talent@tieronepeople.com
If you would like to sponsor the show please contact info@tieronepeople.com
In episode 16 I am joined by Francine Ereira, Australia Country Head of Klarna.
Klarna was founded in 2005 in Sweden with the aim of making it easier for people to shop online.
They are now one of Europe’s largest banks providing payment solutions for 85 million consumers across 205,000 merchants in 17 countries.
Klarna offers a smooth one-click purchase experience that lets consumers pay when and how they prefer to.
Launching in Australia in February 2020, Klarna counts Commonwealth Bank, Sequoia Capital, Visa and even Snoop Dogg as investors
Francine shares her experience of working with Klarna and their unique approach to team, culture and structure.
For more information go to https://www.klarna.com/au/
Twitter https://twitter.com/Klarna
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/klarna/
Francine https://www.linkedin.com/in/franereira/
The FinTech Australia Podcast is created by Tier One People.
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In episode 15 Dexter is joined by Shadi Haddad, CEO of Till Payments.
Till are the payments people behind payments, enabling millions of transactions across the globe.
Founded and head quartered in Sydney,Till payments is another example of Aussie entrepreneurship and innovation in the payments sector.
And with a Series A raise in late 2019, Till is now in scaleup mode and rapidly growing.
Shadi talks through the journey so far and their growth plans, plus his thoughts on why Australia is a world leading innovator in payments.
https://tillpayments.com/
Want To Work With Till? - We are delighted to be Executive Search partners to Till Payment. If you like what you hear and want to find out more about senior opportunities at Till contact talent@tieronepeople.com
The FinTech Australia Podcast is brought to you by Tier One People - Australia's leading Fintech Executive Search firm.
Thanks to our partners FinTech Australia, a member-driven organisation that is building an ecosystem of Australian fintechs to advance the global economy and culture.
We share their mission to build a strong community, foster connections and support innovation. To become a member go to https://fintechaustralia.org.au/join-now/
Tier One People is Australia's leading FinTech Executive Search firm.If you are looking to hire game changing talent contact talent@tieronepeople.com
If you would like to sponsor the show please contact info@tieronepeople.com
Dexter Cousins knows nothing about blockchain, so he gets backup from by Alan Tsen, Chairman of FinTech Australia for a bumper second episode!
We are joined by;
- Caroline Bowler, CEO https://www.btcmarkets.net/
- Niki Arysinghe, Head of Partnerships https://www.r3.com/
- Claudio Lisco, APAC Director https://consensys.net/
- Katrina Donaghy, CEO https://civicledger.com/
- Emma Weston, CEO https://www.agridigital.io/
Alan Tsen you can follow on twitter.com/alantsen or sign up to his newsletter https://fintechradar.substack.com/
The FinTech Australia Podcast Show is brought to you by Tier One People, Australia's leading FinTech Executive Search Consultants.
Thanks to our partners FinTech Australia, a member-driven organisation that is building an ecosystem of Australian fintechs to advance the global economy and culture.
We share their mission to build a strong community, foster connections and support innovation. To become a member go to https://fintechaustralia.org.au/join-now/
Tier One People is Australia's leading FinTech Executive Search firm.If you are looking to hire game changing talent contact talent@tieronepeople.com
If you would like to sponsor the show please contact info@tieronepeople.com
I'm joined by Katrina Donaghy, CEO of Civic Ledger. They build modern digital platforms to help governments transform the way entitlements and public resources are managed.
Winner of multiple awards Civic Ledger recently delivered a world first by using blockchain technology to facilitate a transparent and trusted way to trade water in Australia.
Katrina shares the highs and lows of a startup founder and her views on the future of blockchain and widespread adoption of the technology.
Connect with Civic Ledger
Katrina - https://www.linkedin.com/in/katrina-donaghy-49989629/
Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/company/civic-ledger
Website - https://civicledger.com/
The Fintech Australia Podcast is produced and hosted by Tier One People, Australia's leading Fintech Executive Search Consultants
Thanks to our partners FinTech Australia, a member-driven organisation that is building an ecosystem of Australian fintechs to advance the global economy and culture.
We share their mission to build a strong community, foster connections and support innovation. To become a member go to https://fintechaustralia.org.au/join-now/
Tier One People is Australia's leading FinTech Executive Search firm. If you are looking to hire game changing talent contact talent@tieronepeople.com
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Emma Weston is CEO and Co-Founder of AgriDigital, an Australian headquartered Agri/Fintech focused on digitising global agriculture supply chains. Founded in late 2015, Agridigital have been working with blockchains, distributed ledgers and smart contracts since 2015.
In 2016, they completed the world's first sale of wheat on a blockchain between a farmer and a buyer. There are now over 5000 users in the AgriDigital customer network, with over 16 million tonnes of grain transacted through the platform.
I spoke with Emma to get her views on the future of blockchain, the companies expansion into the USA and the launch of Waypath. A platform designed to enable farmers to manage their commodities as they move through the supply chain. For more information, visit https://www.agridigital.io/products/farmers
Twitter: Agri_Digital
Facebook: facebook.com/agridigital.global/
Instagram: instagram.com/agridigital.global/
The Fintech Australia Podcast is produced and hosted by Tier One People, Australia's leading Fintech Executive Search Consultants
Thanks to our partners FinTech Australia, a member-driven organisation that is building an ecosystem of Australian fintechs to advance the global economy and culture.
We share their mission to build a strong community, foster connections and support innovation. To become a member go to https://fintechaustralia.org.au/join-now/
Tier One People is Australia's leading FinTech Executive Search firm. If you are looking to hire game changing talent contact talent@tieronepeople.com
If you would like to sponsor the show please contact info@tieronepeople.com
In this episode Dexter chats with Tim Dwyer, CEO and Dan Peters, CRO of Limepay.
Limepay is the next generation of payment gateway, increasing revenue, removing friction at the checkout and keeping customers in the merchants ecosystem.
The platform brings together, for the first time, both upfront card payments and buy now pay later in the same native checkout with no redirects or competing logos.
It's a business model to disrupt the disruptors and tap into the global shift to BNPL schemes. I catch up with Tim and Dan the week they announced an over subscribed $6m seed round.
You can discover more
https://www.limepay.com.au
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/limepay/
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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/limepayments/
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/limepayments/
The Fintech Australia Podcast is produced and hosted by Tier One People, Australia's leading Fintech Executive Search Consultants
Thanks to our partners FinTech Australia, a member-driven organisation that is building an ecosystem of Australian fintechs to advance the global economy and culture.
We share their mission to build a strong community, foster connections and support innovation. To become a member go to https://fintechaustralia.org.au/join-now/
Tier One People is Australia's leading FinTech Executive Search firm. If you are looking to hire game changing talent contact talent@tieronepeople.com
If you would like to sponsor the show please contact info@tieronepeople.com
We have a HUUUUGE show to share folks. This episode I am joined by Simone Joyce, CEO and Founder of paypaplane.com a Brisbane based Payments Fintech.
With a distinct payments flava we talk about what's happening across Australia and Asia and why we are seeing so much capital entering the space.
While Sam Zheng and I talk about the hiring market and David Hyman shares his tips on creating a high performing, sustainable culture.
It's an all-star guest line up:
- Eduard Fabian, CTO of RAZER Fintech
- Tim Dwyer and Dan Peters of Limepay.com.au
- Camilla Bullock, Emerging Payments Association Asia
- Sam Zheng, CEO curiousthing.io/
- Paul Weingarth, Slyp.com.au
- David Hyman, Lendi.com.au
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The Fintech Australia Podcast is produced and hosted by Tier One People, Australia's leading Fintech Executive Search Consultants
Thanks to our partners FinTech Australia, a member-driven organisation that is building an ecosystem of Australian fintechs to advance the global economy and culture.
We share their mission to build a strong community, foster connections and support innovation. To become a member go to https://fintechaustralia.org.au/join-now/
Tier One People is Australia's leading FinTech Executive Search firm. If you are looking to hire game changing talent contact talent@tieronepeople.com
If you would like to sponsor the show please contact info@tieronepeople.com
I'm joined by Paul Weingarth, CEO and Co-Founder of Slyp, an innovative provider of digital receipts sent straight to your banking app. Slyp eliminates paper receipts, helps retailers' engage with customers and makes it easier to file tax returns.
It's been a big week for Slyp, with CBA investing in the business, making Slyp the first Fintech startup to partner with all 4 major banks in Australia 👏👏👏👏
Paul and I discuss:
- How Slyp is truly digitising the payments experience
- Where the idea came from and Paul's background
- Assembling an all star team
- How Paul and the co-founders (Spiro Rokos and Mike Boyd) are successfully working with the major banks
- The growth plans for Slyp
- Paul's advice to founders
Slyp Jobs - https://www.slyp.com.au/culture#careers
Paul on Social - https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulweingarth/
The Fintech Australia Podcast is produced and hosted by Tier One People, Australia's leading Fintech Executive Search Consultants
Thanks to our partners FinTech Australia, a member-driven organisation that is building an ecosystem of Australian fintechs to advance the global economy and culture.
We share their mission to build a strong community, foster connections and support innovation. To become a member go to https://fintechaustralia.org.au/join-now/
Tier One People is Australia's leading FinTech Executive Search firm. If you are looking to hire game changing talent contact talent@tieronepeople.com
If you would like to sponsor the show please contact info@tieronepeople.com
Dexter catches up with David Hyman and talk about the Lendi journey on the FinTech Australia Podcast.
What a journey it is 🚀🚀🚀
As one of Australia's first Fintech, launching in 2013, the business is now 430 people and a fine example of Aussie ingenuity and entrepreneurship.
David also shares his views on the opportunities ahead for the Fintech industry as we move into the recovery phase from Covid-19.
www.lendi.com.au
The Fintech Australia Podcast is produced and hosted by Tier One People, Australia's leading Fintech Executive Search Consultants
Thanks to our partners FinTech Australia, a member-driven organisation that is building an ecosystem of Australian fintechs to advance the global economy and culture.
We share their mission to build a strong community, foster connections and support innovation. To become a member go to https://fintechaustralia.org.au/join-now/
Tier One People is Australia's leading FinTech Executive Search firm. If you are looking to hire game changing talent contact talent@tieronepeople.com
If you would like to sponsor the show please contact info@tieronepeople.com
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In this first feature show Jimmy Grafton of The InnerLoop acts as my wing man.
Subscribe to the InnerLoop http://jimmygrafton.com/
Andy Taylor, CEO of Douugh gives us an exclusive - You can register your interest in their Series A raise through Equitise - https://equitise.com/douugh-raise
Alan Tsen gives a health check on the Aussie Fintech scene and the work FinTech Australia do behind the scenes with government and policy makers.
Nell Hardie shares her views on the Fintech hiring market in Australia - Check their current jobs https://jobs.reinventure.com.au/
Tim Aman of BDO gives his advice on what founders can focus on to get through Covid19. You can check out the diagnostic tool - https://www.bdo.com.au/en-au/content/melbourne/covid-19-diagnostic
The Fintech Australia Podcast is produced and hosted by Tier One People, Australia's leading Fintech Executive Search Consultants
Thanks to our partners FinTech Australia, a member-driven organisation that is building an ecosystem of Australian fintechs to advance the global economy and culture.
We share their mission to build a strong community, foster connections and support innovation. To become a member go to https://fintechaustralia.org.au/join-now/
Tier One People is Australia's leading FinTech Executive Search firm. If you are looking to hire game changing talent contact talent@tieronepeople.com
If you would like to sponsor the show please contact info@tieronepeople.com
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Nell Hardie is Head of Talent for Reinventure Group, the Westpac backed VC fund for Fintech. Nell is ideally placed to give a finger on the pulse of the current hiring market across Fintech.
In the show Nell shares where she is seeing job opportunities across the portfolio. which jobs are most at risk and how founders can retain their teams through covid-19, ready for the recovery as we move out of lockdown.
Check out ReInventure Groups current vacancies https://jobs.reinventure.com.au/
To apply for the Fintech Talent Market - https://tieronepeople.com/fintech-talent-market/
Eric Wilson is CEO of Xinja, one of Australia's first Neo Banks. It's been a massive month for the business. An Aus $433m capital raise, record deposits - Xinja is a bank that is growing so fast, they have literally had to turn customers away!
I talk to Eric about the highlights of the last two years at Xinja. We also talk about hiring the right talent at the right time and the skills you need to go from Banker to Neo Banker.
Find out more www.xinja.com.au
The Fintech Australia Podcast is produced and hosted by Tier One People, Australia's leading Fintech Executive Search Consultants
Thanks to our partners FinTech Australia, a member-driven organisation that is building an ecosystem of Australian fintechs to advance the global economy and culture.
We share their mission to build a strong community, foster connections and support innovation. To become a member go to https://fintechaustralia.org.au/join-now/
Tier One People is Australia's leading FinTech Executive Search firm. If you are looking to hire game changing talent contact talent@tieronepeople.com
If you would like to sponsor the show please contact info@tieronepeople.com
In this show, I’m joined by Marie Steinthaler VP of Asia for TrueLayer - the leading open banking API platform.
The True Layer platform connects major banks across the world. They are backed by leading venture capital including Tencent and Temasek, and trusted by some of the biggest names in fintech including Revolut, Monzo, ClearScore and Zopa.
Marie chats about how True Layer makes the power of open banking accessible to developers, and innovators across every industry — to reinvent how people manage their money. www.truelayer.com
The Fintech Australia Podcast is produced and hosted by Tier One People, Australia's leading Fintech Executive Search Consultants
Thanks to our partners FinTech Australia, a member-driven organisation that is building an ecosystem of Australian fintechs to advance the global economy and culture.
We share their mission to build a strong community, foster connections and support innovation. To become a member go to https://fintechaustralia.org.au/join-now/
Tier One People is Australia's leading FinTech Executive Search firm. If you are looking to hire game changing talent contact talent@tieronepeople.com
If you would like to sponsor the show please contact info@tieronepeople.com
I'm joined by David M. Brear CEO of 11:FS and Shelley Laslett CEO of Vitae to discuss how Fintech Leaders can respond to the Covid-19 crisis.
- David Discusses the 11:FS approach to remote working, how to keep people motivated in a crisis and how to make sure the company remains focused on success.
- Shelley talks us through how Neuroscience can help us deal effectively in a crisis. Shelley is a social scientist, neuroscience coach and PG Neuroscientist completing her Masters in Applied Neuroscience at King’s College London.
https://www.vitae.coach/https://www.linkedin.com/company/vitae.coach/aboutThe FinTech Australia Podcast is brought to you by Tier One People - Australia's leading Fintech Executive Search firm.
Thanks to our partners FinTech Australia, a member-driven organisation that is building an ecosystem of Australian fintechs to advance the global economy and culture.
We share their mission to build a strong community, foster connections and support innovation. To become a member go to https://fintechaustralia.org.au/join-now/
Tier One People is Australia's leading FinTech Executive Search firm.If you are looking to hire game changing talent contact talent@tieronepeople.com
If you would like to sponsor the show please contact info@tieronepeople.com
Travis is Chief Product and Marketing Officer of 86 400 - an Australian Neo Bank at the forefront of open banking innovation.
I talk to Travis about his experience building a fully cloud based bank and how the people, systems, processes and working practices at 86 400 have enabled a rapid and seamless switch to fully remote working.
https://86400.com.au
https://twitter.com/86400smartbank
The Fintech Australia Podcast is produced and hosted by Tier One People, Australia's leading Fintech Executive Search Consultants
Thanks to our partners FinTech Australia, a member-driven organisation that is building an ecosystem of Australian fintechs to advance the global economy and culture.
We share their mission to build a strong community, foster connections and support innovation. To become a member go to https://fintechaustralia.org.au/join-now/
Tier One People is Australia's leading FinTech Executive Search firm. If you are looking to hire game changing talent contact talent@tieronepeople.com
If you would like to sponsor the show please contact info@tieronepeople.com
Stuart Clout is CEO of ASX Listed Fintech, thedocyard, a global platform that is gearing to be the Atlassian for corporate advisory teams. Listen to Stuart share his thoughts on building a global platform and being CEO of an ASX listed startup.
https://thedocyard.co
The FinTech Australia Podcast is brought to you by Tier One People - Australia's leading Fintech Executive Search firm.
Thanks to our partners FinTech Australia, a member-driven organisation that is building an ecosystem of Australian fintechs to advance the global economy and culture.
We share their mission to build a strong community, foster connections and support innovation. To become a member go to https://fintechaustralia.org.au/join-now/
Tier One People is Australia's leading FinTech Executive Search firm.If you are looking to hire game changing talent contact talent@tieronepeople.com
If you would like to sponsor the show please contact info@tieronepeople.com
In this episode Dexter Cousins to Jessica Ellerm, CEO of Zuper.com.au
Jessica is recognised as one of Australia's emerging leaders in Fintech.
Tune in as she shares her inspiring story of going from a Fintech Startup graduate to CEO of a corporate ventures backed industry disruptor.
The FinTech Australia Podcast is brought to you by Tier One People - Australia's leading Fintech Executive Search firm.
Thanks to our partners FinTech Australia, a member-driven organisation that is building an ecosystem of Australian fintechs to advance the global economy and culture.
We share their mission to build a strong community, foster connections and support innovation. To become a member go to https://fintechaustralia.org.au/join-now/
Tier One People is Australia's leading FinTech Executive Search firm.If you are looking to hire game changing talent contact talent@tieronepeople.com
If you would like to sponsor the show please contact info@tieronepeople.com
In Episode 2 Dexter Cousins talks to David M Brear, CEO and co founder of the massively successful 11:FS
Most people in Fintech know 11:FS for the Fintech Insider podcast, but the business is way more.
Since launch in 2016 David and the co-founding team have bootstrapped the business to become the most sought after consultancy in digital banking. We talk about;
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How to go from zero to $300m business in 3 years
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The secret to finding great talent
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The elements of a winning culture
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What the M stands for in David M Brear
http://11fs.com
The Fintech Australia Podcast is produced by Tier One People, Australia's leading Fintech Executive Search Consultants
Thanks to our partners FinTech Australia, a member-driven organisation that is building an ecosystem of Australian fintechs to advance the global economy and culture.
We share their mission to build a strong community, foster connections and support innovation. To become a member go to https://fintechaustralia.org.au/join-now/
Tier One People is Australia's leading FinTech Executive Search firm. If you are looking to hire game changing talent contact talent@tieronepeople.com
If you would like to sponsor the show please contact info@tieronepeople.com
In our first episode Dexter talks with Anthony Nantes, CEO of ASX Listed Neo Lender, Wisr.com.au
We talk about being the world's first Neo Lender, why incumbent banks see Wisr as the ideal partner and how to hire and build a high performing team at scale.
Anthony shares his secrets to creating a winning culture while retaining the fun.
Thanks to our partners FinTech Australia, a member-driven organisation that is building an ecosystem of Australian fintechs to advance the global economy and culture.
We share their mission to build a strong community, foster connections and support innovation. To become a member go to https://fintechaustralia.org.au/join-now/
Tier One People is Australia's leading FinTech Executive Search firm. If you are looking to hire tier-one people contact info@tieronepeople.com
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