Fintech Chatter: Conversations with Fintech Leaders

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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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 Hnry
Founded 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.

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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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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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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 Sherlok & 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. 

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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

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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. 

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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 [email protected]

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/

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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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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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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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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 121 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

Check out jobs at Stake


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