Fintech Chatter: Conversations with Fintech Leaders

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/

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, you can reach us [email protected]

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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.

If you are building a world-class Fintech venture and need help in hiring tier-one people, you can reach us [email protected]

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dextercousins/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/dextercousins 

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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

1. Predicts when a client is likely to leave a broker
2. Lowers their home loan interest rate to keep them
3. 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.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebeccasc...


Ben Ford: Head of Growth for Frollo, and owner of Fintech’s premier T-Shirt collection.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-ford-...

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

https://www.linkedin.com/in/boscotan/

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