Fintech Chatter: Conversations with Fintech Leaders

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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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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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

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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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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 [email protected]

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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 [email protected]

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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.

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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/

If you would like to sponsor the show please contact [email protected]

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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

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This podcast is produced by Tier One People, leaders in FinTech Executive Search 

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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Your Host, Dexter Cousins is Founder and CEO of Tier One People.

For more info on our executive search and advisory services please contact [email protected]

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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/

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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 [email protected]

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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/

Your Host, Dexter Cousins is Founder and CEO of Tier One People.

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To hire game changing talent contact [email protected]

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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/

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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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Your Host, Dexter Cousins is Founder and CEO of Tier One People.

To hire game changing talent contact [email protected]

If you would like to sponsor the show please contact [email protected]

JOIN THE FASTEST GROWING COMMUNITY IN FINTECH

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