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!

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.

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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 contact us - https://bit.ly/3Dc1p0B

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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 Digital has 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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