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018: Bianca Bates, Cuscal | Tier One People

018: Bianca Bates, Cuscal

By Dexter Cousins on 19/06/2020

In episode 18 of Fintech Chatter Dexter Cousins chats to Bianca Bates, 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 in 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!

Article written by Dexter Cousins
Founder of Tier One People and host of the Fintech Chatter Podcast.

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