Intersekt festival 2021

By Dexter Cousins on 12/05/2021

Dexter Cousins chats to Rebecca Schot-Guppy, CEO of Fintech Australia to talk about the upcoming Intersekt festival 2021.

The Australian Fintech industry will gather in Melbourne on Wednesday 19th May. What's the big occasion?

The premier Australian Fintech event, Intersekt Festival 2021.

It’s the first Intersekt since Oct 2019. In true FinTech Australia fashion they've gone all out hosting the premier Fintech Awards, the Finnies on 9th June!

Listen to Rebecca share plans for the events and what to expect from FA over the coming months. If you can't make it to Melbourne we'll bring you all of the action in a bumper podcast recorded at the event.

Get set for binge-listening!

Tier One People and FinTech Australia launch the People’s Choice podcasts at Intersekt Thursday 20th May.

Remember every unique listen goes to the vote count for your favourite Fintechs!

If you’d like to attend Intersekt go to intersektfestival.com

To attend 
the Finnies go to https://www.thefinnies.org.au/

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

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