In episode 181 of Fintech Chatter Podcast Dexter Cousins is joined by Chris Jewell, CEO and Co-Founder of Aussie payments Fintech, Zepto.
Making his Fintech Chatter debut, Chris shares the HUGE opportunity in the global payments landscape as the US and Europe embrace real-time account to account payments.
Chris shares his thoughts on this unique moment in Fintech history and how the Zepto product aims to be in the 'Top 1% of the Top 1%'
Tune in as Chris and Dexter discuss various topics including:
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Zepto is a real-time, account-to-account payments infrastructure innovator, and Fintech Organisation of the Year 2023. Zepto's API opens a unique set of access points to Australia's payments infrastructure. Businesses can take, make and manage payments in real-time — all the time — between bank accounts. Zepto is a faster, data-rich payments solution that can transform business processes, customer experience and costs.
As CEO of Zepto, Chris focuses on overall operational efficiency, balancing the design and implementation of strategy, objectives and processes to ensure we deliver the best outcome for our clients.
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