Greg McKenna - Police Bank

Interview with Greg McKenna, CEO of Police Bank | How Fintechs Can Partner with Mutual Banks.

Dexter Cousins is joined by Police Bank CEO, Greg McKenna on episode 173 of Fintech Chatter Podcast.

Dexter and Greg talk through the mutual banking model, the synergies with Fintech and the BIG opportunity for the next wave of Aussie startups like Constantinople.

Greg also shares Police Banks own digital transformation journey and how leveraging the talent and the tech from Fintech's like 86 400 is helping mutual banks compete.

About Police Bank - Police Bank is run by members for members. That means we'll do more than any other bank to support you and those you care about. There are no external shareholders to influence the course of our activities. Profits are returned to Members in the form of better interest rates, products and services. 

91: 11:FS Foundry, Simon Taylor

In episode 91 of Fintech Chatter Podcast, Dexter Cousins is joined by Simon Taylor, Chief Product Officer of 11:FS Foundry.



Foundry is a revolutionary platform built by 11:FS that aims to become the operating System of Financial Services.

The Foundry platform enables any business to quickly offer embedded financial products, delivering on the premise that every business is a Fintech.

Simon also shares his insights on how the Fintech industry is shaping up globally and what he thinks of the Fintech scene down under.

About Simon.

Simon Taylor is the Co-Founder and Blockchain Practice Lead at 11:FS. Simon has been immersed in the technology of financial services for as long as he’s been working and is consistently voted one of the most influential people in Banking, Insurance and Fintech by banks, his peers and a number of industry bodies.

For more info go to https://11fs.com/products/11fs-foundry

And you can follow Simon on Twitter and LinkedIn


082: Westpac, Macgregor Duncan

Westpac Banking as a Service CEO, Macgregor Duncan is a special guest on ep 82 of Fintech Chatter Podcast.

Dexter Cousins asks questions about the 10x partnership and how Westpac's Banking as a Service platform brings Fintech and incumbent Banks closer.

In October 2020 Westpac announced a landmark partnership with Fintech giant, Afterpay. The partnership will allow Afterpay to provide Westpac transaction and savings accounts and other cashflow management tools to its 3.3 million customers in Australia.

To our knowledge, no other such partnership exists in the world of Fintech. Further partnerships with Society One demonstrate Westpac's desire to work with Fintech rather than compete.

As we head into Intersekt Festival 2021 Macgregor talks candidly of the challenges facing incumbent banks. He also shares his thoughts on how banks can adapt and become part of a very exciting but uncertain future.

About Macgregor Duncan and Westpac

Westpac is Australia's second-largest bank. Macgregor Duncan leads Westpac’s corporate and business development team, where he’s responsible for M&A, strategic investments and partnerships. 

Macgregor also heads up Westpac’s new digital bank.

Before joining Westpac in 2016, Macgregor's spent time in the US as managing director at a US private equity firm. He also spent time as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs, and a corporate lawyer in New York. 

Graduating from Adelaide, Princeton and Harvard Universities, Macgregor is the co-author of Imagining Australia: Ideas For Our Future.

Macgregor is currently a non-executive director at the Australian Business Growth Fund and sits on the board of 10x Future Technologies.

76: Q2, Chris Boas

In episode 76 of Fintech Chatter Podcast Dexter Cousins is joined by Chris Boas, Managing Director APAC of Q2  a software business that creates simple, smart, end-to-end banking and lending experiences.

Chris chats about the role Q2 is playing in the Australian Fintech sector, where Q2's software (Cloud Lending) is used to power Fintech like Athena and Prospa.

Chris also shares some of the work Q2 is doing around the world, including some 900 banks and credit unions in the US.

And Chris shares his insights on the rapidly changing world of banking since the Covid-19 pandemic.

About Q2

Cloud Lending Solutions empowers the global lending & leasing community to connect with their borrowers in a whole new way by fundamentally transforming the borrower's experience. 

Built on Salesforce, the world's #1 CRM, Cloud Lending Solutions is the industry's only end-to-end lending and leasing software specifically designed to digitize the entire lending process. 

Cloud Lending continues to expand globally across five continents and over twenty-three countries.

Connect with Chris on LinkedIn

Find out more about Q2

68: Trade Ledger, Martin McCann

Fintech Australia Podcast #68 Dexter Cousins is joined by Martin McCann CEO and Co-Founder of Trade Ledger.

Trade Ledger is the world’s first open digital banking platform that gives banks the ability to assess business lending risk in real-time. Tune in as Dexter and Martin discuss the Fintech landscape and how Trade Ledger has evolved since launching four years ago.

As an avid technologist, business leader, investor, academic researcher, and public speaker Martin is passionate about the digitisation of business.

Prior to founding Trade Ledger, he accrued 20 years’ experience creating, growing, mentoring, and investing in innovative global technology companies worldwide. He has been CEO of Global Innovation Ventures, GM of SAP's Cloud Solutions Division overseeing a period of extraordinary growth, and CEO and Research Director of software consultancy, Inn-vision.

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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.

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

Steve Weston, Volt Bank 2.0

Dexter Cousins is joined by Steve Weston CEO and Co-Founder of Volt Bank.

It's been a wild ride for Volt, as it has every neo bank! Volt has carved the path for a banking revolution as Australia's first new bank of the millennia and the first 'Neo bank' to be granted a full banking license in Australia.

Tune in for a candid chat with Steve where we talk about the challenges of making the Neo Bank model work. Expect to see Volt hit the market with new consumer products in early 2021 and the Beta savings product is in the market now.

The world has changed and the future of banking is uncertain. Steve shares the Volt 2.0 strategy which sees them partner with Microsoft to provide banking as a service to any business wishing to sell financial products.

It's a strategy that will help Volt scale globally and at an exponential rate.

Impressive partnerships with Salesforce and Paypal in place give Volt bank the opportunity to strike (excuse the pun, totally intended.)

Go to https://www.voltbank.com.au/