96: Lendi Group, David Hyman
Episode 96 of Fintech Chatter Podcast and Dexter Cousins is joined by David Hyman, CEO and co-founder of Lendi Group.
David is one of Australia's Fintech pioneers and he kindly shares his experience and wisdom in scaling businesses successfully.
It's a welcome return to the show for David who last appeared on the show in May 2020, episode 8. Fast forward to May 2021, Lendi and Aussie Home Loans merged to form the Lendi Group.
The last we interviewed David, Lendi was Australia’s leading home loan platform with a team of 470 people, a loan book of $7.5 billion and a customer base of more than 25,000 Australians who had settled more than $12 billion in home loans.
Lendi Group - Australia's biggest distributor of home loans outside the Big 4
Today, Lendi Group is home to the industry's leading platform technology, a network of over 1200 brokers, a head office team of 600, a loan book in excess of $80 (eighty) billion and a retail footprint of more than 225 stores across the country.
Both the Aussie and Lendi brands enjoyed record-breaking performance in FY21.
Dexter chat's to David about Lendi Group’s innovation in proprietary technology and the huge growth opportunities in 2022.
David also talks about Lendi's approach to a running remote-first business at scale, with the added complexity of retail stores.
For more info on Lendi Group - https://www.lendi.com.au/
69: Domain Group, Jason Pellegrino
Fintech Australia Podcast #69 Dexter Cousins is joined by Jason Pellegrino, CEO of Domain Group on the FinTech Australia Podcast.
You might be asking why a Real Estate listing platform is featuring on a Fintech podcast?
Tune in and find out why in this super interesting show as Jason shares the Domain Group strategy and their move into Fintech with Lendi and Limepay.
Jason spent 10 years with Google as Managing Director of Australia and New Zealand. As a member of the Asia-Pacific Regional Leadership Team, Jason held leadership positions across Sales, Operations and Strategy.
He shares his views on the role Big Tech is playing in the future of payments and financial services.
Prior to Google, Jason worked in several roles over 15 years spanning Corporate Strategy, Mergers and Acquisitions and Finance at Dakota Capital Partners, LEK Consulting, PepsiCo International and KPMG.
Jason holds a Bachelor's Degree in Commerce and an MBA (Distinction) from The London Business School.
Jason is a member of the Innovation Taskforce of the Business Council of Australia, a member of ASIC's External Advisory Panel and a Board member of Plan International.
Find out more about Domain Home Loans
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Ep 10: Fintech Australia Podcast Show
We have a HUUUUGE show to share folks. This episode I am joined by Simone Joyce, CEO and Founder of paypaplane.com a Brisbane based Payments Fintech.
With a distinct payments flava we talk about what's happening across Australia and Asia and why we are seeing so much capital entering the space.
While Sam Zheng and I talk about the hiring market and David Hyman shares his tips on creating a high performing, sustainable culture.
It's an all-star guest line up:
- Eduard Fabian, CTO of RAZER Fintech
- Tim Dwyer and Dan Peters of Limepay.com.au
- Camilla Bullock, Emerging Payments Association Asia
- Sam Zheng, CEO curiousthing.io/
- Paul Weingarth, Slyp.com.au
- David Hyman, Lendi.com.au
Ep 08: David Hyman, Lendi
Dexter Cousins catches up with David Hyman and talks about the Lendi journey on the FinTech Australia Podcast.
What a journey it is 🚀🚀🚀
As one of Australia's first Fintech, launching in 2013, the business is now 430 people and a fine example of Aussie ingenuity and entrepreneurship.
David also shares his views on the opportunities ahead for the Fintech industry as we move into the recovery phase from Covid-19.
About Lendi
Lendi is a privately owned and operated Australian business.
Committed to helping Australians achieve their property ownership goals by securing the best loan products and most competitive rates available.
Lendi is 35% owned by founders and employees. Supported by minority shareholders including Bailador, Macquarie, ANZ and a number of Australian Sophisticated Investors.
Lendi's board is majority independent and non-executive.
In late 2020 they entered into an agreement to merge with Aussie Homeloans and also have a JV wth Domain Group, Domain Home Loans.