Sympli is disrupting the e-Conveyancing market by providing a safe, secure and fast way for Australians to exchange properties.
Tier One People were recently chosen by Sympli CEO Philip Joyce to search for a Chief Information Officer.
Sympli is a joint venture with ASX and Infotrack. The platform has scaled significantly in the last 12 months and with the four major banks planned to come on board in 2022, the time had come for the company to appoint its first CIO.
After a 3 week search, Tier One People were able to present a strong shortlist of candidates with Fintech experience. Most crucial was the proven ability to scale SaaS platforms, a skill set that is rare in Australia given the maturity stage of the local Fintech market.
Sympli felt they had found the right person in Staffan Flodin, who joins the business from Avant.
We wish Staffan and Sympli continued success.
The Blockies Awards 2021
The celebrations continue at Fintech Chatter Dexter Cousins brings a show recorded live at the Blockchain Australia industry Awards, The Blockies.
It was an honour for Tier One People to support the event and present Chloe White with Blockchain leader of the year.
Dexter Cousins interviews some of the winners and sponsors who've been around the blockchain scene from the early days.
Tune in to hear about a massive year for Blockchain and some bold predictions for 2022.
Steve Vallas, Blockchain Australia: https://blockchainaustralia.org/
Niki Ariyasinghe, Chainlink: https://chain.link/
100 Episodes of Fintech Chatter Podcast
Dexter Cousins celebrating 100 episodes of the the show.
In episode 101 of Fintech Chatter Podcast we look back on 100 episodes as I share some of my highlights from the show.
It’s been an absolute blast producing the show and I never thought it would make it past one episode, never mind 101
First up I want to thank you for listening to the show. It really blows me away when people share feedback, subscribe and give five-star reviews
Lots of experts offer advice on how to monetise the show but it will always be free from paid sponsors and will always be about featuring great guests to a great audience. Our loyal listeners don’t deserve ads!
And with that in mind I’ll be mixing things up in 2022 including video interviews, more features on careers and leadership plus special live shows.
I’d like to thank every guest for making the show what it is, as I’m sure none of you tune in to listen to my dulcet tones every week.
And a special thanks to Fintech Australia who partnered with us on the show for 60 plus episodes.
We start off the show with where it all began ep 1 with Anthony Nantes of Wisr.
I recorded this podcast at the Wisr offices on Halloween, Anthony greeted me in a Darth Vader costume. You’ll notice as well that the show was originally called Fintech Game Changers, pretty lame eh!
Lee Hatton, Afterpay - one of the most energetic people you will ever meet. She remains the only person in 100 episodes to sing on the show.
Anthony Thomson, 86400 - the Ant and Dec special, a bit odd to have two Geordies on a Fintech Australia Podcast talking about Neo Banks and Will.i.Am
Domm Holland, Fast - What a guy. This was one of the most inspiring interviews I’ve ever done.
Bianca Bates, Cuscal - I find out Cuscal are behind world-leading innovations in payments and digital banking.
Lizzie Chapman, Zest - One of the main motivations in starting the podcast was to give my network access to the conversations I have with brilliant people every day. Lizzie is one of them.
Joe McGuire, MyMy - I usually get to catch up with Joe at Intersekt or Mony 2020, but given the world was in Lockdown, we decided to record a podcast instead.
Caroline Bowler, BTC markets - They say time flies when you are having fun and this recording flew by. It's 30 minutes in before we even mention NFT’s!
Gareth Gumbley, Frollo - Recorded at a point in Fintech history, Gareth and his team had just completed the first authorised data exchange on CDR.
Marie Steinthaler, TrueLayer - Marie and her dog Hunti join me from Hong Kong to talk about open banking, CDR and how TrueLayer is the LEGO of Fintech
Neal Cross, Picture Wealth - When you get a guest who has been a computer game designer and a real-life Ninja on the show, how could you not have fun.
99: The story of Tyro, Andrew Rothwell
In episode 99 of Fintech Chatter Podcast we are going back to the origins of Fintech and bringing you an interview with another Aussie Fintech pioneer.
Dexter Cousins is joined by Andrew Rothwell an original co-founder and ‘chief Tyrant” of Tyro - one of the biggest disruptors and innovators of payments in Australia.
As a Jack of all trades Andrew held many roles in the business, from software engineer to finally heading up sales.
Andrew sat on various national technical committees that provided the regulation and guidance for the development of Australia's present day payment system.
It's a welcome return to Shadi who featured in episode 15, June 2020. It's been a fairytale period for Till since then culminating in a recent $110m Series C capital raise.
Till takes the complexity out of payments for merchants so you can get paid anywhere, anytime through a single, simplified platform.
Shadi is the driving force behind Till Payments’ vision to become a global leader in the fast-moving payments sector.
With over 20 years experience advising large corporates and government organisations, Shadi’s tech expertise, leadership, and passion help the Till team to push boundaries every day and reimagine payments.
Since co-founding Till Payments in 2013, Shadi has helped empower hundreds of merchants to take control of payments across 12 countries.
In this interview we cover:
- Tills recent Series C raise of $110m - The 9-year overnight success of Till - How Till is catering for the millions of merchants Stripe seems to be ignoring - The Till culture and hiring - Shadi's tips for founders on how to raise capital outside of the traditional VC channels
In Episode 97 of Fintech Chatter Dexter Cousins talks to Philip Joyce, CEO of Sympli.
Sympli is a next-generation e-settlements solution delivering much-needed competition, reliability, security and value to the property industry.
Sympli entered the e-settlement market in 2018 with a clear purpose of representing industry’s need for a secure, reliable and efficient e-settlements service.
Prior to Sympli's entry, PEXA had a monopoly on the e-settlements market.
I chat to Philip about the challenges of breaking a monopoly, how Sympli is leveraging the support of their JV parents InfoTrack and ASX and what it takes to scale a tech business.
Philip shares his own experience of making the switch from Big 4 Bank to Fintech. And he shares his advice to others wanting to make a similar move.
https://www.sympli.com.au/about-us/
Finnies 2021 Up
Up win Finnies 2021 prestigous People's Choice Award for Fintech of the year presented by Tier One People.
Congrats to Dom Pym and the team at Up for winning this year's People's Choice award. Sponsored by Tier One People this award is decided by the public based on votes and unique podcast listens.
Each finalist is featured in their own Fintech Chatter Podcast episode to talk through the last 12 months and what makes them worthy winners.
This is the only podcast episode we've managed to record in person this year. Recorded live at Intersekt 2021 there's real energy in this episode and it's definitely one of our favourites.
Up is a business Tier One People has supported from before day one.
It's been a huge year for Up, with the acquisition from Bendigo and Adelaide Bank, a new CEO in ex-Square employee Xavier Shay and hitting over 400,000 customers.
Have a listen to the interview with Dom and I'm sure you'll agree they are worthy winners. Dom and the team have certainly won the hearts of the public and Fintech community.
Finnies 2021 WeMoney
WeMoney Winners of People's Choice Emerging Fintech of the year.
Wednesday 13th October 2021 Fintech Australia held their Gala awards event, The Finnies.
Now in its fifth year, The Finnies were more competitive than ever. With 21 awards up for grabs as well as the new 'hall of fame' awards, the Australian Fintech community gathered over Youtube to watch an entertaining and well-produced awards ceremony.
The winners are decided by a public vote. Each finalist is interviewed on Fintech Chatter Podcast with unique downloads counting towards the vote count.
And from a very, very competitive field we are delighted to announce the winners of Emerging Fintech as WeMoney.
Take a listen to our interview with Co-Founder and CEO Dan Jovevski. Congrats to Dan and the team from the Tier One People team for a fantastic first 12 months in operation.
Through their open banking platform, Truelayer enables Fintech like Revolut, Stake and Monzo to build better financial experiences
TrueLayer officially launched in Australia last week, announcing a funding round led by Tiger and Stripe which now gives them Unicorn status.
Dexter Cousins chats to Brenton about the plans for Australia, the key differences between open banking and Australia’s CDR and what the latest funding round means for TrueLayer globally.
Dexter digs deeper into the TrueLayer culture and Brenton shares some great insights on hiring and building teams for startups.
Brenton also gives outstanding advice for anyone looking to break into Fintech, sharing his thoughts on the qualities leaders look for and how to get their attention.
In his first term as an elected official, Senator Bragg was appointed Chair of the Senate Inquiry into Fintech
As Senator Braggs 18 months in the role comes to a close we look back on his time in Fintech.
The inquiry, one of the first in the world, has been a great success leading to real change. Many recommendations in the report were actioned at the last budget.
The way in which Fintech and Government have worked successfully together is a blueprint for the rest of the startup community in Aus.
Senator Braggs support for the industry during Covid-19, especially his pushing for job keeper saved hundreds of jobs.
He's a big believer in the strategic importance of Fintech and shares Tier One People's own mission of making Australia a world-class Fintech innovation hub. Senator Bragg continues to call out for increased competition, standing in our corner against the big banks and superannuation funds.
In episode 93 of Fintech Chatter Podcast Dexter Cousins is joined by Caroline Bowler, CEO of BTC Markets, Australia’s largest and most trusted cryptocurrency exchange.
BTC is Australian-owned and operated. With over 300,000 traders, and more than $16.5 billion traded on the BTC Markets platform.
Caroline joins me to talk about their partnership with Australian NeoBank - Volt Bank. We dig into the debanking challenges facing Crypto exchanges in Australia and the opportunities we can expect to see in the future.
And no chat on crypto would be complete without delving into the world's of Defi and NFT's
You can connect with Caroline on LinkedIn or go to https://btcmarkets.net
Our friends at 11:FS approached us recently to help them put together a special show on Australian Fintech.
It was a thrill to finally be asked, having politely and persistently promoted Australian Fintech to David M. Brear, Simon Taylor and the 11:FS crew for four years!
And now it's here, the world's most listened-to Fintech podcast dedicating a whole episode to Australia.
Tune in as David M Brear, Simone JoyceFintech Australia and Paypa Plane, Matt Baxby from Revolut and Dexter Cousins talk about the huge opportunities in Australia and how the nation is fast becoming a world-class Fintech hub.
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