133: Parpera | Daniel Cannizzaro

In episode 133 of Fintech Chatter Podcast Dexter Cousins talks to Parpera CEO and Founder Daniel Cannizzaro.

Parpera was Founded in April 2020, raising AUD2.7m in equity funding through Equitise - October 2021 saw the launch of the Parpera App, which grew to serve hundreds of Australian businesses. 

Then disaster struck on 29 June 2022, Parpera had to temporarily pause the set up of new accounts and was unable to serve customers due to the closure of partner bank, Volt (read more).

Dexter chats to Daniel about the relaunch of Parpera, finding new BaaS partners and facing closure of the business. This is an inspiring story of a founder who truly believes in their mission and is willing to push through what feels like insurmountable challenges to keep their dream alive.

About Parpera

We make it easier for people to manage their business finances so that they can focus more on what matters most to them.

Parpera provides everything you need to run your business finances in one app. We include access to a Business account, Business Debit Mastercard®, invoicing, cash flow insights, and tax and accounting capabilities. Parpera is specifically designed for Sole Traders (with companies coming soon!)

Focus more on what matters. Download Parpera now. It’s free to get started!

About Daniel Cannizzaro

Daniel has worked with business owners and leaders around the world, from small businesses to large scale multinational corporations. His mission has been to help solve challenging and complex strategy, operations, technology, and risk problems.

He is a graduate of both the London Business School with a Master's of Business Administration and University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of Information Systems. Daniel has always sought to completement his executive-level education with courses from Columbia Business School.

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107: Betacarbon, Guy Dickinson


Blockchain to empower Australians to tackle carbon emissions.

Episode 107 of Fintech Chatter Podcast with Dexter Cousins features Guy Dickinson, CEO of BetaCarbon.

BetaCarbon is a climate tech start-up at the intersection of environmental impact and blockchain technology.

Their mission is to increase the demand for high-quality Australian carbon credits, in turn bringing new green projects online and accelerating the path to net-zero.

They have created a digital carbon credit (BCAU) that represents 1kg of carbon removed from the atmosphere by quality, monitored green projects.

These digital credits are tokens that can be bought and traded as an investment, like crypto, or can be accumulated and kept to help balance your emissions.

Dexter chats to Guy about:

- The challenges of tokenising Carbon credits
- Empowering every Australian to help reduce carbon emissions
- Leaving the safety of a Big Bank career for a startup
- Embracing and elevating the next generation of talent
- Dealing with regulators in a pioneering asset class

For more info on BetaCarbon https://www.betacarbon.com/

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, you can reach us info@tieronepeople.com

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104: Paypa Plane, Simone Joyce

Episode 104, Dexter Cousins interviews the Super Woman of FinTech and CEO of Paypa Plane, Simone Joyce.


Welcome to the latest episode of Fintech Chatter. The show that connects leaders from the FinTech community to share their learnings on leadership, hiring, entrepreneurship, raising capital, scaling and of course, a bit of chat. 

In episode 104 of Fintech Chatter Podcast Dexter Cousins chats with the Super Woman of FinTech, Simone Joyce. CEO of Paper Plane, Chair of FinTech Australia, industry advisor and mum of four. Simone is what we describe as a force of nature.

Paper Plane is a B2B payments platform that brings together the world of traditional payments, crypto and Real-Time Payments.

Simone talks about the recent investment by Commonwealth Bank. And shares her experiences as a fintech entrepreneur, industry leader and mum!

Find out more about Paypa Plane

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103: Super Fierce, Trenna Probert

Dexter Cousins is joined on the latest episode of Fintech Chatter by Trenna Probert, Founder and CEO of Super Fierce


They're a social enterprise Fintech linking deep financial smarts with Trenna's heart-fuelled mission to empower women to control their financial future.

Building a business to solve a problem is Startup 101. But solving a problem you genuinely care about is rocket fuel for a conscience-led entrepreneur.

With close to half a century on the planet, Trenna understands why finance matters and how to harness its power for good. She’s held many roles in the corporate world across strategy, sales and investments - but being an entrepreneur - and founding three highly successful businesses – is the most rewarding.

She has made it her mission to create a fearless, financial future for women by funding social impact initiatives which help marginalised women in Australia. From this Fierce Impact was born, a not-for-profit pledging to tackle the problems faced by 1 in 4 older Australians who live in poverty, with women being increasingly at risk. If you want to lend your support please use the link above.

Learn about Super Fierce

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102: Sherlok, Adam Grocke

The solo founder revolutionising the lending industry.


The Fintech Chatter Podcast is proud to launch our 2022 initiative, providing a platform for the next generation of Fintech startups to showcase their business. Dexter Cousins will be chatting to 50 founders to discover what is driving them to take a massive leap of faith in what has been a very tough couple of (Covid) years!

This week Adam Grocke Founder and CEO of Sherlok joins Dexter Cousins to chat about his transformation from mortgage broker to fintech entrepreneur and how he is helping brokers be the hero.

More About Sherlok

After 12 years as a mortgage broker (and winner of awards like Broker of the Year and Top 30 Brokers Under 30 in Australia), he was sick and tired of banks offering better interest rates to new mortgage customers while existing customers were being charged a ‘loyalty tax’ (a higher interest rate the longer they’re with the bank). So he came up with a solution: Sherlok, an AI engine that helps mortgage brokers keep their clients for longer, protect their trail book income, and generate valuable refinancing leads.

Sherlok is Australia’s first automated repricing and refinancing tool that

1. Predicts when a client is likely to leave a broker
2. Lowers their home loan interest rate to keep them
3. Runs instant refi comparisons to entice refinancing
All branded as the broker so they are the hero.

Sherlok's next phase is single click refinancing which will reshape the finance industry forever.


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