Sympli hires Staffan Flodin

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.

Featuring

Caroline Bowler, BTC Markets: https://www.btcmarkets.net/

Paul Kang, Entersoft: https://entersoftsecurity.com/

Karl Mohan, Crypto.com: https://crypto.com/au/

Chloe White, Genesis Block Pty Ltd: https://genesisblock.com.au/

Steve Vallas, Blockchain Australia: https://blockchainaustralia.org/

Niki Ariyasinghe, Chainlink: https://chain.link/

Fintech Chatter TV

Welcome to the first-ever Fintech Chatter TV show.

It’s a show where we invite friends from the Fintech community to connect, have a natter and discuss news, events, opinions, and a bit of gossip.

We’ll be bringing more shows like this to you over the next few months, so make sure you hit subscribe and get alerted when we post new shows.

2021 was a record-breaking year for Fintech.

Dexter Cousins is joined by three awesome guests and friends of Tier One People to talk about the year that was 2021 and their Fintech predictions for 2022.

Follow Dexter on LinkedIn -

Rebecca Schot-Guppy: Ex-CEO of FinTech Australia and now Director at IAG’s Firemark Ventures.

Ben Ford: Head of Growth for Frollo, and owner of Fintech’s premier T-Shirt collection

Bosco Tan: Co-founder of one of Australia’s OG Fintech startups, Pocketbook and now an advisor and investor for the next generation of Fintech startups

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.

100: Brett King Rise of Technosocialism

We've got a very special episode to celebrate episode 100 of Fintech Chatter Podcast.

And to commemorate such an occasion Dexter Cousins is joined by the Godfather of Fintech, Brett King.

In today’s show, Brett talks about his new book, Co-Authored with Dr Richard Petty The Rise of Technosocialism

The book examines how the 21st century is going to be the most disruptive, contentious period humanity has ever lived through.

Our most sacred ideologies around politics, economics and social constructs are being challenged, Brett and Richard explore how technology can be a force for good and create an advanced and fair society.

Tune in for a fascinating discussion on

How our careers will evolve in the next decade
The impacts of AI and blockchain as they begin to dislodge business models and jobs
What jobs will look like in the future
The role of DAO's
The positive impacts of a Universal Basic Income
And how we can evolve to ensure we remain relevant

Make sure you listen to the end to be in with a chance to win a signed copy of The Rise of Techosocialism.

For more info on the book and to pick up a copy go to - https://riseoftechnosocialism.com/

Author Brett King

Brett King is a world-renowned entrepreneur, futurist, speaker, international bestselling author, and media personality.

China’s President Xi Jinping cited his book Augmented: Life in the Smart Lane on the topic of Artificial Intelligence in his 2018 national address; the same book that was listed as a Top 10 non-fiction book in North America.

In 2019 his book Bank 4.0 was awarded the Top Book by a Foreign Author in Russia for that year.

In 2020 King was inducted into the Fintech Hall of Fame by CB Insights. In 2015 he was shortlisted for the Advance Global Australian of the Year Award.

His books have been released in over a dozen languages. Banking Exchange magazine dubbed him the “King of Disruptors”, while The Australian newspaper in Australia called him the “Godfather of Fintech”.

Author Dr Richard Petty

Dr Richard Petty is a government policy advisor, entrepreneur and awarded academic. Based in Hong Kong, Richard has lived and worked in Greater China since the 1990’s.

He is a past Chairman of the Australian Chamber of Commerce Hong Kong & Macau and CPA Australia, and is founding Vice Chairman, Hong Kong ASEAN Economic Cooperation Foundation.

Richard sits on the board of listed companies in the United States and Australia, has advised on projects with an aggregate economic impact in the hundreds of billions of dollars, and has led reviews of several economies and studies on economic competitiveness in several countries.

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.

Tune in as Andrew talks about:

The Tyro journey from startup to successful exit
Revolutionising the Australian payments system and creating an interconnected ecosystem
Making the shift from software engineering to sales
Being resourceful and making things happen
When founders should make a graceful exit
Life after a startup
The next BIG problem Andrew wants to solve

98: Till Payments, Shadi Haddad

In episode 98 of Fintech Chatter Podcast Dexter Cousins is joined by Shadi Haddad of Till Payments.

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

For more info on Till - https://tillpayments.com/

Follow Shadi - on Twitter and on LinkedIn

97: Sympli, Philip Joyce

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/

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/

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.

The award comes in the week Up celebrates the third anniversary of their official launch. Tier One people founder, Dexter Cousins was at that launch and he described Up Co-Founder Dom Pym as the Steve Jobs of Australian banking.

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.

Tier One People once again sponsored the People's Choice awards with two trophies, Emerging Fintech and Fintech of the year up for grabs.

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.

95: TrueLayer, Brenton Charnley

It's episode 95 of Fintech Chatter Podcast with guest Brenton Charnley, Aus/New Zealand CEO for TrueLayer.

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.

Reach out to Brenton on LinkedIn

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