Dexter was fantastic to work with throughout the hiring process of my role with Domain Home Loans.
He provides strong advice and clear feedback to help throughout the recruitment journey.
He plays an outstanding role in bridging the client and candidates needs to get the best outcome for all involved.
Thanks, Dexter for all your support!
Working with Dexter and Tier One People was one of the best choices we made at FinTech Australia. We needed to fill a position within the organisation, a very specific and critical role.
Dexter was able to distil all of our requirements into a powerful thesis about the type of person we would need and then presented an impressive list of vetted and recommended candidates.
Not only did Dexter help us find the right person for the role, but the entire process was also smooth and efficient.
Part of the reason that Dexter is so good at what he does is that he truly understands the unique demands of fintech and fundamentally believes in the positive impacts fintech can have on individuals and the wider economy.
Dexter Cousins kicks off 2022 with season 7 of the Fintech Chatter Podcast with Matt Williamson, Vice President of Global Financial Services at Mobiquity: A digital transformation enabler.
In episode 101 Matt shares how Mobiquity is working with some of the world's biggest and most successful Fintech to deliver leading digital products.
Matt has over 20 years’ experience in banking and financial services - with prior experience at Citi Bank as SVP of technology and was instrumental in the merger of Misys into Finastra as Global Head of Payments and Cash.
As an authority in financial inclusion, diversity, sustainable banking and the bank of the future, Matt is a published author, appearing in the likes of The Times newspaper on the future of lending, Forbes magazine on digital banking during COVID-19 and Global Banking and Finance Review on the impact of the Metaverse on financial services.
Matt has also been featured alongside prominent academics such as Dr. Ben Caldecott, a British environmentalist and expert in sustainable finance at the University of Oxford and a UK Cabinet office strategic advisor. Matt is regularly invited to lecture at industry events, most recently speaking on the need for diversity at the Women in Finance Summit.
Mobiquity, part of Hexaware, is a full-service digital transformation enabler that delivers compelling digital products and services that serve a purpose, by blending strategy, creative and engineering together. Mobiquity harnesses a sector-agnostic approach to human-centered innovation applied with in-depth industry expertise.
Founded in 2011 with a focus on mobile technology solutions, Mobiquity has adapted to client needs across 9 different geographical locations, providing end-to-end omnichannel digital services to leading B2B and B2C brands.
Mobiquity’s global diverse team in excess of 55 nationalities within a team of 1200, power over 200 million user experiences every day. The company takes shared ownership and accountability throughout the entire clients’ project life cycle, enabling meaningful digital engagement and transformation success.
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 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/
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.
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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
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.
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!
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
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.
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:
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/
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/
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.
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/