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

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: 

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

Find out more about TrueLayer

94: Senator Andrew Bragg

In episode 94 of Fintech Chatter Podcast Dexter Cousins is joined by Senator Andrew Bragg.

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.

As his time in the role comes to an end, Senator Bragg has tabled a major discussion on digital assets, believing that Australia can and should lead the way in Blockchain.

Tune in for what turns out to be a really enjoyable chat with a politician who gets stuff done and makes things happen.

To contact Senator Bragg - https://www.andrewbragg.com/

Buy Senator Braggs Book "Bad Egg - How To Fix Super"

93: BTC Markets, Caroline Bowler

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

A link to report is here Investor Study Report 2021-2022 | Crypto Investing Australia | BTC Markets

Fintech Insider Australia

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 Joyce Fintech 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.

92: World Nomads, Simon Monk

In episode 92 of Fintech Chatter Podcast Dexter Cousins is joined by a very special guest, Simon Monk co-founder of World Nomads, Australia’s first Insurtech.

In this new feature show, Dexter interviews a Fintech pioneer from a time before the word even existed.  Guests share their journey and how they launched, scaled and successfully exited a Fintech business when there were no iPhones, no Stripe, no Facebook, no Twitter and no AWS!

Travel has always been a big part of Simon’s life,  he’s been dreaming about what's over the horizon for as long as he can remember. 

Originally from the UK, he trained in design before getting involved in the very early days of the internet 

As an avid traveller, he ended up in Australia, where he founded World Nomads, an online travel insurance service for people who loved travelling and exploring.

After a successful sale of World Nomads to NIB in 2015, Simon has focussed his time on the energy and renewables sector.

Connect with Simon on LinkedIn

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