Insights

The playbooks, hiring decisions and market moves behind Australia's fastest-growing fintechs.

22/01/2021
66: Limepay - Careers Special, Claire Alexander

Dexter Cousins ushers in 2021 and season 3 of the FinTech Australia Podcast with Claire Alexander, Head of People at Limepay.  In this special show Dexter fields questions from you, the listeners, on Fintech career advice. Tune in as Claire and Dexter discuss which skills are in demand, which skills you should focus on developing, […]

21/12/2020
65: Afterpay, Lee Hatton

Fintech Australia Podcast #65 Lee Hatton from Afterpay joins Dexter Cousins as they discuss a world-first partnership with Westpac. Banking as a Service is real! Afterpay recently announced a landmark partnership with Westpac to provide a deposit account facility to Afterpay customers via the 10x/Westpac BaaS  platform. It's only six weeks since Lee was last […]

17/12/2020
64: Finder, Fred Schebesta

Fintech Australia Podcast #64 Dexter Cousins chats to Fred Schebesta, Co-Founder of Finder and CEO of Schebesta Ventures.  Fred Schebesta is a world-famous entrepreneur, Co-Founder of Finder, LinkedIn Top Voices of Australia 2020 and AFR Young Rich Lister. It's been another breakthrough year for Finder, with the launch of the Finder Money App. Fred talks […]

16/12/2020
63: Wise, Tim Cameron

Fintech Australia Podcast #63 and Dexter Cousins chats to Tim Cameron Australia Country Head, Wise. Wise (Previously known as Transferwise)is a world-leading Fintech offering a cheaper, faster way to send money abroad. It's been a HUGE month for Wise in Australia, with APRA granting a Purchased Payments Facility license. Tim was also re-elected to the FinTech […]

14/12/2020
062: Melissa Widner, Lighter Capital

Fintech Australia Podcast #62 and Dexter Cousins is joined by Melissa Widner, CEO of Lighter Capital, the pioneer and leader in revenue-based financing for tech start-ups and scales ups.  Seattle-based Lighter Capital is backed by NAB and Silicon Valley Bank as well as US-based VCs.    Previously Melissa was the Managing Director of NAB Ventures, […]

10/12/2020
61: Danny Gilligan, Data Republic

Fintech Australia Podcast #61 and Dexter Cousins is joined by Danny Gilligan CEO of Data Republic and Partner at ReInventure Group.  It's been a long time coming but we are delighted to bring to our listeners the insights of a true visionary in Danny Gilligan. As both a serial entrepreneur and experienced venture capitalist, Danny […]

09/12/2020
60: David M Brear, 11:FS

Fintech Australia Podcast #60 and Dexter Cousins is joined by 11:FS CEO and Co-Founder, David M Brear. As a good friend of the show and star guest of ep2 of Fintech Australia Podcast,  it seemed only right that we ask David M Brear of 11FS back for a Christmas chat. Digital Financial Services Is Only […]

23/11/2020
Joe McGuire, MyMy

Episode 59 and Dexter Cousins chats to Joe McGuire, CEO, and Co-founder of MyMy about Fintech and digital banking across Malysia and SE Asia. MyMy is a Malaysian FinTech aiming to be the first Neo Bank while tackling the issue of financial inclusion. I thought this was a show about Australian Fintechs? I hear you say. […]

19/11/2020
Yanir Yakutiel, Lumi

Dexter Cousins chats to Yanir Yakutiel, CEO and Founder of Lumi, Australia's fastest-growing, 100% digital, business lender.  Yanir and the team have built a platform from scratch to deliver a 100% digital process from lead generation, origination, credit risk assessment through to loan execution. Yanir is now on his second startup, as a native Israeli, […]

16/11/2020
Lauren Capelin, Startmate

Dexter Cousins chats to Lauren Capelin, Principal at Startmate about the rapidly evolving Fintech scene and discovering the next generation of startups. Startmate brings together exceptional founders, operators and investors through their  accelerator programs. Over the past decade they have invested in 130+ startups, with a collective portfolio value of $1 billion.  Lauren has played […]

11/11/2020
Josh Foreman, Indebted

Dexter Cousins speaks to Josh Foreman, Founder and CEO of Indebted, a Fintech revolutionising debt collection. Indebted replaces annoying and confronting calls with convenient and compelling messaging. Using data science to understand customers better, every message from InDebted provides one-click access to a self-service portal where customers can resolve their accounts without speaking to anyone.  […]

09/11/2020
Mandeep Sodhi, Effi

Dexter Cousins chats to Mandeep Sodhi, CEO and Founder of Effi, a SaaS platform using AI that enables Mortgage Brokers to spend more time with their clients while streamlining the home loan application process. Mandeep is an OG Fintech entrepreneur and is now on his 2nd Fintech startup. Previously Mandeep was CEO and co-founder of […]

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