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

04/03/2021
Dexter Cousins on Ausbiz

Dexter Cousins appears on Ausbiz TV with Westpac economist Justin Smirk as they talk through the latest jobs data. Is the job recovery from Covid underway or could there be new threats on the horizon? The fantastic team at Ausbiz invited Tier One People founder, Dexter Cousins into their Sydney studio recently to talk about […]

25/02/2021
072: Zest Money, Lizzie Chapman

Fintech Australia Podcast Dexter Cousins is joined by the remarkable Lizzie Chapman CEO & Co-Founder of ZestMoney, India’s first and largest AI-Driven, digital financing platform. Lizzie Chapman is a leading figure in the fintech landscape of India. She has been instrumental in driving the adoption of digital finance and financial inclusion initiatives in the country.  Lizzie's vision is […]

18/02/2021
Athena's Co-Founders on Disrupting Australia's $1.7T Mortgage Market

Athena Home Loans: $200M Raised to Fix Australia's Mortgages Nathan Walsh and Michael Starkey didn't leave comfortable corporate careers to build something incremental. They left to take on Australia's $1.7 trillion mortgage market — a market dominated by four banks that have had little incentive to change. In this episode of Fintech Chatter, the Athena […]

15/02/2021
70: 86400, Robert Bell

In Ep70 of the Fintech Australia Podcast Dexter Cousins is joined by Robert Bell CEO of 86400. 86400 is Australia's first smart bank. Launched in September 2019 with an unrestricted banking license, the smartphone-only bank has been the trailblazer for Aussie neobanks launching home loans, energy switching, joint accounts, and budgeting tools with new feature releases […]

11/02/2021
69: Domain Group, Jason Pellegrino

Fintech Australia Podcast #69 Dexter Cousins is joined by Jason Pellegrino, CEO of Domain Group on the FinTech Australia Podcast. You might be asking why a Real Estate listing platform is featuring on a Fintech podcast? Tune in and find out why in this super interesting show as Jason shares the Domain Group strategy and […]

04/02/2021
68: Trade Ledger, Martin McCann

Fintech Australia Podcast #68 Dexter Cousins is joined by Martin McCann CEO and Co-Founder of Trade Ledger. Trade Ledger is the world’s first open digital banking platform that gives banks the ability to assess business lending risk in real-time. Tune in as Dexter and Martin discuss the Fintech landscape and how Trade Ledger has evolved since […]

28/01/2021
67: X15 Ventures, Toby Norton-Smith,

Fintech Chatter Podcast #67 Dexter Cousins is joined by Toby Norton-Smith of x15 Ventures.  x15 Ventures (the CVC arm of Commonwealth Bank) is a venture scaler focused on building, investing or acquiring ventures that can deliver the next generation of services in and around banking, advantaged through integration and support from CommBank.  Toby launched x15 […]

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, […]

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