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

16/08/2025
Building the Best Culture in Fintech

Ritchie Cotton, CTO and Co-Founder of Valiant Finance talks about their journey on Fintech Chatter Podcast In this episode of Fintech Chatter, host Dexter Cousins speaks with Ritchie Cotton, co-founder of Valiant Finance, about the company's journey over the past decade.  Key Talking Points Find out more https://www.valiantfinance.com/careers

05/08/2025
Solving Housing Affordability - James Bowe, OwnHome

Dexter Cousins is joined by James Bowe, CEO and co-founder of OwnHome to discuss the urgent challenges of housing access and affordability in Australia. About Ownhome James shares how OwnHome aims to innovate the home buying journey by funding deposits and providing advocacy support to aspiring homeowners. Up for discussion is the importance of credit […]

11/06/2025
Fintech is only 1% Finished - David M. Brear 11:FS

Welcome back to Fintech Chatter Podcast! In this episode your host Dexter Cousins invites guest No2 back onto the show. David M. Brear is CEO of 11:FS Group and 11:FS Holdings. The award winning digital consultancy has built digital banks all over the world and through 11:FS holdings, David and the team are finally going […]

29/04/2025
From First Line of Code to $30m Series C - Josh Foreman, Indebted

Dexter Cousins recently caught up with Josh Foreman, CEO of Indebted to discuss their global expansion and recent Series C capital raise. Josh first appeared on the show in 2020 and he shares the lessons he has learned from writing Indebted's first line of code to launching in 7 countries! In this catch up we […]

07/04/2025
Antony Jenkins On The Future Of 10x Banking

Dexter Cousins interviews Antony Jenkins, the CEO and founder of 10X Banking, the core banking platform that makes banking ten times better. Antony Jenkins on The Future of 10x Banking Antony stands out in Fintech as the global CEO of Barclays who decided to start a fintech. Tune in for a deep dive into the […]

31/03/2025
Building an API Services Hub for Fintechs

Julian Fayad of LoanOptions.ai chats about Synapses, an API services hub for Fintechs In this episode of Fintech Chatter, Dexter Cousins interviews Julian Fayad, CEO of LoanOptions.ai about the challenges and advantages of bootstrapping a fintech company from the ground up.  Having experienced the challenges first hand, Julian has built Synapses, an API Services Hub […]

24/03/2025
The Journey of Athena

Michael Starkey and Nathan Walsh, Co-founders of Athena Home Loans share their remarkable journey! In this episode of Fintech Chatter Dexter Cousins chats to Nathan Walsh and Michael Starkey, Co-Founders of Athena Home Loans. Making their long awaited return to the show, Nathan and Michael discuss their journey over the past four years,and the insane […]

16/03/2025
Fintech's Most Ambitious Startup - Constantinople.

In this episode of Fintech Chatter, host Dexter Cousins speaks with Di Challenor and Macgregor Duncan, co-founders of Constantinople, about their journey in building the Operating System for banks.  About Constantinople Constantinople is the most ambitious startup in Fintech, tackling the most complex problem in Fintech, rethinking how banks become fully digital. Constantinople is a […]

28/02/2025
RedBelly Network The FUTURE of Fintech TODAY

Vincent Gramoli Dexter Cousins invites Vincent Gramoli, founder and CTO to talk about his innovative work at RedBelly Network. Vincent charts his journey in the blockchain environment from academia to entrepreneurship.  He outlines the innovative approach RedBelly Network takes towards the tokenisation of real-world assets and the need for collaboration between Tradfi and Defi. Vincent […]

25/02/2025
Augmenting Offshore Teams with AI for Hyper Scale.

Dexter Cousins speaks with Simon Lee, founder of Teamified, about the transformative role of AI and offshore teams in Fintech startups.  Tune in as they discuss tactics on how to build and rapidly scale a Fintech startup by harnessing an offshore workforce augmented by AI and AI Agents. Using real life examples and clients Simon […]

21/02/2025
The Spriggy Story: The Process To Get One Million Customers.

Alex Badran, Spriggy The Spriggy story returns to Fintech Chatter Podcast. Five years after his debut, our most-requested guest ever is back sharing his path to one million customers. Dexter Cousins chats to Alex Badran, the founder of Spriggy, a fintech app designed to help parents teach their children about money management.  Reaching One Million […]

14/02/2025
Sean O'Malley, AMP Bank - Evolving Small Business and Personal Banking

Sean O'Malley,
AMP Bank Launch Digital
Evolving Small Business and Personal Banking

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