Insights

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

16/05/2020
Ep 09: Paul Weingarth, Slyp

I'm joined by Paul Weingarth, CEO and Co-Founder of Slyp, an innovative provider of digital receipts sent straight to your banking app. Slyp eliminates paper receipts, helps retailers' engage with customers and makes it easier to file tax returns. It's been a big week for Slyp, with CBA investing in the business, making Slyp the […]

01/05/2020
Ep 08: David Hyman, Lendi

Dexter Cousins catches up with David Hyman and talks about the Lendi journey on the FinTech Australia Podcast. What a journey it is 🚀🚀🚀  As one of Australia's first Fintech, launching in 2013, the business is now 430 people and a fine example of Aussie ingenuity and entrepreneurship. David also shares his views on the opportunities ahead for the Fintech industry […]

24/04/2020
Fintech Australia Show, April

In this first feature show Jimmy Grafton of The InnerLoop acts as my wing man. Subscribe to the InnerLoop http://jimmygrafton.com/ Andy Taylor, CEO of Douugh gives us an exclusive - You can register your interest in their Series A raise through Equitise - https://equitise.com/douugh-raise Alan Tsen gives a health check on the Aussie Fintech scene and the work FinTech Australia […]

22/04/2020
Hiring Trends: Nell Hardie, Reinventure Group

Nell Hardie is Head of Talent for Reinventure Group, the Westpac backed VC fund for Fintech. Nell is ideally placed to give a finger on the pulse of the current hiring market across Fintech. In the show Nell shares where she is seeing job opportunities across the portfolio. which jobs are most at risk and […]

14/04/2020
Ep 07: Eric Wilson, Xinja

Eric Wilson is CEO of Xinja, one of Australia's first Neo Banks. It's been a massive month for the business. An Aus $433m capital raise, record deposits - Xinja is a bank that is growing so fast, they have literally had to turn customers away! I talk to Eric about the highlights of the last […]

06/04/2020
Ep 06: Marie Steinthaler, TrueLayer

In this show, I’m joined by Marie Steinthaler VP of Asia for TrueLayer - the leading open banking API platform.  The True Layer platform connects major banks across the world. They are backed by leading venture capital including Tencent and Temasek, and trusted by some of the biggest names in fintech including Revolut, Monzo, ClearScore […]

25/03/2020
Leading Through A Crisis

I'm joined by David M. Brear CEO of 11:FS and Shelley Laslett CEO of Vitae to discuss how Fintech Leaders can respond to the Covid-19 crisis.

22/03/2020
86 400, Travis Tyler on Fintech Chatter.

In episode 5 of Fintech Chatter Podcast Travis is Chief Product and Marketing Officer of 86 400 - an Australian Neo Bank at the forefront of open banking innovation. Dexter Cousins chats to Travis about his experience building a fully cloud-based bank and how the people, systems, processes and working practices at 86 400 have […]

11/03/2020
004: Stuart Clout, thedocyard

Stuart Clout is CEO of ASX Listed Fintech, thedocyard, a global platform that is gearing to be the Atlassian for corporate advisory teams. Listen to Stuart share his thoughts on building a global platform and being CEO of an ASX listed startup. https://thedocyard.co The FinTech Australia Podcast is brought to you by Tier One People […]

17/02/2020
Ep 03: Jessica Ellerm, Zuper

In this episode Dexter Cousins chats to Jessica Ellerm, CEO of Zuper Jessica is recognised as one of Australia's emerging leaders in Fintech. Tune in as she shares her inspiring story of going from a Fintech Startup graduate to CEO of a corporate ventures backed industry disruptor. The FinTech Australia Podcast is brought to you […]

21/01/2020
Ep 02: David M Brear, 11:FS

In Episode 2 Dexter Cousins talks to David M Brear, CEO and co founder of the massively successful 11:FS. Most people in Fintech know 11:FS for the Fintech Insider podcast, but the business is way more than a podcast. Winners of multiple awards, the team behind digital banks like Mettle, and builders of BaaS platform, […]

07/11/2019
Ep 01: Anthony Nantes, Wisr

In the first episode of the FinTech Australia Podcast Dexter Cousins talks with Anthony Nantes, CEO of ASX Listed Neo Lender, Wisr.com.au We talk about being the world's first Neo Lender, why incumbent banks see Wisr as the ideal partner and how to hire and build a high performing team at scale. Anthony shares his […]

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