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Anthony Thomson Chairman of 86 400, Australia's first Smart Bank It's episode 25 and to mark such an occasion Dexter is joined by a very special guest who needs no introduction. https://www.buzzsprout.com/703249/4486532-ep-25-anthony-thomson-86-400?client_source=small_player&iframe=true&referrer=https://www.buzzsprout.com/703249/4486532-ep-25-anthony-thomson-86-400.js?container_id=buzzsprout-player-4486532&player=small Anthony's resume includes Founder and Chairman of Atom Bank, the UKs first mobile-first bank and Metro Bank in the UK. It is little […]

  In episode 24 of the FinTech Australia Podcast Dexter talks to Christian Westerlind Wigstrom of Monoova, an end-to-end payment solution allowing businesses to automate how they receive, manage and pay funds.  Using an API-driven Payment Engine, businesses can scale without worrying about how their transactions are managed. Christian shares his thoughts on a not-too-distant […]

In episode 23 Dexter is joined by Fred Schebesta co-founder of Finder, a global personal finance comparison website. Finder attracts over 10 million visitors each month and employs over 300 staff. Fred spearheaded the group’s venture capital arm, Finder Venture where he thrives in the startup phase of building new business ideas. For the past […]

"I just sat there one day back in 2015, with a piece of paper at the dining room table and thought there has to be a better way of doing this. There has to be a more fun way of getting people engaged in finances. From this Frollo was born" Gareth Gumbley, CEO of Frollo […]

In episode 22 of The FinTech Australia Podcast I am joined by Jonny Wilkinson, co-founder of Equitise. Equitise is a crowdfunding platform which simplifies the investment marketplace. It removes traditional barriers to investing in sourcing capital by making the process quick, easy and safe. Enabling your average Aussie to invest in early stage startups like […]

In episode 21 Dexter Cousins talks open banking with Gareth Gumbley, CEO of Frollo. Frollo is on a quest to help Australians feel good about money.  Using the power of technology and community, Frollo’s ecosystem enables clients to build their own unique customer journeys and value propositions. Their SaaS Integration platform brings together an AI […]

“The Revolut Country CEO search took six months. The brief changed 4 times as the company grew from 700 to almost 2000 staff during this time. Customer numbers went from 4m to almost 10m. When a company is growing that fast in a highly regulated sector like Banking, it creates a lot of complexity, meaning […]

Join your host Dexter Cousins for a HUGE celebration! Open Banking is now live in Australia and in honour of this 'Game Changing' event for Fintech we have an amazing line up of guests. True pioneers! In episode 020 of the Fintech Australia Podcast co-host is our good friend from True Layer, Marie Steinthaler. And […]

Equitise - The crowdfunding platform which simplifies the investment marketplace. Jonny Wilkinson is co-founder of Equitise. Equitise is a crowdfunding platform which simplifies the investment marketplace. It removes traditional barriers to investing in sourcing capital by making the process quick, easy and safe. Enabling your average Aussie to invest in early stage startups like Xinja. Jonny […]

"We hire people who have shown a true affinity for their customers in previous roles. Talking about the profit you’ve delivered without sharing the customer problems you've solved is not really the way to get your foot in the door." Tim Cameron - Transferwise Tim Cameron is Australia New Zealand Country Manager for Transferwise. Transferwise launched […]

In episode 19 Dexter Cousins is joined by Tim Cameron Australia New Zealand Country Manager for Transferwise. Launched in 2011 with the vision of making international money transfers cheap, fair, and simple. Transferwise now has over 7 million customers and processes over US$5bn per month in international transactions With investors including Sir Richard Branson and […]

Bianca Bates is Chief Client Officer at Cuscal, Australia's largest independent provider of payment solutions. Cuscal has a rich history of technology innovation in Australia and is the main investor behind Neo bank 86 400. They were the first provider to go live on the new payments platform, switching on 30 clients simultaneously on one […]