Insights

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

26/11/2019
Singapore Fintech Festival

"The Singapore Fintech Festival confirms Asia as a huge opportunity and one Australian Fintech Startups simply cannot afford to ignore any longer." Tier One People Founder, Dexter Cousins shares his highlights from the Singapore Fintech Festival 11th - 15th November 2019. It was MASSIVE. Over 60,000 participants from more than 130 countries were represented at […]

25/11/2019
Anthony Nantes, Wisr - Leadership interview

Anthony Nantes Wisr CEO talks with Tier One People Founder, Dexter Cousins on Neo Lenders, Fintech 2.0 and how to build a high performing team.

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 […]

23/10/2019
Intersekt 2019 - Fintech Australia

October 15th - 17th Melbourne. Intersekt 2019, Fintech Australia's annual gathering took place. Tier One People Founder, Dexter Cousins shares the highlights of an outstanding event. Fintech Australia. Wow! What an event. What a team.  Complimenting the team at Fintech Australia was our favourite MC and great friend Ghela Bhoskovich, Intersekt19 felt more like a […]

11/10/2019
Robert Bell 86 400 - Leadership interview

"Our core company value is to help Australian’s take control of their money. So the 86 400 team have designed and built a smartbank that helps Australian's take control of their money." Robert Bell, CEO, 86 400. Robert, how did you get to build Australia’s first smartbank? I am a banker by background, I spent […]

09/09/2019
How to scale a Fintech - Tips on hiring

Fintech founders know more than most, the damage caused by making the wrong hire. Especially when a company is in the earlier stages of growth. Since launching in 2016, Tier One People has interviewed over 300 leaders on how to scale a Fintech. We've gained a lot of insights on how and how not to […]

30/08/2019
Fintech Career Advice

Fintech is soooooo hot right now and judging by the amount of enquiries we get at Tier One People, it feels like everyone wants to work in Fintech. Fintech isn't for everyone. Here are five questions we recommend asking yourself to find out if Fintech is for you. 1. Are you ready to join a […]

12/08/2019
Dom Pym - Up Bank

Of the 50 possible deployments we can do in a day, we can push five of them out to customers who get an iterative, improving application every single day. The most deployments we have done in a day is ten. At the moment, we're sitting at an average of six. Dom Pym - Up Bank […]

08/08/2019
Australian Fintech Awards 2019 Winners

Thursday 1 August 2019, Ashurst hosted the 4th Annual Australian FinTech Awards in Sydney. It was an opportunity for the community to come together and celebrate success.  Tier One People Sponsors Of Australian Fintech Awards 2019. Traditionally the awards focused on recognising grass roots, Fintech startups. With Unicorn companies like AfterPay and the rapidly growing […]

04/07/2019
The 4th Annual Fintech Awards

“The FinTech Awards recognize businesses as well as individuals, with Awards such as CIO/CTO Of The Year, Female FinTech Leader of The Year, and FinTech Leader of The Year,” said Frost.

13/06/2019
Will Mahon-Heap - Revolut

We're looking for Australia's top talent. For those who are not aware of Revolut it is a phenomenal growth story. Launching in 2015 Revolut has over 5 million customers in Europe, and another 350,000 joining each month. June 12th 2019 saw the launch of a public beta in Australia. Find out more about Revolut Will, […]

04/06/2019
Anthony Millet - Antler

Have you ever dreamed of launching your own Tech Startup? Antler is a global Startup generator and Venture Capital firm. They have a game changing approach to nurturing and supporting the next generation of entrepreneurs. Dexter Cousins of Tier One People interviews Anthony Millet, Partner at Antler to discuss the launch of their first Australian […]

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