Insights

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

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

Revolut is 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 […]

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 […]

22/05/2019
Steve Weston - Volt Bank

People warned me that building a bank would be very difficult. But it is much, much harder than that!Steve Weston. CEO, Volt Bank. Steve Weston is CEO of Volt Bank, the first fully licensed Neobank in Australia. Tier One People CEO Dexter Cousins caught up with Steve at Volt Banks HQ in Sydney to talk […]

26/04/2019
Anthony Quinn - Arctic Intelligence

Anthony Quinn is founder and CEO of Arctic Intelligence, one of Australia's first Regtech startups. Anthony and the team have developed a platform that tackles the global problem of financial crime and money laundering. Dexter Cousins, CEO of Tier One People caught up with Anthony to talk about the journey so far. Can you tell […]

12/04/2019
Fintech Hiring Market Update

"There is a lot of uncertainty in the market which is concerning for business leaders. A Royal Commission, open banking, a looming Brexit, a general election, Apple moving into financial services, Libra. All of these things are weighing on executives minds." Will the fintech platform we are building today be relevant 12 months from now? […]

30/03/2019
Busting Startup Hiring Myths

If you are a Fintech leader, you will probably agree that hiring great people can sometimes feel like an impossible task. Since launching in 2016, Tier One People has interviewed hundreds of Fintech leaders. These frank discussions on the challenges of growing and scaling a startup sometimes can contradict the popular advice from Silicon Valley. […]

25/03/2019
Mark Tarring - Tilda Travel

Tier One People Founder, Dexter Cousins speaks exclusively with Mark Tarring, Founder and CEO of Tilda Travel, a game changing platform bringing the worlds of online Travel and FinTech together. I’ve known Mark for ten years starting back when he was Co-MD of Virgin Money Australia. We caught up recently to talk about the launch […]

22/03/2019
Leda Glyptis - 11:FS

As CEO of 11:FS Foundry, Leda is at the forefront of innovation in open banking. She’s also Chief of Staff for 11:FS Group, a specialist digital financial services firm that is reinventing what providing advisory, technology and design services to the banking community looks like. Leda is a renowned speaker, writer and academic in banking […]

06/03/2019
Martin McCann - Trade Ledger

2019 was a breakthrough year for Trade Ledger. 2020 promises to be even bigger as open banking creates the perfect set of conditions for the Trade Ledger platform to take off. Dexter Cousins of Tier One People caught up with CEO and Co-Founder Martin McCann in Sydney recently to talk open banking and Lending as […]

31/01/2019
Andy Taylor, CEO of Douugh

We are laser focused on building a ‘smart’ banking experience that will change people’s relationship with money for the better - fostering financial wellness. Andy Taylor is an Aussie FinTech pioneer. He is one of the original founders of Society One, bringing peer to peer lending to the Australian market. Andy's latest venture, Douugh is […]

30/01/2019
11:FS talks Aus FinTech

If you aren't following 11:FS and their podcast Fintech Insider then you simply ain't into FinTech. A game changing digital consultancy for Banks and FS, a ground breaking banking platform in Foundry and publishers of the #1 Podcast FinTech Insider. In the latest episode, a cheeky question by our very own Dexter Cousins sparked a […]

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