Insights

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

13/07/2023
The Impact of Generative AI on Startups - Sam Zheng of Curious Thing

About Sam Zheng Sam Zheng is the CEO and co-founder of Curious Thing, an AI startup that specializes in automating phone calls for businesses. With a background in statistics and actuarial work, Sam has extensive experience in the AI field and has previously co-founded another AI company called Hyper Anna. "Start with your most painful […]

06/07/2023
Fintech Partnerships | Anthony Jones of Visa

Visa's Anthony Jones Discusses Fintech Partnerships and Global Expansion Opportunities with Dexter Cousins in this new series of Fintech Chatter Podcast. Visa's Head of Digital Partnerships for Australia, New Zealand, and the South Pacific, Anthony Jones, joins Dexter Cousins on Lets Chat... - a new series where we bring in the experts to discuss key […]

01/07/2023
Constantinople - The Platform Revolutionising Banking

An Interview With Macgregor Duncan of Constantinople. By Dexter Cousins "We were really deliberate in how we described the business and the problem we were solving. We wanted to convince investors that we had the expertise to tackle this complex problem," Macgregor Duncan, Constantinople. In episode 145 of Fintech Chatter, I had the pleasure of […]

30/06/2023
151: Civic Ledger | Katrina Donaghy

It's been three years since Katrina Donaghy last joined Dexter on Fintech Chatter to talk about Civic Ledger. In this episode Katrina shares an update on Civic Ledger and how they are bringing governance to water rights through tokenisation. "We haven't asked for permission to do this. In the 15 years since the White paper, […]

22/06/2023
150: Celebrating Fintech Chatter Podcast

It's episode 150 of Fintech Chatter so we decided to something a bit different. In this two part interview Simon Lee from Patona turns the tables and plays host while Dexter answers the questions. Interview with Dexter Cousins of Tier One People Part one: Dexter Cousins, founder of Tier One People and host of Fintech […]

08/06/2023
148: PlanPay | Gary Burrows

The Future of Travel Payments Imagine unlocking a world of travel experiences without the financial hangover or debt! Join me in episode 148 as I chat with Gary Burrows, CEO of PlanPay, a fintech that's revolutionising travel payments by splitting future bookings into flexible instalments.  We discuss how PlanPay has navigated the challenges of the […]

05/06/2023
Dom Pym Fintech Startup Investor

In this special bonus episode Dexter Cousins is joined by Dom Pym Co-Founder of Up and Fintech Startup Investor. Euphemia is Dom's family office and Australia's newest investment partner for the Aus startup community. They're investing in tomorrow’s startup scene, nurturing a diverse, progressive, intelligent, ambitious community that’s building the future of Australia. Dexter gets […]

02/06/2023
147: Lendela | Nima Karimi

In episode 147 of Fintech Chatter Podcast Dexter Cousins is joined by Nima Karimi of Lendela. Nima is the CEO of Lendela, Southeast Asia's first reverse auction lending platform. This podcast was recorded in Sydney in the week Lendela launched their Australian business. Nima shares his thoughts on Australian Fintech and why the country is […]

26/05/2023
Christian Westerlind Wigstrom - Monoova Ep 146

Dexter Cousins is joined by Christian Westland Wigstrom Co-Founder and CEO of Monoova for episode 146 of the Fintech Chatter podcast. Dexter and Christian first connected in 2018 when Christian did a presentation on the future of Payments title The Death of Payments 2030. Christian presented a day in the life of a woman named […]

19/05/2023
145: Constantinople | Macgregor Duncan

"We're a software company, so we are not a licensed bank. We don't run a balance sheet. We don't even think of ourselves as a fintech. We're a software company providing services, software services into banks." - McGregor Duncan Record Aus $32m Seed Round! Constantinople is the first of its kind: an all-in-one software and […]

12/05/2023
144: Dr Dimitrios Salampasis

In episode 144 of Fintech Chatter Podcast, Dexter Cousins is joined by Dr Dimitirios Salampasis of Swinburne University. We celebrated 250 audio interviews last week and Dimitrios is the first Academic we've featured on the podcast. Dexter poses the question 'Has Fintech innovation stalled?' Tune in for an in depth discussion on innovation, fintech funding, […]

05/05/2023
Blockchain News - May 2023

Welcome to the May edition of Blockchain News with Dexter Cousins and Chloe White. Chloe dials in from Croatia and shares some of the projects she's been working on across CBDC's, Digital Assets and Tokenisation. Dexter and Chloe discuss: 03:00 - The role AI plays in Blockchain11:00 - Regulation for Blockchain and AI14:30 - Hong […]

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