"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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
In episode 143 of Fintech Chatter Podcast, Dexter Cousins is joined by Gabriel Le Roux, co-founder of Primer. About Primer As the world's first automation platform for payments and commerce, Primer offers merchants the underlying infrastructure they need to build better buying experiences for their customers. For the first time, merchants can connect and control […]
In Episode 142 of the Fintech Chatter podcast, Dexter Cousins chats to Bianca Bates, Chief Client Officer and Deputy CEO of Cuscal about their recent acquisition of Basiq. In Episode 142 of the Fintech Chatter podcast, Dexter Cousins chats to Bianca Bates, Chief Client Officer and Deputy CEO of Cuscal about their recent acquisition of Basiq.Bianca Bates is one of the most respected […]
In Ep.141 of the Fintech Chatter Podcast, Dexter Cousins is joined by Daniel Foggo, Founder and CEO of Plenti. About Daniel Daniel founded Plenti and has acted as CEO since its inception. Prior to that, he worked in investment banking for over a decade, including Rothschild in London and Barclays in Sydney. Daniel was a […]
In Ep. 140 of the Fintech Chatter Podcast, Simon Beitz CEO of Alex.Bank joins Dexter Cousins to chat about the challenges of launching a digital bank. In 2023, Alex.Bank is the most awarded new digital bank in Australia having received its full ADI in December 2022. Alex has over 2000 customers, settling close to $50m […]
In Ep 139 of the Fintech Chatter Podcast, Dexter Cousins welcomes back Leda Glyptis, author of Bankers Like Us. In this chat Dexter talks to Leda about Bankers Like Us: Dispatches from an Industry in Transition - it's a recounting of the challenges Leda has faced in her career, driving digital transformation in some of the worlds […]
In ep 138 of Fintech Chatter Podcast Dexter Cousins is joined by Ben Pfisterer CEO & Co-Founder of Zeller. In our opinion, Ben is one of the most talented founders in Fintech. He shares his experience of growing a business to 225 people, raising capital, running a lean operation, and hiring a high-performance, hands-on executive […]
Welcome to Fintech News - in this special edition Dexter Cousins chats to Scott Heyes of Mendoza Ventures about the Silicon Valley Bank crash. Scott shares his first hand experience of events as they unfolded last Thursday with an urgent call from the CEO of SVB. As we know things quickly escalated from there leaving […]
In Ep. 007 of Blockchain Chatter Dexter Cousins talks to David Lavecky, CEO and Co-Founder of CANVAS. Tune in as they discuss the latest RBA CBDC eAUD initiative and the work CANVAS is piloting on Atomic FX settlements. As a payments and fintech veteran, David shares his thoughts on the convergence of blockchain and payments and why he feels the […]
What a crazy week! Dexter Cousins is joined in person by Carolyn Breeze as co-host of Fintech News. They cover the latest Aus Fintech news from capital raises, acquisitions, legislation and layoffs. Scott Heyes dials in from the US to give a first-hand account of the SVB collapse and what happens next. And Carolyn shares […]
