The FinTech Report
The FinTech Report Podcast is a deep dive into the people, platforms and businesses in the fintech sector. Each episode, your host, Glen Frost, will be talking with a leading expert in the fintech field – discussing a broad range of topics from Ai, Core Banking, Payments, Wealth, Lending to FinTech-Bank Partnerships. Thank you to Vanta for sponsoring this show in 2025 - Vanta is revolutionizing trust management with their proven platform that helps everyone from startup founders to experienced security professionals establish security credentials faster. Their platform helps you achieve critical frameworks like SOC 2 and ISO 27001 while proactively managing vendor risk. For any business, establishing trust isn't optional—it's essential.
Latest episodes
May 2, 2021 • 39min
The FinTech Report Podcast: Episode 3: Interview with Paul Harapin, Stripe
Paul Harapin, Revenue Growth Lead for Asia-Pacific at Stripe, one of Silicon Valley’s most successful startups, recently valued at $112B (AUD). Paul has a wealth of experience in the technology sector, having started and scaled various companies across the Asian region over almost 30 years, which include VMware and Tivoli Systems, two of the most successful software companies in history.Now at Stripe, Paul works closely with customers including Atlassian, Canva and Culture Amp; so he knows a thing or two about scaling Australian businesses to reach a global audience. Topic areas covered:Paul's background; what led Paul to StripeWhat does Stripe do? Payments 101The evolution of payments in Australia – rise of e-commerce The role of payment platforms such as Stripe in the digital economyStripe business model Why use Stripe rather than others like PayPal?Big issues in payments: Fraud prevention, refunds, speed, rise of BNPLPaul’s views on the Australian fintech/payments ecosystem
Mar 25, 2021 • 35min
The FinTech Report Podcast: Episode 2; Andrew Boyd, AWS Australia
Welcome to Episode 2 of The FinTech ReportAndrew Boyd leads the AWS Digital Natives business across the ANZ region. Digital Natives are born in the cloud businesses. Andrew leads the AWS team focused on helping tech companies grow and scale, with access to new technology, global markets and more ways to deliver innovative ideas. Our discussion covers these areas: We start with Andrew's background and what led him to AWSAndrew's current role at AWS and how his team helps fintechsThere’s a lot more to AWS than cloud Opportunities & challenges for Australia’s leading fintechs How has Open Banking (CDR) changed the game? What is the role of AWS/cloud in driving fintech growth and innovation?What advice would you give fintechs in this new banking era?AWS case studies:Hay: https://aws.amazon.com/solutions/case-studies/hay/ Zip: https://aws.amazon.com/solutions/case-studies/zipmoney/ Frollo: https://aws.amazon.com/solutions/case-studies/frollo/ mx51: https://blog.aboutamazon.com.au/local-businesses-prepare-for-the-new-normal
Mar 2, 2021 • 34min
The FinTech Report Podcast: Cloud Banking with Mark Bernhardi, nCino
In this episode of The FinTech Report podcast, I’m talking with Mark Bernhardi, the GM of nCino in Asia Pacific; a worldwide leader in cloud banking; nCino are transforming financial services through innovation, reputation and speed. In this episode we discuss:Mark’s background, and what brought him to nCinonCino are "built by bankers for bankers", what does that mean?Mark talks through a new customer onboarding journey for a bank or fintech using nCinoWhy do banks – or neo-banks - buy nCino? Have you got a case study example?Regulatory issues; how do you manage a global SaaS platform to be regulatory compliant in every country?What trends are you seeing in fintech and banking?
