Fintech Chatter: Insights From Fintech Leaders

Since launching the podcast in 2019 we have recorded interviews with more than 200 Fintech leaders.There are over 200 hours of content on the podcast, so if you are new to the show make sure to follow and check out our previous episodes. If you’re coming back thanks for your support.We are all busy and 200 episodes is a lot to digest so we’ve decided to pick out some of the very best bits to share in 5-minute listens.Here’s Anthony Thomson on the real challenge facing banks - Trust. This episode was recorded in July 2020 when Anthony was chair of 86 400. Anthony has just joined the board of Humm Group and you can check out an interview with Rebecca James the CEO of Humm - https://tieronepeople.com/2022/10/14/rebecca-james-humm-group/You can listen to the full interview with Anthony Thomson https://tieronepeople.com/2020/07/13/anthony-thomson-chairman-86-400/Send us a textContact info@tieronepeople.com for further detailsSubscribe Newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/fintech-leaders-7092732051488980992/Connect on Linkedin: https://bit.ly/3DsCJBp

In episode 127 of Fintech Chatter, Dexter Cousins is joined by Rebecca James CEO of ASX-listed Humm Group.Rebecca has transformed Humm-Group from a traditional financial services business to a Fintech with an emphasis on FINDexter chats to Rebecca about the Humm Group strategy moving forwards including the new board appointments such as a friend of the show, ex-86 400 Chairman, Anthony Thomson. As we enter a new economic environment, Rebecca shares her thoughts on the new opportunities presented to lending businesses.Rebecca also shares her journey as an ASX-listed CEO and her tips on leadership and business transformation.For more information go to - https://www.shophumm.com/humm-group/For Humm Careers - https://www.shophumm.com/humm-group/careers/Connect with Rebecca James - https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebecca-james-9388474/Send us a textContact info@tieronepeople.com for further detailsSubscribe Newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/fintech-leaders-7092732051488980992/Connect on Linkedin: https://bit.ly/3DsCJBp

Raising capital has become difficult but not impossible. Mark Nagy from Datamesh shares some fantastic advice on how to get investors comfortable when raising capital during a downturn.I particularly love Mark's advice because it reflects the exact advice we give clients on hiring leadership talent for scaleups.You can listen to the full podcast interview with Mark https://tieronepeople.com/2022/09/16/datamesh-mark-nagy/Send us a textContact info@tieronepeople.com for further detailsSubscribe Newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/fintech-leaders-7092732051488980992/Connect on Linkedin: https://bit.ly/3DsCJBp

Dexter Cousins is joined by Dean Morrison, Chief Strategy Officer of Shaype.Last week Shaype announced a $33m Series C round. Regal Funds Management is back as the lead investor after cutting a cheque in Shaype’s $17 million Series B in July 2021 - back when the start-up was known as “Hay as a Service”.Dexter chats to Dean about what the raise means for Shaype and their growth strategy over the next 12 months.They also talk about Embedded Finance and ask the question has it really made the impact we thought it would?And Dean shares the back story to Shaype and how the business always intended to evolve from a neo-bank offering.How you can support Fintech Chatter.Follow on your podcast player and leave a five-star reviewApple: Scroll to the bottom of the page (iphone or ipad only), hit 5 stars and write a review - https://apple.co/3D7NsPtSpotify:  in the app click 5 stars - https://spoti.fi/3IzSViQSubscribe and like on Youtube - https://bit.ly/3tBlRmEThanks for your support.About Tier One PeopleFounded by Dexter Cousins in 2016, Tier One People is on a mission to help Australia become the world leader in Fintech innovation.Connect on Linkedin - https://bit.ly/3DsCJBpTier One People helps companies like Revolut, TrueLayer and 10x build founding teams for launch in Australia. And series A+ / ASX Listed Aussie Fintech like Lendi, Afterpay and 86 400 hire executive talent capable of delivering growth and scale. If you are building a world-class Fintech venture and need help in hiring tier-one people contact us - https://bit.ly/3Dc1p0BSend us a textContact info@tieronepeople.com for further detailsSubscribe Newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/fintech-leaders-7092732051488980992/Connect on Linkedin: https://bit.ly/3DsCJBp

Fintech News 29th September 2022. Dexter is joined by Michael Nuciforo, CEO of Thriday after they announced a $6m pre-series A round through NAB Ventures.Thriday is one of the Fintech’s to watch in 2023 as they aim to take on Fintech OG Xero in the small business accounting space. https://www.thriday.com.au/In other capital raising news, our friends at Shaype raised $33m in a Series C round fronted by Regal Funds Management.The raise will support overseas expansion. Dexter chats to Mendoza Ventures Scott Heyes about North American expansion. Scott is an Aussie living in Boston helping Aussie Fintech land and expand in North America.You can connect with Scott https://mendoza-ventures.com/How you can support Fintech Chatter.Follow on your podcast player and leave a five-star reviewApple: Scroll to the bottom of the page (iphone or ipad only), hit 5 stars and write a review - https://apple.co/3D7NsPtSpotify:  in the app click 5 stars - https://spoti.fi/3IzSViQSubscribe and like on Youtube - https://bit.ly/3tBlRmEThanks for your support.About Tier One PeopleFounded by Dexter Cousins in 2016, Tier One People is on a mission to help Australia become the world leader in Fintech innovation.Connect on Linkedin - https://bit.ly/3DsCJBpTier One People helps companies like Revolut, TrueLayer and 10x build founding teams for launch in Australia. And series A+ / ASX Listed Aussie Fintech like Lendi, Afterpay and 86 400 hire executive talent capable of delivering growth and scale. If you are building a world-class Fintech venture and need help in hiring tier-one people contact us - https://bit.ly/3Dc1p0BSend us a textContact info@tieronepeople.com for further detailsSubscribe Newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/fintech-leaders-7092732051488980992/Connect on Linkedin: https://bit.ly/3DsCJBp

In episode 126 of Fintech Chatter Dexter is joined by Liam Millward, CEO and Co-Founder of Instant.About Liam MillwardAt the time of recording, Liam was only 18 years old, the youngest ever guest on Fintech Chatter.Dexter chats to Liam about his experiences as a Fintech founder still in his teens and the challenges he has faced in building a Fintech with no experience or network.It's a fascinating chat with a truly talented person whose maturity and focus impressed the Fintech Chatter crew greatlyAbout InstantInstant's mission is to build the future of a frictionless economy, transforming billions of complex checkouts, into 1-tap shopping experiences globally.They create a world where the experience of checkout is effortless, anywhere and everywhere across the internet.Instant has raised over $2.2m in venture capital, as one of Australia’s biggest pre-seed funding rounds known to date, led by Blackbird, alongside TEN13, Reinventure, Larry Diamond and more.How you can support Fintech Chatter.Follow on your podcast player and leave a five-star reviewApple: Scroll to the bottom of the page (iphone or ipad only), hit 5 stars and write a review - https://apple.co/3D7NsPtSpotify:  in the app click 5 stars - https://spoti.fi/3IzSViQSubscribe and like on Youtube - https://bit.ly/3tBlRmEThanks for your support.About Tier One PeopleFounded by Dexter Cousins in 2016, Tier One People is on a mission to help Australia become the world leader in Fintech innovation.Connect on Linkedin - https://bit.ly/3DsCJBpIf you are building a world-class Fintech venture and need help in hiring tier-one people contact usSend us a textContact info@tieronepeople.com for further detailsSubscribe Newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/fintech-leaders-7092732051488980992/Connect on Linkedin: https://bit.ly/3DsCJBp

In this special episode, Dexter Cousins is joined By Mark Ledsham, COO of Currency Cloud and Matthew Tyrrell APAC Commercial Director of Codat.Recorded in September 2022 as part of the UK Department of International Trades Fintech delegation, Mark and Matt share how to successfully launch an international Fintech in Australia.To enquire about support from UK DIT you can reach out to Elisa.Henderson@fcdo.gov.uk or Steven.Walker2@fcdo.gov.uk How you can support Fintech Chatter."follow" on your podcast player and leave a five-star review onApple: Scroll to the bottom of the page (iphone or ipad only), hit 5 stars and write a review - https://apple.co/3D7NsPtSpotify:  in the app click 5 stars - https://spoti.fi/3IzSViQSubscribe and like on Youtube - https://bit.ly/3tBlRmEThanks for your support.About Tier One PeopleFounded by Dexter Cousins in 2016, Tier One People is on a mission to help Australia become the world leader in Fintech innovation.Connect on Linkedin - https://bit.ly/3DsCJBpTier One People helps companies like Revolut, TrueLayer and 10x build founding teams for launch in Australia. And series A+ / ASX Listed Aussie Fintech like Lendi, Afterpay and 86 400 hire executive talent capable of delivering growth and scale. If you are building a world-class Fintech venture and need help in hiring tier-one people contact us - https://bit.ly/3Dc1p0BSend us a textContact info@tieronepeople.com for further detailsSubscribe Newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/fintech-leaders-7092732051488980992/Connect on Linkedin: https://bit.ly/3DsCJBp

 Welcome to Fintech Chatter Bitesize.In episode 126 of Fintech Chatter Dexter talks with Liam Millward, CEO and Co-founder of Instant. This Bitesize audio is of Liam sharing what he's done to shift focus as we enter a downturn period. The full episode live on 23rd September 2022!How you can support Fintech Chatter.Follow on your podcast player and leave a five-star reviewApple: Scroll to the bottom of the page (iphone or ipad only), hit 5 stars and write a review - https://apple.co/3D7NsPtSpotify:  in the app click 5 stars - https://spoti.fi/3IzSViQSubscribe and like on Youtube - https://bit.ly/3tBlRmEThanks for your support.About Tier One PeopleFounded by Dexter Cousins in 2016, Tier One People is on a mission to help Australia become the world leader in Fintech innovation.Connect on Linkedin - https://bit.ly/3DsCJBpTier One People helps companies like Revolut, TrueLayer and 10x build founding teams for launch in Australia. And series A+ / ASX Listed Aussie Fintech like Lendi, Afterpay and 86 400 hire executive talent capable of delivering growth and scale. If you are building a world-class Fintech venture and need help in hiring tier-one people contact us - https://bit.ly/3Dc1p0BSend us a textContact info@tieronepeople.com for further detailsSubscribe Newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/fintech-leaders-7092732051488980992/Connect on Linkedin: https://bit.ly/3DsCJBp

David Washbrook, Co-Founder of Look Who's Charging shares how they won NAB as their first customer, without a Pilot and bootstrapping the business.LWC went on to work with all the major banking groups in Australia before successfully exiting with a sale to Experian.Listen to the full interview https://tieronepeople.com/2022/09/20/look-whos-charging-2/How you can support Fintech Chatter."follow" on your podcast player and leave a five-star review onApple: Scroll to the bottom of the page (iphone or ipad only), hit 5 stars and write a review - https://apple.co/3D7NsPtSpotify:  in the app click 5 stars - https://spoti.fi/3IzSViQSubscribe and like on Youtube - https://bit.ly/3tBlRmEThanks for your support.About Tier One PeopleFounded by Dexter Cousins in 2016, Tier One People is on a mission to help Australia become the world leader in Fintech innovation.Connect on Linkedin - https://bit.ly/3DsCJBpTier One People helps companies like Revolut, TrueLayer and 10x build founding teams for launch in Australia. And series A+ / ASX Listed Aussie Fintech like Lendi, Afterpay and 86 400 hire executive talent capable of delivering growth and scale. If you are building a world-class Fintech venture and need help in hiring tier-one people contact us - https://bit.ly/3Dc1p0BSend us a textContact info@tieronepeople.com for further detailsSubscribe Newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/fintech-leaders-7092732051488980992/Connect on Linkedin: https://bit.ly/3DsCJBp

In episode 125 of Fintech Chatter, Dexter is joined by David Washbrook to talk about the story of Look Who's Charging, one of Australia's Fintech success stories.David shares his journey from bootstrapping to a successful exit and helping the next generation of Fintech founders through Centauri Ventures.About Look Who's ChargingAlong with Stuart Grover and Nicole Grover, David was the co-founder of Look Who's Charging ("LWC").  LWC's technology was adopted by every major banking group in Australia and tech giants like Apple.  LWC's service touched >70% of the Australian population and the business processed 8x the volume of transactions of Visa, Mastercard and EFTPOS combined (>4bn a month).  LWC was sold to Experian PLC (FTSE 100 company) and David left the business at the end of 2021.Since leaving LWC, David has set up a venture fund, Centauri Ventures, which has made over a dozen direct investments primarily in early-stage high-growth companies (see here for portfolio).   In addition, David is the Founder of Helios Technologies, a technology-driven company working on a number of projects to help drive the transition to clean energy including myenergyguide.com.au, solarisedenergy.com and hems.energy.  David has also recently become a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.Connect with David on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidtwashbrook/How you can support the show."follow" on your podcast player and leave a five-star review onApple: Scroll to the bottom of the page (iphone or ipad only), hit 5 stars and write a review - https://apple.co/3D7NsPtSpotify:  in the app click 5 stars - https://spoti.fi/3IzSViQSubscribe and like on Youtube - https://bit.ly/3tBlRmEThanks for your support.About Tier One PeopleFounded by Dexter Cousins in 2016, Tier One People is on a mission to help Australia become the world leader in Fintech innovation.Connect on Linkedin - https://bit.ly/3DsCJBpTier One People helps companies like Revolut, TrueLayer and 10x build founding teams for launch in Australia. And series A+ / ASX Listed Aussie Fintech like Lendi, Afterpay and 86 400 hire executive talent capable of delivering growth and scale. If you are building a world-class Fintech venture and need help in hiring tier-one people contact us - https://bit.ly/3Dc1p0BSend us a textContact info@tieronepeople.com for further detailsSubscribe Newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/fintech-leaders-7092732051488980992/Connect on Linkedin: https://bit.ly/3DsCJBp