Fintech Chatter: Insights From Fintech Leaders

Dexter Cousins is joined by Toby Norton-Smith to celebrate the 1st anniversary of x15 Ventures - a venture scaler focused on building, investing or acquiring ventures that can deliver the next generation of services in and around banking, advantaged through integration and support from CommBank. Prior to x15 Ventures, Toby was General Manager of Digital Growth at CBA, was CEO of a fintech venture in the wealth space (StocksInValue), and commenced his career at McKinsey and Co.Tune in for a candid and insightful chat as Toby shares how he and the x15 team are taking a different approach to CVC.  Toby also shares some exclusive news on the latest talent and venture acquisitions. And he gives his views on the future of Fintech and why banks need to focus on collaboration.Find out more https://www.x15ventures.com.au/Send us a textSubscribe Newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/fintech-leaders-7092732051488980992/Connect on Linkedin: https://bit.ly/3DsCJBp

Dexter Cousins ushers in 2021 and season 3 with Claire Alexander, Head of People at Limepay. In this special show Dexter fields questions from you, the listeners, on Fintech career advice.Tune in as Claire and Dexter discuss which skills are in demand, which skills you should focus on developing, what stage a Fintech will hire specialists over generalists and how to position yourself when applying to roles in Fintech.They also share insights on resumes, cover letters and how to work best with recruiters. As well as covering one or two career dilemmas.Find out more about Limepay at https://limepay.com.auAbout Claire:Claire has extensive experience in talent acquisition, HR strategy & transformation and coaching.Combined with her passion to build start-ups, Claire also has a coaching business that supports her clients to achieve their career goals using simple strategies and NLP frameworks. Since arriving in Australia Claire has spent the last 10+ years in the talent acquisition and HR space. More recently she supported Zip Co to expand globally as their Global Head of Talent and Organisational Design.Claire is now helping to scale Limepay, an upcoming Fintech set for rapid growth over the next 12 months. Follow Claire on LinkedIn Send us a textSubscribe Newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/fintech-leaders-7092732051488980992/Connect on Linkedin: https://bit.ly/3DsCJBp

Our good friend Lee Hatton from Afterpay joins Dexter Cousins as they discuss a world first partnership with Westpac.Banking as a Service is real! Afterpay recently announced a landmark partnership with Westpac to provide a deposit account facility to Afterpay customers via the 10x/Westpac BaaS  platform.It's only six weeks since Lee was last on the show. Since then Afterpay has cemented their place as the jewel in Australia's Fintech crown, by becoming an ASX top 20 company. And hitting new records with $2bn in underlying sales during the month of November!It has been an incredible year for Nick Molnar, Anthony Eisen and the Afterpay team. Lee talks about 2020 highlights and what we can expect to see in 2021.Lee also shares her thoughts on leadership and how the events of 2020 have challenged leaders like never before.Find out more about Afterpay https://www.afterpay.comSend us a textSubscribe Newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/fintech-leaders-7092732051488980992/Connect on Linkedin: https://bit.ly/3DsCJBp

Dexter Cousins chats to Fred Schebesta, Co-Founder of Finder and CEO of Schebesta Ventures on the FinTech Australia Podcast. It's been another breakthrough year for Finder, with the launch of the Finder Money App. Fred talks us through the first 9 months, 100,000 users and the upcoming launch of their crypto product.We also chat about Fred's newest venture, Schebesta Ventures, a programme where Fred shares his proven systems and strategies to help building realise their ideas and build successful businesses.Fred is a world-famous entrepreneur, LinkedIn Top Voices of Australia 2020 and AFR Young Rich Lister.To find out more on Schebesta Ventures go to - https://www.fredschebesta.com/To download the Finder App go to - https://www.finder.com.au/appSend us a textSubscribe Newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/fintech-leaders-7092732051488980992/Connect on Linkedin: https://bit.ly/3DsCJBp

Dexter Cousins chats to Tim Cameron Australia Country Head, Transferwise on the FinTech Australia Podcast.Transferwise is a world leading Fintech offering a cheaper, faster way to send money abroad.It's been a HUGE month for Transferwise in Australia, with APRA granting a Purchased Payments Facility license. Tim was also re-elected to the FinTech Australia board in 2020. We talk about the important role he and Transferwise is playing in making overseas transaction fees transparent and cheaper for Australians.Transferwise have big growth plans in 2021, Tim talks Dexter through the 2021 strategy and shares his learnings from 2020. They also discuss the trends emerging in digital money and how COVID-19 has accelerated the adoption of FinTech by several years.Tune in for another bumper edition, candid chat and insights.To transfer money instantly go to TransferwiseSend us a textSubscribe Newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/fintech-leaders-7092732051488980992/Connect on Linkedin: https://bit.ly/3DsCJBp

Dexter Cousins is joined by Melissa Widner, CEO of Lighter Capital, the pioneer and leader in revenue based financing for tech start ups and scale ups.  Seattle based Lighter Capital is backed by NAB and Silicon Valley Bank as well as US based VCs.   Previously Melissa was the Managing Director of NAB Ventures, the VC arm of the National Australia Bank and a General Partner at Seattle based SeaPoint Ventures.  She was the founder and CEO of 7Software, a Silicon Valley based enterprise software company acquired by Concur (Nasdaq: CNQR, acquired by SAP).  She was also the CEO of Northwest Industrial Supply.  Under her leadership, both companies generated over a 10X return to investors.  Melissa is also the co-founder and Chairperson of Sydney based Heads Over Heels, an organisation that supports women entrepreneurs running companies with high growth potential. Melissa served as a lecturer at the University of Washington's Graduate School of Business where she taught courses on venture capital and entrepreneurship. She was previously on the board of the AIC (AVCAL) and has served on the boards of several venture backed technology companies in both the US and Australia. For more info go to https://www.lightercapital.com/Send us a textSubscribe Newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/fintech-leaders-7092732051488980992/Connect on Linkedin: https://bit.ly/3DsCJBp

Dexter Cousins is joined by Danny Gilligan CEO of Data Republic and Partner at ReInventure Group. It's been a long time coming but we are delighted to bring to our listeners the insights of a true visionary in Danny.As both a serial entrepreneur and experienced venture capitalist, Danny Gilligan is at the forefront of driving disruptive innovation in Data and Fintech. We talk about Data Republic and their revolutionary 'data sandbox'.  Working with some of the world's largest B2C brands including Singapore Airlines, ANZ and Westpac, Data Republic is helping companies encumbered by legacy technology innovate at warp speed.Through Reinventure Group, co-founded with Simon Cant in 2013, Danny is pioneering a new model of corporate venture capital. We discuss the diversity and vision of Reinventure’s Fund across verticals such as data, payments, artificial intelligence, real estate, crime prevention and human resources.Danny is also a founding director of Stone & Chalk, and founding director of peak industry body FinTech Australia.So tune in and enjoy!To discover data sharing 2.0 go to https://www.datarepublic.com/Send us a textSubscribe Newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/fintech-leaders-7092732051488980992/Connect on Linkedin: https://bit.ly/3DsCJBp

Dexter Cousins is joined by 11:FS CEO and Co-Founder, David M Brear.As a good friend of the show and star guest of our second episode,  it seemed only right that we launch our 12 Fintech of Christmas special with David.Join us as we talk about the year that was 2020, the impacts of Covid on the Fintech industry, the rise of BNPL and where the future of Fintech is headed.David shares his leadership lessons of 2020 and his thoughts on what we can expect in 2021.And if you want to tune in for the Afterdark debate on BNPL you can head over to https://info.11fs.com/after-dark-bnpl-debateFor more info on 11:FS - https://11fs.com/Send us a textSubscribe Newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/fintech-leaders-7092732051488980992/Connect on Linkedin: https://bit.ly/3DsCJBp

Dexter Cousins chats to Joe McGuire, CEO and Co-founder of MyMy, a Malaysian FinTech  tackling the issue of financial inclusion.Joe is an Aussie and has spent part of his career with Commonwealth Bank before joining Airwallex in the early days.in 2017 Joe spotted a huge opportunity in Malaysia and began the journey of what he is planning to be Malaysia's first Neo Bank.In building MyMy's core system from scratch, Joe and the team is re-defining financial services in Malaysia.  And having built the technology platform, MyMy has spun off another business to challenge rising stars like Railsbank.Tune in for a super interesting discussion on the challenges faced launching a start up in Malaysia, the size of the SE Asia opportunity, the obligatory Covid-19 'Pivot' and why the Neo Bank model will prove to be a winner in the next decade.For more info go to https://www.my-my.com/Send us a textSubscribe Newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/fintech-leaders-7092732051488980992/Connect on Linkedin: https://bit.ly/3DsCJBp

Dexter Cousins chats to Yanir Yakutiel, CEO and Founder of Lumi, Australia's fastest growing, 100% digital, business lender. They've built a platform from scratch to deliver a 100% digital process from lead generation, origination, credit risk assessment through to loan execution.Yanir is now on his second startup, as a native Israeli entrepreneurship is in his DNA. We talk about what makes Israel such a special place for innovation in Fintech. Although Australia has a very different culture, Yanir has been able to distill the Israeli values and approach and apply them successfully to Lumi.Yanir shares his tips for building a diverse, high performing team at the forefront of innovation. And in the spirit of keeping things authentic, Yanir delivers in the traditional Israeli way, with a lot of chutzpah!To find out more go to https://www.lumi.com.au/Send us a textSubscribe Newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/fintech-leaders-7092732051488980992/Connect on Linkedin: https://bit.ly/3DsCJBp