

Fintech Chatter: Insights From Fintech Leaders
Dexter Cousins | Fintech Headhunter and Founder
Fintech Chatter Podcast has been leading conversations with Fintech founders since 2019!Join the Fintech Chatter Podcast, where we dive into the world of fintech with industry leaders and innovators. Brought to you by Tier One People, Australia's leading executive search and recruitment firm for fintech ventures. Each episode features an exclusive interview with a Fintech leader, uncovering their secrets to success and the lessons learned along the way. Fintech Chatter has become the archive for anyone serious about launching and building a successful Fintech company.Whether you're a fintech founder, professional, investor, or enthusiast, gain valuable insights from expert interviews and discussions on raising capital, hiring, international expansion, innovation and technology.Tune in to stay ahead of the trends in the rapidly-evolving fintech landscape.Dexter also shares his expertise on careers, leadership and hiring all through a Fintech lens.Follow Dexter on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dextercousins/Follow Tier One People: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tier-one-people
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Oct 19, 2020 • 11min
Preeti Mishra, Assembly Payments - Female FinTech Leader
 Rebecca Schot-Guppy talks to Preeti Mishra of Assembly Payments about her nomination for Female FinTech Leader sponsored by Seedspace.Preeti is also nominated for Emerging FinTech Leader sponsored by GoCardless.Send us a textContact dexter@tieronepeople.com to discussSubscribe Newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/fintech-leaders-7092732051488980992/Connect on Linkedin: https://bit.ly/3DsCJBp 

Oct 19, 2020 • 12min
Debra Taylor, Opensparkz - Female FinTech Leader
 Rebecca Schot-Guppy talks to Debra Taylor, Opensparkz on her nomination for Female FinTech Leader. Sponsored by Seedspace.Send us a textContact dexter@tieronepeople.com to discussSubscribe Newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/fintech-leaders-7092732051488980992/Connect on Linkedin: https://bit.ly/3DsCJBp 

Oct 19, 2020 • 18min
Carolyn Breeze, GoCardless - Female FinTech Leader
 Rebecca Schot-Guppy talks to Carolyn Breeze about her nomination for Female Leader of the Year in The Finnies 2020.Send us a textContact dexter@tieronepeople.com to discussSubscribe Newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/fintech-leaders-7092732051488980992/Connect on Linkedin: https://bit.ly/3DsCJBp 

Oct 19, 2020 • 16min
Jill Berry, Adatree - Female FinTech Leader
 Rebecca Schot-Guppy talks to Jill Berry of Adatree about her nominations for Female FinTech Leader and Emerging FinTech Leader at this years Finnies.Thanks to Seedspace for Sponsoring Female FinTech Leader.Thanks to GoCardless for sponsoring Emerging FinTech Leader.Send us a textContact dexter@tieronepeople.com to discussSubscribe Newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/fintech-leaders-7092732051488980992/Connect on Linkedin: https://bit.ly/3DsCJBp 

Oct 18, 2020 • 32min
51 Andrew Wildblood, Vocus
 Dexter Cousins is joined by Andrew Wildblood ,Chief Executive Enterprise and Government at Vocus Communications.As sponsors of FinTech Australia and this years Finnies, Vocus is really putting their support behind the Fintech community.  And it's the perfect match.As a challenger brand themselves, Vocus are no strangers to scaling and growth. It's been an epic journey for the business over the last decade. As a leading specialist fibre and network solutions provider, Vocus connects people, businesses, governments, and communities across Australia and New Zealand, to the world.Andrew and I talk about how Vocus is helping entrepreneurs bring their ideas to life. Their focus on security, reliability and service makes Vocus the ideal partner for Fintechs.Find out more vocus.com.auDownload - Digital Payments In Australia - No Turning BackTel - 1300 88 99 88--------------------------------------------------------This podcast is produced by Tier One People, leaders in FinTech Executive SearchYour Host, Dexter Cousins is Founder and CEO of Tier One PeopleThanks to our partners FinTech Australia - a member-driven organisation that is building an ecosystem of Australian Fintechs advancing the global economy.We share their mission to build a strong community, foster connections and support innovation. To become a member go to https://fintechaustralia.org.au/join-now/Send us a textContact dexter@tieronepeople.com to discussSubscribe Newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/fintech-leaders-7092732051488980992/Connect on Linkedin: https://bit.ly/3DsCJBp 

Oct 15, 2020 • 31min
50 Steve Weston - Volt Bank
 Dexter Cousins is joined by Steve Weston CEO and Co-Founder of Volt Bank.It's been a wild ride for Volt, as it has every neo bank! Volt have carved the path as Australia's first new bank of the millennia and the first 'Neo bank' to be granted a full banking license in Australia.Tune in for a candid chat with Steve where we talk about the challenges of making the Neo Bank model work. Expect to see Volt hit the market with new consumer products in early 2021 and the Beta savings product is in market now.The world has changed and the future of banking is uncertain. Steve shares the Volt 2.0 strategy which sees them partner with Microsoft to provide banking as a service to any business wishing to sell financial products.It's a strategy that will help Volt scale globally and at an exponential rate.Impressive partnerships with Salesforce and Paypal in place gives Volt bank the opportunity to strike (excuse the pun, totally intended.)Go to https://www.voltbank.com.au/Send us a textContact dexter@tieronepeople.com to discussSubscribe Newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/fintech-leaders-7092732051488980992/Connect on Linkedin: https://bit.ly/3DsCJBp 

Oct 13, 2020 • 29min
49 Keith Brown - BPay
 Dexter Cousins is joined by Keith Brown, General Manager of Product and Business Development with Bpay.Bpay is behind Osko (the instant peer to peer payments system) and Sypht. Originally setup as a bill payments system by Australia's major banks 23 years ago, Bpay is undergoing a transformation.Keith shares the Bpay strategy and their support of the Fintech community.We discuss the Bpay approach to open API's and developer portal and why Bpay is getting behind FinTech Australia to support innovation.Find out more https://bpaygroup.com.au/Developer portal: https://developer.bpaygroup.com.au/Send us a textContact dexter@tieronepeople.com to discussSubscribe Newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/fintech-leaders-7092732051488980992/Connect on Linkedin: https://bit.ly/3DsCJBp 

Oct 11, 2020 • 31min
48 Lee Hatton - Afterpay
 Dexter Cousins talks to Lee Hatton, EVP of Platforms at Afterpay. Lee spent 5 years as CEO of UBank, Australia's 1st 100% online bank. Lee's also a board director at Xero.Afterpay is one of the world's fastest growing Fintech. Listed on the ASX with a market cap of Aus $24bn! makes Afterpay a Decacorn🦄🦄🦄  Right!? Tencent invested $300m for a 5% stake in the business in 2020. With 700 staff globally and operations in the US and UK Afterpay is the jewel💎 in the Australian Fintech crown 👑Lee shares her story from a farm in New Zealand to, banking to one of the world's fastest growing Fintech. It's a phenomenal story from a phenomenal person!We talk about Afterpays plans for global domination, exactly why Lee made the move and her approach to leadership.Find out more Afterpay.comSend us a textContact dexter@tieronepeople.com to discussSubscribe Newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/fintech-leaders-7092732051488980992/Connect on Linkedin: https://bit.ly/3DsCJBp 

Oct 7, 2020 • 14min
Emerging FinTech Of The Year - 86 400
 It's the most competitive Finnies in history. And this year we've put two categories out to the public to decide in the People's Choice.86 400 are finalists for Emerging FinTech Of The Year sponsored by Afterpay.Travis Tyler, Chief Product and Marketing Officer of 86 400 pitches for your vote as Emerging Fintech of the Year in a People's Choice category. Listen to the podcast to give 86 400 a bonus vote. Then head over to vote in the People's Choice award.Vote for 86 400 in this years People's Choice Award.Send us a textContact dexter@tieronepeople.com to discussSubscribe Newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/fintech-leaders-7092732051488980992/Connect on Linkedin: https://bit.ly/3DsCJBp 

Oct 7, 2020 • 15min
Anthony Nantes, Wisr - Outstanding FinTech Leader
 It's the most competitive Finnies in history. And this year we've put two categories out to the public to decide in the People's Choice.Wisr are finalists for Emerging FinTech Of The Year sponsored by Bpay.Anthony Nantes, CEO of Wisr pitches for your vote as Fintech Organisation of the Year in the People's Choice. Anthony is also a finalist for Outstanding FinTech Leader sponsored by Vocus.Listen to the podcast to give Wisr a bonus vote. Then head over to vote in the People's Choice award.Vote for Wisr in this years People's Choice Award.Send us a textContact dexter@tieronepeople.com to discussSubscribe Newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/fintech-leaders-7092732051488980992/Connect on Linkedin: https://bit.ly/3DsCJBp 


