Fintech Chatter: Insights From Fintech Leaders

Welcome to episode 17. Today I am joined by Carolyn Breeze, General Manager for the ANZ region of GoCardless.They’re a global payments platform designed for recurring payments whether they be, invoice, subscription, membership or instalment payments. Processing more than $13bn each year, GoCardless is backed by major players in VC including Accel Partners, Salesforce ventures and Google Ventures.Carolyn is a payments veteran holding senior positions at eBay, Paypal and winner of the ‘Woman in Payments’ award in 2019.We talk about what it takes to launch an international Fintech in Australia and what makes GoCardless such a unique place to work.Find out more at https://gocardless.comAnd you can get in touch with Carolyn on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolynbreeze/Thanks to our partners FinTech Australia, a member-driven organisation that is building an ecosystem of Australian fintechs to advance the global economy and culture.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/Tier One People is Australia's leading FinTech Executive Search firm.If you are looking to hire game changing talent contact talent@tieronepeople.comIf you would like to sponsor the show please contact info@tieronepeople.comSend 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 16 I am joined by Francine Ereira, Australia Country Head of Klarna.Klarna was founded in 2005 in Sweden with the aim of making it easier for people to shop online. They are now one of Europe’s largest banks providing payment solutions for 85 million consumers across 205,000 merchants in 17 countries. Klarna offers a smooth one-click purchase experience that lets consumers pay when and how they prefer to.Launching in Australia in February 2020, Klarna counts Commonwealth Bank, Sequoia Capital, Visa and even Snoop Dogg as investorsFrancine shares her experience of working with Klarna and their unique approach to team, culture and structure.For more information go to https://www.klarna.com/au/Twitter https://twitter.com/KlarnaLinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/klarna/Francine https://www.linkedin.com/in/franereira/The FinTech Australia Podcast is created by Tier One People.Thanks to our partners FinTech Australia, a member-driven organisation that is building an ecosystem of Australian fintechs to advance the global economy and culture. 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/Tier One People is Australia's leading FinTech Executive Search firm. If you are looking to hire game changing talent contact talent@tieronepeople.comIf you would like to sponsor the show please contact info@tieronepeople.comSend 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 15 Dexter is joined by Shadi Haddad, CEO of Till Payments.Till are the payments people behind payments, enabling millions of transactions across the globe.Founded and head quartered in Sydney,Till payments is another example of Aussie entrepreneurship and innovation in the payments sector.And with a Series A raise in late 2019, Till is now in scaleup mode and rapidly growing.Shadi talks through the journey so far and their growth plans, plus his thoughts on why Australia is a world leading innovator in payments.https://tillpayments.com/Want To Work With Till? -  We are delighted to be Executive Search partners to Till Payment. If you like what you hear and want to find out more about senior opportunities at Till contact talent@tieronepeople.comThe FinTech Australia Podcast is brought to you by Tier One People - Australia's leading Fintech Executive Search firm. Thanks to our partners FinTech Australia, a member-driven organisation that is building an ecosystem of Australian fintechs to advance the global economy and culture. 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/Tier One People is Australia's leading FinTech Executive Search firm. If you are looking to hire game changing talent contact talent@tieronepeople.comIf you would like to sponsor the show please contact info@tieronepeople.comSend 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 knows nothing about blockchain, so he gets backup from by Alan Tsen, Chairman of FinTech Australia for a bumper second episode!We are joined by;- Caroline Bowler, CEO https://www.btcmarkets.net/- Niki Arysinghe, Head of Partnerships https://www.r3.com/- Claudio Lisco, APAC Director https://consensys.net/- Katrina Donaghy, CEO https://civicledger.com/- Emma Weston, CEO https://www.agridigital.io/Alan Tsen you can follow on twitter.com/alantsen or sign up to his newsletter https://fintechradar.substack.com/The FinTech Australia Podcast Show is brought to you by Tier One People, Australia's leading FinTech Executive Search Consultants.Thanks to our partners FinTech Australia, a member-driven organisation that is building an ecosystem of Australian fintechs to advance the global economy and culture. 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/Tier One People is Australia's leading FinTech Executive Search firm. If you are looking to hire game changing talent contact talent@tieronepeople.comIf you would like to sponsor the show please contact info@tieronepeople.comSend 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

I'm joined by Katrina Donaghy, CEO of Civic Ledger. They build modern digital platforms to help governments transform the way entitlements and public resources are managed. Winner of multiple awards Civic Ledger recently delivered a world first by using blockchain technology to facilitate a transparent and trusted way to trade water in Australia.Katrina shares the highs and lows of a startup founder and her views on the future of blockchain and widespread adoption of the technology.Connect with Civic LedgerKatrina - https://www.linkedin.com/in/katrina-donaghy-49989629/Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/company/civic-ledgerWebsite - https://civicledger.com/The Fintech Australia Podcast is produced and hosted by Tier One People, Australia's leading Fintech Executive Search ConsultantsThanks to our partners FinTech Australia, a member-driven organisation that is building an ecosystem of Australian fintechs to advance the global economy and culture.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/Tier One People is Australia's leading FinTech Executive Search firm. If you are looking to hire game changing talent contact talent@tieronepeople.comIf you would like to sponsor the show please contact info@tieronepeople.comSend 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

Emma Weston is CEO and Co-Founder of AgriDigital, an Australian headquartered Agri/Fintech focused on digitising global agriculture supply chains. Founded in late 2015, Agridigital have been working with blockchains, distributed ledgers and smart contracts since 2015.  In 2016, they completed the world's first sale of wheat on a blockchain between a farmer and a buyer.  There are now over 5000 users in the AgriDigital customer network, with over 16 million tonnes of grain transacted through the platform.I spoke with Emma to get her views on the future of blockchain, the companies expansion into the USA and the launch of Waypath.  A platform designed to enable farmers to manage their commodities as they move through the supply chain.  For more information, visit https://www.agridigital.io/products/farmersTwitter: Agri_DigitalFacebook: facebook.com/agridigital.global/Instagram: instagram.com/agridigital.global/The Fintech Australia Podcast is produced and hosted by Tier One People, Australia's leading Fintech Executive Search ConsultantsThanks to our partners FinTech Australia, a member-driven organisation that is building an ecosystem of Australian fintechs to advance the global economy and culture.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/Tier One People is Australia's leading FinTech Executive Search firm. If you are looking to hire game changing talent contact talent@tieronepeople.comIf you would like to sponsor the show please contact info@tieronepeople.comSend 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 episode Dexter chats with Tim Dwyer, CEO and Dan Peters, CRO of Limepay.Limepay is the next generation of payment gateway, increasing revenue, removing friction at the checkout and keeping customers in the merchants ecosystem.The platform brings together, for the first time, both upfront card payments and buy now pay later in the same native checkout with no redirects or competing logos.It's a business model to disrupt the disruptors and tap into the global shift to BNPL schemes. I catch up with Tim and Dan the week they announced an over subscribed $6m seed round.You can discover more https://www.limepay.com.au- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/limepay/- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/limepayments/- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/limepayments/The Fintech Australia Podcast is produced and hosted by Tier One People, Australia's leading Fintech Executive Search ConsultantsThanks to our partners FinTech Australia, a member-driven organisation that is building an ecosystem of Australian fintechs to advance the global economy and culture.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/Tier One People is Australia's leading FinTech Executive Search firm. If you are looking to hire game changing talent contact talent@tieronepeople.comIf you would like to sponsor the show please contact info@tieronepeople.comSend 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

We have a HUUUUGE show to share folks. This episode I am joined by Simone Joyce, CEO and Founder of paypaplane.com a Brisbane based Payments Fintech.With a distinct payments flava we talk about what's happening across Australia and Asia and why we are seeing so much capital entering the space.While Sam Zheng and I talk about the hiring market and David Hyman shares his tips on creating a high performing, sustainable culture.It's an all-star guest line up:- Eduard Fabian, CTO of RAZER Fintech- Tim Dwyer and Dan Peters of Limepay.com.au- Camilla Bullock, Emerging Payments Association Asia- Sam Zheng, CEO curiousthing.io/- Paul Weingarth, Slyp.com.au- David Hyman, Lendi.com.auRemember to subscribe for future shows. The Fintech Australia Podcast is produced and hosted by Tier One People, Australia's leading Fintech Executive Search ConsultantsThanks to our partners FinTech Australia, a member-driven organisation that is building an ecosystem of Australian fintechs to advance the global economy and culture.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/Tier One People is Australia's leading FinTech Executive Search firm. If you are looking to hire game changing talent contact talent@tieronepeople.comIf you would like to sponsor the show please contact info@tieronepeople.comSend 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

I'm joined by Paul Weingarth, CEO and Co-Founder of Slyp, an innovative provider of digital receipts sent straight to your banking app. Slyp eliminates paper receipts, helps retailers' engage with customers and makes it easier to file tax returns.It's been a big week for Slyp, with CBA investing in the business, making Slyp the first Fintech startup to partner with all 4 major banks in Australia 👏👏👏👏Paul and I discuss:How Slyp is truly digitising the payments experienceWhere the idea came from and Paul's backgroundAssembling an all star teamHow Paul and the co-founders (Spiro Rokos and Mike Boyd) are successfully working with the major banksThe growth plans for SlypPaul's advice to foundersSlyp Jobs - https://www.slyp.com.au/culture#careersPaul on Social - https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulweingarth/The Fintech Australia Podcast is produced and hosted by Tier One People, Australia's leading Fintech Executive Search ConsultantsThanks to our partners FinTech Australia, a member-driven organisation that is building an ecosystem of Australian fintechs to advance the global economy and culture.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/Tier One People is Australia's leading FinTech Executive Search firm. If you are looking to hire game changing talent contact talent@tieronepeople.comIf you would like to sponsor the show please contact info@tieronepeople.comSend 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 catches up with David Hyman and talk about the Lendi journey on the FinTech Australia Podcast.What a journey it is 🚀🚀🚀  As one of Australia's first Fintech, launching in 2013, the business is now 430 people and a fine example of Aussie ingenuity and entrepreneurship.David also shares his views on the opportunities ahead for the Fintech industry as we move into the recovery phase from Covid-19.www.lendi.com.au The Fintech Australia Podcast is produced and hosted by Tier One People, Australia's leading Fintech Executive Search ConsultantsThanks to our partners FinTech Australia, a member-driven organisation that is building an ecosystem of Australian fintechs to advance the global economy and culture.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/Tier One People is Australia's leading FinTech Executive Search firm. If you are looking to hire game changing talent contact talent@tieronepeople.comIf you would like to sponsor the show please contact info@tieronepeople.comSend 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