Banking on IT

Award winning Perpetual SaaS platform offers direct investment in domestic and global bonds    Perpetual Corporate Trust or PCT won “BEST INVESTMENT PLATFORM/APP” at the recent 10th Annual FinTech & Banking Awards 2025.  In this episode, we explore what makes their service so unique, and how they have used technology to deliver an end-to-end service from price discovery, trading, settlement an...

The FinTech Report Podcast: Episode 64: Josh Foreman, Founder & CEO, Indebted As Founder and CEO, Josh has led InDebted from a startup to a high-growth industry disruptor. His strategic vision of merging cutting-edge technology with customer-first solutions has redefined industry standards, transforming InDebted into a global leader that's revolutionising how businesses manage collections...

Making digital currencies available for everyone: from retail to Stablecoins to DeFi/Web3: a discussion with Coinbase   The FinTech Report Podcast: Episode 63: John O’Loghlen, MD Coinbase APAC Founded in 2012, Coinbase is a digital currency wallet and platform where merchants and consumers can transact with digital currencies like bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin. Coinbase want to make digital curr...

Dan Jowett, CEO, Openmarkets Group “It’s been a stunning change” says Jowett, when discussing retail equity trading Prior to OMG, Dan was COO of stockbrokers Shaw & Partners, and prior to that was with accounting and consultancy firms PWC and KPMG. Openmarkets Group describe the business as a technology-driven stockbroker with a mission to provide innovative products on a global scale to advan...

FinTechs made Basiq a success, says Damir Cuca Damir Cuca, Founder, Basiq (exit to Cuscal) (Note: this is a long/extended episode at 1 hour; we cover the Cuscal period, financial education and what Damir is looking at doing post Basiq) Damir has worked in the tech sector for 20 years, the past 10 have been as Founder and CEO of Basiq Basiq is an Australian Open Banking platform that offers secure...

https://helloclever.co/ Caroline Tran, Co-Founder, hello clever  Key messages: Payments as an engine for growth (for merchants) because they can add loyalty and instant cash back - this is the best use case for RTP (using NPP in Australia) Caroline's fundraising journey was very hard, with lots of calls. But persistence paid off and she has received investment from US VCs - and is herself now...

Christie is looking to write 12 x US$120k cheques: apply now Apply now: https://www.techstars.com/accelerators/tech-central-sydney-nsw Christie Jenkins, Managing Director, Techstars Sydney   Christie has 25 years as a professional athlete; in Beach Volleyball, in Cross Fit, and Trampoline; she was #1 in Australia in all 3, and achieved a Gold Medal in 2010. Over this period Christie has also been...

This is not financial advice. This podcast was produced using Ai platforms, and the Ai generated voices have 'North American' (ie USA) accents. This podcast was produced using only information from a publically available PDF document that CBA listed on the ASX website. The Ai generated 12 minute podcast provides an in-depth look at the financial performance of the Commonwealth Bank of Au...

This is not financial advice This podcast has been generated by Ai AMP's FY 24 results show a business that has largely completed its portfolio reshape and is now focusing on driving growth, particularly within its wealth businesses, while also developing a digital bank offering. Key Financial Highlights (FY 24 vs FY 23): Underlying Net Profit After Tax (NPAT): Increased by 15.1% to $236 mill...

The FinTech Report Podcast: Episode 58: Alan Shield, Founder of RFi Data Insights Alan Shields, Founder, RFi Data Insights; the lessons for all fintech founders Alan has recently authored and published a book on startups called “The Startup Handbook – the Founders Guide to Building a Business” Alan’s book reaches into his experience of founding his own company, as well as mentoring others. Alan ha...

Building the payments infrastructure for B2B clients, bringing payments lessons from Europe into Australia, and helping Australian fintechs scale globally Piers Cracknell has 20+ years’ experience in banking, payments & fintech across senior roles at NAB, CBA and global fintechs in Australia & the UK. Piers was recently hired by European bank – Banking Circle – to set up their Australian o...

From online application to money in the customer’s account in 36 minutes From customer service (call centres), fraud detection & prevention, credit scoring & risk assessment, personalised banking, routine task automation, loan approvals, trading, to regulatory compliance and much more, Ai is changing finance, and fast.  In this episode Glen Frost interviews Julian Fayad on how his business...

The FinTech Report Podcast: Episode 55: Angelina Wu, CEO & Co-Founder, InvestmentMarkets   Investment Markets launches to sophisticated (self directed) investors with 500 products, plans for growth    Angelina Wu, CEO & Co-Founder, InvestmentMarkets investmentmarkets.com.au is an independent, Australian investment platform. It is a two sided market place for self-directed high net worth in...

Why don’t people switch banks? ACCC Retail Deposits Inquiry shines light on banks approach to deposit accounts; insights in ACCC Report influences Upworth to create ‘Savings Account Scanner’ THE FINTECH REPORT PODCAST: EPISODE 54: Alexandre Chavotier, Co-Founder & CEO, Upworth According to Alex, the ACCC Report key points are: Limited competition, interest rates not shown Entry is hard Product...

The FinTech Report Podcast: Episode 53: Melanie Hayden, Truyu, x15 Melanie started her career as a lawyer, with tier 1 law firm Allens, specialising in banking M&A; she then spent the next 6 years at the Commonwealth Bank, in various roles, most recently being in charge of partnerships and business development; the past year has seen Melanie take on a new challenge; as the Managing Director of...

The FinTech Report Podcast: Pablo Seoane, Co-Founder, BIGGER    Delighted to welcome Pablo Seoane, Co-Founder, BIGGER to the podcast. Contact Pablo here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/p-seoane/ Email Pablo Seoane: pablo@biggertech.co  Website: https://www.biggertech.co/   Pablo is the Co-founder of Bigger, their mission is to remove barriers for early-stage startups to help them achieve their full p...

The FinTech Report Podcast: Episode 51: Cathy Lyall, LIQUIDISE Delighted to welcome Cathy Lyall, Co-Founder and a Director of Liquidise, to the podcast. Cathy Lyall is passionate about developing and growing Australia's FinTech ecosystem and markets infrastructure.  As a Founder, Investor, Adviser and Director of several startups and financial services enterprises both in the UK and Australia...

The FinTech Report Podcast: Episode 50: Michael Titshall , CEO of APAC, R/GA What are the key challenges for banks when they’re trying to reach GenZ + Gen Alpha?     Michael’s Bio Michael leads R/GA APAC, overseeing six offices across Australia, Singapore, Japan and Indonesia. Driven by a passion for transforming brands and businesses with creative solutions, he has led agencies spanning brand, cr...

The FinTech Report Podcast: Episode 49: Interview with Mac Duncan, Co-Founder, Constantinople   Mac Duncan, Co-Founder of Constantinople.   https://www.linkedin.com/in/macgregor-duncan-bb0381179/     Prior to his current role, Mac was Chief Development Officer at Westpac, a non executive director at 10X Technologies, and Associate Director at Goldman Sachs; he started his career as a lawyer workin...

Interview with Jordan Lawrence, Co-Founder & Chief Growth Officer, Volt.io   Jordan Lawrence; Co Founder & Chief Growth Officer, Volt.io | European Advisory Board Member Merchant Risk Council | Real-Time Payments Everywhere Prior to Volt.io Jordan was founder of PCN: PCN Capital is a leader in recruitment, focusing on Payments, Fintech, Data Science & Cyber Security through it's b...

The FinTech Report Podcast: Episode 47: Interview with Alexandre Chavotier, Co-Founder at Upworth   “Money works better when it’s all in one place; Upworth is a dashboard to rule them all,” says Alex “For decades the greatest advantage for financial institutions was their monopolistic hold of your personal data … open banking changed that” “You can refinance your mortgage within the Upworth App,” ...

Systematic change requires collective action Misha has worked at a number of exciting high growth companies in tech as well as some well known brands in finance and banking, including Boston Consulting Group, the Commonwealth Bank, Uber, startups Eucalyptus (healthcare) and Vow (cultured meat). Misha is the co-founder of Grapevine. Grapevine empowers individuals in Australia's tech scene by s...

“Plan your home loan and financial life to be portable,” says Gino Farina “A large part of my job is financial coach, but we use plenty of technology to help us”     In this episode we cover: 1.     There are 19,000 mortgage brokers in Australia; they run their own business, and are paid by the banks/others when they write loans and recommend other products. 2.     What does a mortgage broker do?...

Expanding access to home ownership: how Own Home is creating homeowners for the next generation of Australians   James Bowe Co-Founder of Own Home. OwnHome’s mission is to turn renters into homeowners. James background includes over 7 years with Bain & Co in the USA, UK and Europe, and stints at UBS, Macquarie Bank, a Barrister’s assistant and a debating coach.  https://ownhome.com/  The essen...

Philippa Watson is CEO of ubank, an award-winning digital bank owned by National Australia Bank. Prior to ubank, Philippa held a range of senior executive roles spanning digital banking, technology, operations, customer service, sales, finance, risk management, compliance, and strategy. These roles have involved accountability for functions in Australia, USA, UK, China and South Africa. Philippa i...