Fintech Chatter: Conversations with Fintech CEOs and Founders

In episode 179 of Fintech Chatter Podcast, Dexter Cousins chats to Honey Insurance CEO Richard Joffe Making his Fintech Chatter debut Richard is CEO and founder of Honey Insurance, arguably Australia's hottest early-stage Fintech!  Honey Insurance is the smarter way to protect your home and contents. Backed by RACQ, Honey uses sensors in the home to offer a new type of insurer whose focus is...

In episode 178 of Fintech Chatter Podcast, Dexter Cousins is joined by Ada Guan, CEO and Co-Founder of RDC (Rich Data Co). About this episode of Fintech Chatter Podcast Is there a viable use case for AI in banking? 🤔 Making her Fintech Chatter debut Ada Guan CEO of Rich Data Co shares how they are reinventing the way banks assess and provide credit to businesses, using AI. It's an awesome ep...

Ryan Edwards-Pritchard from Cape joins Dexter as they celebrate the fourth anniversary of the very first episode of Fintech Chatter. Dexter delves through the archives picking his favourite memories from the podcast. And Ryan does a great job of interviewing dexter about the 4 year journey of Fintech Chatter Podcast. Thank you to all of our guests, partners and co-hosts past and present. Almost 50...

Dexter Cousins invites Datamesh CEO Mark Nagy back on the show. Mark made his first appearance 12 months ago as part of our spotlight on the next wave of Aussie Fintech startups.   One year on from his debut Mark shares his tips on how Datamesh secured $30m Series A funding in the midst of the downturn. Mark also shares his secrets for winning contracts with global clients like Deutsche Bank and h...

In episode 175 Dexter is joined by a returning guest, Patrick Coghlan of CreditorWatch, a leading Australian data and technology company offering a complete suite of credit reporting products and data insights covering the entire customer lifecycle. About Patrick Coghlan Patrick is the CEO of CreditorWatch. In 2010, he became one of the three founding employees of CreditorWatch. He was appointed C...

Dexter Cousins is joined by Sharon Nouh, Founder and CEO  of Prospend in episode 175 of Fintech Chatter. Prospend automates and digitises all of the business spend processes for businesses.  They build next-generation finance tools that empower businesses to make proactive financial decisions while also enabling their people to be more productive. Sharon pioneered the expense management market in...

Julian Fayad is the founder & CEO of LoanOptions.ai.  Australia's first AI powered loan marketplace. It uses AI to match borrowers with the best loan options from over 75+ major banks and lenders to save them thousands of dollars and heaps of time with its one simple application form that does not impact the borrowers credit score.  Julian represents the next generation of Fintech founder...

Dexter Cousins is joined by Police Bank CEO, Greg McKenna on this weeks Fintech Chatter Podcast. Dexter and Greg talk through the mutual banking model, the synergies with Fintech and the BIG opportunity for the next wave of Aussie startups like Constantinople. Check out the episode featuring Constantinople - https://tieronepeople.com/2023/05/19/constantinople-macgregor-duncan/ Greg also shares Pol...

Lendi Group Co-founders David Hyman and Sebastian Watkins join Dexter Cousins for this special episode of Fintech Chatter Podcast. Celebrating the 10 year anniversary of Lendi, David and Sebastian share their incredible journey of meeting after Uni and becoming serial entrepreneurs. Lendi is Australia's fifth largest distributor of mortgages and processes an astonishing $30bn of home loans ea...

Lendi Group Co-founders David Hyman and Sebastian Watkins join Dexter Cousins for this special episode of Fintech Chatter Podcast. Celebrating the 10 year anniversary of Lendi, David and Sebastian share their incredible journey of meeting after Uni and becoming serial entrepreneurs. Make sure to follow us on your podcast player for access to the full episode! Send us Fan Mail Contact: info@tierone...

Welcome to part three of our three part Fintech Chatter series recorded live from the British Consulate in Sydney.  Back in 2018 I began supporting the work of the UK Department of Business and Trade in their efforts to establish a UK/Aus fintech bridge. Each year a UK Fintech Mission heads down under as part of Intersekt week. It’s a fantastic opportunity not only to showcase what Australia has t...

In this special episode Dexter Cousins chats with Jenny Li and Giles Bourne of Scalare Partners. With Investment in Australian Fintech industry back to 2018 figures, there's no doubt that the no1 challenge facing founders is finding capital. We are seeing a rapidly growing gap in the technology capital eco-system, abandoning early-stage founders exactly when they need access to funding the mo...

Welcome to part two of a three part Fintech Chatter special recorded live from the British Consulate in Sydney with your host Dexter Cousins. Back in 2018 Tier One People began supporting the work of the UK Department of Business and Trade in their efforts to establish a UK/Aus fintech bridge. Each year a UK Fintech Mission heads down under as part of Intersekt week. It’s a fantastic opportunity n...

Welcome to part one of a three part podcast series recorded live from the British Consulate in Sydney. Back in 2018 I began supporting the work of the UK Department for Business and Trade in their efforts to establish a UK/Australia fintech bridge. Each year a UK Fintech Mission heads down under as part of Intersekt week. It’s a fantastic opportunity not only to showcase what Australia has to offe...

Stockspot has received a $28m strategic investment from Mirae Asset .  Mirae Asset is a global asset manager with more than USD $548 billion in assets under management around the world. The investment will allow Stockspot to further enhance technology and service for clients.  Chris Brycki joins Dexter Cousins to talk about the raise and how his long term approach to building a business has paid o...

Mark Macduffie joins Dexter Cousins on Fintech Chatter to discuss Downsizer, a platform that helps homeowners with enough equity in their current house buy their next house with zero cash deposit. "If we can free up 1.7 million households, that has a cooling effect all the way down through the housing market." - Mark McDuffie Downsizer solves the problem of housing affordability by quali...

Mark Macduffie from Downsizer is this weeks Fintech Chatter Founder Focus interview - available Friday 25th August Show your support for Australia's Fintech entrepreneurs and follow us on your favourite podcast player! Send us Fan Mail Contact: info@tieronepeople.com Connect on with Dexter Cousins on Linkedin Hire Exceptional Fintech Talent Subscribe on LinkedIn

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Ben Webster, founder of Agile Underwriting Services, joins Dexter Cousins to discuss his journey as an entrepreneur in the insurtech space. With a passion for developing innovative insurance platforms, Ben has successfully built and scaled multiple bootstrapped insurtech startups from the ground up, turning them into profitable businesses. His extensive experience spans over 15 years, making him a...

Toby Norton Smith is the head of x15ventures, the venture arm of Commonwealth Bank. x15ventures builds, buys, and invests in ventures to help them scale. In this episode of Fintech Chatter, Dexter interviews Toby Norton Smith of x15ventures. They discuss the xccelerate program, which is designed to help early-stage ventures explore the potential for partnership with CommBank. This year's prog...

Dexter welcomes renowned Author, Advisor and commentator on digital finance, David Birch back to Australia. "The metaverse is going to be built with an identity layer and a value layer, making it a safer and more secure place to do business." - David Birch David is on a tour down under and will be making appearances at Intersekt and a number of exclusive events (details below) Tune in fo...

Dexter is joined by Vishal Dalal, CEO International Business for Pismo. Pismo hit the headlines recently after it was announced Visa were acquiring the business for US $1bn. Pismo offers Next-gen banking and cards technology through a truly cloud-native API platform. Vishal shares Pismo's plans for the region after they recently announced details of a partnership with Grow Finance. Dexter and...

Dexter chats to Patrick Connolly, the founder and CEO of  Anility, an innovative SaaS business helping procurement and contract managers to evaluate the financial health and corporate structure of third-party service providers. About Anility Anility is a software-as-a-service company that is innovating in the financial viability space. We produce reports that are used by procurement and contract m...

Simone Joyce CEO of Paypa Plane joins Dexter to share the good news of their US expansion. In this chat we uncover: The challenges facing Aussie founders looking to launch in the US The opportunities for Aussie payments Fintechs in North America The US approach to regulation and how it fosters growth Getting the balance right between entrepreneurship, innovation and regulation in Aus Funding lands...