Fintech Chatter: Conversations with Fintech CEOs and Founders

In Ep. 140 of the Fintech Chatter Podcast , Simon Beitz CEO of Alex. Bank joins Dexter Cousins to chat about the challenges of launching a digital bank. In 2023, Alex. Bank is the most awarded new digital bank in Australia having received its full ADI in December 2022.  Alex has over 2000 customers, settling close to $50m in personal loans, and has both lending and deposit products in the market –...

In ep138 of Fintech Chatter Podcast Dexter Cousins is joined by Ben Pfisterer of Zeller. In our opinion, Ben is one of the most talented founders in Fintech. He shares his experience of growing a business to 225 people, raising capital, running a lean operation, and hiring a high-performance, hands-on executive team. About Ben Ben is the CEO and co-founder at Zeller, the Melbourne-based fintech re...

In Ep. 007 of Blockchain Chatter Dexter Cousins talks to David Lavecky, CEO and Co-Founder of CANVAS .  Tune in as they discuss the latest RBA CBDC pilot scheme and the work Canvas is doing on Atomic FX settlements. As a payments and fintech veteran, David shares his thoughts on the convergence of blockchain and payments and why he feels the time is right for mainstream adoption of the technology....

Welcome to Fintech News - in this special  edition Dexter Cousins chats to Scott Heyes of Mendoza Ventures about the Silicon Valley Bank crash. Scott shares his first hand experience of events as they unfolded last Thursday with an urgent call from the CEO of SVB.  As we know things quickly escalated from there leaving most VC firms with little choice but to recommend their portfolio companies wit...

What a crazy week! Dexter Cousins is joined in person by Carolyn Breeze as co-host of Fintech News. They cover the latest Aus Fintech news from capital raises, acquisitions, legislation and layoffs. Scott Heyes dials in from the US to give a first-hand account of the SVB collapse and what happens next. And Carolyn shares her advice to founders looking to raise capital in the current climate. Tune...

In Ep 137 of Fintech Chatter Dexter Cousins chats to David M. Brear, CEO of 11:FS. A celebration of sorts as both 11:FS and Tier One People celebrate their 7th anniversaries. Tune in as Dexter and David discuss their contrasting experiences over the last 7 years as founder/builders in Fintech. They share their lessons in business, hiring, leadership, life, startups, parenthood and everything else...

In Ep 136 of Fintech Chattter Podcast , Dexter Cousins is joined by Jeff Parker SVP and Managing Director, International at Marqeta . Tune in as Dexter and Jeff discuss: 03:38 Pipes and Plumbing of Fintech 05:42 Serving a Global customer base 09:29 Embedded Finance - Hype or BIG opportunity? 19:44 The Marqeta Culture 23:01 Making the switch from Big Bank to Fintech 28:56 Why most people fail in st...

Co-host Chloe White joins Dexter Cousins to cover the Blockchain news headlines and interesting events  in February 2023. Every month Chloe calls in from an international city embracing digital assets and Web3. This month Chloe calls in from Dubai to share some exciting developments and give an "on the ground" report of the GCC digital asset scene. They also discuss the latest Token Mapp...

In episode 5 of Blockchain Chatter Dexter Cousins chats to Guy Dickinson, CEO and Co-founder of BetaCarbon. BetaCarbon launched in 2021 and winner of the Finnies People's Choice Award in 2022. Guy shares his journey of heading up Carbon Markets for HSBC to launching his own startup, democratising carbon trading tokens on the Ethereum network. About BetaCarbon Betacarbon enables retail investo...

In episode 135 of Fintech Chatter Podcast Dexter  Cousins is joined by Andrew Black, Managing Director of ConnectID. ConnectID aims to become Australia’s first and leading reusable digital identity exchange, allowing citizens to take more control over their identity and data, and enabling organisations to unlock value and reduce security risks.  Part of Australian Payments Plus (which also include...

Fintech Chatter News is back for 2023! In this new format Dexter chats with a friend of the show about the BIG Aussie Fintech news of the month. This months guest is Alan Tsen - https://twitter.com/alantsen As an OG of Aussie Fintech Alan was GM of Stone and Chalk and Chair of Fintech Australia. More recently Alan held the Director of Revenue Strategy role for African Fintech Chipper cash. And Ala...

In episode 133 of Fintech Chatter, Dexter Cousins is joined by Daniel Cannizzaro, CEO and Founder of Parpera. Parpera was Founded in April 2020, raising AUD2.7m in equity funding through Equitise . In October 2021, they launched the Parpera App, which grew to serve hundreds of Australian businesses. Then disaster struck on 29 June 2022, Parpera had to temporarily pause the set up of new accounts,...

In episode 4 of Blockchain Chatter Dexter Cousins chats with Shane Verner from Fireblocks. Shane shares the amazing story of Fireblocks, a tech startup that got to $100m ARR in record time (only Slack has accomplished this feat faster than Fireblocks!) Dexter asks Shane why an Israeli-based Blockchain business sees Australia as such an important market. And they talk about some of the groundbreaki...

In episode 132 of Fintech Chatter Dexter Cousins is joined by Damir Cuca, Founder and CEO of Basiq. Basiq provides businesses with all the tools to seamlessly acquire and use Open Banking data in a CDR-compliant way. Make sure to check out the full podcast where Damir shares his approach to bringing on major investors including Plaid, NAB Ventures, Salesforce and Visa. And if you are new to the sh...

In episode 3 of our Blockchain Chatter series, Dexter Cousins is joined by Ryan McCall , CEO of Zerocap . They're an Australian Blockchain business building Digital asset investment products and technology for wholesale and institutional investors. Ryan is responsible for driving the company forward to realise Zerocap’s vision: zero friction, borderless finance. 2022 was a HUGE year for Zeroc...

Dexter Cousins is joined by Kristofer Rogers from Eonx and Ben Ford of Frollo for a Fintech-focused review of 2022. They cover advancements in payments, the paradox of lending Fintech, and the challenges that faced startups in 2022. Dexter shares his insights from discussions with over 150 fintech leaders and gets 2023 predictions from Ben and Kristofer. Thanks for your support in 2022 and have a...

Welcome to another episode of Blockchain Chatter! Dexter Cousins is joined by David Engel, Head of Business Development for Starkware, a Layer 2 scaling solution that helps companies build on top of Ethereum while reducing the cost of doing so by up to 1000x. About David Engel David is a business development executive, with deep experience in accelerating the growth of Web3 and Fintech companies....

In episode 129 Dexter Cousins is joined by Stevie-Ann Dovico of NAB and Simon Terry of Hicaps for a special Live recording of the Fintech Chatter Podcast. The show was recorded in front of 200 plus NAB employees for their Outside In conference. In this special edition, Dexter chats to Stevie-Ann and Simon about how Fintech's and large Banks can collaborate and work in tandem. About Stevie-Ann...

Welcome to Blockchain Chatter, our new show where Blockchain leaders join Dexter Cousins for a chat.  To kick off the show we couldn’t think of a better person who embodies the spirit of what this show is about  Today’s guest is Chloe White the CEO of Genesis Block. Chloe is Blockchain Leader of the year and has worked directly on blockchain policy since April 2018. Chloe joins us to talk about th...

Chloe White from Genesis Block joins Dexter Cousins for this special Blockchain News recorded live at the Singapore Fintech Festival. It has been an epic 3 days, 50,000 plus people, an amazing line up of speakers and lots of focus on blockchain - one of the highlights for Chloe was joining a panel of experts on Blockchain. Dexter and Chloe discuss -  JP Morgan and DBS making a Defi transaction via...

Welcome to episode 128 of Fintech Chatter, the show where Fintech leaders join Dexter Cousins for a chat. Today’s guest is Chris Brycki the Founder and CEO of Stockspot. Chris started Stockspot so that Australians could invest better with affordable smart tech and good advice.  We've watched this vision come to life as a user of Stockspot. Chris shares insights from The latest Stockspot Fat C...

This week we have a Fintech News with a difference. Toby Norton-Smith of X15 Ventures and Jaco Veldsman of Paytron join Dexter to chat about the latest Xccelerate22 Program by X15 (the ventures arm of Commonwealth Bank.) Paytron is the winner of the most recent program focussed on payments. Jaco shares his experience of Xccelerate, the benefits of access to top executives in the bank, and the type...

Since launching the podcast in 2019 we have recorded interviews with more than 200 Fintech leaders. There are over 200 hours of content on the podcast, so if you are new to the show make sure to follow and check out our previous episodes. If you’re coming back thanks for your support. We are all busy and 200 episodes is a lot to digest so we’ve decided to pick out some of the very best bits to sha...

In episode 127 of Fintech Chatter, Dexter Cousins is joined by Rebecca James CEO of ASX-listed Humm Group. Rebecca has transformed Humm-Group from a traditional financial services business to a Fintech with an emphasis on FIN Dexter chats to Rebecca about the Humm Group strategy moving forwards including the new board appointments such as a friend of the show, ex-86 400 Chairman, Anthony Thomson....

Raising capital has become difficult but not impossible. Mark Nagy from Datamesh shares some fantastic advice on how to get investors comfortable when raising capital during a downturn. I particularly love Mark's advice because it reflects the exact advice we give clients on hiring leadership talent for scaleups. You can listen to the full podcast interview with Mark https://tieronepeople.com...