Fintech Chatter: Conversations with Fintech CEOs and Founders

Dexter Cousins is joined by Dean Morrison, Chief Strategy Officer of Shaype. Last week Shaype announced a $33m Series C round. Regal Funds Management is back as the lead investor after cutting a cheque in Shaype’s $17 million Series B in July 2021 - back when the start-up was known as “Hay as a Service”. Dexter chats to Dean about what the raise means for Shaype and their growth strategy over the...

Fintech News 29th September 2022. Dexter is joined by Michael Nuciforo, CEO of Thriday after they announced a $6m pre-series A round through NAB Ventures. Thriday is one of the Fintech’s to watch in 2023 as they aim to take on Fintech OG Xero in the small business accounting space. https://www.thriday.com.au/ In other capital raising news, our friends at Shaype raised $33m in a Series C round fron...

In episode 126 of Fintech Chatter Dexter is joined by Liam Millward, CEO and Co-Founder of Instant. About Liam Millward At the time of recording, Liam was only 18 years old, the youngest ever guest on Fintech Chatter. Dexter chats to Liam about his experiences as a Fintech founder still in his teens and the challenges he has faced in building a Fintech with no experience or network. It's a fa...

In this special episode, Dexter Cousins is joined By Mark Ledsham, COO of Currency Cloud and Matthew Tyrrell APAC Commercial Director of Codat. Recorded in September 2022 as part of the UK Department of International Trades Fintech delegation, Mark and Matt share how to successfully launch an international Fintech in Australia. To enquire about support from UK DIT you can reach out to Elisa. Hende...

 Welcome to Fintech Chatter Bitesize. In episode 126 of Fintech Chatter Dexter talks with Liam Millward, CEO and Co-founder of Instant. This Bitesize audio is of Liam sharing what he's done to shift focus as we enter a downturn period. The full episode live on 23rd September 2022! How you can support Fintech Chatter. Follow on your podcast player and leave a five-star review Apple: Scroll to...

David Washbrook, Co-Founder of Look Who's Charging shares how they won NAB as their first customer, without a Pilot and bootstrapping the business. LWC went on to work with all the major banking groups in Australia before successfully exiting with a sale to Experian. Listen to the full interview https://tieronepeople.com/2022/09/20/look-whos-charging-2/ How you can support Fintech Chatter. &q...

In episode 125 of Fintech Chatter, Dexter is joined by David Washbrook to talk about the story of Look Who's Charging, one of Australia's Fintech success stories. David shares his journey from bootstrapping to a successful exit and helping the next generation of Fintech founders through Centauri Ventures. About Look Who's Charging Along with Stuart Grover and Nicole Grover, David wa...

In episode 124 of Fintech Chatter Dexter Cousins is joined by Mark Nagy, CEO and Founder of Datamesh. Mark has 31 years of experience in the technology and payments industry. A proven innovator of new technologies Mark has founded, built and profitably exited three technology companies to date. Mark also has deep experience in corporate management, capital raising and IPO strategies. About DataMes...

It has been a MASSIVE week for the Aussie Fintech Industry. Intersekt 22 was bigger and better than ever. Almost 1000 people attended the sell-out event and Dexter Cousins chatted to founders, CEOs, Board advisors and investors to get an accurate pulse on the market So instead of our usual weekly news round-up in this show, Dexter shares his insights from those conversations and what it might mean...

It has been a MASSIVE week for the Aussie Fintech Industry. Intersekt 22 was bigger and better than ever.   Two days of conversations, insights, friendships being formed and connections being made. Along with lots of reunions, laughs, hugs and parties! Out of the hundreds of conversations, I managed to record a few to share with you. I speak to a few Fintech legends as well as founders from the ne...

It has been a MASSIVE week for the Aussie Fintech Industry. Intersekt 22 was bigger and better than ever.   Two days of conversations, insights, friendships being formed and connections being made. Along with lots of reunions, laughs, hugs and parties! Out of the hundreds of conversations, I managed to record a few to share with you. I speak to a few Fintech legends as well as founders from the ne...

It has been a MASSIVE week for the Aussie Fintech Industry. Intersekt 22 was bigger and better than ever.   Two days of conversations, insights, friendships being formed and connections being made. Along with lots of reunions, laughs, hugs and parties! Out of the hundreds of conversations, I managed to record a few to share with you. I speak to a few Fintech legends as well as founders from the ne...

It has been a MASSIVE week for the Aussie Fintech Industry. Intersekt 22 was bigger and better than ever.   Two days of conversations, insights, friendships being formed and connections being made. Along with lots of reunions, laughs, hugs and parties! Out of the hundreds of conversations, I managed to record a few to share with you. I speak to Fintech legends, founders from the next wave of finte...

It has been a MASSIVE week for the Aussie Fintech Industry. Intersekt 22 was bigger and better than ever. Two days of conversations, insights, friendships being formed and connections being made. Along with lots of reunions, laughs, hugs and parties! Out of the hundreds of conversations, I managed to record a few to share with you. I speak to a few Fintech legends as well as founders from the next...

It has been a MASSIVE week for the Aussie Fintech Industry. Intersekt 22 was bigger and better than ever.   Two days of conversations, insights, friendships being formed and connections being made. Along with lots of reunions, laughs, hugs and parties! Out of the hundreds of conversations, I managed to record a few to share with you. I speak to a few Fintech legends as well as founders from the ne...

It has been a MASSIVE week for the Aussie Fintech Industry. Intersekt was bigger and better than ever. Two days of conversations, insights, friendships being formed and connections being made. Along with lots of reunions, laughs, hugs and parties! Out of the hundreds of conversations, I managed to record a few to share with you. I speak to a few Fintech legends as well as founders from the next wa...

It has been a MASSIVE week for the Aussie Fintech Industry. Intersekt was bigger and better than ever. Two days of conversations, insights, friendships being formed and connections being made. Along with lots of reunions, laughs, hugs and parties! Out of the hundreds of conversations, I managed to record a few to share with you. I speak to a few Fintech legends as well as founders from the next wa...

We’ve got an absolutely jam-packed Fintech News for you today. It’s Intersekt week and the excitement is building for Australia’s premiere Fintech Event. In this special extended show, we give an exclusive glimpse into the UK Fintech delegation organised by UK Department of International Trade. We also chat to Fintech Australia’s Rehan D’Almeida for a rundown on what to expect. If you can’t make i...

Welcome to Fintech Chatter Bitesize. I’m your host Dexter Cousins  - Since launching the podcast in 2019 I’ve interviewed over 200 Fintech leaders. The coolest thing for me is the feedback I get every day from people who have learned something from the show. So every week I listen through the archives for pearls of wisdom from past guests that I can trim down and provide to you in an east-to-diges...

Welcome to Fintech Chatter News on 30th August 2022 with Joanne and Dexter  Caroline Tran CEO and Founder of Hello Clever joins to chat about their $4.5m seed raise. And Ali Paterson of Fintech Finance to give us a rundown of what’s happening in the UK. Plus we cover Financial results in the last few days, recent hires and other local Fintech news.   A favour to ask If you are coming back, thanks...

In episode 123 of the Fintech Chatter Podcast , Dexter Cousins welcomes James Fuller , Co-Founder and CEO of Hnry . Hnry simply pays your taxes as you earn, so you never have to think about tax and compliance ever again! As winners of this years Fintech Australia, People's Choice Award , Hnry is capping off an incredible 5 years since they launched in 2017.  It's a unique story where Jam...

Welcome to Fintech Chatter Bitesize. As we approach the 3 year anniversary of the podcast you are listening to our 200th show!  It dawned on me how many great leaders I’ve interviewed over the past 2 and a bit years. I've taken something away from every single show. The first episode with Anthony Nantes of Wisr was 16 minutes long and recorded on a smartphone. But as the show has progressed t...

Welcome to your latest Fintech News round-up. Tune in to hear Stuart Low, Founder & CEO of Biza.io chat to  Dexter about their latest investment round. The home lending space continues to provide growth opportunities for emerging Fintechs with the announcement of 2 partnerships this week between Sherlok & AFG and, Effi & AD Group. As Crypto regulation draws nearer the Albanese governme...

Welcome to Fintech Chatter, the show where Dexter Cousins invites Fintech leaders for a bit of a chat. We are committed to showcasing Australia’s best Fintech leaders and entrepreneurs. Show your support with a 5-star review, it really helps in promoting the show to others in the Fintech community. In ep 122 Dexter chats to Cath Whitaker, CEO of Selfwealth. ASX listed Selfwealth runs Australia&apo...

Welcome to your weekly news roundup of Australian Fintech. Dexter and Joanne have an action-packed Fintech News show for you today with 3 guests:  Chloe White from Genesis Block joins us to talk all things Blockchain in what was a crazy week for news, even in the never-boring world of Digital Assets - You can listen to the extended version with Chloe here Charlene Batson talks about the recent man...