Fintechfun with Chris Titley

Change Financial aims to redefine payments and card issuing. "We become effectively the issuer of the cards, and we recently signed , in the last 6 months...a 6 year exclusive arrangement with Mastercard for Australia and New Zealand. PODCAST SNIPPETS 🎧 Who is Change and what do they do ? 🎬 The arrangement with Mastercard 🔗 Growth v Profitability ⚖️ Al's travels 🛫 and adventures 🍷 Fin...

With  YouPay  you can safely and securely pick the gifts you want and share a  YouPay  link with your chosen payer. "The way our product is used today , is quite different to how we thought it was used.." PODCAST SNIPPETS 🎧 Behind the scenes of the "YouPay" aha moment 🐎 The use cases of "YouPay and gifting" 🛒 The importance for E-commerce managers 🏪 Cotton Tree 🗺 and Ga...

Paypa Plane is the bank-grade platform where traditional scheduled payments and payment initiation via NPPA's PayTo meet. "I think in 12 months time we will see a lot of growth in the current clients we have as well as some extra ones that we will be switching on over the next 6-9 months and really an uptick in the rollout and distribution of those products within those clients" PODCAS...

CryptoSpend bridges the gap between traditional finance and cryptocurrencies. They want to bring crypto to the masses. "Cafes, restaurants and takeaway - in July was our biggest category in terms of spend ." PODCAST SNIPPETS 🎧 Why Cryptospend exists 🛍 The partnership with Visa 💳 Rewards for spending crypto 💡 Andrew's golfing prowess⛳️ Fintechfun is produced by Sub11. Sub11 is a joi...

Superhero is an online investing platform that allows customers to invest in Australian shares, U.S. shares, and ETFs. "I think we had 50 or 80k left in the tin, we didn't have a product live, it was early in 2020, so you've just come out of Christmas and New year where everything sort of shuts down, and then the pandemic hit..and global markets crashed, APRA shut the gate on pretty mu...

Buy & sell cryptocurrencies in AUD with  BTC Markets - 100% Australian-owned & operated. "I kind of describe BTC markets as the designated driver of Australian crypto” PODCAST SNIPPETS 🎧 Carolines journey from Ireland to Aus 🇮🇪 Why she joined BTC and their growth 📈 The recent partnerships 🤝 Gaelic Football and AFLW 🏟 Fintechfun is produced by Sub11. Sub11 is a joint venture between...

Indebted works to resolve outstanding accounts and get individual finances back on track. "I do pinch myself to think where we are today , but in the same vein to what you mentioned, I believe we are just scratching the surface..." PODCAST SNIPPETS 🎧 Why Josh started Indebted 😮 The different approach to collections 🗂 The laser focus on the consumer 🚀 Downtime - What does Josh do? 🥊 🌮...

Up launched October 2018 as a partnership between Ferocia and Bendigo Bank. They help over 500,000 customers and are focused on being "best digital banking experience on earth." "How people feel about money, is just as important as the reality of the situation..." PODCAST SNIPPETS 🎧 Who is Xavier Shay 😮 Is there a secret sauce to Up ?🥫 Employee loops & efficiencies 🚀 Barefo...

Pearler is an investing app designed to help you reach your financial goals, within a supportive community. Our mission is to help everyday people become successful long-term investors. "Our Philosophy is all about habitual regular investing , dollar cost averaging, not trying to time the market… " PODCAST SNIPPETS 🎧 The personal Journey of Nick 🏠📲 The importance of community 🤲 Why the...

Cache allows you to create a fintech investment product with Australia’s #1 Investing-as-a-Service provider "Our capabilities are growing to support the range of features that our clients want to make available to their customers" PODCAST SNIPPETS 🎧 Cache or Cash 🤔💰 The democratisation of micro investing 📊 Why its quality v quantity when it comes to clients 💻 Surf's up for downtim...

Tractor Ventures provides non-dilutive funding for companies to grow. "We do due diligence on the business on where it stands today and where it is likely to be in the next six to twelve months " PODCAST SNIPPETS 🎧 Matt's backstory and the formation of Tractor 💡 The different types of funding available 🗂 Managing risk in the current environment 💻 Why Matt wears a baseball cap 🧢 Fin...

Swyftx is an Australian owned and operated crypto exchange that allows users to buy Bitcoin, Ethereum and 300+ other crypto assets. "We then scaled up to over 600,000 customers, over 250 staff members and people across 5 different countries.. " PODCAST SNIPPETS 🎧 The backstory of Alex and Angus and the idea 💡 What happened on "doge friday" 🗂 Managing hyper growth in customer numb...

Birchal  is an Australian Equity Crowdfunding platform for consumer brands and companies.  "We are very much the largest platform in Australia that does what we do" PODCAST SNIPPETS 🎧 Matt tells the story how Alan and Matt met to start Birchal What crowdfunding does differently The rapid growth particularly in differing market conditions The opportunity that lies ahead in "secondaries...

Adatree helps organisations unleash the potential of Open Banking and the CDR through turnkey Data Recipient and Data Holder solutions. "Are they on the offensive or the defensive, because ultimately you can look at CDR and think of it..is it really glass half full or half empty?" Jill talks about why she started Adatree 3 years later and the progress on the company - and the Adatree Excha...

Tidal's mission is to help founders build momentum as bold and courageous product led companies. Year founded :  2016 Founder/CEO: Grant McCarthy Location:  Sydney and New York Size of Team:  15 Website: https://www.tidalvc.com Current fintech investments :  Frankie One, Carted, Loopit, Renewtrak, AtlasTrend "We want to do the most due diligence, build the highest degree of conviction and...

Fresh connects investors with listed companies raising capital. "Companies should be thinking about their shareholders as subscribers..." Ben talks about how the business started and why they started How they saw early traction (under a different name) How their customers gave them feedback to scale Why they play an important role in equity markets Recent Fresh Milestones Their Goal to get...

OneTwo is a challenger lender with a mission to level the property playing field, helping people buy and own homes in an easier way. "The way you approach a technology problem is very similar to the way you approach jumping out of a plane in a world sky diving competition" Ash talks his background and how ended up at OneTwo What does OneTwo do and why do they exist? The mortgage applicatio...

Alares Insights delivers a monthly snapshot of unique insights into current and emerging credit risk factors. "Had they known this information ahead, they would have very like have avoided some bad situations." Patrick talks about why he started the business and the gap he saw The uses for Alares ranging from lending to legals Why he has bootstrapped the entire business The importance of r...

Bloom offers a mobile investing app allowing people to invest in a climate impact fund starting from $500. "We have big dreams"... Camille talks about her background in finance Why she started Bloom and the vision The waitlist and gathering early adopters Why she wants to change the way people think about investing Why climate investing is so important Who she wants to meet in the Australi...