In episode 185 of Fintech Chatter Dexter Cousins is joined by Andrew Ward, CEO and Founder of Liquidise. Hi, Dexter here with another great episode with another great Aussie Fintech founder. This week I chat with Andrew Ward about the launch of his latest venture, Liquidise. I'm excited to bring you this chat as Andrew has developed a solution that almost all of our listeners will benefit from! And as this isn't Andrew's first Rodeo, he shares some honest and candid advice for founders who may be a little earlier in the journey. About Liquidise Recorded in the week Liquidise launched into t ..read more

Meet Australia's newest bank CEO, Peita Piper of Avenue Bank. Avenue were recently granted a full ADI banking license and Dexter Cousins chats to Peita about their journey. In this episode Peita shares the strategy of Avenue and their focus on a niche business banking product neglected by banks, the bank guarantee. Avenue have digitised this paper process which takes up to 60 days to offer a bank guarantee in 24 hours! We also talk about the challenges of dealing with regulators in the aftermath of failed digital banks Xinja and Volt, while also looking at the big successes like Judo. Peit ..read more

In episode 182 of Fintech Chatter Podcast Dexter Cousins is joined by Pål Krogdahl, Director of Advisory at Samlink and co-host of Fintech Daydreaming Podcast. In this episode, Dexter chats with Pål Krogdahl about the Fintech scene in the Nordics. They talk through the latest customer trends and research based on 40-plus banks, revealing the key themes and areas for innovation. Covering everything from AI to Open Banking,  Banking as a Service to Embedded Finance, and everything in between the research reveals where customers are shifting their focus and expectations from their bank. P ..read more

Stake Co-Founders Matt Leibowitz and Dan Silver join Dexter Cousins in episode 182 of Fintech Chatter Podcast. Entrepreneurs are often known for their adaptability in driving scaleups and for many this means adapting to someone else at the helm. For many scaleups, the CEO shuffle is a key part of ongoing success, but why? Australian investment platform Stake is the latest scaleup to appoint a new CEO,  Jon Howie, seeing  founder Matt Leibowitz return to his roots in product and business strategy. For many founders, the thought of letting go of their baby is unfathomable but the rea ..read more

Dexter Cousins is joined by Chris Jewell, the CEO and Co-Founder of Zepto, one of an emerging number of Fintechs to base themselves from Regional Australia. Zepto creates real-time, account-to-account [A2A] payment solutions for business. Founded in 2016 and backed by Airtree Ventures, Zepto is one of Australia's fastest growing Fintech. In this first episode of 2024 Chris chats to Dexter about: - The opportunities Payto presents emerging Fintech like Zepto to totally redefine the payments landscape - The origins of Zepto and how a problem in an existing business turned into a whole new oppo ..read more

Join us for a live recording of Fintech Chatter recorded at the CreditorWatch offices in Sydney. In part one Dexter Cousins is joined by guests from the podcast to review 2023 as we look back at the key events and share the amazing stories of fintech founders. Hear from Constantinople, Parpera, LoanOptions, Primer and Prospend. In part two CreditorWatch CEO, Patrick Coghlan unveils their latest Business Risk Index report and gets expert commentary from Prospa CEO, Greg Moshal and Lendi Group COO, Sebastian Watkins. Each share their insights on consumer behaviour in small business and the h ..read more

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 on helping avoid accidents and protect against damage rather than just paying out after events. Dexter chats to Richard in the week he was awarded CEO Magazines Entrepreneur of the Year and Honey fea ..read more

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 episode where we talk about: Real AI use cases for banking Modernising a 70 year old credit model Leaving a corporate job to start a business Hiring and retaining the best AI and Data engineers How rock cl ..read more

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 500,000 listens 4.9 Star ratings in Apple and Spotify 250 amazing guests 294 shows Special mention to Fintech Australia, Patona, NAB, Chloe White, Simon Lee, Ben Ford and Joanne Cousins ❤️ And a ve ..read more

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 how to expand an Aussie Fintech internationally. You can check out our original podcast with Mark https://tieronepeople.com/2022/09/16/datamesh-mark-nagy/ Subscribe Newsletter: https://www.linke ..read more