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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 investors to get exposure to Australian Carbon. For the first time, you can take part in the Australian carbon market with as little as $1.Carbon credits are created through projects that capture greenhouse gases from the atmosphere, such as planting trees. These credits can then be bought and sold in the carbon markets, with the goal of reducing overall carbon emissions.

As the world moves towards a low-carbon future, carbon credits will likely continue to play a role in helping businesses and individuals offset their carbon emissions and transition to cleaner energy sources.

About Clima
In just three simple steps, Clima makes it easy to show customers your commitment to climate change, while improving brand loyalty.
https://www.clima.com.au/

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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 Zerocap. In addition to winning multiple industry awards, they launched Australia's first stable coin (in partnership with ANZ) and are partnering with ASX to build a digital asset trading and custody platform.

About Ryan McCall
As a self-taught software engineer, Ryan has worked around financial services since 2006, having designed and delivered complex risk and pricing engines for international insurance and wealth management companies including Marsh, Willis, IAG, Findex, Hyperion and Generation Life.

About Zerocap
Founded in 2016, Zerocap is a market-leading private wealth management firm for digital assets. Zerocap brings a deep understanding of digital asset technology, trading, portfolio optimisation, custody and insurance, having processed over a billion dollars of digital assets for investors, institutions and family offices.

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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 Dovico

Stevie-Ann Dovico  2022 Executive Leader of the Year - Women in Digital has over 15 years of experience in Banking & Financial Services.  She is a dynamic senior leader of a global team who builds and run the NAB enterprise digital channels including: NAB Mobile, Internet Banking, NAB Connect, NAB Connect Mobile, Digital Customer Establishment

Stevie-Ann has led innovation, transformation, technology, risk & compliance advisory, and product design & distribution teams across multiple channels. She is highly skilled at solving tough, strategic problems and relentlessly driving execution.

About Simon Terry

Simon Terry is a Board-level growth leader in the health and education industry. He is experienced in high growth, start-up, and mature businesses, managing business strategy,  transformation, and end-to-end operations from customer-facing to operations to technology teams. 

He has a proven track record of leading highly engaged teams to deliver business growth & innovation, particularly in customer experience and digital business opportunities. 

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In ep. 114 Dexter Cousins is joined by Jaco Veldsman Co-founder of Paytron, a solution to simplify large-volume domestic and international payments, payroll, and process automation, all while auto-reconciling with a company's existing accounting software.

Jaco Veldsman and Francois Henrion of Team Paytron have merged decades of financial and tech experience in algorithmic high-frequency trading to help ease the collaboration between businesses and accountants.   

Founded in Sydney, but now operating on a global scale, they help businesses focus on their mission, driving them further than ever before. Businesses and accountants around the world use their team-based workflows to efficiently manage their cashflow.


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 About Tier One People.

Founded by Dexter Cousins in 2016, Tier One People is on a mission to help Australia become the world leader in Fintech innovation.

Tier One People helps companies like Revolut, TrueLayer and 10x build founding teams for launch in Australia. 

And series A+ / ASX Listed Aussie Fintech like Lendi, Afterpay and 86 400 hire executive talent capable of delivering growth and scale. 

If you are building a world-class Fintech venture and need help in hiring tier-one people, you can reach us info@tieronepeople.com

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In episode 113 of Fintech chatter, Dexter Cousins chats to Josh Foreman, CEO and Founder of Indebted, a Fintech changing the world of consumer debt recovery for good.

Dexter recently caught up with Josh to record Indebted's People’s Choice Award podcast.

But we decided to record an extended version with bonus content for our loyal Fintech Chatter fans.

Indebted was recently recognised as Australia’s No1 place to work by the Australian Financial Review.

Tune in for an in-depth chat with Josh about his approach to hiring and scaling the business, how he has tripled the size of the organisation, continued to bring in top talent and successfully introduced a 4 day work week

Josh also shares his approach to building a remote, high-performance culture where people can do their best work.

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About Tier One People.

Founded by Dexter Cousins in 2016, Tier One People is on a mission to help Australia become the world leader in Fintech innovation.

Tier One People helps companies like Revolut, TrueLayer and 10x build founding teams for launch in Australia. 

And series A+ / ASX Listed Aussie Fintech like Lendi, Afterpay and 86 400 hire executive talent capable of delivering growth and scale. 

If you are building a world-class Fintech venture and need help in hiring tier-one people, you can reach us info@tieronepeople.com

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/dextercousins 

Website: https://tieronepeople.com 

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In episode 111 of Fintech Chatter Podcast Dexter Cousins chats to Chloe White of Genesis Block, Australia’s leading experts in digital asset policy.

Chloe has become one of the most sought-after advisors on digital assets and was recognised as Australia's Blockchain Leader of the Year and Professional Advisor of the Year at the Blockchain Awards 2021. 

She supports the emerging digital asset industry to de-risk growth strategies, deploy capital, and engage with government policy. 

Having spent 10 years of her career with the Federal Government, Chloe has served as a key contributor to policy processes in Parliament in both an internal and external capacity. 

These have included the crypto-asset Senate Inquiry, National Blockchain Roadmap Lead to the Commonwealth Treasury, and as a representative on multiple Council of Financial Regulators blockchain and finance working groups. 

Chloe sat on the Advisory Board of INATBA,  as the represenative for the Australian Government, and was the Founder and Director of the APS Blockchain Network.

Chloe holds a number of board and advisory positions, including the appointed Strategic Policy Advisor to Blockchain Australia, and an Advisory Board member of the RMIT School of Economics, Finance, and Marketing.

Dexter and Chloe talk about:

- Reinventing your career and finding what gives you energy
- Building a profile as a highly sought after Advisor
- The challenges in scaling a consulting business
- Where Australia ranks in digital asset innovation
- How to get a consulting business off the ground

You can find out more on Genesis Block and Chloe https://genesisblock.com.au/

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About Tier One People.

 Founded by Dexter Cousins in 2016, Tier One People is on a mission to help Australia become the world leader in Fintech innovation.

Tier One People helps companies like Revolut, TrueLayer and 10x build founding teams for launch in Australia. 

And series A+ / ASX Listed Aussie Fintech like Lendi, Afterpay and 86 400 hire executive talent capable of delivering growth and scale. 

If you are building a world-class Fintech venture and need help in hiring tier-one people, you can reach us info@tieronepeople.com

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/dextercousins 

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Episode 107 of Fintech Chatter Podcast with Dexter Cousins features Guy Dickinson, CEO of BetaCarbon.

BetaCarbon is a climate tech start-up at the intersection of environmental impact and blockchain technology.

Their mission is to increase the demand for high-quality Australian carbon credits, in turn bringing new green projects online and accelerating the path to net-zero.

They have created a digital carbon credit (BCAU) that represents 1kg of carbon removed from the atmosphere by quality, monitored green projects.

These digital credits are tokens that can be bought and traded as an investment, like crypto, or can be accumulated and kept to help balance your emissions.

Dexter chats to Guy about:

- The challenges of Carbon credits
- Empowering every Australian to help reduce carbon emissions
- Leaving the safety of a Big Bank career for a startup
- Embracing and elevating the next generation of talent
- Dealing with regulators in a pioneering asset class

For more info on BetaCarbon https://www.betacarbon.com/

About Tier one People

Founded by Dexter Cousins in 2016, Tier One People is on a mission to help Australia become the world leader in Fintech innovation.

Tier One People helps companies like Revolut, TrueLayer and 10x build founding teams for launch in Australia. 

And series A+ / ASX Listed Aussie Fintech like Lendi, Afterpay and 86 400 hire executive talent capable of delivering growth and scale.

If you are building a world-class Fintech venture and need help in hiring tier-one people, you can reach us info@tieronepeople.com

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/dextercousins 

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Website: https://tieronepeople.com 

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Welcome to FinTech Chatter the show that connects leaders from the FinTech community to share their learnings on leadership, hiring, entrepreneurship, raising capital, scaling and of course, a bit of chat. 

Dexter Cousins is joined by the Super Woman of FinTech, Simone Joyce. As CEO and co-founder of Paper Plane, Chair of FinTech Australia, industry advisor on payments and mum of four Simon Joyce is what we describe as a force of nature.

Paper Plane is a B2B payments platform, bringing together the world of traditional payments, crypto and Real-Time Payments like Pay To.  Dexter chats to Simone about a recent major investment by Commonwealth Bank and her own lessons in being an entrepreneur. 

This year Tier One People is committed to showcasing 50 of Australia's up-and-Coming FinTechs. Show your support for the next wave of Aussie entrepreneurs and head on over to our Youtube channel, give us a like, subscribe and comment and help spread the word on a great bunch of founders.

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In 2022 Tier One People has pledged to help 50 up and coming Aussie Fintechs

This week we launch a new initiative showcasing Australia’s next generation of Fintech Founders to our worldwide audience.

Adam Grocke Founder and CEO of Sherlok joins Dexter Cousins on Fintech Chatter and discusses his transformation from mortgage broker to fintech entrepreneur. 

After 12 years as a mortgage broker, he was sick and tired of banks offering better interest rates and customers being charged a ‘loyalty tax’. 

So he came up with a solution: Sherlok, an AI engine that helps mortgage brokers keep their clients for longer, protect their trail book income, and generate valuable refinancing leads.

Sherlok is Australia’s first automated repricing and refinancing tool that

1. Predicts when a client is likely to leave a broker
2. Lowers their home loan interest rate to keep them
3. Runs instant refi comparisons to entice refinancing

All branded as the broker so they are the hero.

Sherlok's next phase is single-click refinancing which will reshape the finance industry forever.

Learn about Sherlok
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In Episode 101 of Fintech Chatter podcast, Dexter Cousins is joined by Matt Williamson, Vice President of Global Financial Services at Mobiquity: a digital transformation enabler. 

Matt has over 20 years’ experience in banking and financial services - with prior experience at Citi Bank as SVP of technology and was instrumental in the merger of Misys into Finastra as Global Head of Payments and Cash.

As an authority in financial inclusion, diversity, sustainable banking and the bank of the future, Matt is a published author, appearing in the likes of The Times newspaper on the future of lending, Forbes magazine on digital banking during COVID-19 and Global Banking and Finance Review on the impact of the Metaverse on financial services.

Matt has also been featured alongside prominent academics such as Dr. Ben Caldecott, a British environmentalist and expert in sustainable finance at the University of Oxford and a UK Cabinet office strategic advisor. Matt is regularly invited to lecture at industry events, most recently speaking on the need for diversity at the Women in Finance Summit.

About Mobiquity
Mobiquity, part of Hexaware, is a full-service digital transformation enabler that delivers compelling digital products and services that serve a purpose, by blending strategy, creative and engineering together. Mobiquity harnesses a sector-agnostic approach to human-centered innovation applied with in-depth industry expertise.

Founded in 2011 with a focus on mobile technology solutions, Mobiquity has adapted to client needs across 9 different geographical locations, providing end-to-end omnichannel digital services to leading B2B and B2C brands.

Mobiquity’s global diverse team in excess of 55 nationalities within a team of 1200, power over 200 million user experiences every day. The company takes shared ownership and accountability throughout the entire clients’ project life cycle, enabling meaningful digital engagement and transformation success.

Learn about Mobiquity
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It’s a very special show as we celebrate episode 100 of Fintech Chatter Podcast.

And to commemorate such an occasion Dexter Cousins is joined by the Godfather of Fintech, Brett King.

In today’s show, Brett talks about his new book, Co-Authored with Dr Richard Petty The Rise of Technosocialism

The book examines how the 21st century is going to be the most disruptive, contentious period humanity has ever lived through. 

As our most sacred ideologies around politics, economics and social constructs are challenged, Brett and Richard explore how technology can be a force for good and create an advanced and fair society. 

Tune in for a fascinating discussion on how our careers will evolve in the next decade as AI and blockchain begin to dislodge business models and jobs. What will jobs look like in the future? And how can we evolve to ensure we remain relevant?

Make sure you listen to the end to be in with a chance to win a signed copy of The Rise of Techosocialism.

For more info on the book and to pick up a copy go to - https://riseoftechnosocialism.com/

Author Brett King

Brett King is a world-renowned entrepreneur, futurist, speaker, international bestselling author, and media personality. 

China’s President Xi Jinping cited his book Augmented: Life in the Smart Lane on the topic of Artificial Intelligence in his 2018 national address; the same book that was listed as a Top 10 non-fiction book in North America. 

In 2019 his book Bank 4.0 was awarded the Top Book by a Foreign Author in Russia for that year.

In 2020 King was inducted into the Fintech Hall of Fame by CB Insights. In 2015 he was shortlisted for the Advance Global Australian of the Year Award. 

His books have been released in over a dozen languages. Banking Exchange magazine dubbed him the “King of Disruptors”, while The Australian newspaper in Australia called him the “Godfather of Fintech”

Author Dr Richard Petty

Dr Richard Petty is a government policy advisor, entrepreneur and awarded academic. Based in Hong Kong, Richard has lived and worked in Greater China since the 1990’s. 

He is a past Chairman of the Australian Chamber of Commerce Hong Kong & Macau and CPA Australia, and is founding Vice Chairman, Hong Kong ASEAN Economic Cooperation Foundation.

Richard sits on the board of listed companies in the United States and Australia, has advised on projects with an aggregate economic impact in the hundreds of billions of dollars, and has led reviews of several economies and studies on economic competitiveness in several countries.

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In episode 99 of Fintech Chatter we are going back to the origins of Fintech and bringing you an interview with another Aussie Fintech pioneer.

Dexter Cousins is joined by Andrew Rothwell an original co-founder and ‘chief Tyrant” of Tyro - one of the biggest disruptors and innovators of payments in Australia.

As a Jack of all trades Andrew held many roles in the business, from software engineer to finally heading up sales. 

Andrew sat on various national technical committees that provided the regulation and guidance for the development of Australia's present day payment system.

Tune in as Andrew talks about 

• The Tyro journey from startup to successful exit
• Revolutionising the Australian payments system and creating an interconnected ecosystem
• Making the shift from software engineering to sales
• Being resourceful and making things happen
• When founders should make a graceful exit
• Life after a startup
• The next BIG problem Andrew wants to solve

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In episode 98 of Fintech Chatter Podcast Dexter Cousins is joined by Shadi Haddad of Till Payments.

Till takes the complexity out of payments for merchants so you can get paid anywhere, anytime through a single, simplified platform.

Shadi is the driving force behind Till Payments’ vision to become a global leader in the fast-moving payments sector.

With over 20  years experience advising large corporates and government organisations, Shadi’s tech expertise, leadership, and passion help the Till team to push boundaries every day and reimagine payments.

Since co-founding Till Payments in 2013, Shadi has helped empower hundreds of merchants to take control of payments across 12 countries.

In this interview we cover:

- Tills recent Series C raise of $110m
- The 9 year overnight success of Till
- How Till is catering for the millions of merchants Stripe seems to be ignoring
- The Till culture and hiring
- Shadi's tips for founders on how to raise capital outside of the traditional VC channels

For more info on Till - https://tillpayments.com/

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In Episode 97 of Fintech Chatter Dexter Cousins talks to Philip Joyce, CEO of Sympli.

Sympli is a next-generation e-settlements solution delivering much-needed competition, reliability, security and value to the property industry.

Sympli entered the e-settlement market in 2018 with a clear purpose of representing industry’s need for a secure, reliable and efficient e-settlements service.

Prior to Sympli's entry, PEXA had a monopoly on the e-settlements market.

I chat to Philip about the challenges of breaking a monopoly, how Sympli is leveraging the support of their JV parents InfoTrack and ASX and what it takes to scale a tech business.

Philip shares his own experience of making the switch from Big 4 Bank to Fintech. And he shares his advice to others wanting to make a similar move.

https://www.sympli.com.au/about-us/

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It's episode 95 of Fintech Chatter Podcast with guest Brenton Charnley, Aus/New Zealand CEO for TrueLayer.

Through their open banking platform, Truelayer enables Fintech like Revolut, Stake and Monzo to build better financial experiences

TrueLayer officially launched in Australia last week, announcing a funding round led by Tiger and Stripe which now gives them Unicorn status.

Dexter Cousins chats to Brenton about the plans for Australia, the key differences between open banking and Australia’s CDR and what the latest funding round means for TrueLayer globally.

In part 2 Dexter digs deeper into the TrueLayer culture and Brenton shares some great insights on hiring and building teams for startups.

Brenton also gives outstanding advice for anyone looking to break into Fintech, sharing his thoughts on the qualities leaders look for and how to get their attention.

Reach out to Brenton on LinkedIn

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In episode 92 of Fintech Chatter Dexter Cousins is joined by a very special guest, Simon Monk co-founder of World Nomads, Australia’s first Insurtech.

In this new feature show, Dexter interviews a Fintech pioneer from an era before the word even existed.  Guests share their journey and how they launched, scaled and successfully exited a Fintech business when there were no iPhones, no Stripe, no Facebook, no Twitter and no AWS!

Travel has always been a big part of Simon’s life,  he’s been dreaming about what's over the horizon for as long as he can remember. 

Originally from the UK, he trained in design before getting involved in the very early days of the internet 

As an avid traveller, he ended up in Australia, where he founded World Nomads, an online travel insurance service for people who loved travelling and exploring.

After a successful sale of World Nomads to NIB in 2015, Simon has focussed his time on the energy and renewables sector.

Connect with Simon on LinkedIn

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Tier One People has never been busier and we are super grateful for the calibre of clients and talent who continue to approach us after listening to the show.

If you want to show your support, you can subscribe, leave us a review or just tell your friends.

And if you’re a world-class fintech looking for tier-one people reach out to Dexter on Linkedin or email info@tieronepeople.com 

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In episode 91 of Fintech Chatter Podcast, Dexter Cousins is joined by Simon Taylor, Chief Product Officer of 11:FS Foundry.

Foundry is a revolutionary platform built by 11FS which aims to become the operating System of Financial Services.

The Foundry platform enables any business to quickly offer embedded financial products, delivering on the premise that every business is a Fintech.

Simon also shares his insights on how the Fintech industry is shaping up globally and what he thinks of the Fintech scene down under.

About Simon.

Simon Taylor is the Co-Founder and Blockchain Practice Lead at 11:FS. Simon has been immersed in the technology of financial services for as long as he’s been working and is consistently voted one of the most influential people in Banking, Insurance and Fintech by banks, his peers and a number of industry bodies.

For more info go to https://11fs.com/products/11fs-foundry

And you can follow Simon on Twitter and LinkedIn

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In episode 90 of Fintech Chatter Dexter Cousins is joined by Niki Ariyasinghe,  Head of Business Development, Asia-Pacific at Chainlink Labs

Chainlink is the industry standard oracle network for powering hybrid smart contracts. 

Managed by a global, decentralized community, Chainlink Labs currently secures billions of dollars in value for smart contracts across decentralized finance (DeFi), insurance, gaming, and other major sectors.

Niki shares his thoughts on Defi and how the technology is poised to bring a revolutionary change to banking and insurance.

There's a discussion on the actual application of the technology such as parametric insurance and their partnership with Marsh, the world's biggest insurance brokerage.

And Niki also shares Chainlink Labs 'remote first' policy on hiring and how it opens up a global talent pool.

For more info or to check out https://chainlinklabs.com/

Or reach out to Niki on LinkedIn

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In episode 89 of Fintech Chatter Dexter Cousins is joined by Stuart Ward, Senior Director for Financial Services and Go-To-Market Strategy for Salesforce.

Salesforce is a global leader in CRM and SAAS. Their customer360 platform and financial services cloud is helping Australia's financial services industry get closer to their customers. 

With more than 2 decades of banking, tech and marketing experience Stuart joins me to share his insights on how Big Tech is playing an ever-growing role in Fintech.

Aussie Fintech Athena, Volt Bank, Valiant Finance and Frollo are all customers of Salesforce. And last year Salesforce made a strategic investment in open banking Fintech, Basiq.

Stuart shares his views on what he sees as the BIG opportunities coming from CDR.

For more information on Salesforce: https://www.salesforce.com/au/

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In episode 87 of Fintech Chatter, Dexter Cousins is joined by Stephen Smyth, Chief International Officer at Clearscore.

ClearScore aims to help users around the world manage their finances better by accessing credit report information, coaching and great offers. 

They are now the #1 way for over 12 million users in Australia, South Africa and the UK to access their financial data, including credit reporting/scores, and Open Banking data. 

Stephen heads up the expansion of Clearscore business to new markets overseas and runs the Australian team, based in Sydney.

Tune in as Stephen talks about their recent $200m raise, regulation around BNPL and why Australia has a great opportunity to lead in open banking.

And Stephen also shares his tips on how to launch and scale in new markets plus the mission-critical hires you need to make to ensure success.

Find out more about Clearscore - https://www.clearscore.com/au/

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