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Author: Glen Frost

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The FinTech Report Podcast, a deep dive into the people, platforms and businesses in the fintech sector; I’m your host Glen Frost, and each episode I’ll be talking with a leading expert in the fintech field – we’ll be discussing a broad range of topics and issues from Ai, Core Banking, Payments, Wealth, Lending and FinTech-Bank Partnerships.
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Building the payments infrastructure for B2B clients, bringing payments lessons from Europe into Australia, and helping Australian fintechs scale globallyPiers Cracknell has 20+ years’ experience in banking, payments & fintech across senior roles at NAB, CBA and global fintechs in Australia & the UK.Piers was recently hired by European bank – Banking Circle – to set up their Australian operation, which is known locally as BC Payments Australia,In this podcast we discuss:What does BC P...
From online application to money in the customer’s account in 36 minutesFrom customer service (call centres), fraud detection & prevention, credit scoring & risk assessment, personalised banking, routine task automation, loan approvals, trading, to regulatory compliance and much more, Ai is changing finance, and fast. In this episode Glen Frost interviews Julian Fayad on how his business, LoanOptions.Ai is changing unsecured lending, including how decisioning and payment is getti...
The FinTech Report Podcast: Episode 55: Angelina Wu, CEO & Co-Founder, InvestmentMarkets Investment Markets launches to sophisticated (self directed) investors with 500 products, plans for growth Angelina Wu, CEO & Co-Founder, InvestmentMarketsinvestmentmarkets.com.au is an independent, Australian investment platform. It is a two sided market place for self-directed high net worth investors and investment product issuers (from emerging companies to institutionall...
Why don’t people switch banks? ACCC Retail Deposits Inquiry shines light on banks approach to deposit accounts; insights in ACCC Report influences Upworth to create ‘Savings Account Scanner’THE FINTECH REPORT PODCAST: EPISODE 54: Alexandre Chavotier, Co-Founder & CEO, UpworthAccording to Alex, the ACCC Report key points are:Limited competition, interest rates not shownEntry is hardProduct complexity (active pricing strategy)Segmentation, price discrimination (introductory rates, bonus rat...
The FinTech Report Podcast: Episode 53: Melanie Hayden, Truyu, x15Melanie started her career as a lawyer, with tier 1 law firm Allens, specialising in banking M&A; she then spent the next 6 years at the Commonwealth Bank, in various roles, most recently being in charge of partnerships and business development; the past year has seen Melanie take on a new challenge; as the Managing Director of a Truyu, a new Identity and fraud prevention business within x15 ventures, the commonwealth bank’...
The FinTech Report Podcast: Pablo Seoane, Co-Founder, BIGGER Delighted to welcome Pablo Seoane, Co-Founder, BIGGER to the podcast.Contact Pablo here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/p-seoane/ Email Pablo Seoane: pablo@biggertech.co Website: https://www.biggertech.co/ Pablo is the Co-founder of Bigger, their mission is to remove barriers for early-stage startups to help them achieve their full potential. they do this by providing tailored software engineering services for ear...
The FinTech Report Podcast: Episode 51: Cathy Lyall, LIQUIDISEDelighted to welcome Cathy Lyall, Co-Founder and a Director of Liquidise, to the podcast.Cathy Lyall is passionate about developing and growing Australia's FinTech ecosystem and markets infrastructure. As a Founder, Investor, Adviser and Director of several startups and financial services enterprises both in the UK and Australia, Cathy has lived the founder and startup experience and journey for close on three decades. Cathy ...
The FinTech Report Podcast: Episode 50: Michael Titshall, CEO of APAC, R/GAWhat are the key challenges for banks when they’re trying to reach GenZ + Gen Alpha? Michael’s BioMichael leads R/GA APAC, overseeing six offices across Australia, Singapore, Japan and Indonesia. Driven by a passion for transforming brands and businesses with creative solutions, he has led agencies spanning brand, creative, experience, data, technology, and media services. Prior to hi...
The FinTech Report Podcast: Episode 49: Interview with Mac Duncan, Co-Founder, Constantinople Mac Duncan, Co-Founder of Constantinople. https://www.linkedin.com/in/macgregor-duncan-bb0381179/ Prior to his current role, Mac was Chief Development Officer at Westpac, a non executive director at 10X Technologies, and Associate Director at Goldman Sachs; he started his career as a lawyer working at the High Court. Constantinople is the first of its kind: an all-in-one sof...
Interview with Jordan Lawrence, Co-Founder & Chief Growth Officer, Volt.io Jordan Lawrence; Co Founder & Chief Growth Officer, Volt.io | European Advisory Board Member Merchant Risk Council | Real-Time Payments EverywherePrior to Volt.io Jordan was founder of PCN: PCN Capital is a leader in recruitment, focusing on Payments, Fintech, Data Science & Cyber Security through it's brands. Jordan is also a kite surfing expert and started his career in sports and kite surfing instru...
The FinTech Report Podcast: Episode 47: Interview with Alexandre Chavotier, Co-Founder at Upworth “Money works better when it’s all in one place; Upworth is a dashboard to rule them all,” says Alex“For decades the greatest advantage for financial institutions was their monopolistic hold of your personal data … open banking changed that”“You can refinance your mortgage within the Upworth App,” About Alex:● Co-founder and CEO of Upworth● S...
Systematic change requires collective actionMisha has worked at a number of exciting high growth companies in tech as well as some well known brands in finance and banking, including Boston Consulting Group, the Commonwealth Bank, Uber, startups Eucalyptus (healthcare) and Vow (cultured meat).Misha is the co-founder of Grapevine. Grapevine empowers individuals in Australia's tech scene by spotlighting personal stories and insights. Grapevine provides advice based on lived experience and gener...
“Plan your home loan and financial life to be portable,” says Gino Farina“A large part of my job is financial coach, but we use plenty of technology to help us” In this episode we cover:1. There are 19,000 mortgage brokers in Australia; they run their own business, and are paid by the banks/others when they write loans and recommend other products.2. What does a mortgage broker do? Explanation of how brokers help clients, especially educa...
Expanding access to home ownership: how Own Home is creating homeowners for the next generation of Australians James Bowe Co-Founder of Own Home. OwnHome’s mission is to turn renters into homeowners. James background includes over 7 years with Bain & Co in the USA, UK and Europe, and stints at UBS, Macquarie Bank, a Barrister’s assistant and a debating coach. https://ownhome.com/ The essence of OwnHome is a loan for your deposit - just 2.2% and Stamp Duty to secure a loan u...
Philippa Watson is CEO of ubank, an award-winning digital bank owned by National Australia Bank. Prior to ubank, Philippa held a range of senior executive roles spanning digital banking, technology, operations, customer service, sales, finance, risk management, compliance, and strategy. These roles have involved accountability for functions in Australia, USA, UK, China and South Africa.Philippa is passionate about the role organisations can and should play in community wellbeing. She believes...
The FinTech Report Podcast: Episode 42: Max Cunningham, CEO, FCX FCX describes itself as “A new era for private markets. FCX helps companies better manage their investors and securities.”FCX was conceived and built for the private investment sector with the simple goal to replicate the listed market ‘user experience’ for unlisted assets. As a result, we are Australia’s first universal equity management platform built specifically for private companies. FCX enables unlisted companies to m...
The FinTech Report Podcast: Episode 40: Anthony Baum, Founder & CEO, Tic:Tochttps://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-baum-tictoc/Anthony is the founder and CEO of Tic:Toc, a fintech company who’s passion is making financial services smarter, faster and simpler. Anthony launched Tic:Toc in 2017 with a vision to change the way Australians select their home loan. Their proprietary technology enabled a world-first: a cheaper home loan with the ability to be delivered to customers, with a cont...
Contact: Mark Tibbles mtibbles@asl.com.au Delighted to welcome Mark Tibbles, CEO of Australian Settlements Limited or ASL.Mark is a Payments guy having spent most of the last 25 years in the payments sector, including stints at CBA, NAB, Westpac, Clydesdale & Yorkshire Bank, Verifone and Wirecard. Since 2019 Mark has been leading the ASL Team in the shift from aggregator to a next generation Payments Platform service provider. ASL is an Authorised Deposit Taking Institutio...
Mike Page, CEO Asia Pacific, Mogo Plus To understand responsible lending for home loans; “We argue against HEM because the data tells the truth,” says Mike Page, Mogo Plus.“We enable enterprises to make fully informed customer decisions through descriptive and predictive data insights,” adds Mike. “We are now in the CDR 2.0 phase; let’s focus on the customer – we will move towards more personalisation in financial services, more pro-active, and less reactive,” says Mike Page“Let’s g...
Can Parpera empower the business owner to run their company better?Daniel discusses the three key things that all business owners want from a fintech or bank:1. Help them receive money simply and easily2. Help them understand and manage cash flow and tax obligations3. Help them gain access to support services (not just banking products)Daniel is the Founder and CEO of Parpera, an Australian fintech that aspires to empower people to improve the prosperity of the communities, and societies they...
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