Fintech Chatter Dexter Cousins

Imagine unlocking a world of travel experiences without the financial hangover or debt!

Join me in episode 148 as I chat with Gary Burrows, CEO of PlanPay, a fintech that's revolutionising travel payments by splitting future bookings into flexible instalments. 

We discuss how PlanPay has navigated the challenges of the COVID pandemic, Gary's journey from large tech platforms to leading a startup, and his invaluable insights on growing a business during a downturn.

Discover how PlanPay has modernised the traditional layaway system, making it simpler, user-friendly, and visually appealing. 

We also explore their two-sided marketplace model, their focus on responsible payment options, and the impact of their innovative platform on both consumers and merchants in the travel industry. 

Don't miss this captivating conversation with Gary Burrows as we delve into shaping the future of travel payments.

https://www.planpay.com/

About PlanPay
On paper, we’re a payments platform. In reality, we’re in the business of promoting financial freedom for all.

PlanPay is designed to help customers unlock meaningful experiences by allowing them to pay in flexible instalments upfront.

Once their bespoke payment plans are accomplished, they’re free to enjoy the experience they’ve paid for with no further strings attached.

With PlanPay you can look forward to what you’ve earned, not back at the debt that weighs you down.

About Gary Burrows
Gary brings over 15 years of senior management experience across leading global tech organizations within the online and e-commerce space.

Gary is skilled in both start-ups and scale-ups, with a solid background in corporate structure and is renowned for his growth mindset.

Gary has built businesses across multiple continents within the EMEA and APAC regions.

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In this special bonus episode Dexter Cousins is joined by Dom Pym Co-Founder of Up and Fintech Investor.

Euphemia is Dom's family office and Australia's newest investment partner for the Aus startup community. They're investing in tomorrow’s startup scene, nurturing a diverse, progressive, intelligent, ambitious community that’s building the future of Australia.

Dexter gets an update from Dom on the current state of the Australian investment landscape.

Dom was on the show last year to share the launch of his new family office Euphemia with 🌱 Judy Anderson-Firth. Get an update on the investments they've made so far, Dom's views on the challenging economic environment and when we can expect to see light at the end of the tunnel.

Dom also shares an exclusive update on the website launch of the new website which is stunning!

To find out more about Euphemia go to https://euphemia.com/
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In episode 147 of Fintech Chatter Podcast Dexter Cousins is joined by Nima Karimi of Lendela.

Nima is the CEO of Lendela, Southeast Asia's first reverse auction lending platform. This podcast was recorded in Sydney in the week Lendela launched their Australian business. Nima shares his thoughts on Australian Fintech and why the country is such an attractive growth opportunity.


About Nima Karimi.

With his extensive experience in business development and product innovation, Nima has led the ideation, development, and launch of various fintech products and services, including credit card and savings comparison, insurance brokerage, and personal finance management applications.

Today, Nima leads Lendela towards sustained growth with his passion for innovation, and vision to revolutionise the lending industry with fairer and more transparent loan solutions.

Connect - https://www.linkedin.com/in/nima-karimi-4b877938/

About Lendela.

Lendela is a reverse auction lending platform that simplifies and aligns the interests of both the lender and the borrower. Its goal is to connect consumers and the best loan providers with greater transparency and quality of choice.

https://sg.lendela.com/
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Dexter Cousins is joined by Christian Westland Wigstrom of Monoova for episode 146 of the Fintech Chatter podcast.

Dexter and Christian first connected in 2018 when Christian did a presentation on the future of Payments title The Death of Payments 2030. Christian presented a day in the life of a woman named May to predict how payments will have changed by 2030. Christian argued that while payments would not die, paying would.

5 years on Dexter invites Christian to share an update and discuss if any of his predictions are coming true. Or has he changed his mind?

About Christian
Christian is the Co-Founder and CEO of Monoova, a Sydney-based, B2B payments automation platform and a member of the Fintech Australia Board since November 2022.

Over the past five years, Christian has led the building of a company servicing domestic and international tech-first platforms such as Wise, Nium and a significant portion of the Australian digital-currency industry. To date, Monoova has processed $75bn through its API-driven solution, more than half of which since the start of FY22. Christian has been a finalist for the ‘Outstanding Fintech Leader of the Year’ by Fintech Australia in 2020, 2021 & 2022.

Born in Sweden, Christian obtained a Master’s Degree in Economics, and a PhD in International Relations from Oxford University in the UK. Following a position as speech writer and economic advisor in the House of Lords in London, Christian moved to Zimbabwe to work as Chief of Staff at a Harare-based agricultural group with operations across Southern and Eastern Africa. He arrived in Sydney in late 2016
 

About Monoova

Monoova is a leading, Australian, payment service provider.  Via API integration, Monoova provides businesses comprehensive automated and real-time payment solutions that address and resolve traditional pain points of payment processing and management. 

Through, Monoova’s customisable solution, businesses can send, receive, and manage funds transfers more efficiently, reduce costs and improve their customers' payment experience. 

Servicing domestic and international tech-first platforms, Monoova has processed over $75bn.

As the first mover in the market on the new domestic PayTo transaction type earlier this year, Monoova already provides ‘real-time direct debits’ at scale in the market.

https://www.monoova.com/


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In episode 145 of Fintech Chatter, Dexter Cousins is joined by Macgregor Duncan of Constantinople.

Constantinople is the first of its kind: an all-in-one software and operational platform for banks. Providing a fully-managed platform service, covering customer experience, product, infrastructure, operations, servicing, and compliance.

Macgregor founded Constantinople with Co-Founder Dianne Challenor in 2022 and this week they officially announced their launch along with a record breaking $32m seed raise with Square Peg, Airtree and Great Southern Bank

Macgregor talks about the huge problem Constantinople is tackling, how they managed to raise such a significant amount at such a tough time and his journey from Global banking executive to Fintech founder

About Constantinople

Constantinople’s services cover both retail and business banking. Its platform supports a full range of customer products, including mobile apps and internet banking, transaction and savings accounts, payments, debit and credit cards, and a range of secured and unsecured lending products. These customer products are fully configurable and issued by banks under their brand.

Constantinople also supports all underlying operational services, including customer
onboarding, KYC, AML, fraud management, payments and lending operations, loan origination and decisioning, regulatory reporting, and customer service. The platform uses software to embed compliance obligations, risk settings, and automated controls.

Constantinople recently released its platform into production and is soon to commence a live pilot with its first client bank, Great Southern Bank.

Constantinople’s co-founders and co-CEOs, Macgregor Duncan and Dianne Challenor, are global banking executives with extensive banking and technology experience in the United States, Asia and Australia.

Find out more - https://www.cxnpl.com/
Connect with Macgregor - https://www.linkedin.com/in/macgregor-duncan-bb0381179/
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In episode 144 of Fintech Chatter Podcast, Dexter Cousins is joined by Dr Dimitirios Salampasis of Swinburne University.

We celebrated 250 audio interviews last week and Dimitrios is the first Academic we've featured on the podcast. Dexter poses the question 'Has Fintech innovation stalled?'

Tune in to hear their in depth discussion on innovation, talent, immigration, skills development and what investors are looking for when it comes to investing.

About Dr Dimitrios Salampasis
Dr Salampasis is a highly regarded academic and thought leader on global Fintech innovation. Honours include Senior Lecturer of Fintech Innovation at Swinburne University, a visiting Professor of FinTech at the University of Québec, a Blockchain and FinTech Fellow at the Singapore University of Social Sciences, a Visiting Faculty at the School of Management in Fribourg, Switzerland and an Academic Council Member of the Global FinTech Institute.

Dimitrios’ research interests revolve around the organizational, human, technological and ESG sides of innovation and open innovation in financial services and FinTech innovation. His areas of specialist expertise, research, teaching, industry engagement, policy and advisory work revolve around the emergence and development of FinTech-enabled business models, Blockchain and digital assets responsible innovation, corporate sustainability and human rights, quantum computing for business, digital transformation in banking and FinTech education, along with the relevant global FinTech-related regulatory and policy interventions.

As founding course director for Swinburne's Masters of Financial Technology, Dimitrios is passionate about the Australian Fintech ecosystem and an important part of the industry down under.

About Swinburne University
Swinburne University of Technology is a world leader in education by using interactive and innovative technologies to deliver courses and degrees. From vocational education and undergraduate to postgraduate study, Swinburne has online study options at all levels.

https://www.swinburne.edu.au/


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