Fintech Chatter: Conversations with Fintech CEOs and Founders

Dexter Cousins

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Booking Overview

Fintech Chatter is a leadership-focused fintech podcast featuring founders, executives, and investors behind major fintech companies. Each episode is built around what’s actually working across scaling, fundraising, hiring, and navigating regulation in payments, crypto, AI, wealth, and insurance—making it a strong platform for credible operator insights.

Metrics

Episodes: 371

Frequency: Biweekly

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: <1k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: Australia

YouTube: 644 subscribers

Contact Information

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Host

Dexter Cousins - Dexter Cousins is the founder of Tier One People, an Australia-based specialist executive search firm for fintech and transformative technology. With 17 years placing CEOs, CTOs, CPOs, and country ...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
Founders, CEOs, executives, and investors behind ambitious fintech companies (often with measurable scale such as funding raised, loan book size, or notable acquisitions), typically with direct operator experience in launching, scaling, hiring leadership teams, and navigating regulation.
Required Achievements:  
Raised significant venture capital (e.g., $50M+);, Scaled to major operating metrics (e.g., loan book and origination volumes);, Led notable strategic moves (e.g., IPO/listing, acquisitions);, Built or scaled key technology platforms;, Experience with compliance/regulatory constraints in fintech and AI.

Recent Guest Discussions

Steve Hind - Lorikeet And AI Concierge Solutions; Founding Story; Scaling And Navigating The AI Landscape; Regulatory Challenges And AI Compliance; Startup Hiring And Ai’s Impact On Work; Leadership And Advice For Founders.

Clayton Howes - Moneyme’s Product And Milestones; Bootstrapping To ASX Listing; Societyone Acquisition; Horizon Technology Platform; Evolving From Player To Coach; Staying Close To The Front Line; Product Innovation And Leadership Evolution.

Michelle Bagnall - Origins Of Bankfirst And Peer-to-peer Lending; Mutual Bank Model; Competing With Big Banks And Neo Banks; Leadership And Culture; Purpose-driven Banking; Member Support During Economic Challenges.

Recent Topics

Fintech, Payments, Cryptocurrency, Artificial Intelligence, Wealth

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Fintech Chatter: Conversations with Fintech CEOs and Founders
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Steve Hind | Lorikeet: The $50m AI Startup Every VC Wanted In.

June 29, 2026

If you're looking for AI Native leaders - start at www.tieronepeople.comSteve Hind is the co-founder and CEO of Lorikeet, an Australian AI startup that has raised more than $50 million USD to build AI concierges for high-regulation businesses in fintech, healthcare and energy. Lorikeet's customers include Airwallex, Linktree and Eucalyptus, the telehealth company recently acquired by Hims & Hers in a deal worth up to $1.15 billion.Before founding Lorikeet with former Google Brai...

Clayton Howes - MoneyMe: The leadership shift every founder must make to scale

June 16, 2026

If you're scaling a fintech leadership team, start at tieronepeople.comClayton Howes is the CEO of MONEYME (ASX: MME), an Australian non-bank lender that has originated over $5 billion in consumer credit and now manages a $1.9 billion loan book across personal loans, credit cards, and car finance. In this episode, Clayton walks through the full 13-year journey: bootstrapping from a desk-sized office, listing on the ASX in December 2019, acquiring SocietyOne during the Ukraine invasion, a...

$480 - $4.7bn Australia's OG Peer to Peer Lender: Michelle Bagnall - Bank First

May 31, 2026

Looking to upscale your fintech leadership team? Start at tieronepeople.comMichelle Bagnall is the CEO of BankFirst, a mutual bank with 92,000 members and $4.7 billion in assets that exists to serve nurses and teachers in Australia. In this episode she tells Dexter the origin story of a bank that started with $480 in a shoebox, explains why nobody at BankFirst gets paid a bonus, and makes the case that mutuals were the original fintech startups.00:00 Introduction 03:08 The Origins of Bank Fir...

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