# episode fintech (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover episode fintech. Page: Feed: --- ## Stripe Tour Sydney 2026 - Karl Durrance _2026-08-24 · Fintech Chatter: Conversations with Fintech Leaders_ If you're scaling a fintech leadership team, start at tieronepeople.com Karl Durrance is Managing Director for Australia and New Zealand at Stripe, the payments infrastructure company. Australia NZ is Stripes 3rd largest region globally, serving over one million customers and onboards 37,000 new local businesses every month. In this episode, recorded live at Stripe Tour Sydney, Karl explains how… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/703249/episodes/19696905-stripe-tour-sydney-2026-karl-durrance.mp3) ## [Rip Out the Core, or How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Build a Better Bank (Not Just a Better IT System)](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fintech-daydreaming/episodes/Rip-Out-the-Core--or-How-We-Learned-to-Stop-Worrying-and-Build-a-Better-Bank-Not-Just-a-Better-IT-System-e3n2b2n) _2026-08-14 · Pål Krogdahl and Ville Sointu · Fintech Daydreaming_ We have somehow survived long enough to make it to Season 14, and to kick things off, Ville is putting his co-host Pål in the hot seat. Pål actually went and published a brand new book, Rip Out the Core, proving that at least one half of this podcast is capable of being productive. We start the episode with a vintage Pål joke about minting meme coins. We will not spoil the punchline here, but… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/1c2f0294/podcast/play/123857431/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-6%2F429338592-44100-2-d06674132b6e8.mp3) ## Exclusive! Constantinople and MOVE Bank Migration _2026-08-10 · Fintech Chatter: Conversations with Fintech Leaders_ If you're building an executive team to scale your Fintech, start at tieronepeople.com Move Bank has become the first bank in the world to move its entire operation, technology, product, operations and compliance, onto Constantinople's platform. In this episode Dexter Cousins is joined by Move Bank CEO Mike Currie and Constantinople co-CEOs Macgregor Duncan and Di Challenor. They unpack an 18… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/703249/episodes/19612532-exclusive-constantinople-and-move-bank-migration.mp3) ## Sam Everington and Mark Bernhardi: How Starling's Tech Now Runs Other Banks _2026-07-26 · Fintech Chatter: Conversations with Fintech Leaders_ If you're building a fintech leadership team, start at tieronepeople.com - executive search for Fintech. Sam Everington joined Starling Bank ten years ago as one of its first twenty employees. He led the build of the technology that has made Starling a Fintech giant - 4.5 million customers and a 9% share of UK business banking. Mark Bernhardi leads Engine's growth across Australia and New Zealand,… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/703249/episodes/19541740-sam-everington-and-mark-bernhardi-how-starling-s-tech-now-runs-other-banks.mp3) ## Peter Jones - Nimo Industries: Breaking into Mutual Banks _2026-07-17 · Fintech Chatter: Conversations with Fintech Leaders_ Looking to take your leadership team to the next level? Start at tieronepeople.com Peter Jones co-founded Nimo Industries with Leann Jones after living the core banking problem himself as a mutual bank CEO. Ten years ago he decided solve the problem for himself. Today, Nimo is a platform serving over 20 Australian banks and lenders, entirely bootstrapped. In this episode of Fintech Chatter Dexter… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/703249/episodes/19501166-peter-jones-nimo-industries-breaking-into-mutual-banks.mp3) ## Andy Taylor - Stakk: The Ten Year Overnight Success. _2026-07-13 · Fintech Chatter: Conversations with Fintech Leaders_ If you're scaling a fintech leadership team, start at tieronepeople.com Andy Taylor is the founder and CEO of ASX-listed Stakk Limited (ASX: SKK), an embedded trust and fraud prevention platform used by Chime, Robinhood, T-Mobile and H&R Block. In this episode Andy breaks down Stakk's proposed US$63 million acquisition of document intelligence firm ParaScript, and how the deal turns a decade of… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/703249/episodes/19485030-andy-taylor-stakk-the-ten-year-overnight-success.mp3) ## [That's a wrap on Season 13 | Nordic Fintech Highlights Summer 2026](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fintech-daydreaming/episodes/Thats-a-wrap-on-Season-13--Nordic-Fintech-Highlights-Summer-2026-e3l7a82) _2026-07-02 · Pål Krogdahl and Ville Sointu · Fintech Daydreaming_ Your favorite fintech nerd hosts Pål Krogdahl and Ville Sointu are joined by Janne Salminen from Helsinki Fintech Farm to close out the season before heading off to their summer holidays. We skipped the standard news roundup this time to reflect on the season, make some bold predictions, and let Pål shamelessly plug his upcoming book. Here’s what the guys daydreamed about in our season finale: 🤖… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/1c2f0294/podcast/play/121923266/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-24%2F426735016-44100-2-1e7e0d61ed11e.mp3) ## Steve Hind | Lorikeet: The $50m AI Startup Every VC Wanted In. _2026-06-29 · Fintech Chatter: Conversations with Fintech Leaders_ If you're looking for AI Native leaders - start at www.tieronepeople.com Steve 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… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/703249/episodes/19416611-steve-hind-lorikeet-the-50m-ai-startup-every-vc-wanted-in.mp3) ## [Legacy, Drones and Banking with Erik Åkesson](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fintech-daydreaming/episodes/Legacy--Drones-and-Banking-with-Erik-kesson-e3khi5r) _2026-06-18 · Pål Krogdahl and Ville Sointu · Fintech Daydreaming_ We finally did it. We recorded an episode about legacy and somehow ended up discussing drones, artillery, aviation safety culture, and why bankers apparently don’t need pockets in their suits. In this episode of Fintech Daydreaming, we’re joined by Erik Åkesson to unpack one of the most overused and misunderstood words in banking: legacy. Is it the root of all evil? Or is it actually the thing… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/1c2f0294/podcast/play/121210491/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-9%2F425783190-44100-2-142766fccfa7b.mp3) ## Clayton Howes - MoneyMe: The leadership shift every founder must make to scale _2026-06-16 · Fintech Chatter: Conversations with Fintech Leaders_ If you're scaling a fintech leadership team, start at tieronepeople.com Clayton 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… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/703249/episodes/19352465-clayton-howes-moneyme-the-leadership-shift-every-founder-must-make-to-scale.mp3) ## [Stop CI/CD & Supply-Chain Attacks (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/p5Y26vH5HrYA) _2026-06-15 · **Sponsored**_ Per-PR: 17 CI/CD checks and package malware scans with inline Check Run findings. ## [Live from the Nordic Fintech Summit | Nordic Fintech Highlights May 2026](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fintech-daydreaming/episodes/Live-from-the-Nordic-Fintech-Summit--Nordic-Fintech-Highlights-May-2026-e3k2a9b) _2026-06-04 · Pål Krogdahl and Ville Sointu · Fintech Daydreaming_ We are out of the studio, trying our best to look respectable, and recording live in front of a real, breathing audience at the Nordic Fintech Summit right here in Helsinki! If you hear cheering, it’s probably for the free coffee, but we’ll pretend it’s for us. In this special live-stage episode, Pål and Ville manage not to trip over the stage wires while unpacking a massive lineup of regional… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/1c2f0294/podcast/play/120710891/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-29%2F425115619-44100-2-e4c5ed39e175f.mp3) ## $480 - $4.7bn Australia's OG Peer to Peer Lender: Michelle Bagnall - Bank First _2026-05-31 · Fintech Chatter: Conversations with Fintech Leaders_ Looking to upscale your fintech leadership team? Start at tieronepeople.com Michelle 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… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/703249/episodes/19267050-480-4-7bn-australia-s-og-peer-to-peer-lender-michelle-bagnall-bank-first.mp3) ## Why AI Will Rewire the Entire Finance Sector. Jamie Twiss - Beforepay Group _2026-05-25 · Fintech Chatter: Conversations with Fintech Leaders_ Fintech Chatter is presented by www.tieronepeople.com - executive search for Fintech. In this episode Dexter chats to Jamie Twiss CEO of Beforepay Group (ASX: B4P) and Carrington Labs. Jamie joined Beforepay pre-IPO, turning them from a startup into a profitable ASX-listed fintech writing 40,000 small loans a week with a 99% repayment rate. Jamie and Dexter discuss why Beforepay is on a mission to… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/703249/episodes/19232912-why-ai-will-rewire-the-entire-finance-sector-jamie-twiss-beforepay-group.mp3) ## [The Thinner the Table, the Smarter the Bank with Riikka Laine-Tolonen from S-Pankki](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fintech-daydreaming/episodes/The-Thinner-the-Table--the-Smarter-the-Bank-with-Riikka-Laine-Tolonen-from-S-Pankki-e3jdere) _2026-05-21 · Pål Krogdahl and Ville Sointu · Fintech Daydreaming_ In this episode of Fintech Daydreaming, Ville and Pål are joined by Riikka Laine-Tolonen, CEO of S-Pankki: a bank that started from grocery shopping and somehow ended up managing billions. Riikka walks us through the origin story of S-Pankki - born from a retail cooperative, supercharged by the famous S-bonus, and launched just in time for the 2008 financial crisis (great timing, obviously). Fast… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/1c2f0294/podcast/play/120027438/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-15%2F424203629-44100-2-caf74fbb413.mp3) ## Fred Schebesta: 20 Years of Finder, Beating ASIC, and Why Stablecoins Already Won _2026-05-10 · Fintech Chatter: Conversations with Fintech Leaders_ Fred Schebesta co-founded Finder in 2006, grew it to five markets over 20 years, won a landmark Federal Court case against ASIC over the Finder Earn product, and is CEO of Finder Ventures. In this episode of Fintech Chatter we cover where Finder Rewards is going, why stablecoins have quietly won the crypto race, what actually makes an employee irreplaceable in the AI age, and what Australia’s… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/703249/episodes/19151803-fred-schebesta-20-years-of-finder-beating-asic-and-why-stablecoins-already-won.mp3) ## [AI Agents, Bank Dinosaurs and Bluetooth Teeth | Nordic Fintech Highlights April 2026](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fintech-daydreaming/episodes/AI-Agents--Bank-Dinosaurs-and-Bluetooth-Teeth--Nordic-Fintech-Highlights-April-2026-e3iqqik) _2026-05-08 · Pål Krogdahl and Ville Sointu · Fintech Daydreaming_ Welcome back to another monthly Nordic Fintech Highlights episode of Fintech Daydreaming! In this one, your hosts start off by complaining about what a slow news month it was—only to be immediately corrected by Janne, who points out that April was actually buzzing with funding rounds. Here’s what we covered: The Agentic Economy: Pål highlights SolvaPay, a Swedish fintech that just secured 2.5… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/1c2f0294/podcast/play/119416852/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-3%2F423376092-44100-2-bc58df7f332b.mp3) ## Chris Brycki - Stockspot: Building Australia's Largest Robo-Adviser _2026-04-27 · Fintech Chatter: Conversations with Fintech Leaders_ If you're scaling your fintech leadership team, start at tieronepeople.com Chris Brycki founded Stockspot in 2013 with no income, no office and no VC, and built it into Australia's largest automated investment service with $1.5 billion under management. In this episode, Chris and Dexter discuss what it actually takes to build an enduring fintech in Australia: staying lean, rejecting… [Listen](https://www.buzzsprout.com/703249/episodes/19080434-chris-brycki-stockspot-building-australia-s-largest-robo-adviser.mp3) ## [Tap, Merge, Repeat! with Baard Slaattelid from Vipps MobilePay](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fintech-daydreaming/episodes/Tap--Merge--Repeat--with-Baard-Slaattelid-from-Vipps-MobilePay-e3i1iud) _2026-04-23 · Pål Krogdahl and Ville Sointu · Fintech Daydreaming_ In this episode of Fintech Daydreaming, Ville and Pål are joined by Baard Slaattelid from Vipps MobilePay - a man who casually drops phrases like “closed-loop wallet,” “payment potato,” and “we accidentally enabled cross-border in five minutes” like it’s just another Tuesday in payments. We start where all great fintech podcasts begin: with bad jokes (courtesy of AI, no less), and a host who may… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/1c2f0294/podcast/play/118589837/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-3-17%2F422247631-44100-2-1c51fb9c0da86.mp3) ## [Buy Now, Panic Later, The Embedded B2B Edition | Nordic Fintech Highlights March 2026](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fintech-daydreaming/episodes/Buy-Now--Panic-Later--The-Embedded-B2B-Edition--Nordic-Fintech-Highlights-March-2026-e3hdru4) _2026-04-10 · Pål Krogdahl and Ville Sointu · Fintech Daydreaming_ In this episode of Fintech Daydreaming, Ville, Pål, and Janne are back with another round of Nordic Fintech Highlights—recorded somewhere between back-to-back meetings, holiday travel plans, and at least one log cabin in the Finnish wilderness (buffering included). From there, we dive into what actually happened in Nordic fintech last month: Modest funding rounds, ongoing consolidation, and the… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/1c2f0294/podcast/play/117943684/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-3-4%2F421390841-44100-2-451820fed8b32.mp3) ## [One Does Not Simply... Buy from Fintechs with Markus Niemi-Nikkola, Chief Procurement Officer, Savings Bank](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fintech-daydreaming/episodes/One-Does-Not-Simply----Buy-from-Fintechs-with-Markus-Niemi-Nikkola--Chief-Procurement-Officer--Savings-Bank-e3grl7i) _2026-03-27 · Pål Krogdahl and Ville Sointu · Fintech Daydreaming_ In this episode, Pål and Ville sit down with Markus Niemi-Nikkola, Chief Procurement Officer at Savings Bank and quickly realise that procurement might be one of the most misunderstood (and critical) functions in banking. What starts as a conversation about sourcing and vendor management turns into a deeper look at how banks actually get things done behind the scenes: from navigating legacy… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/1c2f0294/podcast/play/117346994/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-2-23%2F420590372-44100-2-d324748e8dab3.mp3) ## [Dissecting Series A Rounds (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/H936RSA26ynq) _2026-03-27 · **Sponsored**_ Two real Series A cases: timelines, investor sequencing, and common founder mistakes. ## [AI Everywhere, AML Under the Microscope & Banking That Delivers (Literally) | Nordic Fintech Highlights February 2026](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fintech-daydreaming/episodes/AI-Everywhere--AML-Under-the-Microscope--Banking-That-Delivers-Literally--Nordic-Fintech-Highlights-February-2026-e3g00go) _2026-03-13 · Pål Krogdahl and Ville Sointu · Fintech Daydreaming_ Another month, another set of headlines quietly orbiting the same big question: Where does AI actually change the game and where does it just sit on top of old problems? In this Nordic Fintech Highlights episode, Ville, Pål and Janne connect three very different stories through a familiar thread: automation is moving fast, but reality is still catching up. On the agenda: Janne: Lunar x… [Listen](https://anchor.fm/s/1c2f0294/podcast/play/116441048/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-2-5%2F419354392-44100-2-553c56e6b58c5.mp3)