In this very special episode we chat to Michael Paris from Fintech Scotland.


Fintech has emerged as a transformative force in the financial sector, offering innovative solutions that not only enhance financial services but also address broader societal issues, including environmental sustainability, customer vulnerability, and overall financial well-being.

Those objectives are heavily featured in the Research & Innovation Roadmap published by FinTech Scotland 2 years ago.

In Scotland the majority of fintechs are aligned to those objectives and are seen as "fintech for good".

Today we'll explore what we meen by fintech for good looking at 3 Scottish fintech examples that are changing paradigms across a wide range of topics.We'll also take some time to consider how those organisations are driving positive changes.

This episode is recorded in collaboration with FinTech Scotland the Fintech Cluster Management organisation and their Marketing Director, Mickael Paris.

Mickael is joined by Ren Hooi, Founder and CEO at Lightning Reach, Robin Peters, Co-founder and CEO at Snugg and Sheila Hogan, Founder and CEO at Biscuit Tin.

This podcast is proudly supported by Scottish Development International, Scotland’s trade and investment agency, helping businesses from around the world do business in and with Scotland. For more information on Scotland’s thriving fintechecosystem, please contact Cindy Callander, Senior Trade Specialist, Melbourne, Australia.

Cindy.callander@scotent.co.uk

In this Podcast Tim Poskitt talks about his new role at Startupbootcamp and their involvement in Fintech for Net Zero.

FinTech Australia has launched a new event aimed at showcasing sustainability-focused fintech companies.

Held in partnership with The Australian Trade and Investment Commission, Startupbootcamp and BDO, FinTech for Net Zero will play host to a panel discussion on fintech’s role in managing the challenge of climate change. Several impact fintechs including Slyp, FootprintLab, Good for B and Clima will also pitch at the event.

In addition, FinTech Australia will also partner with Clima to offset any emissions associated with the event. It will be held at BDO’s office (1 Margaret St Sydney) from 4pm on Tuesday March 12.

In this week's episode we chat to Ada Guan from RDC. (Rich Data Co). 
 
Ada talks about the early days of RDC, their growth, the importance of AI as well as a Fintech Australia story which assisted them to a trip overseas. 

RDC aims to accelerate innovation in business lending to deliver transformational and sustainable long term business success for customers.

Matt Vitale from Birchal joined the Fintech Australia podcast this week to talk about CSF and his company Birchal.

Matt goes in to the details around what crowd funding is, how Birchal have operated, the challenges, the messaging and the funding. 

Matt also tooks about a recent report where over $70m was invested in to CSF campaigns in 2023. 

In the business spotlight series we chat to Karl Durrance from Stripe. 

Karl delves in to Stripe's local presence about how they work with businesses, their big hairy audacious goals and other ways they are present here locally.  

Karl also unpacks a a report called "What it takes for businesses to compete in the digital economy " - and the different hurdles, problems solved and examples of ways businesses are accepting payments. 

Jeroen van Son joins the business spotlight series to talk about Verrency. 

Verrency is a Loyalty Services provider, enabling rapid and cost effective digital payments innovation for banks, card issuers, and payment processors.  

Jereon talks about their products, the market size, the importance of education as well as the current state of the fintech market. 

In this episode we chat to the newly minted  Fernando Zandona. 

After serving as interim CEO since June - having previously held the role of Chief Product and Technology Officer at Mambu - Fernando will now spearhead the business as it enters its next phase of growth.

Fernando talks about why they are in Australia, the opportunities, their services as well as what he thinks of fintech here locally only arriving recently. 

In our 4th Episode of the Business Spotlight series we interview Sivan Atad to talk about nVest. nVest is an enterprise-grade fractional trading B2B platform. It is bringing embedded investment experiences to Australia retail investors.

Sivan talks about his experience as a founder, the recent win of the SmartCompany's The Pitch, an early-stage startup competition and his plans for the future.