Dean Chadwick

Open finance is starting to deliver on its promise in Australia and the recent reveal of Equifax Open Score is a great example of what that looks like in action. This is the first risk score of its kind, using real transaction data – shared securely and with consent – through Mastercard’s open finance platform. It’s a smarter and fairer way to assess creditworthiness, especially for the 2.5 million Australians who are credit invisible or have thin credit files. Huge thanks to our partners at Equifax and to the Mastercard Open Finance team for making this happen, and to Tegan Jones at SmartCompany and Andrew Cornell at Capital Brief for the write ups. Links in the comments. This is a big moment for the #ConsumerDataRight and a great step forward for financial inclusion. Melanie Cochrane Tonia Berglund Brenton Charnley Claude Maroun Valerie Nowak Dale Wennen GAICD Moses Samaha Brad Weber Mitchell Thorp Surin Fernando Dan Martin #OpenFinance #CDR #Innovation #FintechAU

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Today's bold bet from our CMO Awards 2025 winners list comes from MYOB chief commercial officer, Dean Chadwick. Chadwick posed a bold question early on: How often can a B2B organisation act and behave like a B2C brand, delivering product innovation through a new brand proposition in Australia? His answer: “Welcome to Solo MYOB.” 📋 With 1.9 million sole operators representing 61 per cent of the total addressable market, Chadwick’s strategy combined product innovation, brand creation, and sharp execution with a clear audience focus: tradies, health and wellness, professional services, arts, education and admin. “These people are the lifeblood of our communities and economy,” Chadwick says. “This is a brand-new product for an underserved audience that is mobile and smart from day one. From a brand strategy we had a blank canvas allowing us to be highly considered on who and how we want to show up. The backing of MYOB gave us leverage on existing channels and then freedom to innovate further with the new brand to connect to a younger audience." Sole operators face numerous and burdensome administrative challenges such as invoicing, expense tracking, banking connection, instant payments, and maintaining ATO-ready records. The resulting new product, Solo by MYOB aims to simplify these tasks, allowing users to focus more on their primary work rather than administrative burdens. Read more on Dean's marketing strategy and approach in his CMO Awards profile: https://lnkd.in/gapbjG9c #cmoawards25 #marketingleaders #CMOs #b2bmarketing

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Aussie 🇦🇺 Payments unicorn Zeller will spend $20 million over the next year to fund an aggressive expansion into the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 , its first international market. Founded in 2020 by former Block executives Ben Pfisterer and Dominic Yap, Zeller made the most of favourable market conditions in 2021’s boom period to raise $75 million over two rounds before it launched its suite of small-business banking products. It then secured another $100 million at a $1 billion valuation in early 2022 from investors such as Paul Bassat’s Square Peg, superannuation fund Hostplus and US-based venture capital firm Headline. The start-up has not raised any capital since 2022. However, Pfisterer said the company would embark on a fundraising campaign in the coming months to fund its next phase of growth. The company aims to reach $100 million in annual revenue from 1 million merchants across 10 countries. Zeller’s products are currently used by more than 100,000 small and medium-sized Australian businesses. The company offers eftpos payment terminals, transaction and savings accounts, corporate cards and software to manage expenses and invoices. It competes with banks, as well as FinTech disruptors such as Square and Stripe. Source/more info: https://lnkd.in/dEud24K3 Find this helpful? [ 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁 ] Anything to add about this subject? [𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁] Nice story, Marcel. Next! [ 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 ] 

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AI is already reshaping how we work. The opportunity lies in how people grow with it. Recent insights from our Australian team reflect a global reality. Globally, over half of professionals are already using AI in their work, but capability and confidence have not kept pace. In Australia, only 35% of workers have received formal AI training. This is not just a skills gap; it is a leadership opportunity. By investing in upskilling and creating space for people to learn, experiment and adapt, we can build the trust and confidence that drives real transformation. The true advantage will come from those who know how to apply #AI with purpose and confidence. Read the full report below👇 #ShapeTheFutureWithConfidence Katherine Lisa Joe Jenelle David Andrew

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At 13, Liam Millward started a travel magazine from a caravan. At 17, he raised Australia's biggest pre-seed round ever. At 21, his company hit a $100 million valuation. From the Dinner Stories series: Meet Liam Millward, co-founder and CEO of Instant . Most founders wait until they're "ready." Liam started building businesses before most kids had their first job. While traveling Australia with his family in a caravan at 13, he launched Navigate Australia, a travel magazine that hit 50,000 monthly readers in its first year and partnered with 150+ tourism brands. Then COVID hit and killed the travel business overnight. Most teenagers would've given up. Liam pivoted to e-commerce, building a store that grew to $10K monthly revenue. But he kept running into the same frustrating problem: cart abandonment. Customers would add products, then disappear. He had no way to bring them back. That frustration became his next business. At 17, he teamed up with William Gao (a software engineer who'd been coding professionally since he was 17) and founded Instant to solve the problem every e-commerce brand faces—98% of visitors leave without buying, and most brands have no idea who they are. They raised $2.2 million in what became Australia's biggest pre-seed round ever. The pitch: Instant can identify up to 40% of anonymous website visitors and automatically trigger branded emails at the exact moment they abandon their cart. Within 12 months, they hit $1.5 million ARR and reached 1 million users. And earlier this year, they closed an $18 million Series A in under two weeks, hitting a $100 million valuation. At 21, Liam’s on his third business and already figured out what most founders spend decades learning: solve your own problem, move fast, and don't wait for permission.

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