Dexter Cousins is joined by Chris Jewell, the CEO and Co-Founder of Zepto, one of an emerging number of Fintechs to base themselves from Regional Australia. Zepto creates real-time, account-to-account [A2A] payment solutions for business. Founded in 2016 and backed by Airtree Ventures, Zepto is one of Australia's fastest growing Fintech. In this first episode of 2024 Chris chats to Dexter about: - The opportunities Payto presents emerging Fintech like Zepto to totally redefine the payments landscape - The origins of Zepto and how a problem in an existing business turned into a whole new opportunity - Why Australia is perfectly poised to lead global innovation in payments - The challenges and benefits of being based from Byron Bay - The pressure of leaving the safety of a banking job and put your life savings into a new business Make sure to follow us on your favourite podcast player for future episodes and check out our back catalogue of 300 plus episodes on Apple podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts. Subscribe Newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/fintech-leaders-7092732051488980992/ Apple: https://apple.co/3D7NsPt Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3IzSViQ Subscribe and like on Youtube: https://bit.ly/3tBlRmE Connect on Linkedin: https://bit.ly/3DsCJBp