Data-led Disruption: Reimagining Financial Services with Fred Schebesta

Data, networks and AI are eating the world and industries such as banking, insurance, utilities and telecommunications are changing rapidly as a result.

As an online product comparison portal and trusted third party to millions of consumers, Finder.com is well placed to be a huge winner from this trend. The company sits in the middle of many data-heavy industries that are about being disrupted by the data revolution.

The guest on this episode of Leaders of Analytics is Finder.com’s co-founder and CEO Fred Schebesta. 

Fred is one of Australia's coolest and most successful entrepreneurs, now worth over half a billion dollars – all without funding.

He’s passionate about disruptive innovation and is a leader in the startup community where he shares his successes and knowledge as a mentor, international speaker, media commentator and author.

In this episode we talk about:

• How Finder has grown from a two-man band to an international company.
• How Finder is planning to use their recently received accreditation under CDR/Open Banking and what it means for Australian consumers and the financial services industry.
• How Finder uses AI and machine learning to understand people’s finances and help them to better financial outcomes.
• Why the company is betting big on cryptocurrencies and decentralised finance, including paying employees in Bitcoin.
• How crypto will form part of the financial system of the future.
• Fred’s new book, “Go Live! 10 Principles to Launch a Global Empire”.