E11: How to Scale Money (Uber, Postmates, Synctera) w/ Peter Hazlehurst
Peter Hazlehurst, Co-Founder, and CEO of Synctera, is a global FinTech entrepreneur and philanthropist with nearly 30 years of experience creating financial products for banks, FinTechs, and large tech companies.
Peter moved from Australia to the US for his first startup in 1993, building core banking technology, Phoenix, that still powers companies today.
Since then, Peter has served as Head of Uber Money, Chief Operating Officer at Postmates, Senior Director of Product Management at Google, CEO and Board Member of Google Payments Corporation, and Chief Product Officer at Yodlee. Peter also led Product at Nokia for Enterprise Mobility and Mobile email and has served as a CTO and consultant at several startups.
Today, Peter is CEO at Synctera - a company providing the platform, experiences, and programs for FinTech builders and community banks to launch great products together. Peter has an MBA from the University of Maryland.
Episode timestamp:
0:11 Introduction
1:23 Building Synctera
6:01 Being an expert: yes or no
13:43 Navigating this tech downturn
19:11 2000 vs. 2001 vs. 2008 vs. 2022
22:12 The future of crypto and web3
28:13 The Evolution of Money
29:41 Scaling Uber
33:01 The future for Synctera
35:45 Building a better society for all
Peter moved from Australia to the US for his first startup in 1993, building core banking technology, Phoenix, that still powers companies today.
Since then, Peter has served as Head of Uber Money, Chief Operating Officer at Postmates, Senior Director of Product Management at Google, CEO and Board Member of Google Payments Corporation, and Chief Product Officer at Yodlee. Peter also led Product at Nokia for Enterprise Mobility and Mobile email and has served as a CTO and consultant at several startups.
Today, Peter is CEO at Synctera - a company providing the platform, experiences, and programs for FinTech builders and community banks to launch great products together. Peter has an MBA from the University of Maryland.
Episode timestamp:
0:11 Introduction
1:23 Building Synctera
6:01 Being an expert: yes or no
13:43 Navigating this tech downturn
19:11 2000 vs. 2001 vs. 2008 vs. 2022
22:12 The future of crypto and web3
28:13 The Evolution of Money
29:41 Scaling Uber
33:01 The future for Synctera
35:45 Building a better society for all
