Speaker Profile

Ben Ford
Ben Ford
Head of Growth, Frollo
Frollo
Ben Ford

Ben Ford is Head of Growth at Frollo.

Frollo is a purpose-led Australian Fintech comprising a consumer Personal Financial Management (PFM) app with over 150,000 users and a B2B business specialising in providing Open Banking & data solutions to banking & finance customers.

Before joining Frollo, Ben spent three years with Yodlee, where he established the APAC headquarters in Sydney and enjoyed a stint at Illion Open Data Solutions (formerly Proviso).

A fierce advocate and supporter of the Fintech community, Ben has spent time as an advisor and mentor at Antler, the Yodlee Incubator in Silicon Valley, Startup Bootcamp, and Inspiring Rare Birds, as well as various individual start-ups. He is also the Fintech Editor for IdeaSpies.

Before entering the Fintech world, Ben spent ten years in product management and sales with Equifax (UK) and Dun & Bradstreet (Australia).

Keynote

[Day 2] Thur 1 Dec 2022 -

09:25

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09:40

The promise of Open Banking is nothing short of disruption: Putting consumers in control of their data, and driving innovation and competition in the financial sector.

  • But 2.5 years in, what's the real state of Open Banking in Australia?
  • How many banks are available, is the data any good, and are businesses actually using it?
  • There certainly has been a lot of talk about this.
  • Using Frollo's insights as the Australian leader in Open Banking, Ben will separate fact from fiction and bust some Open Banking myths.

Keynote

Head of Growth, Frollo

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