Fred Schebesta: 20 Years of Finder, Beating ASIC, and Why Stablecoins Already Won

Fred Schebesta: 20 Years of Finder, Beating ASIC, and Why Stablecoins Already Won

Author: Dexter Cousins | Founder, Tier One People May 10, 2026 Duration: 37:01
Fred Schebesta co-founded Finder in 2006, grew it to five markets over 20 years, won a landmark Federal Court case against ASIC over the Finder Earn product, and is CEO of Finder Ventures. In this episode of Fintech Chatter we cover where Finder Rewards is going, why stablecoins have quietly won the crypto race, what actually makes an employee irreplaceable in the AI age, and what Australia’s regulatory environment is costing the innovation economy. What we discuss How Finder built fr...

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