Dom Pym
Co-founder, Up at Up Bank
Dom Pym co-founded Ferocia and Up, the neobank that grew to more than 400,000 customers and $840 million in deposits within three years of its 2018 launch. In 2021 Bendigo and Adelaide Bank acquired Ferocia in a deal worth up to $116 million, with Up continuing to operate under the same brand and team. Pym has twice been named Australian Fintech Leader of the Year. He now invests through his family office, Euphemia, backing underrepresented founders building for social good. On Day One's Life After Launch, he discussed the "little white lie" that helped build Up into a bank used by 1.4 million Australians.
Career
- Now Co-founder, Up · Up Bank
- Earlier · Scale-up Co-founder · Ferocia
- Earlier · Startup Co-founder · Pin Payments
- Earlier · Startup Co-founder · Clear Grain Exchange
- Earlier · Startup Co-founder · Zudio
- Earlier Software Engineer · SAP
Sources: dompym.com
Key moments
Jump straight to the part of Dom Pym – The Little White Lie That Built a Bank for 1.4 Million Aussies you want.
- 1:27 Meet Dom Pym, co-founder of Up
- 2:33 The life he's built, and its impact
- 6:09 Three mentors who shaped him: abundance vs scarcity
- 14:16 The most creative founder outreach he's received
- 18:50 The Bendigo Bank "accident"
- 24:22 Two people who'd never built a bank build the prototype
- 26:28 Confidence vs honesty in a startup
- 34:33 Policy as leverage: free universal childcare & R&D reform
- 40:36 Surviving the 1999 Qantas plane crash
- 42:07 Who in the ecosystem deserves recognition
Connections
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