E94 - Matt Holme - Overcoming Debt With A New Type of Payment at the Checkout

Have you ever been stuck needing or wanting to buy something, but
didn’t have the money for it at the time?


Whatever the reason, the Buy Now, Pay Later option seemed very
tempting…


So, you click on it.


You get your item.


Now, without really realising it, you’ve put yourself in debt, no
matter how small the purchase may have been.


And you’ll have to pay it off eventually.


Will you have the money then?


What if there were another option?


What if someone else could make that purchase for you?
Meet Matt Holme

Matt’s Role as a Business Leader at YouPay


Matt Holme is the Founder and CEO of YouPay. Started in 2020,
YouPay is the only payment platform in the world that offers an
easy way for someone else to pay. YouPay is tackling the issue of
abandoned eCommerce shopping carts and is seen as the next
payment opportunity to transform online shopping conversions.
YouPay provides a sustainable alternative payment solution for
children and adults to live within their means.
Matt’s Other Work as an Serial Entrepreneur

Besides his current work with YouPay, Matt Holme is the Founder
and CEO of MyWork. Matt started MyWork from his home office in
2009, and, since then, has expanded to a team of talented
designers, developers, project managers, digital marketing
specialists and sales consultants who have helped over 7000 small
business owners across Australia succeed online. MyWork is a
complete digital solution provider offering web design, mobile
design, development, branding, digital marketing and email
hosting.


Prior to that, Matt was the Co-CEO of Operation Sports, the
internet's largest sports video game network, attracting upwards
of 1.2M unique visitors per month. He was also the Founder of
Soccer Gaming, a fansite for FIFA 98 that grew into a network of
soccer video games websites and the building block to the rest of
his entrepreneurial career. Matt worked as a Producer at EA
Canada, being part of the production team behind leading sports
titles such as FIFA 05, 06, 07, 08 and 09, UEFA Champions League
07/08 and UEFA Euro 2008.
Debt-Based Payment, Data Science, and New Payment Options

In this exclusive analytics podcast episode, Matt shares:


What it meant to win The 2016 Brisbane Young Entrepreneur
Marketing, PR & Events Award

Who he has to thank for his journey and his view on long-term
partnerships

His role as the Founder and CEO of YouPay

The origin story of YouPay and its connection to Covid-19

Whether consumers fully understand Buy Now, Pay Later
products and other debt-based payment options

How One Click checkouts come into the picture

How data comes into play for implementing these new types of
payment options

Connecting all the players in implementing new types of
payment options

Working with and around data privacy for these types of
payments

How payment FinTech can provide value-added services to
merchants

How data science contributes to these value-added services

His most important first principle



If you are a data professional in the payment FinTech industry
interested in developing or implementing new payment methods,
this is the episode you do not want to miss out on.