Co-founder and CEO, Zeller
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Zeller has rolled out a point-of-sale application for small Australian businesses, replacing subscription pricing with per-transaction charges and adding an AI assistant inside its merchant dashboard.
Melbourne payments provider Zeller is launching in Britain, its first overseas market, appointing ex-ByteDance executive Lars Weber to head new London operations and building a 40-strong local team.
Zeller has released Zeller Terminal 2, a combined payments and point-of-sale device built by its Melbourne team, bundled with a free POS app and sold for $199 via its website.
Australian fintech Zeller has launched Corporate Cards, adding expense management features such as instant card creation, budget controls and real-time visibility, with a free trial for customers until April 2024.
Zeller has launched its online invoicing product for Australian small businesses after a beta, with a customer quoted on early use. No funding, hiring or transaction is reported.
Zeller launches transaction accounts, debit cards and an app, expanding beyond payments into broader business banking services, and announces an exclusive distribution partnership with Officeworks for its debit card.
Fintech Zeller launches standalone transaction accounts and debit cards for small businesses, distributing physical cards through Officeworks stores nationwide as it challenges the big banks.
Merchant payments company Zeller reports rapid growth and a shift to larger Australian businesses, announcing an accounting software integration and partnerships with hundreds of point-of-sale platforms.
Payments company Zeller says larger merchants now drive its growth as it moves upmarket, and the piece recalls its 2021 and 2022 venture raises that produced a $1.1 billion valuation.
Profile of Zeller's co-founder Ben Pfisterer covering the payments firm's Melbourne base, unicorn valuation, early backers, product range and growth since launching in 2021.
Australian neobank Zeller closed a Series B valuing it above one billion Australian dollars, led by Headline with Hostplus participating and prior backers Square Peg, Addition and Spark Capital returning.
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Square Peg's podcast special explores how founders build talent engines, featuring interviews with leaders from Deputy, Vend, Aconex, Fiverr, Zeller and others, published alongside the firm's search for a new Head of Talent.
Square Peg's podcast interviews Zeller chief executive Ben Pfisterer about building the Melbourne payments fintech, his path through NAB, Visa and Square, and challenging Australia's major banks.
Melbourne fintech Zeller announced a Series A led by Addition with Square Peg and Apex Capital returning, and recalled its 2020 seed round, ahead of launching payments services for small businesses.
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Square Peg Capital recaps 2020: eight new investments including Zeller and HealthMatch, a US$450 million fourth fund close, follow-ons, new hires across Sydney, Singapore and Israel, and portfolio updates.
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Roundup of ten Australian fintechs that raised capital between March and July 2020, including Payright, Zeller, Judo Bank and Airwallex; PictureWealth raised $12 million and acquired NEO Financial Solutions.
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Square Peg investor Ben Hensman argues conditions favour Australian fintech founders despite COVID-19, citing the firm's seed backing of Zeller and more than $100 million invested in local fintech businesses.
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