Things I like to talk about: Open Banking • Charity fundraising • Yoga - especially ashtanga • Long-distance running • Travel • Moving abroad as a Brit • Music-making (from indie rock to deep house) • Third sector regulation • Starting, scaling and exiting • eCommerce and checkout optimisation I have an easy-going, but enthusiastic tone and genuine passion. I've included embedded players for some recent podcasts, along with an interview with BBC's Roger Johnson on the red sofa.
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Show notes Kieron shares his entrepreneurial journey, starting with his web design agency and company formation business. He then ventured into telecommunications, offering telephony services to new businesses. Kieron explains how he exploited number ranges and provided free conference call services. Eventually, he transitioned into the payment system industry with
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Show notes Have you considered your business exit strategy? Many entrepreneurs pour their passion into launching and growing their startups without planning for the eventual exit. As serial entrepreneur Kieron James shares, incorporating exit planning from day one sets up your business for success when the right time comes to
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In S2 E3 of The Wonderful Podcast, Calypso Harland shares tips and insights on scaling up businesses, including her thoughts on how to get the most out of Fintech Week London - and Fintech Fringe which she set up. We get to hear the hows and whys of creating this
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Join the effervescent and unstoppable fixer, Pritti Saggi. Pritti is the founder of Creating Memories, a wonderful charity that works to fulfil the unique wishes of children living with a life-limiting or terminal illness. Pritti chats with co-hosts and Wonderful co-founders, Carmen and Kieron about her motivation and the joy
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S2 E1 of The Wonderful Podcast is now up with our first, and very special guest, Theodora Lau. 😀 🎙 😁 From machine learning for personal financial planning to her insights about becoming a published author, the inspirational writer, public speaker and advisor, Theo chats to Carmen James and me about role models,
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Thanks so much to the fabulous Linda Vo for inviting me to speak on her podcast Inspired by Success. Show notes Discover the inspiring journey of Kieron James, the founder of Wonderful Payments and Wonderful charity fundraising platform. In this thought-provoking interview, he shares his entrepreneurial wisdom and passion for
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Huge thanks to John and Connie Kuder for inviting Carmen and me onto their podcast last week. Show notes In this episode of Celebrating Small Family Businesses, hosts John and Connie Kuder interview Kieron and Carmen James, father and daughter co-founders of two businesses named Wonderful. Celebrating Small Family Businesses:
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I was delighted to join Dr Christopher H. Loo on his Financial Freedom podcast this week. Show notes In a recent enlightening conversation with Kieron James, the CEO and founder of Wonderful, we delved into how his innovative approach to payments is not only transforming the commercial payments landscape but
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Carmen and Kieron share how a game-changing fundraising platform paved the way to their market-disrupting payments solution, as well as their views on the trick a lot of their peers are missing (with Kieron paying homage to his punk-rock youth). They also discuss the accelerating adoption of Open Banking in
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A remedy for regulatory tension? Carmen and Kieron quickly recap the journey to date before describing the rigorous process of FCA authorisation; selling the telecoms business; moving the team to a completely new industry; and seamlessly replacing a third-party provider with their brand new, and recently approved, fintech. (Phew!) Along
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Lockdown, health crisis and the platform reopens. In this episode, Carmen touches on her experience of being diagnosed with cancer on the cusp of her 28th birthday in October 2020. She reflects on how the diagnosis shifted her outlook on life and wellbeing. She and Kieron also reflect on what
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Wonderful revolutionises payments with Open Banking. Huge thanks to Michael Bernzweig for inviting me to guest on his show, Software Spotlight last week. Show notes In 2016, Kieron James, now CEO and Co-Founder of Wonderful, was running a telecoms business when he encountered a problem that would spark the idea
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Published today, my interview on the Victor Dedaj podcast, Entrepreneurs Visiting Victor. Show notes: Interview with Kieron James, who is an entrepreneur with 30 years of experience in launching and scaling start-up businesses in the ICT sector. He is the CEO and Founder of Wonderful, a company that provides simple,
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Carmen and Kieron remember the moment they discovered Open Banking - and the apple fell from the tree. Demand and pressure had forced the fundraising platform to close as card processing fees began to outstrip their corporate sponsorship. Could this be the silver bullet? Plus, a listener’s question takes
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It was lovely to guest on Neil's show this week. He's a tremendous host. Great questions delivered with a gentle style. Show notes Neil Wilkins talks to Wonderful Founder and CEO, Kieron James about his disruptive fintech business that is taking the charity world by storm, with fee-less donation processing.
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In the episode, Carmen and Kieron share how they built their free charity fundraising platform on a shoestring, with the support of staff from their telecoms company. They also describe how they eventually secured generous corporate sponsorship. But despite these successes, they were struggling to spread the word and get