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Joining Toby on this episode of FinTech Focus TV is Carta Worldwide's CPO, Dante Siracusa. Carta Worldwide thrives through unrestrained global operations, and Dante guides us through the immense global footprint the company has developed that ensures they aren't limited by a siloed geography. Such an expansive approach has placed them at fore of the changing face of payments. With a loom...

Welcome to another episode of FinTech Focus TV, where today Toby is delighted to welcome Mikael Lijtenstein, CEO of AstroPay, to the show. Toby and Mikael's conversation speaks to all aspiring software engineers out there, no matter where you are on your journey; this episode brings a host of insights, exploring problem-solving solutions, technology tips, how to be authentically user-centric,...

Welcome to another episode of FinTech Focus TV. Today, Toby is joined by Alex Zeltcer, Co-Founder and CEO of nSure.ai.  nSure.ai is an advanced fraud prevention platform. It is a solution that protects sellers of digital goods, focusing on high-risk digital domains, such as prepaid and gaming. They collect and analyze data in real-time to provide revenue assurance and chargeback guarantees. Alex s...

Joining Toby in the Harrington Starr Studio for this episode of FinTech Focus TV is Roy Saadon, CEO and Co-Founder of AccessFintech. Celebrating the successes of the firm across 2022 (and most recently their recognition as The Best Start-Up To Work For in The Top 1% Workplace Awards), Roy reflects on a defining year, and how’s ensuring such wins don’t lull him into a dangerous sense of complacency...

On this episode of FinTech Focus TV, Toby is delighted to welcome Rodney Williams, Co-Founder SoLo Funds & LISNR to the show. Rodney tells us how his background in branding unconventionally led him to his unique solution for short-term lending. And the journey since then has been equally eye-opening. From organic growth to future-proofing the business, Rodney has created a firm that is redefin...

Welcome back to another episode of FinTech Focus TV. Today, Toby is delighted to be joined by the fantastic Nick Root, CEO of Intergiro. Nick's career started in banking where he worked at two of the world's oldest financial institutions, but for the last 6 years, he has taken the entrepreneurial route with Intergiro. A curiosity towards the endless potential of the internet–for example,...

Joining Toby in the studio for this episode of FinTech Focus TV is Curtis Evans, Managing Director at Jacobi Strategies. From humble beginnings at a BBQ, to now being one of the most transformational pieces of Buy-Side technology on the market, we explore the solution-driven journey Jacobi Strategies has been on thus far. And having recently secured Series A Funding, their growth plans are startin...

On this episode of FinTech Focus TV, Toby is delighted to welcome Stella Fau Clarke, Chief Strategy & Marketing Officer at Fenergo, to the show. Stella has over 20 years of experience working with financial institutions across the globe; and is evident she has taken the learns from this journey to heighten the marketing brilliance at the Unicorn Fenergo- 'the leading provider of Know-Your...

Welcome back to another episode of FinTech Focus TV. Today, Toby is joined by Devin Kohli, Co-Founder of Outward VC. Outward VC are "investing in FinTech and the connected sectors shaping financial services". Devin joins Toby to discuss the company's experience as a first-time fund.  Devin shares Outward VC's purpose to truly drive the "value-add" piece beyond just in...

Joining Toby in our studio for this episode of FinTech Focus TV is Mike Minett and Des Matthewman, Co-Founders of Portabl. The face and future of work is changing rapidly, at Mike and Des are at the fore of this change. They share with us the founding journey of Portabl, and the work they are doing to build a community of independents across a plethora of professional verticals. We gain an exclusi...

Welcome back to another episode of FinTech Focus TV. Today Toby is delighted to welcome Laurence Jones, Americas Regional Director to the show. Laurence discusses the successful history of FIX Trading Community's events, and is pleased to host their first Americas Trading Conference since the Pandemic. We learn about the series of panel sessions available on the day, along with an interactive...

Welcome back to the latest episode of FinTech Focus TV. Today, Toby is joined by Sean Kiernan, CEO of Greengage. Sean and the team at Greengage are setting up what they call the first “Digital Merchant Bank” to align with their vision of bringing back the spirit of banking in a more modern context. When moving to the UK while working with Credit Suisse back in 2010, Sean was well and truly deep in...

Joining Toby on this episode of FinTech Focus TV is Jared Broad, CEO and Founder of QuantConnect. The team at QuantConnect have been on an incredibly driven journey thus far, transforming the potential and efficient of Quant Trading. Their radical, fully-open source philosophy is allowing engineers to better leverage technology in a space that demands it. Jared takes us back to the rather humble b...

On this episode of FinTech Focus TV, Toby is delighted to welcome Paolo Sironi, Global Research Leader at IBM, to the show. We explore the recent, exciting transformative growth in the sector. With ever-expanding opportunities, knowing what to engage with can be difficult; but Paolo guides us through this change, stressing his personal approach to an evolving landscape. This is a masterclass in be...

Welcome back to another episode of FinTech Focus TV. Today, Toby is joined by none other than Helen Disney, Director of The Realization Group. Named a "blockchain guru" by Barclays, Helen's impressive background in digital assets, cryptocurrency and blockchain– paired with now working in the traditional finance (TradFi) services arena– has positioned her perfectly in the middle of t...

Joining Toby in the FinTech Focus TV Studio is Roei Samuel, CEO and Founder of Connectd. To all founders out there, no matter where you are in your journey, this episode is for you. Roei provides us with a masterclass on the mentality, approach and drive that lies behind every founding journey. Given current marketplace climates and emerging uncertainty, conservatism creeps in and opportunities be...

Recording live from the London SteelEye office, we are pleased to welcome back Matt Smith, CEO of SteelEye, to this episode of FinTech Focus TV. Matt joins us to announce their very exciting news as they have raised $21m in Series B funding, and discusses how the burgeoning RegTech market is shaping the future of compliance for financial institutions.  Matt also shares his thoughts on increasing r...

On the latest episode of FinTech Focus TV, we talk to Craig Cecilio, CEO and founder of DiversyFund, about what it takes to build a company from the ground up. Craig's company has been through its fair share of turbulence, but he's come out stronger than ever on the other side. He talks to us about where his company's message comes from, what drove him to start it in the first place...

Welcome back to another episode of The Recruitment Round-Up with Toby and Nadia, where today we discuss confidence in the market place. We're all aware of the economic headlines, but what's the vibe out there? Is it as tough as it says it is? Are people still hiring? Yes, absolutely. In fact, we've seen a five month high in terms of job flow at the moment. So it's a great time...

Paul O'Brien, Founder and CEO of Glimpse Markets, joins Toby on this revealing episode of FinTech Focus TV. Paul helps us to explore recent shortcomings of the buy-side marketplace, and the proactive work Glimpse Markets is doing to address this. Despite only launching recently, the work done so far has been transformative and so Paul shares what it takes to truly maximise early success. The...

Welcome back to this week's Recruitment Round-Up. Toby is back from his holiday and excited to join Nadia to talk about the recent week in the FinTech world.  Taking time away from your business to then return with a fresh perspective can be hugely beneficial for your strategy. Whilst on holiday, Toby took time to engage with new perspectives, reading a plethora of books that have broadened h...

Welcome back to another episode of FinTech Focus TV. Today, Toby is thrilled to welcome Duncan Trenholme, Co-Head of Digital Assets at TP ICAP, to the show. In this episode, Duncan shares his personal journey into the digital assets space since his initial graduate programme at TP ICAP in 2008. After a successful 8-9 years in equities, Duncan fell into a "rabbit hole of crypto and bitcoin&quo...

On this weeks Recruitment Round-Up Podcast with Nadia and Rob, the focus is on partnerships. The pair discuss why partnerships drive our understanding of communication here at Harrington Starr. Partnerships have a far more tangible impact than the traditional transactional relationship between recruiter and client, and have the potential to better the FinTech industry with its greatest asset: peop...

We are delighted to welcome Rupak Ghose, COO at Galytix, to this episode of FinTech Focus TV, hosted by Toby Babb. Following on from the release of their recent publication, Rupak joins us to offer exclusive insights into Galytix's joint report with PwC on Early Warning Systems in banking, as well as covering his brilliant history so far and the stunning success of Galytix so far. Toby and Ru...

On this episode of The Recruitment Round-Up, Nadia and Rob address the increasing uncertainty affecting not only our industry, but that which is having a global impact. With a recession now on the horizon, many people are jumping to panic stations and trying to predict the sometimes unpredictable. But Nadia and Rob unpack exactly what a recession means for financial services, reflecting on previou...