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Joining Toby on the latest episode of FinTech Focus TV is Jo Bower, Leadership & Executive Coach and Founder of Beckhuson.In this episode, we explore Jo's personal journey into executive coaching and its incredible ability to bring about transformative change in both individuals and teams.While technical skills are important for success, Jo uncovers the increasing importance of behavioural skills and effective leadership as individuals advance in their careers which is often overlooked in formal training.Alongside this, Jo highlights the importance of culture, and how coaching and creating the right culture is the key to individual, team, and organisational success.FinTech Focus TV is powered by Harrington Starr, global leaders in Financial Tech Recruitment. For more episodes or FinTech recruitment advice, please visit our website: www.harringtonstarr.com

Joining Toby on the latest episode of FinTech Focus TV is James Hickman, CCO at Ecospend.We gain an exclusive look at a firm going from strength-to-strength: from their newly established partnership with HMRC and GOV.UK, to the industry-defining work they are doing to transform open banking.Ecospend is driving an evolution in financial technology, one that surpasses even yesterdays innovation. So what can you do to be part of this change? How can you ensure you're not left behind?For James, education and awareness are key to allowing for growth "into the new well-founded world". Ecospend are playing their role in ensuring more people aware of the use cases of open banking, and the real opportunity it presents.Do you know the role you play in bettering the industry?FinTech Focus TV is powered by Harrington Starr, global leaders in Financial Tech Recruitment. For more episodes or FinTech recruitment advice, please visit our website: www.harringtonstarr.com

Live from the FIX Trading Community EMEA Trading Conference at Old Billingsgate, Toby welcomes Gonçalo Lima, Capital Markets Ecosystem Lead at R3, to FinTech Focus TV.The pair talk failures. Whilst success is plentiful in financial technology, we can't negate the shortcomings. And for Gonçalo, the failings don't lie in the technology but rather in governance.The technology that has been created thus far is resilient and has built an exciting future — but regulation isn't quite following suit. Gonçalo shares what it will take to create an open and trusted economy that works to add value, and not be a hinderance.Gonçalo brings to this episode a fascinating discussion on data harmonisation. Data management is yet to reach its full potential and so a critical focus for Gonçalo is ensuring all marketplace participants are able to effectively execute upon learns from the data.Learn more about the FIX Trading Community and their upcoming events here: https://www.fixtrading.org/fix-events/FinTech Focus TV is powered by Harrington Starr, global leaders in Financial Tech Recruitment. For more episodes or FinTech recruitment advice, please visit our website: www.harringtonstarr.com

Joining Toby live from the FIX EMEA Trading Conference is an old friend of FinTech Focus TV: Matthew Cheung, CEO of ipushpull.With ChatGPT truly beginning to disrupt our day-to-day lives, Toby and Matt explore the history of chatbots and AI in financial technology. It isn't a new concept so why only now are people beginning to pay attention?The pair go on to discuss exponential technologies. ipushpull has successfully been able to stay ahead of the curve when it comes to technology adoption — and this isn't the result of a secret crystal ball. Matt shares how finance can ensure it is adopting the right technology, at the right time, and begin paving the way for an efficient, innovative future.Learn more about the FIX Trading Community and their upcoming events here: https://www.fixtrading.org/fix-events/Interested in featuring as a guest on FinTech Focus TV? Get in touch:marketing@harringtonstarr.comFinTech Focus TV is powered by Harrington Starr, global leaders in Financial Tech Recruitment. For more episodes or FinTech recruitment advice, please visit our website: www.harringtonstarr.com

Live from the FIX Trading Community EMEA Trading Conference at Old Billingsgate, Toby welcomes Matt Rafalski, Global Head of Enterprise Sales at Genesis Global, to FinTech Focus TV.The two discuss Genesis’ growth over the years and how they have positioned themselves at the fore of industry innovation through their work to modernise the trading desktop.A desire to build, and build brilliantly, sits at the heart of their technological brilliance. Fuelling this is an ever-growing passion to learn and onboard knowledge that is geared towards future development.Learn more about the FIX Trading Community and their upcoming events here:https://www.fixtrading.org/fix-events/FinTech Focus TV is powered by Harrington Starr, global leaders in Financial Tech Recruitment. For more episodes or FinTech recruitment advice, please visit our website: www.harringtonstarr.com

Live from the Fix EMEA Trading Conference at Old Billingsgate, Toby is joined by James Poole, Executive Director of Technology Sales at Aquis Exchange. James states, "Aquis was born out of FinTech", resulting in an agile and nimble infrastructure built on the best technology to aid their clients in building modern regulatory and institutional-grade platforms.One of the main highlights of their discussion is Aquis's ground-breaking development of a true 24/7 trading platform, which is the first in the space. With this revolutionary innovation, they provide their clients with zero downtime while managing high-volume traffic to keep up with the demand of the modern markets. This episode provides an informative and insightful look into Aquis's unique approach to the finance market and their innovative technology solutions.Learn more about the FIX Trading Community and their upcoming events here: https://www.fixtrading.org/fix-events/FinTech Focus TV is powered by Harrington Starr, global leaders in Financial Tech Recruitment. For more episodes or FinTech recruitment advice, please visit our website: www.harringtonstarr.com

Joining Toby on this episode of FinTech Focus TV is Marco Santos, CEO Americas at GFT Group.Marco shares with us his vision for exponential growth, showcasing the ingredients that are catalysing GFT Groups significant expansion throughout North and South America.The pair hone in on the future of Digital Transformation, exploring how all banks need to move to optimise their work to better serve future generations; and ensure we remain at the fore of marketplace evolution. We also hone in on the beneficial impact of AI and its role in increasing productivity within financial services.Thank you to Marco for joining us on FinTech Focus TV!FinTech Focus TV is powered by Harrington Starr, global leaders in Financial Tech Recruitment. For more episodes or FinTech recruitment advice, please visit our website: www.harringtonstarr.com

Joining Toby on this episode of FinTech Focus TV is Hristo Borisov, Co-Founder & CEO at Payhawk.Silicon Valley Bank's recent collapse underpins today's conversation. Affected by events, Hristo shares his personal experience and Payhawk's role in addressing the immediate and pressing needs of those affected- particularly start-ups.What the collapse truly served to demonstrate is that Payhawk's loyalties lie with their customers. This loyalty is centred around the goal of minimising risk. As no one can guarantee such an event won't happen again, Hristo shares the steps we can take to future-proof our businesses.A strong approach to talent acquisition and retention is part of the latter strategy. We gain an exclusive look at Payhawk's culture, and how they action their commitment to giving back to their employees.Thank you to Hristo for joining us on FinTech Focus TV!FinTech Focus TV is powered by Harrington Starr, global leaders in Financial Tech Recruitment. For more episodes or FinTech recruitment advice, please visit our website: www.harringtonstarr.com

Joining Toby on the latest episode of FinTech Focus TV is Simon Dewsbury, Managing Partner at Zannogen.With a clear 2023 vision and exciting plans for his company, Simon offers us an exclusive insight into the development of solution-orientated Zannogen, and the work they are doing to enhance the growth of businesses globally.As a consultancy, Simon holds a unique marketplace position, and so is able to offer us expansive commentary on the politics, success metrics and challenges of the business landscape- particularly apt for financial technology and recent industry upheaval.Simon also shares insights on how growth-lead companies can improve operational efficiency, drive productivity and value through the use of data. Data and harnessing its abilities has been a topical subject across the marketplace- and one that will undoubtedly shape 2023. Tune into this episode of FinTech Focus TV and learn from Simon how can you stay at the fore of change and dynamism.FinTech Focus TV is powered by Harrington Starr, global leaders in Financial Tech Recruitment. For more episodes or FinTech recruitment advice, please visit our website: www.harringtonstarr.com

Joining Toby on this episode of FinTech Focus TV is John Greenan, FIX Subject Matter Expert at Alignment Systems.Having joined us on FinTech Focus TV during the height of the Pandemic, we trace John's journey since, including his recent exciting appointment as Co-Chairman to the Continuous Markets Working Group at the FIX Trading Community.Offering his informed industry commentary, John shares his thoughts on the evolving merge of traditional and decentralised finance; honing in on the learns we can take from the Crypto landscape. The global implications of this evolution are substantial, and it is a primary focus of John's to make this expansive market synonymous with trust and efficiency.And we look at growth on micro-level, exploring John's thoughts on hiring and teams in the financial technology sector. The importance of trust is reiterated- and John shares the indisputable link team trust has to positive business results.Thank you to John for joining us on FinTech Focus TV! FinTech Focus TV is powered by Harrington Starr, global leaders in Financial Tech Recruitment. For more episodes or FinTech recruitment advice, please visit our website: www.harringtonstarr.com