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FinTech Focus TV – Powered by Harrington Starr

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FinTech Focus TV is hosted by Harrington Starr’s CEO, Toby Babb. This celebrated podcast invites the industry’s foremost thought leaders to share their role in driving innovation, growth, and technological change. From the merge of TradFi and DeFi, to the current state of FinTech investment opportunities, FinTech Focus TV places the spotlight on the most pressing marketplace conversations.We are always looking for people from across the industry to join us on FinTech Focus TV? Keen to get involved

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33:40

Babb talks to BABB. London & The Future of On Chain...

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2026/04/01

What if the next wave of FinTech isn’t about disrupting banks—but rebuilding the system entirely? In this episode of FinTech Focus TV, Kenneth Kinsella, Co-Founder & CEO of ReDeFi & BABB, joins Toby to unpack the shift towards on-chain money, regulated decentralised finance, and the future of global payments. From London’s Big Bang to today’s blockchain revolution, Kenneth shares why the UK still has a huge opportunity to lead, and what needs to happen next to make it a true global hu...

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8:54

Will Blockchain Replace Traditional Finance? The...

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2026/03/30

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

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31:18

IT is for Everyone | Alex Wolcough, Founder and CEO...

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2026/03/25

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

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11:51

AI in Capital Markets London: Modular Technology &...

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2026/03/23

Everyone is talking about AI in capital markets. Very few are explaining where it actually works. At TradingTech Summit 2026, Toby Babb sat down with Niketta Postlethwaite-Williams from Genesis Global to break down the reality behind the hype, from modular technology and API-first architecture to how firms are rethinking the “buy vs build” debate. If you’re building, buying, or scaling trading technology, this is a conversation worth listening to. FinTech Focus TV is powered by Harrington Sta...

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34:11

The Evolution of Trust In Agentic AI | Kaja Verhoeven...

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2026/03/18

In this episode of FinTech Focus TV, Toby Babb sits down with Kaja, Head of AI at Duco, to explore how AI is moving beyond hype and into real, production-ready solutions within financial services. From transforming unstructured data into actionable insights to deploying agent-driven workflows, this conversation dives into how Duco is reducing time spent on data-related tasks by up to 90%, while maintaining the transparency, auditability, and control that financial institutions demand.&n...

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6:57

Institutional Tokenisation: How Real-World Assets Are...

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2026/03/16

In this episode of FinTech Focus TV, recorded live at FinTech Connect 2025, Toby Babb speaks with Vinay from Monee Finance Technologies about the rise of tokenisation and real-world assets (RWA) in financial markets. They discuss what it will really take for institutional investors to adopt tokenised assets, why compliance and regulation remain critical, and how the Bank of England and FCA Digital Securities Sandbox is helping test the next generation of digital securities infrastructure.&nbs...

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40:52

AI, Mega Rounds & Fintech Venture Capital in 2026 |...

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2026/03/11

In this latest episode, Mark Beeston, Founder at Illuminate Financial, joins Toby to share his perspective on the forces shaping the future of financial technology. From the evolution of FinTech investing to the technologies transforming capital markets, Mark reflects on how the industry has changed over the past few years and what leaders should be paying attention to next. Drawing on his experience backing some of the most innovative companies in the ecosystem, he explores where real value ...

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19:53

RegTech 2026: The Control Year | PJ Di Giammarino,...

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2026/03/09

Artificial intelligence is reshaping financial regulation, and the implications for financial institutions are profound. In this episode of FinTech Focus TV, Toby Babb sits down with PJ Di Giammarino, Founder and CEO of RegRisk Legal Solutions, to explore why the regulatory landscape is entering a new era of accountability, governance, and technological control. In this conversation, PJ explains why concepts such as data as capital, compute as trust, and sovereignty as control are becoming ce...

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39:51

Building Future Skills in an AI World | Julia...

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2026/03/04

In this episode of FinTech Focus TV, Toby Babb sits down with Julia Streets, Founder and CEO of Streets Consulting and an MBE-recognised leader in financial services and technology. Together they explore how AI is reshaping the future of work and why human skills are becoming more important than ever. As automation accelerates across fintech and financial services, Julia explains why organisations must focus on leadership, communication, critical thinking, and emotional intelligence to stay c...

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8:54

The Truth About AI in Compliance | Kartik Dabbiru,...

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2026/03/02

AI is reshaping financial crime — but compliance teams still face fragmented systems, broken processes, and data silos. In this episode recorded at FinTech Connect 2025, Kartik Dabbiru, CEO & Founder at ComplyStream, explains why responsible AI in compliance must remain human-led, and why 2026 could mark a turning point for agent tech maturity. FinTech Focus TV is powered by Harrington Starr, global leaders in Financial Tech Recruitment. For more episodes or FinTech recruitment advice, pl...

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29:36

A First of its Kind in AI | Adam Hibbs, Vice...

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2026/02/25

AI dominated conversations in 2025. But what happens when the hype fades and real accountability begins? In this episode of FinTech Focus TV, Toby Babb speaks with Adam Hibbs, Vice President – Global AI Product Development at AICPA & CIMA, about the next phase of AI in financial services. This is a conversation about maturity. About moving beyond experimentation and into structured, governed, enterprise AI adoption. About why safeguards and curated data sets matter more than speed. And ab...

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13:00

The FIX EMEA Trading Conference 2026: Markets Under...

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2026/02/23

In this episode, Toby sits down with Jim Kaye of the FIX Trading Community to discuss The FIX EMEA Trading Conference 2026 and why finance is truly at the edge of change. They discuss: – Regulation across UK and EU – AI becoming operational in trading – Quantum and emerging technologies – Industry stress and leadership – The role of the next generation If you work in trading, market structure or financial technology, this conversation is essential viewing. FinTech Focus TV is powered by Harri...

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34:59

Capital Markets 2026: Asia Expansion, AI Augmentation...

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2026/02/18

Asia is becoming structurally easier to access. AI is becoming structurally embedded in trading desks. In this episode of FinTech Focus TV, recorded in our studio, Toby Babb sits down with Rob Lane (LSEG), Himesh Soneji (Tech Advocates) and Asim Farooq (Proprietary Trading Firm) to unpack what global markets could look like in 2026. We explore the growing accessibility of Asian markets, the shift in liquidity across regions, the rise of zero-DTE options, cost discipline inside multi-strategy ...

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6:08

How Open Banking Is Solving the UK’s £89bn Dormant...

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2026/02/16

£89 billion is sitting in the UK, and families don’t even know it exists. In this episode, recorded live at FinTech Connect 2025, Carl Charlson speaks with Varun Aggarwal, Founder and CEO of Know Your Dosh, about the structural problem behind dormant wealth and how Open Banking may offer a scalable solution. Varun shares the personal experience that led him to build Know Your Dosh, and explains why so many families lose visibility of financial information when one person manages everything. W...

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30:40

Why the Buy-Side Is Rebuilding Trading Platforms |...

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2026/02/11

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

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What FinTech Gets Wrong About Digital Identity |...

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2026/02/09

What FinTech Gets Wrong About Digital IdentityIn this episode of FinTech Focus TV, recorded live at FinTech Connect, Toby Babb sits down with Chloe Coleman, CEO of Vouchsafe, to unpack what FinTech still gets wrong about digital identity. They explore why trust and regulation are now competitive advantages, how digital ID is already operating inside financial services, and why founders can’t afford to outsource customer understanding too early. If you’re building, scaling, or hiring in FinTec...

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39:31

How to Win the War for Fintech's Best AI Talent |...

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2026/02/04

Attracting AI talent in FinTech is no longer about who pays the most. In this episode, Toby sits down with two AI-native FinTech leaders, Cyrus Lyons, Head of Engineering at Tunic Pay, and Neal Lathia, Co-Founder and CTO at Gradient Labs, to explore how AI-native teams are rethinking hiring, retention, and engineering culture, and what leaders need to understand to compete in a rapidly evolving market. FinTech Focus TV is powered by Harrington Starr, global leaders in Financial Tech Recruitme...

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10:49

The End of Rip-and-Replace: How Banks Can Innovate...

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2026/02/02

What if legacy systems aren’t holding banks back, but actually giving them an edge? In this episode of FinTech Focus TV, recorded live at FinTech Connect 2025, Carl Charlson sits down with Ohad Kotler, Co-Founder and CEO of Tweezr, to challenge some of the biggest assumptions in bank modernisation. From why rip-and-replace programmes fail, to how AI is making it possible to evolve even the most complex legacy environments, this conversation explores what it really takes for large financi...

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39:57

Performance Starts With Culture | Inside SIX’s...

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2026/01/28

In this episode of FinTech Focus TV, Toby sits down with Tamsin Hobley, Group Head of Partners and Alliances at SIX, to unpack what high performance culture really looks like inside a global financial market infrastructure leader. They explore psychological safety, leadership accountability, goal-setting, learning through failure, and how SIX maintains engagement and performance through growth, transformation, and acquisition, without losing its people along the way. FinTech Fo...

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9:24

Tokenization as the New Rails

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2026/01/26

In this episode of FinTech Focus TV, recorded live at FinTech Connect 2025, Toby is joined by Sharif Bouktila (CEO)and Adam Bouktila (CSO) of RWA.io to explore how real-world asset tokenisation is quietly reshaping how capital moves, trades, and settles. They dig into why the debate is shifting beyond TradFi vs DeFi, how institutions are already using stablecoins at real scale, and why we may be closer to a tipping point than most people realise. If you want to understand where financia...

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