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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 about why AI will augment professionals, not replace them.
As firms navigate regulation, productivity pressure and digital transformation, the way AI is implemented in 2026 will define long-term competitive advantage.
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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.
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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 hedge funds, and the reality of AI in portfolio construction.
Is AI replacing traders? Not quite.
Is Asia becoming strategically unavoidable? Increasingly so.
If you work in capital markets, trading infrastructure, quantitative finance, market data, or infrastructure, this episode offers practitioner-level insight into how global trading is evolving, and what it means for firms building for 2026.
Listen now to understand where markets are actually heading.
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£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. We explore how Open Banking and Open Finance APIs can help centralise asset information, improve financial continuity, and create new partnership opportunities for banks and financial institutions.
The conversation also examines the global scale of the issue, with hundreds of billions of dollars sitting dormant beyond the UK, and what this means for the future of customer-centric financial services.
If you’re interested in Open Banking, digital wealth infrastructure, regulatory innovation or the evolution of financial technology, this episode offers practical insight into a problem hiding in plain sight.
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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