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In this episode of FinTech Focus TV, Toby Babb is joined by Manuel Grenacher, CEO of Unique AI, to explore the shift from AI assistants to AI teammates and what this could mean for the future of financial services.

Manuel shares why he believes the real opportunity lies in building specialised AI agents that can take on meaningful work, rather than simply helping people complete individual tasks.

They discuss how AI is already changing wealth management, why successful adoption depends on quality and industry expertise, and the importance of moving AI projects beyond experimentation and into production.

The conversation also looks at the impact on people. Rather than simply replacing roles, Manuel discusses how AI could change where businesses invest their talent, reduce the burden of administrative work and allow relationship managers to spend more time with clients.

From AI workforces and forward deployed engineers to productivity, growth and the future of banking, this episode explores what happens when AI becomes more than just a tool.
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In this episode of FinTech Focus TV, Toby Babb is joined by Steve Grob, Founder at Vision57, to explore how technology platforms age and why the ability to repair, modernise and adapt could be more important than the technical debt itself.
Using the ageing process as a lens for understanding capital markets technology, Steve explores how complexity compounds over time and why short-term fixes can make it increasingly difficult for established platforms to keep pace with a rapidly changing market.
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In this episode of FinTech Focus TV, Toby Babb is joined by Sumit Kumar, Founder and CEO at Sosuv, to explore how AI and automation are transforming FIX connectivity and some of the traditionally manual processes behind financial markets.
Sumit shares why slow FIX certification and onboarding isn’t simply a technology challenge, but a revenue problem, and explains how smarter automation can help firms accelerate processes, improve efficiency and unlock value faster.
They also discuss the future of FIX, the untapped potential of trading data, why AI should only be used where it adds genuine value, and the importance of human oversight in financial technology.
Plus, Sumit shares his approach to building and retaining high-performing technology teams, and why challenge, learning and growth are essential for attracting the best talen
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On this episode of FinTech Focus TV, Toby Babb is joined by Espen Skogen, CEO of RocketFin, to explore why successful digital transformation starts with people.
They discuss AI’s impact on technology teams, the importance of human judgement, why junior talent still matters, the problems hidden behind legacy technology and how smaller, highly skilled teams can achieve more.
From rethinking broken workflows to doing more with less through AI, this conversation asks whether financial services needs to stop focusing on the technology and start looking at the people behind it.
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What does modern investment management technology really look like?
In this episode of FinTech Focus TV, Toby Babb is joined by Mark Veveers and Frank Glock from MAIA Technology to explore how the technology underpinning investment management is evolving.
From the limitations of legacy systems to the rise of cloud-native, API-led and composable infrastructure, they discuss why firms are rethinking their technology strategies to become more flexible, scalable and efficient.
The conversation also explores operational alpha, the growing importance of data, AI beyond the hype, and why the future may not be about AI replacing people — but people using AI outperforming those who don’t.
They also share the story behind MAIA Technology, its approach to client success and what comes next as the business continues to grow.
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