What happens when one decision changes everything?

In this episode of FinTech Focus TV, Toby sits down with Tom Hardin, better known as Tipper X, to discuss one of Wall Street's most extraordinary true stories.

From rising hedge fund star to becoming the FBI's most high-profile insider trading informant, Tom shares the psychology behind unethical decisions, the pressures of high-performance environments, and the long road back after everything falls apart.

This is more than a story about financial markets. It's a powerful conversation about leadership, culture, accountability, and why small compromises can lead to life-changing consequences.

Listen now and discover the lessons every leader, investor and financial services professional should hear.

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How is AI changing the future of FinTech?

Recorded live at the Fin.Tech Marketing Community, Carl Charlson is joined by Daniel Carpenter, Tamara Kostova, Rashmi Prabhakar, Anand Sindgi, Andy Smith and Matt Cheung to discuss how AI is transforming financial services.

From agentic AI and digital transformation to marketing, wealth management, compliance and productivity, this episode explores the opportunities, challenges and real-world applications shaping the next generation of FinTech.

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Recorded live at Pay360 2026, this episode of FinTech Focus TV sees host Ian Bailey joined by Jeewan Sagu, Co-Founder of easyPay, for a conversation on how AI, payments and merchant technology are reshaping the way businesses operate.

From the evolution of the Easy brand into financial technology to the growing role of AI in websites, marketing, payments and point-of-sale solutions, Jeewan shares how easyPay is making powerful technology more accessible for businesses of every size.

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How do financial institutions move from AI experimentation to enterprise-wide adoption?

In this episode of FinTech Focus TV recorded at TradingTech Summit 2026, host Ian Bailey is joined by Andre Nedelcoux, Global VP Technology, Financial Services and Insurance at Intellias, to explore how capital markets firms are scaling AI across their organisations.

From embedding AI into trading workflows and modernising legacy infrastructure to improving regulatory compliance and building enterprise AI platforms, Andre shares practical insights into what it really takes to deploy AI at scale in highly regulated environments.

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What does it actually take to make AI work in capital markets?

In this episode of FinTech Focus TV, Toby Babb is joined by Vijay Mayadas, CEO of Rimes, for a discussion on trusted data, AI governance and the infrastructure challenges shaping the future of financial markets.

As firms accelerate investment into generative AI and agentic workflows, Vijay explains why the real challenge is not the models themselves, but the quality, governance and lineage of the underlying data powering them.

The conversation explores how asset managers and financial institutions are rethinking data infrastructure, operational resilience and workflow automation in an increasingly AI-driven world. Vijay also shares insights into decision-grade data, observability, compliance and the barriers firms face when moving AI from experimentation into production-scale implementation.

Topics include:

• AI in capital markets
• Trusted and governed data
• Agentic AI workflows
• Data infrastructure and observability
• AI governance in financial services
• The future of trading technology

Vijay Mayadas is the CEO of Rimes, a leading enterprise data management and investment intelligence platform serving many of the world’s largest asset managers and financial institutions.

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Recorded live at Future Alpha 2026 in New York City, Oli Knight sits down with Alan Parry, CTO at YellowDog, to discuss the growing role of compute power in quantitative trading.

From accelerating simulations and research to helping firms reach alpha faster, Alan explains why infrastructure is becoming a key competitive advantage in financial markets.

The conversation explores cloud computing, AI, productivity, and how the right technology can help both businesses and their people perform at a higher level.

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What does the future of AI in financial services really look like?

In this episode of FinTech Focus TV, Toby Babb is joined by Shelby Austin, Chief Executive Officer at Arteria AI, for a fascinating conversation on the rapid evolution of artificial intelligence, the rise of agentic systems, and why we're living through one of the most transformative periods in technology history.

Shelby shares her journey from law firm partner to serial founder, discusses building and scaling Arteria AI, and explores how AI is reshaping institutional finance, enterprise productivity, workplace culture, and the future of work itself.

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In this special episode of FinTech Focus TV, recorded live at PAY360 2026, Ian Bailey is joined by three leaders helping to shape the future of financial services from very different perspectives.

Rodrigo Faria, Head of Technology at Bitso, discusses how stablecoins, payments infrastructure and cross-border financial connectivity are transforming the way businesses move money around the world. Rens de Groot, Chief Commercial Officer at Zerohash, explores the growing role of digital assets, tokenisation and regulation in accelerating institutional adoption. Meanwhile, Payal Raina, Founder of the Fin.Tech Marketing Community, shares how building stronger ecosystems, communities and networks is helping drive innovation across the global fintech industry.

Together, they examine the trends shaping the next generation of finance, from digital assets and stablecoins to talent, leadership and industry collaboration. The conversation highlights why the future of finance is being built right now, and what organisations need to understand to stay ahead of the curve.

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