“Cash, compliance and customers.” Welcome to the three risks that keep Pippa Hammond up at night. Pippa, general counsel and COO of a U.K. fintech unicorn, explains how this “powerful trio” is often connected and “so hard to win and so easy to lose.” Tune in to this conversation with host Joseph Kamyar for insights into high-growth fintechs, examining how to balance compliance with innovation and why the "move fast and break things" mentality needs refinement in regulated sectors.

Name: Joseph Kamyar

Title: European Counsel, Corporate at Skadden

Specialty: “Fintech Focus” host and European counsel Joseph Kamyar advises on a wide variety of corporate transactions, including cross-border private mergers and acquisitions, fundraisings, joint ventures, corporate reorganizations and general corporate matters, with a particular focus on the financial services, technology and media sectors.

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Name: Pippa Hammond

What she does: Pippa started her career as an incentives lawyer and has since worked at a series of fintechs, both as general counsel and COO.

Organization: Paddle

Words of wisdom: "The most successful teams I've worked with are the ones where people trust each other, they're comfortable to question, they bring different perspectives, different expertise. It's a huge opportunity to collaborate. And I personally believe I've got to where I am today by being happy to say, 'I don't know. Tell me.'"

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