FinTech Focus TV – Powered by Harrington Starr

Welcome back to another episode of the Recruitment Round-Up. This week, Toby is joined by our COO, Rob Grant, while Nadia enjoys a well-deserved week off!

It's been an exciting week for Harrington Starr as we released our highly-anticipated magazine, The Financial Technologist, on Monday. Named "FinTech Pathways", we wanted to equip our readers with the knowledge and ideas of other financial technologists through insightful surveys and articles from pioneers in the space.

This is our most extensive survey yet and provides an eye-opening snapshot of people's mindset within the Financial Technology sector. Rob specifically discussed our "Making a Career Move" data within the magazine. He shared, "We are in this opportunistic time where people can get career advantage by looking for another opportunity elsewhere. That for me was mind-blowing."

It's evident that one's salary is crucial in their decision to stay or move to a new job, but our data also reveals what candidates value most outside of that; culture. Toby and Rob dive into what a high-performing culture looks like and how it can be overlooked. Toby states, "we have to urge caution and responsibility to both hiring managers and candidates."

Finally, Toby and Rob share their Starrs of the week (well-done Charlie and Suzy!), their lessons of the week and what they found most exciting. 

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

Welcome to another episode of FinTech Focus TV. Today, Toby is delighted to be joined by Soheel Haque-Everding and Fred Tingey of DeQuantifi. 

Both come from a background of traditional finance (TradFi) but have returned to the industry because they feel there is a gap in the market around trading tools for institutions with crypto. That, and also Soheel wanted to "play with the latest tech!"

In their conversation with Toby, the pair share their feelings of "going back to the early days of derivatives where you feel that you’re really innovating and working on new things". Their passion for the industry is prominent throughout the entire conversation. It's clear that the opportunities crypto brings has reignited both their passion for financial technology.

Finally, the three discuss the potential impact that regulations may have on the digital assets world. Will over-regulation hinder the future of crypto and strip it's fundamental principals?

We can't predict the future, but we know it's going to be a hugely exciting and innovative time for the financial industries. We can't wait to see how DeQuantifi play their part in that too. 

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

This is very much a celebratory episode of The Recruitment Round-Up, as Toby and Nadia celebrate Harrington Starr reaching 100,000 followers on LinkedIn!

From a small office in Waterloo, to a now international business with uncapped growth opportunities, the Harrington Starr team have been on quite the journey. Having hit such an incredible milestone, Toby and Nadia take time to reflect on the experience of founding the business; be it cleaning fridges and being mistaken for a spa, or weathering a recession, they've truly seen it all.

Being across in our New York Office this week, Toby also shares lessons from our growth in the US, and his evident excitement for the future of this team!

We gain some eye-opening lessons in business excellence in this weeks episode, that truly reveal how Harrington Starr is able to be so brilliantly different.

And we close by celebrating our Starr's of the week- congratulations to Chris Young and Andrew Nitek!

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

Alasdair and his team have built a truly impressive business, one that is handing over a legacy to the next generation of our industry. Alasdair explains why they have assumed the role of  'a next-generation stock exchange'- a role they execute by embedding change and fighting industry stigmas.

We are also exposed to the world of FinTech Unicorns, and the investment opportunities that come with this. And Alasdair shares how Aquis are using these new investments to reinvent trading, catalyse growth and better engage with expanding public markets.

Thank you for joining us Alasdair!

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

Welcome back to another episode of The Recruitment Round-Up with Toby and Nadia, where today we discuss the current market conditions, inspired by our upcoming magazine release, The Financial Technologist. 

As Toby gained a sneak peek of our upcoming magazine, the pair share their excitement for the release on Monday 25th July. This issue is a definitive guide to building an empowered industry, and Toby and Nadia discuss some key topics as we look at what the future of the industry looks like. 

It's an extraordinary market at the moment as we are seeing a huge amount of innovation, meaning that hiring and retaining talent has never been more prioritised by employers and Toby and Nadia tell us what employers should be doing to stand out in this competitive space. 

We also hear Toby and Nadia's learns for the week, and congratulations to this week's Starr's, Hannah Chowdhury and Ben Owen!

Thank you for tuning into another episode of The Recruitment Round-Up.

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

On this episode of FinTech Focus TV, Toby is delighted to welcome back Mark Beeston, Founder and Managing Partner at Illuminate Financial Management. 

With macroeconomics shifting at rates that we have never seen before, Mark joins us on the show to share his key insights into the current and upcoming market. 

We gain an exclusive look at what a good business model consists of, and the type of people who are ready to fuel those successful journeys. With important advice for companies who are looking for investors, Mark reveals all you need to know to achieve sustainable growth.

If you are at Seed or A Level and are seeking advice or are simply interested in venture capital, investors, business solutions, the talent shortage or great resignation- you don't want to miss this episode!

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

Welcome to this weeks episode of the Recruitment Round-Up.

Today's conversation is centred around change and Toby starts by talking about the upcoming documentary, The Era of Convergence, which we are producing to analyse the merging of traditional finance (TradFi) with decentralised finance (DeFi). It's a really exciting time for the finance world and we're thrilled to be producing this doc which is set to feature some pioneering voices in the space. 

Following the theme of "old meets new", Nadia shares the interesting conversations she had with clients this week which involved looking at new and inviting ways to engage with talent during the hiring process. Nadia states, "brilliant conversations aren't always easy conversations" as she shares how she is working with her clients to encourage more engaging and productive methods of interviewing, rather than sticking to what they know.

Finally, the pair reflect on this week's highlights and shares their Starrs of the Week – well done Rebecca and Harriet!

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

We're back in the FinTech Focus Studio, and this time Toby is delighted to welcome Ali Mashoofi, CEO and Co-Founder of Alfo Deep Tech, to the show.

Ali and his team have founded a truly impressive business that is breaking access barriers to transformative AI technology, catalysing development across our industry at an impressive space.

Providing unique solutions to global clientele, Ali shares how they have been able to instil confidence in people that their new product can outperform the tried and tested pieces. In a landscape where change is inevitable, it can still be difficult to truly embed that change- but Ali reveals the approach and mindsets that Alfo Deep Tech to swiftly impact the industry. 

We also learn what it takes to become a FinTech Unicorn, and what is next for this truly impressive firm.

Thank you for joining us Ali!

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

This week on The Recruitment Round-Up, Toby and Nadia address the evolution of recruitment. How far has the sector progressed? How far do we still have to go?

It' always fascinating to reflect on the past 20 years (even the past 20 months!) and consider just how much the practice of recruitment has changed. From digitalisation, to hyper-personalisation, FinTech has become a people-focused service- and the industries they serve have inherently become better for it.

Toby and Nadia share how they have seen attitudes shift and the work they have done to catalyse the evolution of FinTech from a taboo, money-centric space , to one that better prioritises candidates and clients.

Get an exclusive look at the ethos and values of Harrington Starr that ensure we are contributing to a positive evolution. And hear Toby and Nadia's learns for the week, and congratulations to this weeks Starr's, Oliver Silver and Alexandra White!

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

We return to the FinTech Focus Studio, and this time Toby is joined by the brilliant Chaim Hack, Head of Business Development at Coremont.

Chaim will be familiar to many across the industry, being a prominent and successful networker, building fruitful relationships across the space. This has served him well since joining Coremont, and his innate personable nature has aided the business in growing from strength to strength.

We gain a better understanding of Coremont's position in the marketplace, and the people and technology strategies they are deploying to give them a competitive edge.

This is a truly fantastic episode- thank you for joining us Chaim!

And we can't wait to see Coremont expand on their thoughts in the upcoming edition of The Financial Technologist!

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