The Ghassen Fintech Show

What happens when AI moves from assisting traders to actually executing trades?

In this episode of The Ghassen Fintech Show, Ghassen sits down with Ashok MITTAL, Founder & CEO of FinTech Global Center, to explore how technology is reshaping institutional trading and financial markets.

With decades of experience building trading infrastructure, Ashok takes us from the evolution of fixed income markets and electronic trading to the next major shift: AI-powered and agentic trading systems.

They discuss how higher interest rates have transformed fixed income, why more trading is moving from voice to electronic execution, and how AI is already helping traders identify liquidity, analyze securities, and make faster decisions.

The conversation then looks ahead: could the traditional trading desk - with multiple screens, interfaces and manual execution workflows - eventually disappear?

They also explore the role of AI agents, tokenization, automation and new market infrastructure in shaping the next generation of financial markets.

In this episode:
• How fixed income markets have changed
• The evolution from voice to electronic trading
• How AI is being used by institutional traders today
• AI-powered liquidity discovery and execution
• The rise of agentic trading systems
• What the trading desk could look like in 5–10 years
• Tokenization and the future of clearing and settlement
• Why understanding the fundamentals still matters in the AI era  

🎙️ Guest: Ashok MITTAL - Founder & CEO, FinTech Global Center
🎧 Host: Ghassen BENHADJSALAH  

If you’re interested in fintech, institutional trading, AI in finance, fixed income, tokenization or the future of financial markets, this episode is for you.

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Episode 05 of The Ghassen Fintech Show is now live.

In this episode, Ghassen BENHADJSALAH sits down with Tomas Milar, Founder & CEO of Eqvista, for a conversation on how private company valuations could evolve beyond static reports and toward real-time pricing.

They explore what a “ticker” for private companies could look like, how alternative data could reshape private markets, and what more efficient secondary markets could mean for the future of IPOs.

The conversation also goes beyond valuation - into fundraising, capital efficiency, revenue and why raising more money is not always the best path for founders.

This is not just another conversation about startup valuations.

It’s a look at how private markets could become more transparent, dynamic and liquid.

🎙️ Episode 05 is now live.

Episode 03 of The Ghassen Fintech Show is now live.

In this episode, Ghassen BENHADJSALAH sits down with Jan FULLGRAF, Payment Business Developer at Bybit, for a conversation on what really drives crypto adoption - beyond hype, acquisition campaigns, and technology alone.

From bridging Web2 and Web3 to understanding how payment behaviors differ across markets, Jan shares why successful adoption starts with understanding the people behind the product and the real problems they need solved.

They also explore the role of trust, education, local culture, simplicity, and real-world utility in making crypto products relevant to everyday users - and why a strategy that works in one market may completely miss the mark in another.

This is not just another conversation about crypto.

It’s a look at what needs to happen for crypto to move from adoption as a buzzword to adoption as everyday behavior.

In this episode, Ghassen BENHADJSALAH sits down with Connor Coughlin, Chief Customer Officer at Apex FinTech Solutions, to discuss the infrastructure powering modern investing, the evolution of retail wealth, and the future of financial advice.

Connor explains how Apex operates behind the scenes to help fintech platforms launch and scale, handling the complex systems that make investing more accessible, seamless, and compliant.

They also explore why successful financial institutions need to move faster, take calculated risks, and embrace technology across every part of the business. From AI-native financial services to lower-cost wealth management and hybrid human-digital advice, the conversation looks at how the industry is changing for the next generation of investors.

Watch the full conversation to understand what is really shaping the future of wealth management and financial infrastructure.

The first episode of The Ghassen Fintech Show is now live.

In this episode, Ghassen BENHADJSALAH sits down with Dan Raju, Founder, Chairman & CEO at Tradier, to discuss how AI, automation, trading infrastructure, and education are reshaping the future of active trading.

From building an ecosystem of hundreds of partners to helping retail traders access more advanced tools, Dan shares his perspective on what it takes to empower active traders in a market that is becoming faster, smarter, and more automated.

They also explore how AI is changing the way traders generate insights, build strategies, automate decisions, and interact with financial markets.

Watch the full conversation to understand where active trading is heading next.

Guest:
Dan Raju, Founder, Chairman & CEO at Tradier
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danraju

Host:
Ghassen BENHADJSALAH
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ghassenbenhadjsalah

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