BC NA December 2020

SAPHYRE
Stephen and Gabino Roche, President
and CEO, discuss overcoming risk-aversion
in finance and how Saphyre is disrupting
an inefficient system
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n an era of increasing digital sophistication,
the extent to which out-dated
technologies, techniques and processes
continue to weigh down even the largest companies
in finance is surprising. Not content with
simply disrupting the pre-trade space with an
integrated onboarding platform, Saphyre offers
clients an intuitive, easy-to-use experience that
belies its sophistication. Founded in 2017, it is
an iconoclastic company that desires to break
down barriers in a sector easily siloed and fundamentally
believes in creating a streamlined and
user-friendly alternative that enables customers
to generate revenue faster.
“I’ve always built technology products from
scratch; that’s always been kind of my thing,”
states Gabino Roche, CEO. An experienced and
successful business-technology leader with 20
years of expertise gained from executive roles at
some of the world’s most prestigious organisations,
he says that the knowledge gained from these
companies regarding product R&D has been invaluable
to the development of Saphyre. “I learned
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