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opposed to the innovation-stifling
bureaucracy that permeates so many
aspects of finance. “We chose to
take on this endeavor because the
status quo wasn’t serving people’s
best interests,” explains Stephen.
Wary that some firms were initially
reticent to take notice at first because
of (unrelated) unfruitful tech initiatives
that spawned risk-aversiveness,
Saphyre’s first mission was to prove
that it could outperform expectations,
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