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An Interview With Bardya Ziaian, Indie Filmmaker And CEO Of SITTU Entertainment

Bardya Ziaian is the founder and CEO of SITTU Group, a Toronto-based consulting management firm that’s now expanded its reach into filmmaking through SITTU Entertainment. The production company has produced two films, Super Dicks and Golden Boy. The transition from financial technology and consulting to filmmaking has brought its fair share of challenges. Today, Bardya shares the wisdom he has gained through his filmmaking experiences…

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Innovations that are Shaping the Future of Fintech with Bardya Ziaian

Fintech has completely changed the financial world. It has revolutionized banking, investing and financial management, allowing companies to streamline and automate their systems, along with making them more accessible. However, even though current technologies still get the job done, the industry is a rapidly changing place; new innovations such as DeFi and Quantum Computing are constantly being developed.

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Fintech and the Self-Directed Investor: Bardya Ziaian, CEO of Sittu Group, on How They Intersect

While the COVID-19 pandemic has ravaged industries from restaurants to airlines to oil and gas, fintech has not only gotten away unscathed – it has expanded at an unprecedented rate with the help of self-directed investors (SDIs).

To better understand how the growing popularity of fintech and the expanding SDI demographic will change the investing landscape moving forward, we sat down with Bardya Ziaian, CEO & President of SITTU Group, Inc., a think tank based in Toronto, Canada…

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Bardya Ziaian Flips The Script With New Indie Film Super Dicks

“Breaking into the movie business with no former experience in filmmaking would likely deter most people,” Bardya shares. “But not me.”

Leveraging his knowledge of the financial industry, coupled with his creative thinking and his attention to detail, Bardya has embarked on a new journey that has tested his experience in an entirely different way…

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CI Financial makes a strategic investment in financial technology with the acquisition of BBS Securities

TORONTO, Sept. 8, 2017 /CNW/ – CI Financial Corp. (“CI”) and BBS Securities Inc. today announced they have reached an agreement under which CI will acquire BBS Securities Inc. and associated entities, including Pario Technology Corp., a financial technology company, and Virtual Brokers, a top-ranked online brokerage (collectively, “BBS”).

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Bardya Ziaian, fintech entrepreneur, continues work in filmmaking industry

Bardya Ziaian’s success in the corporate world never quelled his fascination with filmmaking. Now, the career executive, whose resume includes leadership positions in Fintech, brokerage services and financial systems, is continuing to fulfill his more creative aspirations.

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Entrepreneur Bardya Ziaian Launches Film Company; Begins Production on New Film

TORONTO, Sept. 21, 2022 /CNW/ – Bardya Pictures Ltd. has announced a new comedy set to begin production in September 2022. The comedy is tentatively titled “Golden Boy”.

“Golden Boy” is the second film produced by Bardya Pictures Ltd., a film company founded by entrepreneur Bardya Ziaian during the coronavirus pandemic.

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An Interview With Bardya Ziaian, CEO And President Of SITTU Group Inc.

Bardya Ziaian is the CEO and president of SITTU Group Inc., a leading think tank based in Toronto. SITTU Group Inc. focuses on creating opportunities based on the economic macro environment through consultations, designing systems and investing.

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Bardya Ziaian

Bardya Ziaian is a Toronto-based entrepreneur and the CEO and President of SITTU Group Inc., a leading think-tank company whose mission is to create opportunities based on the current economic macro environment.

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Entrepreneur Baryda Ziaian Shares 4 Fintech Trends to Watch in 2022

Artificial intelligence has existed in the popular consciousness for a long time.

Stephen Spielberg’s “A.I.”, a Pinocchio story about an artificially created boy, was released in 2001. And HAL 9000, the evil A.I. in Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey,” quickly betrayed mankind all the way back in 1968, when the film debuted.

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Bardya Ziaian On Positive Trends for Indie Filmmakers

Don’t listen to the naysayers — this is a great time to be in filmmaking.

That’s the perspective of Bardya Ziaian, a Canadian fintech entrepreneur who has added the creation of a film production studio to his list of accolades.

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Finding the Future in Fintech

Bardya Ziaian is the CEO and President of SITTU Group, a Toronto-based think tank focused on creating opportunities in the current macroeconomic environment. Ziaian began SITTU following a career as an entrepreneur in fintech, brokerage services, and financial systems.

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