Bardya Ziaian ABC Capital - Financialit

Daniel Mercer16 Apr, 2026Business

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.