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title: "FINOS in The News: Gab Columbro on Tearsheet Podcast"
description: FINOS Foundation Executive Director Gab Columbro (@mindthegabz) recently participated in a Tearsheet podcast to discuss a number a topics on the financial industry’s growing adoption of open source.
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# [FINOS in The News: Gab Columbro on Tearsheet Podcast](https://www.finos.org/news/finos-in-the-news-gab-columbro-on-tearsheet-podcast)

 Written by [FINOS Team](https://www.finos.org/news/author/finos-team) | Sep 24, 2018 3:30:41 PM

FINOS Foundation Executive Director Gab Columbro (**[@mindthegabz](https://twitter.com/mindthegabz)**) recently participated in a *Tearsheet *podcast to discuss a number a topics on the financial industry’s growing adoption of open source. You can **[listen to the interview ](https://www.tearsheet.co/podcasts/finos-gab-columbro-the-industrys-appetite-to-embrace-open-source-has-drastically-accelerated)****[here](https://www.tearsheet.co/podcasts/finos-gab-columbro-the-industrys-appetite-to-embrace-open-source-has-drastically-accelerated)**.

 Some highlights from the interview include:

- Fintech’s role in accelerating a more rapid adoption of open source development within financial services that has drastically changed the industry in just the past two years alone.

- How natural competitors in the financial services working collaboratively on programs facilitated by FINOS can help firms reduce their development costs, find more technology talent, and accelerate innovation.  

- How the Foundation’s tiered membership structure promotes a unique collaboration between the largest investment banks (e.g. Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and JP Morgan) and smaller fintechs who are leveraging open source as a way to showcase their tech in front of much larger firms.

- How individual developers can benefit by contributing to FINOS programs as both a way to promote their visibility with financial services firms while simultaneously building their own personal portfolio and helping solve industry-wide problems.

- Discussion of **[FINOS programs](https://www.finos.org/programs)** such as Open Source Readiness , Financial Objects , Desktop Interoperability (FDC3), Financial Development Experience (FDX), Symphony, Hadouken, and Voice.

- Gab’s thoughts on the future of open source development, including trends such as Open APIs and Open Data, and their potential for industry mutualization.

 

 

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