Podcasts about suptech

Jo Ann briefly discusses the changes underway at the U.S. financial regulatory agencies, including thoughts on the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and potential impacts on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).

Ep 55 with Angela Ang, Senior Policy Advisor, TRM LabsAngela Ang is the Senior Policy Advisor at TRM Labs, a global blockchain intelligence company, and a former regulator at the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). Having spent over a decade at MAS, she held the role of Deputy Director in charge of licensing payments and crypto service providers. Angela has also been recognized as a LinkedIn Top Voice for Finance in Asia for her leadership in digital asset developments.In this episode, Angela reflects on her journey from growing up in Singapore to her education at INSEAD, and her early career at MAS, where she helped promote Singapore as an international financial hub. As a former regulator, she highlights the unique experience of policymaking at a high level and emphasizes that despite the intellectual rigor, regulators are still people, too.The discussion shifts to TRM Labs and its role in blockchain intelligence. Angela explains that “Blockchain analytics is like Google Maps for blockchain,” helping clients understand blockchain data to combat fraud and financial crime. While blockchain's ledger is immutable, clients often struggle to interpret it, and TRM adds context to provide a clearer picture.Angela draws parallels between her work at MAS and TRM Labs, highlighting the compliance-centric and mission-driven nature of both organizations. She notes that TRM Labs' nimbleness and entrepreneurial spirit, combined with its focus on integrity, attract former public sector staff.Angela recalls her first exposure to cryptocurrencies and blockchain in 2015 while researching for MAS. She emphasizes the balance between blockchain's promise and the risks associated with crypto speculation, echoing Singapore's prudent regulatory stance on innovation vs. speculation. She also touches on Asia's regulatory landscape, noting how the region leads in regulatory clarity. Singapore and Japan pioneered crypto regulation, recognizing the importance of creating robust rules to protect investors. She cites examples like Singapore's crypto custody rules and Hong Kong's virtual asset service provider licensing regime. Angela discusses the global trend toward tighter crypto regulation, with an 80% shift toward stricter controls and consumer protection. She points out that regulation is crucial for preventing illicit activity, but it requires sufficient enforcement and skilled people to ensure compliance. The conversation then covers the talent shortage in crypto compliance. While older compliance principles still apply, the unique challenges of blockchain technology require specialized expertise. Angela also discusses the importance of SupTech and RegTech, noting TRM Labs' role in real-time blockchain monitoring tools for both compliance professionals and regulators.Despite concerns about crypto-related crime, Angela highlights that only 0.63% of global crypto activity involves crime, a figure comparable to traditional finance. She notes that proper licensing and risk controls reduce crime in regulated jurisdictions and emphasizes that most exchanges now have some level of compliance.Looking forward, Angela identifies market misconduct as an emerging issue in digital finance, with global regulatory bodies like IOSCO prioritizing it in their work.HKU FinTech is the leading fintech research and education in Asia. Learn more at www.hkufintech.com.

AIR's Nick Cook discusses the “Financial Regulators' Odyssey” — the journey that lies ahead for virtually every financial regulatory body in the world, in catching up their own technology and cultures to the age of digitized data and AI.

The drive for modern financial regulation has transitioned rapidly to move beyond suptech. Sonny Hashmi, Head of Public Sector at Unqork, shares advice on how government leaders can transform their core technology infrastructure. 

Generative AI is revolutionizing the financial world across sectors. Christopher Calabia, Head of MIT's Central Bank Digital Currency Program, weighs the pros and cons of this new technology while emphasizing regulatory and ethical frameworks. 

Kelly serves on the White House National Economic Council and helped lead the executive order issued in 2023 on AI. She discusses what the order requires, the challenges it aims to address and the upside opportunity of the technology.  

Most agencies focus largely on how technology affects the industries they oversee, but the U.K.'s Financial Conduct Authority's innovation approach is also inward-focused. Jessica Rusu and Nathalie Lowe, two leaders driving the FCA's strategy, discuss the regulator's achievements.

In this episode, Jo Ann interviews the most famous generative AI. The chat is “unsmart” but it gave responses to complex questions that were accurate and displayed the ability to grasp subtle issues.

The head of the Bank for International Settlements' innovation initiative offers insight on ways that central banks and other regulatory organizations can boldly explore technological change.

The Bank for International Settlements, which ensures payment systems work, has prioritized technology. Tara Rice, who heads the BIS Secretariat of the Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures, discusses CPMI's stablecoin guidance and more.

In this episode, Jo Ann speaks with innovation leaders at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Haimera Workie and Alex Khachaturian, about a new tool to help transform financial regulation and compliance.

Todd Harper is the first head of the National Credit Union Administration appointed after serving in the agency's own ranks. His conversation with Jo Ann touches on the NCUA's new innovation office, and the technology pressures and opportunities facing credit unions.

Rathi heads the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority, which has raced ahead of other agencies in recognizing the importance of digital transformation. He sits down with Jo Ann for a wide-ranging discussion on the FCA's sandbox initiative, why the ‘G' (for Governance) in ESG matters, and how the agency aspires to be a “data-driven regulator.”

Ravi Menon, the managing director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, has charted a bold course on regulatory innovation, inventing new models that are being emulated throughout the world.

Young speaks to Jo Ann about the alliance that she leads and how its innovative members are building the bridge from traditional compliance to digitized solutions.

The first appointee to lead the Federal Reserve's innovation office is focused on modernizing the technology of the central bank itself. Her goal is to bring the agency into the 21st century, and to keep it up-to-date as change accelerates.

Renier, a veteran of both the Treasury and the Fed and now managing director of digital finance at the Institute of International Finance, speaks with Jo Ann about the recent correction in the crypto markets and the need for regulators to hone new digital tools to get ahead of the curve.

Today's show is required listening for our regulator audience, and is also packed with practical advice for ANY organization, public or private, that has to transition from the analog to the digital age. The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, or MSRB, is a small US regulatory body that's doing outsized work in technology innovation. Our guests are Chief Data Officer Brian Anthony and CTO Adam Cusson, and they are leading the way in one of the most exciting regulatory technology projects I've seen anywhere. They seem to be working miracles, and somehow they're even making it look easy!

My guest today is Randal Quarles, Chairman of the Cynosure Group and previously the Federal Reserve Board's Vice Chair for Supervision, a role in which he also chaired the US Financial Stability Board. He left the Fed at the end of last year, which makes this the perfect time to chat with him – I think it's always extra-interesting to talk with government officials shortly after they leave office. In this conversation, he shares candid and thoughtful insights drawn from his tenure, including some advice for other policymakers. His thoughts are especially interesting because he served through the crisis of the COVID pandemic.

Today's show is different. My guest, Sigal Mandelker, is the former U.S. Undersecretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, and she talks to us with exceptional reflexion and, frankly, frustration, about why and how we need our government to work better. That's not a novel theme, of course – the world is noisy with critiques of government. Sigal's message is distinct, though, and desperately needs to be heard, because it's about technology. Now a General Partner at Ribbit Capital, she's on the cutting edge of understanding the technology gap in financial regulation, specifically in the fight against terrorism and financial crime but also more broadly, because both the public and private sectors are using technology that is several generations out of date.

Given New York's unique role in global finance, the state always has top notch regulators and is normally at the forefront in addressing market change. It's not surprising, then, that the state is focused today on the technology transformation underway in finance, including crypto. My two guests today are both leaders at the New York state Department of Financial Services – DFS. Kaitlin Asrow is Executive Deputy Superintendent of Research and Innovation. Peter Marton is Deputy Superintendent of Virtual Currency.

The FinReg experts are back to discuss the SEC's proposal to up its disclosure rules for private equity and hedge funds in a bid for greater fee and performance transparency, while the team also discuss CSDR and SupTech. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Com as siglas sendo derivadas de “Regulatory Technology” e “Supervisory Technology”, Regtechs e Suptechs têm se destacado como tendência, já que a aceleração da modernização do sistema financeiro trouxe ondas de transformações regulatórias em todo o mundo para que fosse possível acompanhar inovações e promovê-las. Isso traz maior demanda para que empresas se adequem à regulação e reguladores à supervisão. Essas empresas surgiram e têm crescido com o intuito de resolver esse problema. No Cashless dessa semana explicamos o que são Regtechs e Suptechs, para que servem como podem transformar o mercado. Também contextualizamos porque é vista como tão relevante para o futuro e apresentamos a situação do mercado global e brasileiro.

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Adrian Waddy, Data Consultant at Australian Prudential Regulation Authority and Developer at the Bank of England, joins host Adam Csabay to discuss his contribution to the Risk books publication, Data Science in Economics and Finance for Decision-makers. Adrian's chapter, Implementing Big Data Solutions, provides an insight into implementing Big Data platforms and the decisions that must be made along the way to ensure the platform is efficient, effective and user-friendly. The book, published in March this year, edited by the ECB's Per Nymand-Andersen, provides an overview of how digital transformation and Data Science can support decision making. It offers a variety of perspectives, from over 20 contributors to manage digital data. FNA'ers Kimmo Soramäki, Ivana Ruffini, Mikhail Oet, Tomas Takko and Adam Csabay and David Bolder from Nordic Investment Bank also feature in the publication. The latter also discusses his chapter in a previous FNA Talks episode. Episode breakdown: 1:10: An introduction to Adrian's background 1:50: What does David's chapter cover and why is the topic important? 3:00: What are the two main insights for demystifying Data Science 4:42: What are the key takeaways from the chapter, and what advice would you give to decision makers starting Data Science? 6:37: What are the two main lessons you would draw from your chapter? 7:49: What is your vision for Data Science and its evolution?

It's the one topic that's been on everyone's mind since the start of 2020, Covid-19. But what impact have Covid-19 disruptions had on the financial sector, and what technological innovations have arisen as a result? In this episode of FNA Talks, Kevin Gardiner, Managing Director and Global Investment Strategist at Rothschild & Co joins host Adam Csabay to highlight the key lessons from the Covid-19 crisis, assess its impact on the future of Fintech and explore the implications of CBDCs on the roles and responsibilities of Central Banks and Financial Services providers. 00:00: Introduction 01:19: To what extent has your business been affected by the COVID-19 crisis, and what key lessons would you highlight for our listeners? 04:05: Has Fintech- or innovative technology in general- provided any useful tools for tackling these disruptions? 05:13: Which key areas should fintech innovation focus on going forward? 08:12: In what ways will the financial industry be affected by developments related to CBDCs and the rise of digital money in general? 11:04: Can the Libras- or digital money issued by BigTechs- challenge Central Banks' monopoly over monetary policy?

Together, Clair and Bella, discuss Clair's diverse career leading up to her current role as Chief Operating Officer for the Prudential Regulation Authority within the Bank of England, her experience of gender diversity and advice to women interested in a career in finance and technology. Clair Mills is currently, the Chief Operating Officer for the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), within the Bank of England. Clair is responsible for the PRA operations, this includes the delivery of the PRA's Operating Strategy, Budget, Internal Communications and Investment Portfolio. Other areas of responsibility include managing Data innovation, Regulatory and Business Change, Workforce planning and Diversity and Inclusion. Clair has over 20 years' expensive financial services experience, operating at board level and leading successful strategic and transformational change in a number of complex organisations, having started her career in the Building Society and Retail Banking sector, before moving into Operational and Technological Change Management Consultancy. Clair joined the Financial Services Authority in 2011 to lead the Internal Twin Peaks programme to transition to the PRA and FCA regulatory model, moving across to the Bank of England with the PRA. In her current role, as well as providing the leadership, management and vision necessary to support the business and to ensure that the proper operational controls are in place. Clair is also responsible for driving a demand-led data approach for the PRA, this includes giving keynote speeches both in the UK and internationally on topics such as Regulatory Technology (RegTech) and how regulators can take advantage of the advances in technology in the work we do. Clair is one of the few senior women in Central Banking and Regulation that work in the sphere. Alongside this role, Clair is a trustee for two charitable organisations, the Addington Fund and the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investments, where she also sits on the Audit and Risk Committee. Clair's home is a working farm in rural Devon, which she shares with her husband and son. Her passion since childhood is horses, together with helping out on the farm, this provides a great way to recharge batteries and is a very different challenge. 00:16: What is your background and how did you come to work in your current role? 08:39: Would you say that your current role is more FinTech, RegTech or SupTech oriented? 11:24: Do you think diversity is a problem in the industry anecdotally? 14:37: Has the lack of diversity affected your actions? 16:37: Why is diversity important especially in managerial positions and finance and technology? 19:34: Did you notice this diversity gap in your education or in entering the workforce or was there a time where it became more apparent to you? 21:20: Are there any steps we as a generation can take to minimise the gap? 25:20: How do you see the role of women in fintech evolving over the next few years? 26:26 What steps can younger generations of women interested in STEM take to be more proactive about creating changes? 28:43: What advice would you give to young women int arrested in finance or technology?

Julapa Jagtiani, Senior Economic and Economist at the FRB Philadelphia, joins Bella to discuss Julapa's career and her experience of gender diversity in finance and the steps we can take to increase diversity in the finance and technology sector. As well as a Senior Economic Advisor and Economist at the FRB Philadelphia, Julapa Jagtiani, is also a Fellow member of the Wharton Financial Institutions Centre, and a Central Bank Research Fellow at the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). At the Federal Reserve, Julapa has conducted research and participated in several supervisory policies and implementation projects, including Basel capital requirements for banks, CCAR bank stress testing, and more recently Fintech innovations and regulatory policies. She is a member of the Fintech Subgroup of the Risk Council. Julapa has published influential research articles in top finance journals. Her recent research has focused on issues relating to Fintech innovations, the roles of alternative data and AI/ML in the new financial landscape, small business lending, and various consumer finance issues. Jagtiani has a PhD in finance and an MBA from New York University's Stern School of Business, where she held the Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship. 00:17: What is your current role and how did you start working in it? 04:45: Would you say that your role is currently more Fintech, Suptech or Regtech oriented? 06:53: What is your background and education and how does this relate to your role and the research you've done? 08:51: Do you think that there's a diversity problem in the industry anecdotal speaking? 10:30: How has the lack of diversity affected your actions subconsciously or subconsciously? 13:21: Why is diversity important, especially in the financial and technology field? 14:37: Would you say that there's any association between women and their skillsets as it pertains to different roles? 15:47: What steps can his generation take to minimise the gap that you've seen? 17:47: What advice would you give to young women interested in finance and technology?

Stacey Cunningham, President of the New York Stock Exchange joins host, Bella for the third instalment of FNA's podcast mini-series, Women in Fintech & Suptech. Stacey Cunningham joins host, FNA's Isabella Ivanov, to discuss Stacey's role at the New York Stock Exchange and her experience as a woman in a traditionally male-dominated sector. Stacey Cunningham is President of the NYSE Group and a member of the executive management committee of the parent company, Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE). NYSE Group includes the New York Stock Exchange, the world's largest equity exchange and premier venue for capital raising, as well as a diverse range of equity and equity options exchanges. Prior to being named NYSE President, Cunningham served as NYSE Chief Operating Officer and has held several senior positions at global exchanges. Cunningham has a degree in Industrial Engineering from Lehigh University and currently sits on the Board of Directors for Catalyst, and the Partnership of New York City. ​ With conversations and advice from influential women across the Fintech sector, the FNA Talks mini-series, Women in Fintech, aims to bring awareness to the role women play within the financial industry and the importance of gender diversity within the sector. 00:00:21: Stacey's Background and Role 00:03:12: Current work focus and day to day role 00:05:44: Is Gender diversity an issue? 00:10:26: How has the lack of diversity influenced your actions? 00:14:00: Importance of diversity in finance 00:16:24: Steps we can take to minimize the gender gap 00:19:12: Role of women in Finance over the next 10 years 00:20:03: What steps can women in the younger generations take? 00:22:11: Final advice for women in STEM

European Banking Authority's Slavka Eley joins host FNA's Isabella Ivanov to discuss her experience as a woman in finance and the role women will play in the industry in the future. ​ Slavka Eley joined the European Banking Authority in 2013 and currently leads the Banking Innovation and Products Unit, responsible for the EBA's work on financial Innovation, digital finance, capital market union and sustainable finance. As part of her current role, she leads the EBA project team on sustainable finance. Additionally, Slavka represents the EBA at European and international working groups, including the FSB Financial Innovation Network, the European Commission's Platform on Sustainable Finance and Basel Committee's Taskforce on Climate Risk. Over the past few years, Slavka has chaired different working groups at the EBA, such as the Network on Sustainable Finance, the Sub-group on Risk Assessment Systems, the mandate to develop the European Supervisory framework and the Subgroup on supervisory Effectiveness and Convergence. Before joining the EBA, Slavka worked for the National Bank of Slovakia as the Head of Supervisory Division for Banks with Advanced Risk Management Approach, responsible for supervising all large banks in Slovakia. Slavka holds an MBA in general management from the City University of Seattle and a Master's degree in Mathematics and Physics from the Comenius University Bratislava. 00:00:00 Introduction 00:00:26 Slavka's Role at EBA and Introduction to EBA 00:02:02: What topics are you focusing on under the Digital Finance work 00:03:31: Education and the background to your current role 00:07:40: Is diversity an issue in the industry anecdotally speaking 00:12:53: Importance of diversity in Technology and finance

Bank of Lithuania's, Jekaterina Govina joins host, FNA's Isabella Ivanov, to discuss women in the Financial industry, Jekaterina's own personal experiences throughout her career as a lawyer within fintech and advice to young women interested in finance and fintech. For four years, Jekaterina has developed policies for the fintech industry in Lithuania and prior to her appointment as Executive Director of Supervision Services, she worked as a coordinator of Lithuanian Fintech Strategy and Head of the Innovation Committee. Jekaterina has previously worked as a lawyer across various divisions within the Bank of Lithuania. Responsibilities included insurance, payments, lending, peer-to-peer lending and crowd-funding regulations. She holds various accolades and was awarded Public Sector Lawyer of the Year for developing the concept of crowdfunding regulation in Lithuania, and for preparing a dwarf law on crowdfunding. Jekaterina has also been acknowledged by Lattice80 as one of the Top 100 Women in Fintech. With conversations and advice from influential women across the Fintech sector, the FNA Talks miniseries, Women in Fintech & Suptech, aims to bring awareness to the role women play within the financial industry and the importance of gender diversity within the sector.

In this latest episode of the FNA Talks podcast series, the ECB's Per Nymand-Andersen joins FNA's Suptech Lead, Adam Csabay to discuss one of the most awaited Fintech publications of 2021: Data Science in Economics and Finance for Decision Makers. Per - who edited and co-authored the book - and Adam review the key themes of the book and highlight its practical contributions, as well as discuss the role that data science will play in the post-Covid world. Index: 00:00 - Introduction 01:08 - Why does data science matter for decision-makers in 2021? 05:01 - How can data science help us tackle the impacts and implications of disruptions like the Covid-19 crisis? 08:31 - In what ways is data science transforming the work of central banks?

Part of the New Normal Series. This episode features: Pei Hong Mok, Chief Examiner & Executive Director of the Inspection & Supervisory Methodologies Department, MASAlejandra Castorena Olivares, General Director, Methods and Procedures for Supervision, National Banking and Securities Commission (CNBV), MexicoModerated by Clive Briault, Chair, Toronto Centre's Banking Advisory Board

Singapore is famous globally for its enthusiasm for technology and for pushing the envelope in this area. The Monetary Authority of Singapore very much follows in that tradition and is a pioneer in the use of supervisory technology (SupTech). It has a raft of projects designed to turn itself into the most advanced technology driven central bank in the world as it steadily digitises many of its functions. These range from fundamentally rethinking how data is harvested from financial firms and analysed for important insights through to detecting and disrupting money laundering activities. In this episode, Vincent Loy, Assistant Managing Director (Technology) at the Monetary Authority of Singapore discusses these various projects and their aims. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This time, Alex Ford is joined by Francesca Hopwood Road, Head of RegTech and Advanced Analytics at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), to look at the industry from a regulator's perspective.

In the first episode of the FNA Talk series we focus on the RegTech & SupTech applications of financial cartography; with Kimmo Soramäki and Adam Csabay discussing how this technology can be used to better understand the impact of systemic disruptions like the COVID-19 crisis, and help to build and maintain the financial as well as operational resilience of systems and players. Index 00:00 – Introduction to FNA Talk 01:34 – Financial Cartography 05:01 – Maps of Trade Networks 10:47 – Maps of Financial Markets 15:31 – Maps of Financial Market Infrastructures

Hilary Allen, associate professor of law at American University, joins the Business Scholarship Podcast to discuss her essay Experimental Strategies for Regulating Fintech. In this essay, Allen reviews the challenges of regulating financial innovation and proposes that to keep up, agencies must themselves innovate and adopt new technologies to support their regulatory functions, a concept she dubs "SupTech." This episode is hosted by Andrew Jennings, a teaching fellow and lecturer in law at Stanford Law School.

Meena Datwani and Lonneke van Zundert, APAC compliance and security experts, discuss their views on COVID-19 pandemic policies in compliance, workplace, regulatory affairs and security. SHOW NOTES 04:18 Asia Situation Update 11:11 Government Response 17:53 Doing Work From Home Right 22:19 Internal Communications 24:51 Cyber Security & Financial Crime Threats 28:47 Conducting Investigations & Reporting 33:20 Keys to Managing COVID-19 Impacts 36:24 Conduct for Financials & Business 42:18 Investing in Technology 47:57 New Post Virus Model? Sign up for more and get transcript on our website >

The Bank of England's wide-ranging Future of Finance report provides a forward-looking view across topics such as the emergence of a “cash-lite” economy, data standards, artificial intelligence, cloud, digital identity, demographic changes, and the transition to a low carbon economy. Lead author Huw van Steenis (formerly Special Adviser to Governor Mark Carney, and now Senior Advisor to the CEO at UBS) discusses the report's key findings, and the implications for policy settings and modernizing regulation. Recorded during the IIF Annual Membership Meeting (where he also presented a special briefing on the report), Huw highlights the emerging trends in payments and the longer-term implications for competition and discusses the barriers to cloud adoption and the opportunities presented by RegTech and SupTech initiatives. He also considers the outlook for central bank digital currencies, and where that activity has been galvanized in recent months by Facebook's Libra initiative.

Toronto Centre Program Leader Denise Dias discusses how supervisors can leverage technology for better supervision.

RegTech tools can present both tremendous opportunities and tremendous challenges for firms and regulators alike. They can also pose some interesting philosophical questions when it comes to their implementation. On this special episode of FINRA Unscripted recorded at FINRA’s RegTech conference in New York, we hear three unique perspectives on these opportunities and challenges. Joining us on this episode are: Nick Cook, head of RegTech and Advanced Analytics at the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA); Michael Pieciak, Vermont’s Commissioner of Financial Regulation and the president of the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA); and Haime Workie, FINRA’s senior director of Emerging Regulatory Issues. Listen to hear Nick, Mike and Haime discuss some of the most common ways firms are currently using RegTech, the challenges in implementation, key areas to watch and more. Resources mentioned in this episode: RegTech White Paper FinTech at FINRA Innovation Outreach Initiative RegTech | FCA NASAA Vermont Website

In this episode, we continued our ongoing series on fintech in Asia by interviewing Simone di Castri, the Managing Director of the RegTech for Regulators Accelerator (R²A).  The mission of R²A is to enhance the capacity of financial authorities by harnessing innovative technologies and accelerating promising RegTech (regulatory technology) solutions. Simone guided us through some of the biggest challenges facing financial authorities, and what technological solutions R²A has been developing to help regulators in emerging markets. R²A has so far been focused on enhancing the capabilities of financial authorities in Mexico and the Philippines to better understand markets and customer needs in data-rich environments. Some of our key takeaways include: A critical challenge in banking supervision is the time and resources required to manage and validate data collected from financial institutions; R²A is solving this using APIs that connect the central bank to financial institutions. In the Philippines, R²A is prototyping a smartphone chat bot powered by machine learning that will enable any citizen to escalate a problem with their financial provider to the consumer protection team at the central bank. Emerging and frontier markets are a natural fit for these new tools and techniques given the importance they place on financial inclusion and resource constraints that encourage innovation. Fast-moving fintech actors have helped spur financial authorities to be more proactive in adopting new technologies in oversight and regulation. The views expressed are not necessarily those of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco or of the Federal Reserve System.

Financial technology (fintech) has revolutionized the financial industry. Need proof? Just ask yourself: when was the last time you went to a bank to deposit a check? From digital banking and mobile trading apps to Venmo, cryptocurrencies and blockchain, fintech has changed the way we manage our money and investments and the ways in which financial services companies reach and interact with their customers. So how are financial industry regulators keeping up with the newest developments and predicting their impact on the financial industry and possible regulation? For FINRA, the answer is the Innovation Outreach Initiative. In this episode, Haime Workie and Kavita Jain join us to talk about the initiative itself and share their insights on the fintech innovations that are driving market activity around the world. Resources mentioned in this episode: Fintech @ FINRA Know Before You Share: Be Mindful of Data Aggregation Risks Initial Coin Offerings: Know Before You Invest Report on Digital Investment Advice Report on Distributed Ledger Technology FINRA Unscripted Episode 10: Introducing ERI