Finance Regulation Technology

In this episode of FRT, Carole House, Director of Cybersecurity and Secure Digital Innovation at the White House National Security Council, and Christopher Giancarlo, former Chairman of the U.S. Commodities Futures Trading Commission and founder of the Digital Dollar Foundation, discuss the Biden Administration’s Executive Order on Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets. They share obs...

In this episode of FRT, Caroline Malcolm, Head of International Public Policy and Research for blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis, answers questions regarding cryptocurrency’s potential for use in sanctions evasion and humanitarian relief. Amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine prompting rapid and unprecedented actions from the international community, Caroline provides in-depth explanations of how...

In this episode of FRT, we hear from Greg Wolfond, Chair and CEO at the fintech SecureKey Technologies, Toronto; and Angus McFadyen, Partner at the law firm Pinsent Masons, London. Greg and Angus were among a team of experts and IIF members who developed and finalized the Principles for Digital Trust Networks as part of the Open Digital Trust Initiative of the IIF and the Open ID Foundation. Digit...

In this episode of FRT, we hear from Andy Woolnough, Executive VP of Global Advocacy, and Sonja Kelly, Director of Research and Advocacy, from Women’s World Banking, discussing digital solutions for financial inclusion and innovation. Focused on enabling women’s financial stability and resilience, Women’s World Banking pursues research and programs that enable not only women’s financial goals, but...

We start off a new year of podcasts with the IIF’s new Managing Director for Digital Finance, Jessica Renier.  Jessica shares her views on developments in digital finance, how she came to focus on this work, and discusses some of the key issues that will drive debate in 2022. 

Chester Chua, Head of Government Affairs & Public Policy at Google Cloud, joins us on this episode of FRT to share key findings from two studies commissioned by Google Cloud on the regulation and adoption of cloud in financial services.

Linda Jeng, Georgetown University, and Andres Wolberg-Stok, Citi, join us on this episode of FRT to discuss Linda’s recently published book, “Open Banking”, which features chapters written by Andres and the IIF’s Brad Carr. A multifaceted and interdisciplinary topic, the book covers aspects from economics of data to consumer rights and decentralized finance as they relate to open banking. Andres a...

FRT continues its 3-year tradition, partnering with Professor Chris Brummer on CQ Roll Call’s FinTech Beat podcast as we discuss key themes and developments from the recent IIF, IMF, World Bank, and DC Fintech Week conferences.

Gail Hodges, Executive Director of the OpenID Foundation, and Elizabeth Garber, VP of Digital Products at Santander, share their insights on digital identity following the recent publication of the GAIN Paper, an outgrowth from the IIF and OpenID Foundation’s Open Digital Trust initiative. GAIN outlines how an open network can encourage different participants to come together creating an ecosystem...

The dramatic growth of Mobile Money in Sub-Saharan African markets presents some interesting learnings for bank strategies and partnerships with FinTech firms, and with some fascinating scenarios ahead as app-based payment platforms enter the market.

Mindset shift for digital transformation and supporting the next wave of African entrepreneurs and their tech driven innovations are the topics for this episode. 

This episode dives into the landscape of bigtech platforms, their market advantages in a data driven economy, and the regulatory response in China, UK, EU and the US with new privacy, data regulation and competition moves.    

Having been spotlighted in the IIF’s new series on inclusion, Amin Khairy from CIB Egypt and Chad Harper from the Visa Economic Empowerment Institute join us on FRT to discuss their work in promoting inclusion through digitalization, with Amin’s work focusing on reaching the unbanked through device-driven banking, and Chad discussing VEEI’s latest research report on global digital remittances. Cha...

NAB’s Jade Haar and UnionBank of the Philippines’s David Hardoon discuss key areas of focus for the ethical handling of customer data, including the importance of a governance framework, data control, challenges around algorithmic decision-making systems, and the importance of knowledge sharing and training. One of the key focal areas of the discussion was the IIF recently published Data Ethics Ch...

Wells Fargo’s Agus Sudjianto discusses approaches for ‘Explainability’, one of the key focal areas of the US agencies’ recent Request for Information on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.  

President Biden signed his new Executive Order on ‘Promoting Competition in the American Economy’ on July 9. A particularly wide-ranging and comprehensive Order, it includes 72 initiatives and recommendations for actions by 12 agencies, with key focus areas in technology and financial services, in addition to others in healthcare, agriculture, transport and more. We discuss some of the potential r...

Scotiabank CRO Daniel Moore, FRT’s first guest, returns to discuss how data and innovation are supporting transformation of the Risk function, and some ground-breaking applications of Machine Learning technology to support customers, promote inclusion, and combat human trafficking.

Axel Weber, Chairman of the IIF and UBS Group AG, discusses the future of the financial services industry, amidst digitalization, changes in cost economics, the rise of tech platforms, and a growing need for cross-border coordination in data and tech policies.

We speak with Dr. Eva Hüpkes, Head of Regulatory and Supervisory Policies and Alex Stervinou, Member of Secretariat, both at the Financial Stability Board, Basel. Eva and Alex unpack the FSB consultation on targets for enhancing cross-border payments, and progress on regulation, supervision and oversight of global stablecoin arrangements, such as Facebook’s Diem project.

Prof. Doug Arner of Hong Kong University discusses the experiences with China’s FinTech platforms, and some of the key learnings for policymakers and incumbent financial firms across the rest of the world.

New developments in CBDC, what they mean for market participants, forecast of format wars, and the need for interoperability are the topics of the day as we speak with Ronit Ghose, Global Head of Banks and Co-Head of Global FinTech at Citi Research who is the author of a new report “Future of Money: Crypto, CBDCs and 21st Century Cash”.

FRT captures highlights from the 2021 IIF Asia Summit, with C-suite executives and central bank governors discussing the big strategic issues, including international digital co-operation and support for SME businesses in transitioning in an eCommerce economy.

Shameek Kundu surveys the landscape of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning across the financial services sector, observing the industry’s maturity with the technology, how the ecosystem of players is evolving, and the role played by regulators.

Norway’s BankID has been a leader in the use of secure bank credentials for accessing commercial and government services online. Vipps International’s Katinka Jussie Brurberg and Jessica Broström share the successes of this initiative, and the growing interest in --and opportunities for --applying this approach around the world.

Bank of England’s Oliver Thew and Mohammed Gharbawi join us on FRT to discuss their recent Bank article on the impact of COVID-19 on the use of machine learning and data science in UK banking, and more widely key challenges around the use of AI and ML in finance.