Barefoot Innovation Podcast

Can AI transform financial services while earning consumers' trust? FinRegLab CEO Melissa Koide joins Jo Ann Barefoot to explore agentic AI, financial inclusion, emerging regulatory challenges, and FinRegLab's upcoming AI Symposium. Episode show notes, transcript and related links available online at: https://regulationinnovation.org/barefoot-innovation-podcast/.

What can stablecoins really do for financial inclusion? Kosta Peric, Simon Taylor and Jo Ann explore instant payments, cross-border settlement, sovereignty, and a future "network of networks" for moving money globally. Episode show notes, transcript and related links available online at: https://regulationinnovation.org/barefoot-innovation-podcast/.

Dante Disparte of Circle joins Jo Ann to explore stablecoins, AI and the future of money, including the hidden cost of gradualism, why trust is everything, and how we can make both financial systems and regulation more adaptable. Episode show notes, transcript and related links available online at: https://regulationinnovation.org/barefoot-innovation-podcast/.

A glimpse into the regulator of the future: FINRA's Greg Ruppert joins Jo Ann to discuss AI, data, financial crime, fusion cells, FINRA Forward, and how regulators can break silos and move at the speed of markets. Episode show notes, transcript and related links available online at: https://regulationinnovation.org/barefoot-innovation-podcast/.

Yaya Fanusie of Aleo joins Jo Ann to explore privacy-preserving blockchain, stablecoins, zero-knowledge proofs, illicit finance, China's digital currency strategy, and the race to build democratic financial infrastructure. Episode show notes, transcript and related links available online at: https://regulationinnovation.org/podcast/yaya-fanusie-on-building-privacy-into-blockchain/.