What if regulators could strengthen oversight without writing a new rule? In this episode of RegFi, co-hosts Jerry Buckley and Sasha Leonhardt examine a reported FDIC-backed initiative to create industry-led standards and independent certification for fintechs that partner with banks. They explore how the model could streamline third-party risk management, where its limits lie and whether market adoption could make it durable even without formal regulation. The conversation also looks ahead to agentic AI and asks whether a similar standards-and-certification model could help financial institutions establish trust with AI agents acting on consumers' behalf.

Links

• Jerry Buckley Joins AIR to Focus on Emerging Role of Agentic AI in Consumer Finance

• Alliance for Innovative Regulation (AIR)

• RegFi Episode 107: Agentic AI and the Future of Consumer Finance

• Jerry Buckley Bio

• Sasha Leonhardt Bio