Barefoot Innovation Podcast

Mar 25 2025 232 ep. 52 mins 265
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The Barefoot Innovation podcast, hosted by the Alliance for Innovative Regulation (AIR) CEO Jo Ann Barefoot, explores better solutions for financial consumers at the intersection of technology innovation and regulation.

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Live Episode - The Future of Earned Wage Access: Insights & Policy Considerations

Mar 25 2025 60 mins  
Explore the rise of Earned Wage Access (EWA). Experts discuss its benefits, risks, and the evolving regulatory landscape. Learn how EWA is reshaping financial services and consumer access to funds in this special live episode.

GenAI for Finance: The Winners of AIR’s Call for Papers

Mar 05 2025 61 mins  
GenAI is revolutionizing finance! Hear from the winners of AIR's NextGenAI Call for Papers: Delicia Reynolds Hand, Dr. Henry Balani & Dr. Adrienne Heinrich. They discuss GenAI's impact on consumer protection, financial crime & ethical governance.

Special Episode: Thoughts on Changes at the U.S. Financial Regulatory Agencies

Feb 28 2025 5 mins  
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).

Fighting Financial Crime: Sardine CEO Soups Ranjan

Feb 13 2025 63 mins  
Financial crime is surging. Hear Sardine CEO Soups Ranjan discuss AI-driven scams, deepfakes vs. KYC, and why traditional fraud controls fail. Listen and learn how to fight back. Watch this episode as a video here and check out the full show notes here.

Regulation 2.0: The Dawn of Tech-Driven Financial Regulation

Jan 23 2025 33 mins  
In this episode, Jo Ann explores the potential for rapid change in financial regulation in 2025, likening it to other historical periods of sudden change. She argues that the convergence of six factors could lead to the emergence of "Regulation 2.0," a new paradigm of financial regulation enabled by technology.

Live Episode: AI — What's Fact? What's Fiction?

Dec 16 2024 25 mins  
Join Jo Ann Barefoot, Dr. Dave Castillo, Cat Tucker, and Dr. Michael Akinwumi as they explore the future of AI in finance — from the potential to pitfalls — live at the National Bankers Association 2024 Annual Conference.

Modernizing Models: Google’s Behnaz Kibria on MRM for GenAI

Dec 06 2024 43 mins  
Behnaz Kibria of Google talks about the fundamental principles that guide model risk management (MRM) frameworks and explores the unique issues emerging for financial institutions from GenAI.

Toward Open Finance: Jane Barratt on the New U.S. Data Rules

Oct 17 2024 47 mins  
Jane Barratt, Chief Advocacy Officer and Head of Global Public Policy at MX Technologies, Inc., discusses the impending game-changing regulations from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to implement Section 1033 of the Dodd-Frank Act.

Can You Have ‘AI on Your Side?’ Insights from Congressman Bill Foster

Oct 07 2024 58 mins  
Congressman and physicist Bill Foster returns to the podcast to talk about artificial intelligence (AI) and digital identity technologies, and how they present great potential and peril for consumers.

The Financial Regulators’ Odyssey: AIR’s Innovation Lead Nick Cook

Sep 16 2024 73 mins  
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.