Podcasts by Barefoot Innovation Podcast

Year-End Roundup from Digital Dollar Foundation Head Chris Giancarlo from 2023-12-11T14:29

Former CFTC Chairman Christopher Giancarlo updates on the evolution of Central Bank Digital Currencies around the world and predicts where we’re headed.

How Minority-Backed Institutions Can Stay Competitive in Digital Age from 2023-11-14T16:21

In this special episode recorded live at the Annual Conference of the National Bankers Association in Washington, D.C., Jo Ann speaks with three innovators working to help Minority Depository In...

AI, AI and AI: Game-Changing Technologies Will Dominate Fall Gatherings from 2023-10-25T20:08

Generative artificial intelligence is sure to be a hot topic for regulators and financial innovators on the upcoming conference circuit. Here is how attendees can get the most out of events like...

Fully Fair Lending: NFHA CEO Lisa Rice from 2023-09-28T15:44

Discrimination in the credit markets is a persistent problem. Lisa Rice, head of the National Fair Housing Alliance, says we can solve it if we understand the role of structured, hidden bias, an...

Jason Cave on FHFA’s Goal to Modernize Mortgage Process With New Tech from 2023-09-18T14:14

Following the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s Velocity TechSprint, the official leading the agency’s conservatorship and fintech strategies joins Jo Ann to discuss all the ways the mortgage mar...

How the FCA is Attacking Both Prongs of Regulatory Innovation from 2023-08-18T13:20

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 Natha...

NCRC’s Van Tol on How Technology Can Change Consumer Finance from 2023-08-01T17:07

Jesse Van Tol, CEO of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, joins Jo Ann for a discussion on the upsides and downsides of technologies designed to expand access to homeownership and sma...

Making Payments FASTT: The World Bank’s Holti Banka from 2023-06-30T13:19

Banka helps lead the World Bank’s initiative to make payments interoperable and fast. In this episode, he discusses the launch of Project FASTT, the principles that make fast payments work and h...

How Delicia Reynolds Hand Works to Empower Fintech Consumers from 2023-06-15T19:53

Hand, the Director of Financial Fairness Advocacy at Consumer Reports, leads the magazine’s initiative to evaluate new fintech products to give customers greater awareness of the rapidly changin...

Barefoot Innovation Podcast Hits 200-Episode Milestone from 2023-06-02T18:49

It has been quite a ride since our first episode in 2015. Over more than eight years, this show helped mark AIR’s founding, unpacked what the pandemic and other events meant for financial regula...

Brave New World: A Conversation with ChatGPT from 2023-04-26T21:12

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 is...

Cecilia Skingsley on How BIS Innovation Hub Showcases ‘Art of the Possible’ from 2023-04-19T13:10

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.

Demystifying DeFi and Web3 with Tomicah Tillemann from 2023-04-05T14:09

Tillemann, Chief Policy Officer of Haun Ventures, shares his views about the crypto winter and how the confluence of blockchain, open source and digital tokens could solve stubborn problems.

BIS Executive Tara Rice on Need for Global Standards in New Payments Era from 2023-03-15T17:56

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 Infrastru...

‘There Were Zero Plane Crashes Before We Had Planes’: Kyle Hauptman from 2023-03-03T20:14

Kyle Hauptman, vice chairman of the National Credit Union Administration, comes on the show to discuss how his agency encourages credit unions to take steps to stay relevant in the digital era.

Delicia Hand, Cleve Mesidor on Rethinking Consumer Protection Paradigm from 2023-02-17T21:32

The question of how to expand access and ensure fairness for people of color deals with finding the right balance of regulation, technology and traditional finance. Two leaders on this issue spe...

Machines that Read Regulations: FINRA's Goal Could Soon Be Reality from 2023-01-31T17:25

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 regulati...

How Credit Unions Cut an Innovation Path: NCUA Chair Todd Harper from 2023-01-17T14:45

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 off...

Simon Taylor on How Crypto and DeFi Move Forward from 2023-01-09T14:12

The first 2023 episode is Jo Ann’s discussion with Simon Taylor, Head of Strategy at the anti-fraud tech firm Sardine. He weighs in on crypto’s “massive fraud problem,” and the pros and cons of ...

FCA CEO Nikhil Rathi on How Regulators Can Be ‘Data-Driven’ from 2022-12-14T16:40

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 dis...

The Bold Vision of Singapore Central Bank Chief Ravi Menon from 2022-12-07T18:47

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.

Talking Web3 with Jai Ramaswamy of A16z from 2022-11-22T19:07

Ramaswamy, the Chief Legal Officer of Andreessen Horowitz, speaks to Jo Ann about the World Wide Web’s evolution and how version 3.0 aims to improve on earlier shortcomings through blockchain te...

Innovator Spotlight: Zero Hash’s Ed Guerra on Making Compliance Cool from 2022-11-02T14:24

Guerra leads compliance work at the five-year-old B2B platform enabling financial firms to offer crypto services. He says tech innovation challenges the assumption that compliance efforts are no...

The Future of Compliance: RegTech Association CEO Deborah Young from 2022-10-19T17:06

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.

Innovator Spotlight: Upgrade CEO Renaud Laplanche from 2022-10-05T17:11

Renaud Laplanche, the CEO and co-founder of Upgrade, explains how the company aims to create a healthier credit card by converting debt into an installment loan with zero fees. 

‘Bold and Boring’ Innovation: Fed Chief Innovation Officer Sunayna Tuteja from 2022-09-30T16:07

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, an...

IIF’s Jessica Renier on Crypto Winter, CBDCs and Regulatory Overhauls from 2022-09-19T18:43:22

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 c...

Jack Henry's CEO on How Community Banks Can Make Digital Leap from 2022-08-22T16:02:24

David Foss runs one of three core processors that small financial institutions rely on for tech services. He and Jo Ann discuss community banks' tough times, how cores can help clients compete a...

Innovator Spotlight: The MSRB’s Brian Anthony and Adam Cusson on Modernizing Regulation of Municipal Securities from 2022-08-09T14:18:32

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 dig...

Former Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Randal Quarles from 2022-07-19T12:42:25

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...

Innovator Spotlight: Daylight CEO Rob Curtis on serving LGBTQ customers from 2022-07-07T13:01:31

We had hoped to post this episode during Pride Month and didn’t quite make it, but, of course, the topic is timeless. My guest is Rob Curtis, CEO and Cofounder of Daylight, a fintech startup tha...

Force of Nature: Ribbit Capital’s Sigal Mandelker on How to Modernize Government Technology from 2022-06-16T18:30:49

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 a...

New in New York: Talking Innovation and Crypto with Kaitlin Asrow and Peter Marton of New York DFS from 2022-06-08T16:52:23

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 ...

Saving Minority Depository Institutions: Nicole Elam and Robert James from 2022-06-02T22:44:25

My guests today are Nicole Elam, CEO of the National Bankers Association<...

Castles and Sandboxes: The Gates Foundation’s Konstantin Peric from 2022-05-10T21:53:41

How do you solve the biggest, hardest problems in the world? Usually, we just don’t. They persist. Today, though, we live in an age that’s putting powerful new te...

Rajesh Bansal CEO, Reserve Bank Innovation Hub from 2022-05-05T19:34:55

My guest today is one of the world’s leading innovators in this effort. Rashesh Bansal is the CEO of the Listen

OCC’s Michael Hsu on crypto policy: ‘We want to get it right’ from 2022-04-27T13:00:09

My guest today is Michael Hsu, the Acting Comptroller of the Currency, and we are talking all things– and only things – crypto.

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Challenger Banker: Starling Bank CEO Anne Boden from 2022-04-20T04:57:11

There are a lot of very rare things about my guest today, Anne Boden. 

She is one of a very small group of people who have ...

A Call to Action for Ukraine Refugees - Stuart Watkins, CEO of Zenoo from 2022-04-02T14:59:17

This is a special emergency episode of Barefoot Innovation with a call to action for helping to protect Ukrainian refugees from being preyed upon by human traffic...

Regtech Comes of Age: ING Bank’s Ian Hollowbread from 2022-03-27T01:40:35

My guest today is Ian Hollowbread, the Global Innovation Lead for Safe and Compliant at ING Bank. Ian and I have known ...

Financial Frontiers: Matt Van Buskirk, Co-CEO of Hummingbird Regtech from 2022-03-07T04:02:38

I started the Barefoot Innovation show in 2015. My guest today is the person who suggested I create a podcast. He is Matt Van Buskirk, Co-CEO of Hummingbird Regte...

Look up! My 2022 advice for banks, fintechs, advocates and regulators from 2022-02-07T15:50:08

This is a special episode of Barefoot Innovation because I have no guest – it’s just me.

As we go into 2022, I want to share the advice I have on ...

Crystal Ball 2030: Sila CEO Shamir Karkal on the Future of Finance from 2022-01-16T19:06:01

Happy New Year everyone! As we enter 2022 and hope it turns out better than its two predecessors, one of my goals for the year is to invite you on a journey with ...

Crypto Dad Chris Giancarlo from 2021-12-14T06:35:32

Dubbed “CryptoDad” for his celebrated call on the US Congress to respect a new  generation’s interest in cryptocurrency, the Honorable J. Christopher Giancarlo se...

Activism and Algorithms: Lisa Rice and Kareem Saleh on How to Make Lending More Fair from 2021-11-11T01:19:51

My guests today are Lisa Rice, CEO of the National Fair Housing Alliance, and Kareem Saleh, founder and CEO of Fairplay. Lisa is a civil rights activist. Kareem i...

Is Consumer Protection Working? A Bold Alternative from Corey Stone and Todd Baker from 2021-10-27T13:32:37

Corey and Todd argue that, as with so many other things, new technology is opening new possibilities. In this case, they think the tough old problem of financial ...

Diversifying Tech: Cleve Mesidor, Founder of Women of Color in Blockchain from 2021-10-12T01:26:34

Today I have something different for you. Last spring, I recorded a conversation for the virtual South by Southwest conference with Cleve Mesidor. Cleve founded t...

Best of Both Worlds: Goldman Sachs’ Stephanie Cohen from 2021-09-21T15:47:29

My guest today is one of the most high-ranking women in the world of banking. Stephanie Cohen is Global Co-Head of Consumer and Wealth Management, Goldman Sachs. ...

Empirical Policymaking: FinRegLab CEO Melissa Koide from 2021-08-26T13:30:05

Melissa Koide is the CEO of FinRegLab, a nonprofit financial innovation and research center that examines how technology and data can help achieve public policy a...

Crypto and Climate: Energy Web CEO Jesse Morris from 2021-08-03T14:49:58

Jesse Morris is the current CEO and former CCO of the Energy Web Foundation. Throughout his career in the electricity sector, Jesse has had one focus: to partner ...

The Courage to Step Forward: Kenya Central Bank Deputy Governor Sheila M’Mbijjewe from 2021-07-07T23:04:52

My guest today, Sheila M’Mbijjewe, is the Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya and is helping lead the way to a new world of financial services and financ...

The Regulatory Engineer: FDIC Chief Innovation Officer Sultan Meghji from 2021-06-23T03:03:28

In our talk, Sultan lays out the themes of the agency’s innovation work and says that the most urgent one is financial inclusion. He says the evolution of the ban...

The Regulator’s Journey: Amy Friend on the UK Financial Conduct Authority from 2021-06-20T17:22:46

Amy has had a long career in public service with over 25 years of experience in shaping financial services policy and regulatory issues on Capitol Hill in both th...

A Financial Health Moon Shot: PayPal’s Dan Schulman from 2021-06-04T14:32:16

Dan Schulman is CEO of Paypal. With extensive corporate experience and a lifelong commitment to social justice, Dan Schulman believes the private sector has a responsibility to serve multiple st...

Networked Supervision: CSBS CEO John Ryan from 2021-05-27T13:35:13

My guest today, John Ryan, is the man of the hour. He is CEO of the Conference of State Bank Supervisors, and Listen

Around the World: Hong Kong University’s Douglas Arner from 2021-05-02T23:41:49

My guest is Douglas Arner, who is the Kerry Holdings Professor in Law at Hong Kong University, and the Director and Cofounder of the Asian Institute of Internatio...

Community Banks in the Digital Age: ABA CEO Rob Nichols from 2021-04-23T14:22:11

America has about 5,000 banks -- more than any other country. My guest today leads their national trade group. He is Rob Nichols, CEO of the American Bankers Asso...

Power of One: Mojaloop Foundation’s Paula Hunter and Lesley-Ann Vaughan on Financial Inclusion from 2021-04-09T01:06:04

In our conversation, Paula and Lesley-Ann tell us about the problem they are solving:  if you live in a developing country and do not have a bank account, how do ...

Worldwide Financial Inclusion: Sharmista Appaya and Ivo Jenik from 2021-04-03T16:18:08

My guests today are leaders in the drive to bring the world’s poor into the formal financial system. They are Sharmista Appaya, Financial Sector Specialist at the...

Embrace the Heretic -- Hong Kong’s Pindar Wong from 2021-03-14T19:06:43

Pindar Wong is the chairman of VeriFi (Hong Kong) Ltd, a discreet Internet financial infrastructure consu...

Transforming Credit Access with Machine Learning - Mike de Vere and Teddy Flo of Zest Ai from 2021-02-26T15:03:03

My guests today are Mike de Vere, CEO of Zest AI, and Teddy Flo, the company's general counsel. Zest is seeking to revolutioniz...

How to Partner -- Advice for banks and fintechs from Partnership Fund for New York CEO Maria Gotsch. from 2021-02-18T16:57:29

My guest is Maria Gotsch, CEO of the Partnership Fund for New York City. The fund’s goal is to make New York City a technology innovation hub like Silicon Valley ...

Open Banking: BBVA’s Susan French from 2021-02-04T21:54:26

My guest today has the answers. She is Susan French, head of Products at BBVA’s Open Platform. BBVA, the global bank headquartered in Spain, has long been ahead o...

Bankers’ Core Challenge: Mantl CEO Nathaniel Harley from 2021-01-28T17:15:03

When talking about the future of community banks, the elephant in the room is their dependence on legacy core IT providers. Nathaniel has opinions on that technol...

A New Kind of Money: Digital Dollar Project Cofounders Christopher Giancarlo and Daniel Gorfine from 2021-01-15T00:02:03

My guests are Christopher Giancarlo, former Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and Daniel Gorfine, who previously led the CFTC’s innovation pro...

How to Innovate: Inuit Founder Scott Cook from 2020-12-23T17:17:46

This is our final show of 2020 and I predict it will be an all-time favorite. It is already a favorite of mine. That’s because of who my guest is -- Scott Cook, t...

Credit Data in the COVID Crisis: Experien’s Alex Lintner from 2020-12-23T03:09:31

Today’s guest is Alex Lintner, Group President of Experian Consumer Information Services, which p...

Saving Small Businesses through Technology with Ross Buhrdorf and Lamine Zarrad of Zen Business from 2020-12-10T23:14:23

As the 2020 pandemic continues to threaten America’s small businesses, it makes sense to talk with people who are saving them, by serving them through technology....

Innovation and Inclusion: The Future of Payments with Mastercard Executive Vice Chair Ann Cairns from 2020-11-24T22:27:24

Today’s guest has her finger on the pulse of global change in the world of payments, including how the COVID pandemic is changing the world. She is Ann Cairns, Ex...

Always Innovating: Upgrade CEO Renaud Laplanche from 2020-11-13T22:31:05

Renaud was one of our earliest guests on Barefoot...

A Combinatorial Explosion, Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire from 2020-10-30T01:23:01

In our conversation, Jeremy explains what’s behind the meteoric rise of digital dollar stable coins. He describes their expansion in 2019 as the crypto ecosystem ...

Regulating in the Age of COVID: New York DFS Superintendent Linda Lacewell from 2020-10-15T13:24:37

Today’s show is a special one because it includes breaking news. My guest is Linda Lacewell, the New York State Superintendent of the Department of Financial Services, and she will not only shar...

Small Business Lending in the Age of COVID: Fundation CEO Sam Graziano from 2020-10-14T13:49:55

Today's guest is Sam Graziano, the CEO of Fundation.

In this episode, Sam tells us about Fundation’s journey, starti...

Investing in Financial Health: Sarah Willis and Allie Burns from 2020-09-28T00:36:48

I’m delighted to say that my guests today are Allie Burns, the CEO of Village Capital, and Sarah Willis, Head of Financial Health Work at JPMChase and former Dire...

Fast-forward on Community Bank Technology: ICBA CEO Rebecca Romero-Rainey from 2020-09-08T21:29:09

Rebeca Romero Rainey is president and CEO of the Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA), the leading advocacy organization representing community banks....

Programmable Money: Sila Cofounders Shamir Karkal and Angela Wilson from 2020-08-23T19:06:26

Shamir and Angela explain the fascinating meanings of the word, Sila. They describe their business model, their customer base, and their back-end infrastructure b...

A New World For Broker-Dealers: FINRA’S Haimera Workie from 2020-08-11T18:42:42

One benefit of my work is that I get to spend time with the innovators who are reshaping regulatory agencies all over the world. I have my favorites, and one of t...

After the Pandemic: The Future of Financial Regulation with NCUA Chairman Rodney Hood from 2020-07-13T19:38:59

The triple crises of 2020 -- pandemic, economic contraction, and racial and social upheaval -- are opening up new kinds of conversations. Today’s episode is one o...

Crypto Innovation: Wyoming Banking Commission Albert Forkner from 2020-06-30T15:03:33

One evening last October, I was pushing my way through the throngs of people at Money 2020 in Las Vegas, when someone called out my name. I turned and saw today’s...

After the Pandemic: The Future of Financial Regulation with UK Financial Conduct Authority Interim CEO Christopher Woolard from 2020-06-22T14:55:21

Today’s episode of our special series on the future of regulation after the pandemic takes us   across the Atlantic (virtually) to talk with one of my favorite Ba...

After the Pandemic: The Future of Financial Regulation with FDIC Chairman Jelena McWilliams from 2020-06-10T16:23:22

Today in our special series on financial regulation in the pandemic and beyond, we are honored to have with us the Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Jelena Mc Williams.

The First Fintech Comptroller: Acting Comptroller of the Currency Brian Brooks on His First Day in Office from 2020-05-29T03:50:23

This morning, Brian Brooks is starting his new job as acting Comptroller of the Currency. I’m fortunate to know Brian well, and over the years he and I have spent...

Calling All Innovators: Andrew McCormack of BIS on the First G20 Global Regulatory Techsprint -- Deadline May 27 from 2020-05-15T16:25:08

Today’s show is both a fascinating story and a call to action. We’re posting it as a bonus episode because my guest, Listen

After the Pandemic: The Future of Financial Regulation with former Comptroller of the Currency Eugene Ludwig from 2020-05-13T15:12:21

Welcome to the second in our series of special conversations about how the pandemic may change the shape of financial regulation. Last time we talked with former ...

After the Pandemic: The Future of Financial Regulation with former Comptroller of the Currency Thomas Curry from 2020-05-04T18:10:37

Today’s show is the first in our COVID recovert series. My guest is Listen

No Shortcuts - Varo CEO Colin Walsh on how to become a bank from 2020-04-30T16:58:51

Trailblazing is hard work. It is not easy to carve out a path no one has followed before, knowing where you want to go but not precisely how to get there. That is...

Homomorphic Encryption: Enveil CEO Ellison Anne Williams from 2020-04-21T15:03:48

Our guest today is Ellison Anne Williams, the CEO of Env...

Fintech4Good: Sunrise Banks CEO David Reiling from 2020-04-07T21:25:50

Today’s guest is David Reiling, CEO and Chairman of Sunrise Banks and author of the book, Fintech4Good Listen

Financial Regulators’ Dilemma: Regulatory Modernization with Jerry Buckley and Sasha Leonhardt from 2020-03-18T18:51:02

In this episode, I talk with Jerry Buckley and Sasha Leonhart of the Buckley firm, who explain how they did the project and what they learned. Jerry, Sasha and I ...

Are you a Bezos or a Musk? Creating Innovation Capital with Jeff Dyer from 2020-03-11T21:28:03

Jeff Dyer is a professor of strategy at BYU and the Wharton School. He and two co-authors, Listen

Banking the Innovators: Silicon Valley Bank CEO Greg Becker from 2020-02-24T23:17:57

Greg Becker has been a champion of the innovation economy since he joined Silicon Valley Bank in 1993 as a banker to fast-growing technology companies. Today, he ...

Jelena Mc Williams, Chairman of the FDIC from 2020-02-09T01:11:17

In a moment you will hear Jelena tell her story, and I promise, you will see what I mean. Last year the Wall Street Journal ran a profile on her called, America’s...

Joseph Otting, Comptroller of the Currency from 2020-01-24T15:23:31

Joseph M. Otting was sworn in as the 31st Comptroller of the Currency on November 27, 2017. 

The Comptroller of the Currency is the administrator ...

Leapfrogging to Leadership: Abu Dhabi Global Market’s Richard Teng from 2020-01-17T19:51:54

Richard Teng is the CEO of the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), an award-winning International Financial Centre (...

Congress’ Physicist: House AI Task Force Chair Rep. Bill Foster from 2020-01-08T17:21:59

We have the perfect show to kick off the new year and new decade in 2020. This is one of the most interesting conversations we’ve ever had, in our hundred-plus ep...

The Future of Work: Joust CEO Lamine Zarrad from 2019-12-19T21:38:33

Lamine Zarrad is the co-founder and CEO of Joust. He began his entrepreneurial journey as a refugee, going on to serve in the U.S. Marines, and then building an e...

The Central Bank of the Future from 2019-12-12T00:35:54

Today’s show is a bonus episode, giving a glimpse of an important project that’s underway. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have funded an initiative to thin...

The Long Game: Talking Financial Inclusion with CGAP CEO Greta Bull from 2019-11-28T01:27:23

Today’s guest leads one of the most important institutions in that movement. She is Greta Bull, a director of the World Bank and CEO of CGap, the Consultative Gro...

Decentralized Identity: Civic CEO Vinny Lingham from 2019-11-16T20:29:08

Today’s show zeroes in on the most foundational question facing us all, not only in financial innovation but in our whole new world of ubiquitous data. That challenge is, how can we gain the ben...

Reaching New Heights: The FCA’s Nick Cook and Francesca Hopwood Road from 2019-10-18T20:49:19

I think this is my all-time favorite episode of Barefoot Innovation.

We have two guests. Nick Cook has been on the s...

Crossing Lines: Aspen’s Ida Rademacher and Prudential’s Jamie Kalamarides from 2019-10-02T16:52:34

Today’s show is amazing on two levels. First, my guests, Ida Rademacher and Jamie Kalamarides, explain new frontiers of thinking about how financial services, inc...

A Bright Future for Small Business, with Karen Mills from 2019-09-17T14:54:19

This is the second time I’ve sat down with Karen Mills for a conversation on Barefoot Innovation. Karen is a Senior Fellow at both the Harvard Business School and...

Small Business Lending: Rob Frohwein and Kathryn Petralia of Kabbage from 2019-09-04T16:10:50

In our conversation, Rob and Kathryn tell their story, on how they’ve built a company that has extended $6 billion in credit to 165,000 people in the United State...

The Future of Banking with Chris Skinner from 2019-08-12T01:33:46

My guest is the one-and-only Chris Skinner. Chris, the CEO of the Finanser<...

100th Episode: The Race to Regulation Transformation -- Marathon and Sprint from 2019-08-08T21:06:29

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Agile Regulation -- CFTC Chairman Chris Giancarlo from 2019-07-11T16:35:55

I’m calling today’s show “agile regulation.” I know that sounds like an oxymoron, but today, agile regulation is actually on its way.

Fighting Financial Crime with Science: Giant Oak CEO Gary Shiffman from 2019-06-11T15:47:55

We know that the money launderers are winning. We know that law enforcement is losing. By now, you’ve probably heard the UN’s statistics on ...

The Promise of Digital ID: David Shrier of Distilled Identity and MIT Media Lab from 2019-05-21T17:54:58

There are some challenges in fintech and regtech that transcend the others -- problems that have to be solved in order to “unstick” numerous...

Counselor to the Secretary of the Treasury, Craig Phillips from 2019-05-07T14:46:43

Our conversations on Barefoot Innovation always grapple with the regulatory challenges arising as technology transforms finance. Most of our guests have good idea...

Prince Michael of Liechtenstein: Imagining Finance in 2030 from 2019-04-23T20:47:53

Bill Gates famously said, “We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the ne...

A New Breed of Community Bank: My Fun and Fascinating Conversation with NBKC from 2019-04-09T14:33:02

If you’re ready for a breath of fresh air, today’s show is for you. It’s fun, it’s fascinating, and it’s filled to the brim with ideas that many of us haven’t heard before...

Bonus Episode: Futurist Brett King from 2019-03-27T17:19:33

Today’s show is a bonus episode, and an extra-special one, because I sat down with my friend, the futurist and financial technology guru Brett King.This is our second show...

Talking Cryptocurrency with Brian Brooks of Coinbase from 2019-03-19T17:57:22

I have a real treat for you today. Brian Brooks is the Chief Legal Officer ...

Women in Fintech from 2019-03-08T14:22:53

Today is International Women’s Day, and we’re honoring it with a very special bonus episode of Barefoot Innovation, on Women in Fintech...and with Women in Fintech. My four guests are L...

How to Digitize a Bank: Citizen’s Lamont Young from 2019-02-26T19:43:45

I love how technology is bringing new kinds of people into finance. Today’s guest, Lamont Young, is a great example. He started his career in the fashion industry. Today, ...

AI’s Potential and Perils for Finance: Steve Cohen of Basis Technology from 2019-02-20T00:44:27

I had a fascinating conversation in Boston this winter with Steve Cohen, who is Cofounder, EVP, and COO of Listen

Crossing Party Lines with Fintech Foxes Jon Bouker, Dan Renberg and Kate Flocken of Arent Fox from 2019-02-06T18:01:39

Amidst all the collective angst about our political discourse, I found myself, one afternoon last fall, in a meeting with the leadership team of the government af...

The CFPB Innovation Director Paul Watkins from 2019-02-04T15:06:32

Today’s show is a bonus episode that we added to the schedule because it has a deadline connected with it. My guest is Paul Watkins, Assistant Director of the Consumer Fed...

Making Hard Things Easy and Boring Things Fun with Acorns Co-founder Walter Cruttenden from 2019-01-30T21:30:55

Today’s guest is Walter Cruttenden, cofounder of Acorns and founder of the gaming company, Blast.

Biometrics, Blockchains, and Bots with David Birch from 2019-01-22T20:14:33

Today’s show is a special treat because my guest is brilliant and funny and original, and he’s also a friend. Dave Birch is a London-based author, advisor and commentator ...

Fintech in China and Around the World: Anju Patwardhan of CreditEase from 2019-01-10T15:17:07

Our first 2019 show brings us a global perspective on fintech. My guest is Anju Patwardhan, Managing Director of the Listen

The Human Side of Technology -- Sopnendu Mohanty, Chief Fintech Officer of the Monetary Authority of Singapore from 2018-12-28T18:38:32

This is our second show with Sopnendu Mohanty, Chief Fintech Officer of the Monetary Authority of Singapor...

The American Dreamers: Earnup Cofounders Matthew Cooper and Nadim Homsany from 2018-12-11T17:29:40

One of the things I love about our Barefoot Innovation conversations -- and about fintech, for that matter -- is the passion you find in so many founders, these people who...

Try Something New: Lend Academy and LendIt Founder Peter Renton from 2018-11-20T19:20:46

Today’s show is coming to you from London. I’m here to speak at the LendIt Fintech Europe conference, and I’m delighted to say that my guest is the cofounder of the Listen

Moving The Regulatory Mountain: CEO of JWG and Founder of Regtech Council, PJ Di Giammarino from 2018-11-14T14:58:47

My guest today is one of the world’s foremost thinkers on how to modernize financial regulation through technology.  He is PJ Di Giammarino, CEO of Listen

Complete Financial Inclusion: The World Bank's Harish Natarajan from 2018-10-30T18:16:17

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Know Your Customer: Alloy CRO Laura Spiekerman from 2018-10-10T00:03:59

One of the biggest challenges in fighting money laundering is satisfying the KYC, or Know Your Customer, rules. These regulatory requirements make sense in concept -- they require financial comp...

Talking Through the Storm with Jan Lynn Owen from 2018-09-25T16:15:36

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Machine-Readable Regulation: Compliance.AI CEO Kayvan Alikhani from 2018-09-11T16:46:42

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Transforming Identity: GlobaliD CEO Greg Kidd from 2018-08-28T12:15:35

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Congressman Gregory Meeks on Win-Win Fintech from 2018-08-14T13:27:46

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Innovation at a Small Bank: Radius CEO Mike Butler from 2018-07-31T12:46:39

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Data that Deepens Financial Access: Experian and Lendup from 2018-07-10T20:26:52

Today’s show brings us two fascinating guests.  Alex Lintner is President of Consumer Information Services for Experian, and Sasha Orloff -- who is a prev...

Regulatory Challenger: LabCFTC and Daniel Gorfine from 2018-06-18T03:01:28

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Regulation Revolution: The Financial Conduct Authority and Digitally-Native Regulatory Design from 2018-06-09T16:11:37

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Innovation and Community Banks: Eastern Bank CEO Bob Rivers from 2018-06-01T17:23:09

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The Courage to Change: Former Wells Fargo BSA Officer Jim Richards from 2018-05-14T20:41:17

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How to Change the World: The Gates Foundation’s Michael Wiegand from 2018-05-07T20:20:28

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Affordable Financial Advice: Nerdwallet CEO Tim Chen from 2018-04-18T17:10:24

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Sponsor Bank: Cross River Bank’s CEO Gilles Gade from 2018-04-10T13:11:32

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Digitally Native Finance: Starling Bank CEO Anne Boden from 2018-03-18T16:41:27

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Collaboration Innovation: Charlotte Crosswell and Dan Morgan of Innovate Finance from 2018-03-07T22:25:35

I always love it when we find innovation in unexpected places, not just in the financial products and channels and regulatory issues we discuss, but also in people inventing new ways to get thin...

Finance and the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Tim Pawlenty, CEO of Financial Services Roundtable from 2018-02-12T04:52:41

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The Data Economy: A Lively London Debate on Fintech in Europe and Africa from 2018-01-28T21:15:21

This is the most fun show we’ve done in ages, or maybe ever. My friend Jean-Stephane Gourevitch offered to gather some really interesting people in London to talk about the data economy. We fina...

The Future of Regulation: The FCA's Reg-Tech Leader, Nick Cook from 2018-01-09T02:56:15

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Innovating in Payments: Wells Fargo Head of Partnerships and Industry Relations - Braden More from 2018-01-02T17:06:13

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Regulation Innovation: The FCA's Christopher Woolard from 2017-12-10T15:52:58

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Real Lives: Rachel Schneider and the Financial Diaries from 2017-11-02T01:15:02

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Big Banks and Big Ideas: Citi FinTech's Andres Wolberg-Stok from 2017-10-01T18:24:50

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The VC Perspective: Miles Reidy of QED Investors from 2017-09-19T14:40:30

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A Healthy Credit Card: Jason Gross, CEO of Petal from 2017-09-12T14:22:40

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The ABA's Regulatory Compliance Conference (Part 2) from 2017-09-06T19:50:23

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The ABA's Regulatory Compliance Conference (Part 1) from 2017-09-06T19:48:19

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Access For All: CIIE’s Sanjay Jain and the India Stack from 2017-08-23T06:00:36

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We Have Less Time than We Think: Singapore's Sopnendu Mohanty from 2017-08-16T15:56:12

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Banks and Community : CSBS President John Ryan from 2017-08-07T21:27

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Breakfast with the Best - Brett King from 2017-07-26T19:05:02

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From Analog to Digital Regulation - CFTC Acting Chairman Christopher Giancarlo from 2017-07-18T18:33:04

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Regulators&Sandboxes: Wai-Lum Kwok on Abu Dhabi's Reglab from 2017-07-05T19:33:08

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Colleen Briggs : Financial Inclusion Innovation Powered by JP Morgan Chase from 2017-06-29T04:00:16

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Making it Easy : Intuit's Al Ko from 2017-06-13T14:07:14

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Fiat Currency Can be Virtual Too: Jonathan Dharmapalan, CEO of eCurrency from 2017-05-28T04:08:48

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Outspoken: Bill Harris, Founder and Chairman of Personal Capital and former CEO of Intuit and Paypal from 2017-05-22T02:46:34

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Heroic Compliance : Treliant's Lyn Farrell from 2017-04-30T21:54:34

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Financial Inclusion is Coming Fast - AFI Executive Director Alfred Hannig from 2017-04-05T22:37:47

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A Millennial Building for Millennials - Ollie Perdue of Loot from 2017-03-10T04:22:58

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Fintech for Small Business: Former SBA Administrator&Harvard Business School Senior Fellow Karen Mills from 2017-01-30T00:28:37

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Getting People on to the Credit Ladder: LendUp CEO Sasha Orloff from 2017-01-15T22:47:06

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The One Dollar Smart Phone -- Theo Cosmora, CEO of SocialEco from 2017-01-04T05:36:06

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Remaking the Financial Rails: Ripple CEO Chris Larsen from 2016-11-10T02:25:03

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Colin Walsh of Varo from 2016-10-18T02:53:48

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Harvard's Brigitte Madrian on Saving for Retirement: "We are Not Making it Easy" from 2016-10-13T02:26:01

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Innovation in Small Business Lending: Sam Hodges of Funding Circle from 2016-09-25T19:32:16

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Innovation and Consumer Protection - Lauren Saunders, National Consumer Law Center from 2016-09-06T01:40:55

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Insure-Tech : QED Founding Partner Caribou Honig from 2016-08-17T02:46:01

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Innovating in Compliance, Citi CCO Kathryn Reimann and Wells Fargo CCO Yvette Hollingsworth Clark from 2016-08-07T22:05:38

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CFPB'S FIFTH ANNIVERSARY: DIRECTOR RICHARD CORDRAY from 2016-07-19T00:57:51

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Fintech for Everyone : Vinay Patel and Max Gasner from Bee from 2016-07-14T02:27:24

I enjoy all my guests on Barefoot Innovation, but if someone forced me to choose my favorite episodes, this one would be on the list. It’s partly because my guests, the co-founders of Bee,...

Cost Cutting with the Blockchain - Blythe Masters, CEO of Digital Asset Holdings from 2016-07-06T01:12:04

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The Last Helicopter Pioneer – Innovation Insights from my Father, Glidden S. Doman from 2016-06-29T02:55:18

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FINANCIAL INCLUSION: RAUL VAZQUEZ OF OPORTUN from 2016-05-12T03:44:52

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Effortless Investing : Jon Stein of Betterment from 2016-05-03T03:02:47

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Its Still Simple : Josh Reich One Year Later from 2016-04-19T02:31:59

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CFSI's Innovation Contest from 2016-04-04T01:50:25

We have a very special show today. I realized – rather late – that we should do an episode on the CFSI financial solutions lab competition. It’s belated, because the contest is open, now, for it...

At the Front with NFCC's Susan Keating from 2016-03-22T01:23:05

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Consulting the Source - Leonard Chanin of Morrison&Foerster from 2016-03-16T01:27:54

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Transforming Payments: Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire from 2016-03-02T03:59:17

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Effortless Saving: Digit CEO Ethan Bloch from 2016-02-26T04:51:50

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Innovating at a Bank : Dominic Venturo of US Bancorp from 2016-02-09T15:00

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Insights from Michael Barr from 2016-02-05T03:51:18

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The Regulatory Sandbox : BMO's Nitish Pandey from 2016-01-16T21:57:33

Welcome to Barefoot innovation as we start into a fresh new year.

Being appreciated!

We are kicking off 2016 with a won...

Chuck Harris, President of NetSpend from 2015-12-23T22:56:20

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Regulation Innovation: A conversation with Comptroller of the Currency Thomas J. Curry from 2015-12-09T05:52:39

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The Secrets of FinTech: Jesse McWaters and Rob Galaski, World Economic Forum from 2015-11-25T22:49:05

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Courtney Kelso - Innovation&Inclusion at American Express from 2015-11-10T01:28:15

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Jennifer Tescher, President&CEO of the Center for Financial Services Innovation from 2015-10-15T03:30:06

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The Power of Community Banks - Brian Graham, CEO of AlliancePartners&BancAlliance from 2015-09-28T23:58:19

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Richard Davis, President and CEO of U.S. Bancorp from 2015-09-15T19:32:28

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Increasing Economic Opportunity for the Underserved - Luz Urrutia, Global Head of Retail at Oportun from 2015-09-01T14:00

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Striving for Worry-Free Finance - Stoyan Kenderov of Intuit from 2015-08-18T14:00

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Steve Carlson, Founder&CEO of Ascend, Winner of the CFSI Financial Solutions Lab Competition from 2015-08-07T03:51:10

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Green Dot CEO Steve Streit and Professor Dog on no-bite Banking from 2015-07-21T01:57:53

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Bringing Character Lending into the 21st Century with Vouch Founder&CEO Yee Lee from 2015-07-08T20:52:30

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The Innovative Bank – BBVA Compass CEO Manolo Sanchez from 2015-07-01T01:47:29

Episode 6: The Innovative Bank - Manolo Sanchez, CEO of BBVA Compass

Episode 5 - Renaud Laplanche, Founder&CEO of Lending Club from 2015-06-23T13:54:33

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Episode 4 - Who will Win the Consumer's Trust with Susan Ehrlich from 2015-06-04T02:36:29

When we recorded this short episode with Susan Ehrlich, she was head of global credit for Amazon. She oversaw the Amazon Rewards Visa and Amazon Store Card in the U.S., as well as Amazon credit ...

Episode 3 - Arjan Schutte of Core Innovation Capital on Venture Capital in FinTech from 2015-05-27T00:54:35

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Episode 2 - "The Cheerful Disruptors" with Josh Reich and Shamir Karkal from Simple.com from 2015-05-05T01:36:34

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Episode 1 - Raj Date from 2015-04-06T01:19:07

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