Yaya Fanusie on Building Privacy Into Blockchain
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: .
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Beyond Pilots & Sandboxes: Cloud, AI & the Future of Supervision
Barefoot Innovation Podcast
Saket Narayan of AWS joins Jo Ann to explore how regulators can move beyond pilots and sandboxes, using cloud, data, AI, and secure experimentation to build faster, smarter, more adaptive supervision. Episode show notes, transcript and related links available online at: .
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Live Episode: AI, Risk & the Future of Bank Compliance
Barefoot Innovation Podcast
Live from ABA RCC, Jo Ann talks with Raj Date and Konrad Alt about AI’s promise and peril for bank risk, compliance, supervision, financial crime, agentic commerce, and the future of regulated finance. Episode show notes, transcript and related links available online at: . Video recording courtesy of the American Bankers Association.
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Seeing the Gaps: Gender Data and the Future of Inclusive Finance
Barefoot Innovation Podcast
Wendy Teleki and Tatiana Alonso join Jo Ann to explore why gender-disaggregated data is essential to inclusive finance, smarter supervision, and unlocking capital for women entrepreneurs worldwide. Episode show notes, transcript and related links available online at: .
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Move Fast & Make Things: The FCA is Still Leading on Regulatory Innovation
Barefoot Innovation Podcast
FCA leaders Colin Payne and Matt Lowe join Jo Ann to explore tech-positive regulation, AI labs, sandboxes, policy sprints, stablecoins, and how regulators can move faster without sacrificing trust. Episode show notes, transcript and related links available online at: .
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Compliance as an Enabler
Barefoot Innovation Podcast
Column N.A.’s Meredith Turner joins Jo Ann to unpack the future of partner banking — where clean tech stacks, real-time data, and compliance-by-design can help fintech innovation move faster, safer, and smarter. Episode show notes, transcript and related links available online at: .
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Episode 250: My Favorite Thought Partners
Barefoot Innovation Podcast
For Barefoot Innovation’s 250th episode, Jo Ann looks back on 11 years of fintech transformation — and ahead to the AI-shaped future — with Kabir Kumar, Matt Van Buskirk, and Nick Cook in a special conversation. Episode show notes, transcript and related links available online at: .
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Rebuilding Money for an AI World
Barefoot Innovation Podcast
Jo Ann speaks with Radius co-founders Bob Bench and Anders Brownworth on building payment systems for an AI-driven economy, the role of stablecoins, and why the future of money may be shaped more by machines than people. Episode show notes, transcript and related links available online at: .
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Solvable: We Can Beat Financial Crime Pt.2: Carole House, Ari Redbord & Matt Van Buskirk
Barefoot Innovation Podcast
AI-powered scams, crypto crime, and global networks are accelerating financial crime — but solutions are within reach. Experts Ari Redbord, Carole House, and Matt Van Buskirk debate how tech, data sharing, and new policy frameworks could finally turn the tide. Episode show notes, transcript and related links available online at:
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You Can’t Fight the Wind: Building Trust in the Age of Tokenization
Barefoot Innovation Podcast
What does it mean to regulate trust in a digital economy? Patrick Murck of Surus joins Jo Ann to talk stablecoins, tokenization, AI, and why financial innovation keeps challenging old assumptions. Episode show notes, transcript and related links available online at:
info_outlineThis special episode explores AIR's work tackling financial crime & regulatory modernization, & highlights 4 upcoming events: Battlefront: Fraud in the Age of AI, West Africa Payments & Fraud Policy Sprint, Innovation Elements Cohort, & Converge.