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Jo Ann Barefoot

Jo Ann Barefoot is CEO & Co-founder of the Alliance for Innovative Regulation (AIR), a nonprofit organization working globally to promote a more fair, inclusive and resilient financial system by helping adapt financial regulation for the digital age. She hosts the global podcast show Barefoot Innovation and is Senior Fellow Emerita at the Harvard Kennedy School Center for Business & Government. She has been Deputy Comptroller of the Currency, partner at KPMG, Co-Chairman of Treliant Risk Advisors, and a staff member at the U.S. Senate Banking Committee. Ms. Barefoot has published more than 200 articles and is the author of numerous papers on financial regulation and technology, including the RegTech Manifesto.

A new AI paradigm for financial regulation

The leading edge of fintech is moving faster than many regulatory capabilities, posing risks to financial stability, security and inclusion. Artificial intelligence applications could help flip the script, by transforming how regulators, risk managers and ordinary consumers interact with the financial system.