Rob McKenna, Orrick partner and former Washington State Attorney General, joins RegFi co-hosts Jerry Buckley and Caroline Stapleton to discuss the expanding role of state attorneys general in consumer financial protection....more
In the consumer deposits and payments products space, the banking as a service (BaaS) model creates significant opportunities for fintech innovation and consumer choice — but BaaS arrangements have also drawn the attention of...more
Curious about how financial institutions, their service providers, and their federal regulators are using and overseeing machine learning and other AI tools? A new GAO report published on May 19th (the “Report”) provides a...more
5/28/2025
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The Klaros Group’s Michele Alt joins Orrick partners Jerry Buckley, Caroline Stapleton and Walt Zalenski to explore actions needed to facilitate new bank formations, which have slowed to trickle in recent years. The...more
3/13/2025
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At no time in recent memory has consumer finance regulation faced more prospects for change. RegFi co-hosts Jerry Buckley, Sasha Leonhardt, Sherry Safchuk and Caroline Stapleton discuss what could be in play for consumer...more
Alex Acree, Chief Legal Officer at Unit, joins RegFi co-hosts Jerry Buckley and Caroline Stapleton to explore the role that a financial services infrastructure company can play in the evolving delivery of financial services...more
David Birch, an internationally recognized thought leader in digital identity and digital money, joins RegFi co-hosts Jerry Buckley and Caroline Stapleton to discuss the evolution of financial services in the metaverse, the...more
NYU economics professor Larry White joins RegFi co-hosts Jerry Buckley and Caroline Stapleton to discuss a range of current issues facing the financial services industry. Professor White provides data on the significant...more
RegFi co-hosts Jerry Buckley and Caroline Stapleton welcome podcast guest Tracy Basinger, former head of supervision at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and a senior advisor at the Klaros Group. Tracy brings a unique...more
Bob Broeksmit, President and CEO of the Mortgage Bankers Association, joins RegFi co-hosts Jerry Buckley and Caroline Stapleton to discuss the transformative impact of technology on the mortgage industry. Bob highlights the...more
We have something a little different for this week’s episode. RegFi co-hosts Jerry Buckley and Caroline Stapleton recently joined the latest installment of the American Fintech Council’s Future of Finance Webinar Series. The...more
RegFi co-hosts Jerry Buckley and Caroline Stapleton welcome Eugene Ludwig to discuss the decline in economic opportunities for middle- and low-income Americans. Gene, former Comptroller of the Currency and founder of...more
The CFPB’s Proposed Larger Participant Rule for Payments Providers, if adopted, will subject large tech companies providing payments services and mobile wallets to bank-like supervisory examinations of their payments...more
FinRegLab Deputy Director Kelly Cochran joins RegFi cohosts Jerry Buckley and Caroline Stapleton for a conversation about how machine learning – including generative artificial intelligence – is used by consumer lenders and...more
John Gulliver — the Executive Director of the Program on International Financial Systems and the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation — joins RegFi co-hosts Jerry Buckley and Caroline Stapleton for a conversation about the...more
The CFPB’s proposed rulemaking on digital wallets and payment apps would bring new regulatory supervision and compliance obligations to technology companies. RegFi co-hosts Jerry Buckley, Sasha Leonhardt, Sherry Safchuk and...more
RegFi kicks off 2024 by welcoming Greg Baer, President & CEO of the Bank Policy Institute (BPI). He shares his perspective on a broad range of topics affecting the banking sector, including the current regulatory landscape,...more
"In this episode of RegFi, Jerry Buckley and Caroline Stapleton are joined by Konrad Alt, co-founder of the Klaros Group. Konrad’s diverse career has allowed him to engage with financial services regulation from numerous...more
Join us for this bonus episode where the RegFi hosts share their initial reactions to the CFPB’s proposed rule on Personal Financial Data Rights. The proposed rule, which implements Section 1033 of the Dodd-Frank Act,...more
In this episode, Jerry Buckley and Caroline Stapleton welcome guest Melissa Koide, CEO of FinRegLab. Melissa discusses her organization’s work in evaluating the explainability of complex machine learning algorithms in credit...more
10/5/2023
The hosts of RegFi – Orrick partners Jerry Buckley, Sasha Leonhardt, Sherry Safchuk, and Caroline Stapleton – introduce the goals of the podcast and share what they look forward to learning in upcoming conversations with...more
10/4/2023
Artificial intelligence (AI) offers financial institutions the opportunity to enhance operational efficiency, customer experiences and financial and other risk management. However, these models must be subjected to...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) warned financial institutions this week about the risks of using AI-powered chatbots to communicate with consumers. The Bureau advised financial institutions to “consider the...more