The Hidden Cost of Gradualism: Dante Disparte of Circle
Dante Disparte of Circle joins Jo Ann to explore stablecoins, AI and the future of money, including the hidden cost of gradualism, why trust...
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Barefoot Innovation Podcast
Jo Ann Barefoot discussion disrupting innovation in the financial services sector and beyond.
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20 of 258 episodesFrom the FBI to FINRA: Greg Ruppert on Smarter Regulation
A glimpse into the regulator of the future: FINRA's Greg Ruppert joins Jo Ann to discuss AI, data, financial crime, fusion cells, FINRA Forw...
Yaya Fanusie on Building Privacy Into Blockchain
Yaya Fanusie of Aleo joins Jo Ann to explore privacy-preserving blockchain, stablecoins, zero-knowledge proofs, illicit finance, China's dig...
Beyond Pilots & Sandboxes: Cloud, AI & the Future of Supervision
Saket Narayan of AWS joins Jo Ann to explore how regulators can move beyond pilots and sandboxes, using cloud, data, AI, and secure experime...
Live Episode: AI, Risk & the Future of Bank Compliance
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...
Seeing the Gaps: Gender Data and the Future of Inclusive Finance
Wendy Teleki and Tatiana Alonso join Jo Ann to explore why gender-disaggregated data is essential to inclusive finance, smarter supervision,...
Move Fast & Make Things: The FCA is Still Leading on Regulatory Innovation
FCA leaders Colin Payne and Matt Lowe join Jo Ann to explore tech-positive regulation, AI labs, sandboxes, policy sprints, stablecoins, and...
Compliance as an Enabler
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...
Episode 250: My Favorite Thought Partners
For Barefoot Innovation's 250th episode, Jo Ann looks back on 11 years of fintech transformation — and ahead to the AI-shaped future — with...
Rebuilding Money for an AI World
Jo Ann speaks with Radius co-founders Bob Bench and Anders Brownworth on building payment systems for an AI-driven economy, the role of stab...
Solvable: We Can Beat Financial Crime Pt.2: Carole House, Ari Redbord & Matt Van Buskirk
AI-powered scams, crypto crime, and global networks are accelerating financial crime — but solutions are within reach. Experts Ari Redbord,...
You Can't Fight the Wind: Building Trust in the Age of Tokenization
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...
Crypto Comes of Age: Trust, Rules, & Real-World Use
Crypto is moving from the margins to the mainstream. Stu Alderoty of Ripple and the National Cryptocurrency Association joins Jo Ann to unpa...
Stablecoins & Sovereignty: Africa's Digital Money Revolution
Flourish Ventures investor Efayomi Carr and GDF executive Elise Soucie Watts join Jo Ann to unpack Africa's fintech boom, the rise of stable...
Live Episode: The Future of Money — Stablecoins, Trust and Transformation
Recorded live at Aspen Ideas: Economy — Jo Ann talks with Biswarup Chatterjee from Citi and Jennifer Lassiter of Standard Chartered about ho...
We Can Beat Financial Crime Pt. 1: Carole House, Ari Redbord, and Matt Van Buskirk
Financial crime is a G7‑sized economy. Carole House, Ari Redbord and Matt Van Buskirk join Jo Ann to expose how AI has turbocharged scams an...
Financial Crime & National Security: DARPA's A3ML Program Making Money Laundering Too Expensive to Exist
DARPA's David R. Dewhurst joins Jo Ann to explain A3ML, an audacious plan to make money laundering too expensive to exist. Hear how new grap...
Pathfinder: Sean Neville is Changing How Money Will Work
Join us as Sean Neville, co-founder of Circle & architect of the USDC stablecoin, discusses Catena Labs — building the first regulated, AI-n...
Crypto's Crossroads: Regulation & Innovation with SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce
U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) Commissioner Hester Peirce discusses the evolving U.S. digital asset policy landscape, including...
The Evolution of Money: A Conversation with Tyler Williams, Counselor to the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury for Digital Assets
Tyler Williams, Treasury's Counselor for Digital Assets, discusses the Administration's crypto strategy, stablecoin legislation, and managin...