AIR - Alliance for Innovative Regulation

🚨 The deadline is approaching to apply for our upcoming Bank + Fintech Arrangements TechSprint to explore regulatory issues relating to the evolving business models of community #banks, with a focus on relationship models between banks and #fintech firms. The deadline to apply is January 24. 📅 February 24-27, 2025 📍 Orrick LLC • 2100 Pennsylvania Ave NW • Washington, D.C. 20037 🏢 In-person event • Space is limited Learn more and apply now: https://lnkd.in/eTqgts_B This event is being held in collaboration with the New York State Department of Financial Services. Thanks to our supporters of the event: AlixPartners Amazon Web Services (AWS) American Bankers Association Chime DLx Law Financial Technology Association Klaros Group LoanPro Mercury Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP Sardine Unit Upgrade, Inc. Zest AI #BFAtechsprint #innovation #technology #techsprint

✍ New blog: Tackling Digital Payment Fraud: Lessons from West Africa’s TechSprint ➡️ https://lnkd.in/dGRKmxxT AIR is dedicated to playing its part in the global fight against fraud, including the growing challenge of digital payment fraud. As part of this effort, AIR hosted a virtual TechSprint focused on detecting and combating digital payment fraud in West Africa. #dpftechsprint #blog #techsprint

AIR's latest white paper, produced in partnership with Gattaca Horizons LLC, provides a comprehensive review of earned wage access (EWA) services, their potential to mitigate harms associated with certain traditional financial products, and the unique challenges they pose. 🔗Download your free copy: https://lnkd.in/gRSRxTnQ #financialinclusion #fintech #regulation #policy #finance #innovation

🚀 Applications are rolling in for AIR's Bank + Fintech Arrangements TechSprint to explore regulatory issues relating to the evolving business models of community #banks, with a focus on relationship models between banks and #fintech firms. Don't miss your opportunity! The deadline to apply is January 24. 📅 February 24-27, 2025 📍 Orrick LLC • 2100 Pennsylvania Ave NW • Washington, D.C. 20037 🏢 In-person event • Space is limited Learn more and apply now: https://lnkd.in/eTqgts_B Thanks to our supporters of the event: AlixPartners Amazon Web Services (AWS) American Bankers Association Chime DLx Law Financial Technology Association Klaros Group LoanPro Mercury Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP Sardine Unit Upgrade, Inc. Zest AI #BFAtechsprint #innovation #technology

We’re gearing up for an exciting 2️⃣ 0️⃣ 2️⃣ 5️⃣ and you won’t want to miss it. Stay in the loop by following us on all our channels and subscribing to our emails. 📩 Email https://bit.ly/AIR_Optin 🖊️ X https://lnkd.in/gjwWgea4 📽️ Vimeo https://bit.ly/AIRPRvimeo 📺 YouTube https://lnkd.in/gNEik9zh 🎙️ Podcast https://lnkd.in/gxpem77Z

📢 Bridging the Financial Racial Wealth Gap The stats are stark, the challenges real, but solutions are within reach. Minority Depository Institutions (MDIs) are critical in supporting marginalized communities, yet many face technological barriers that limit their impact. 🌐 Learn how MDIs can modernize and thrive in the digital financial landscape. 📥 Download our white paper: A Purposeful Journey into Digitization: Lessons Learned from the MDI Digital Modernization Pilot and ConnectTech Programs. 🔗https://ow.ly/Xy0L50Um1Sz

🎧 We're counting down the Top 10 🏆 Barefoot Innovation #podcast episodes of 2024. Did your favorite make the list? 10 - Toward Open Finance: Jane Barratt on the New U.S. Data Rules 🔗https://lnkd.in/ebSgy8vn 9 - Cutting Edge Consumer Finance: Upgrade, Inc. CEO Renaud Laplanche 🔗https://lnkd.in/eKDGmqZW 8 - The Financial Regulators’ Odyssey: AIR’s Innovation Lead Nick Cook 🔗https://lnkd.in/eTknw475 7 - Women’s History Month: Jo Ann Barefoot Joins Shelley Anderson to look back and forward 🔗https://lnkd.in/e9eTv-Jj 6 - Taming the Machine: AI Ethicist Nell Watson 🔗https://lnkd.in/eHCbDU54 5 - Innovation in Africa: Bank of Ghana’s Kwame Oppong 🔗https://lnkd.in/ewW_X5MK 4 - Fintech 2.0: Itai Damti and Alex Acree of Unit 🔗https://lnkd.in/gbKT8zGz 3 - Community Banks: Darragh Buckley on a Tech-Enabled Future 🔗https://lnkd.in/eZnNKVUW 2 - How to Include Everyone: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Michael Wiegand 🔗https://lnkd.in/dhJyUyGm 🥁... and drumroll please🥁 1 - Presidential Assistant Elizabeth Kelly: The White House Policy on AI 🔗https://lnkd.in/dWb_pP7K Thanks for listening and stay tuned for more insightful episodes in 2025! #listennow #top10 #finance #innovation #regulation #AI

🏆 As 2024 comes to a close, we're holding space for our 8️⃣ most popular and impactful AIR publications. 8 - Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets: A Market-Based Mechanism for Corporates to Meet Their Net-Zero Commitments 🔗https://lnkd.in/eJnDv6TP 7 - Earned Wage Access: Exploring Policy Implications & Frameworks 🔗https://lnkd.in/gRSRxTnQ 6 - The Survival Of Minority Depository Institutions Requires A Journey To Digitization 🔗https://lnkd.in/eCyychPx 5 - A Purposeful Journey into Digitization: Lessons Learned from the MDI Digital Modernization Pilot and ConnectTech Programs 🔗https://lnkd.in/emBPbujw 4 - Advancing Digital Identity: Building Essential Infrastructure 🔗https://bit.ly/4dHwysz 3 - Generative AI Risk Management in Financial Institutions 🔗https://lnkd.in/evaqxHNt 2 - From Legacy Systems To Cutting-Edge Tech: A Financial Regulator’s Odyssey 🔗https://lnkd.in/dkxddWwj 1 - AI: Transforming the Future or Triggering Fear? Generative Artificial Intelligence and Its Impact on Financial Consumers and Regulators 🔗https://lnkd.in/grqV_d67 Stay tuned for more insights in 2025! F. Christopher Calabia, CAMS Sujit "Bob" Chakravorti, PhD Nick Cook Daniel Gorfine Behnaz Kibria Carmen Versluis Mariama Jalloh-Heyward Aye B. Diallo Jo Ann Barefoot Emily DeAlto Bertrand Rioux #download #2024countdown #whitepapers #finance #regulation #innovation #AI

📥 Dive into 5 critical areas for transformation for MDIs in our white paper: A Purposeful Journey into Digitization: Lessons Learned from the MDI Digital Modernization Pilot and ConnectTech Programs. 🔗 Download here: https://ow.ly/etqL50Um2M2

📄 One of AIR’s Most Downloaded White Papers This Year: From Legacy Systems to Cutting-Edge Tech: A Financial Regulator’s Odyssey This paper continues to resonate with financial regulators, offering practical strategies for navigating digital transformation and modernizing oversight. 🌐 Download it now and see why it’s made such an impact: https://ow.ly/NPBB50Um4SC #DigitalTransformation #RegTech #FinancialInnovation