AI in Financial Services Podcast

Manish Goyal from Berkshire Partners discusses challenges in deploying AI in private equity, focusing on automating tasks and improving decision-making. Topics include AI applications, data security, retrieval augmented generation, and cross-functional efforts for successful implementation.

Today’s guest is Darren Humphries, Group Chief Information Security Officer and Chief Technology Officer Partner at Acora. Acora is a UK-based, award-winning provider of managed, consultancy, and professional services in information technology and security across many industrial sectors. Darren returns to the podcast to discuss the relationship between IT and cybersecurity enterprise functions at the heart of AI’s impact in the financial services space. Later, he explains what financial leaders, in particular, should keep in mind when driving to level-up their operations when it comes to cybersecurity and other anomaly-detection based functions (AML, fraud detection). If you’ve enjoyed or benefited from some of the insights of this episode, consider leaving us a five-star review on Apple Podcasts, and let us know what you learned, found helpful, or liked most about this show!

Today’s guest is Darren Humphries, Group Chief Information Security Officer and Chief Technology Officer Partner at Acora. Acora is a UK-based, award-winning provider of managed, consultancy, and professional services in information technology and security across many industrial sectors. Darren joins us on today’s show to discuss new opportunities for financial services leaders to drive the IT and infrastructure necessary to ensure the lowest possible risk, especially when it comes to AML, fraud, and cybersecurity workflows. If you’ve enjoyed or benefited from some of the insights of this episode, consider leaving us a five-star review on Apple Podcasts, and let us know what you learned, found helpful, or liked most about this show!

Today’s guest is Jason Walker, Chief Innovation Officer at BigPanda. BigPanda is a California-based software developer whose AIOps-powered platform helps businesses improve their service support and incident management systems. Jason returns to the platform to talk about the future of IT for financial services, given the potential of new generative AI capabilities that are helping streamline data and hardware management workflows. Later, he and Emerj Senior Editor Matthew DeMello examine what AIOps will mean for IT teams and initiatives going forward. To access Emerj’s frameworks for AI readiness, ROI, and strategy, visit Emerj Plus at emerj.com/p1.

Today’s guest is Jason Walker, Chief Innovation Officer at BigPanda. BigPanda is a California-based software developer whose AIOps-powered platform helps businesses improve their service support and incident management systems. Jason joins us on this week’s podcast to discuss what financial leaders need to know to drive the IT infrastructure necessary to take advantage of new, emerging, data-heavy use cases we’re seeing in generative AI. Later, he and Senior Editor Matthew DeMello discuss GenAI tools that can help streamline IT workflows. If you’ve enjoyed or benefited from some of the insights of this episode, consider leaving us a five-star review on Apple Podcasts, and let us know what you learned, found helpful, or liked most about this show!

Delving into data governance and AI adoption in financial services, Andrew Sellers of Confluent shares insights on democratization of data and executive buy-in. Topics include interconnected data challenges, role of data governance tools in capital markets, leveraging data mesh for decision-making, and essentials of privacy, security, and quality in data governance for AI adoption.

Andrew Sellers, Head of Technology Strategy at Confluent, discusses the challenges faced by financial institutions in IT costs. He emphasizes the importance of data governance, AI advancements in finance, and the role of generative AI in data management. The podcast also delves into the risks of misinformation in AI technologies and the need for human oversight.

Today’s guest is Ivan Edwards, Vice President of Customer Interactions at Cadence Bank. Before his time at Cadence, Ivan served as Contact Center Manager and Assistant Vice President at Wells Fargo. Ivan joins Emerj CEO and Head of Research Daniel Faggella on today’s show to discuss changing trends in online banking and customer interactions that have arisen in the post-pandemic financial services landscape. Together, they pull apart data showing new customer behaviors in different segments and demographics, and take a critical look at how banks can foster more intimate relationships with their customers. This episode is sponsored by Uniphore. To learn more about Emerj Media and how to reach the Emerj audience, visit emerj.com/ad1.

Priyank Patel, SVP at KeyBank, discusses implementing AI and ML in AML workflows, focusing on challenges, leveraging data, and transitioning to cloud infrastructure. Emphasis on reducing false positives, prioritizing ML detection, and optimizing data investments for AML enhancements.

Today’s guest is Fabrizio Burlando, Global Head of Advisors Consulting and Digital Labs at Mastercard. Previous to Mastercard, Fabrizio also served as a project leader at Boston Consulting Group and as a Senior Consultant for the United Nations. Fabrizio joins us on this program following his recent appearance on the ‘AI in Business’ podcast to talk about new opportunities for SMBs in generative AI and the best strategies they can deploy to prepare their organizations for adoption. To discover more AI use cases, best practice guides, white papers, frameworks, and more, join Emerj Plus at emerj.com/p1.