Barefoot Innovation Podcast

Jo Ann Barefoot

Booking Overview

This is an interview podcast focused on technology-driven financial regulation, featuring senior regulators, fintech executives, technology leaders, and specialists in emerging financial infrastructure. Credible pitches would include established experts in banking compliance, regulatory policy, financial crime, blockchain, artificial intelligence, cloud supervision, and fintech leadership; booking difficulty is high because guests generally hold senior industry or policy positions.

Metrics

Episodes: 258

Frequency: Biweekly

Rating: 5.0/5.0

Estimated listeners: <1k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

jo@regulationinnovation.org

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Host

Jo Ann Barefoot - Jo Ann Barefoot is CEO of the Alliance for Innovative Regulation, a nonprofit focused on modernizing financial regulation through technology. She is a former U.S. banking regulator.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high

Typical Credentials:

Senior executives, regulators, policy experts, and recognized specialists in financial technology, banking, compliance, financial crime, cloud infrastructure, or emerging financial systems.

Required Achievements:

Leadership roles at major fintech, cloud, banking, or financial infrastructure organizations, Regulatory, compliance, or financial-crime expertise, Substantial contributions to policy, research, or technology innovation in regulated finance

Recent Guest Discussions

Yaya Fanusie - Privacy-preserving Blockchain, Stablecoins, Zero-knowledge Proofs, Illicit Finance, And Democratic Financial Infrastructure.

Saket Narayan - Cloud Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Secure Experimentation, Regulatory Pilots, Sandboxes, And Adaptive Supervision.

Konrad Alt - Artificial Intelligence, Bank Risk, Compliance, Financial Crime, Agentic Commerce, And Regulated Finance.

Raj Date - Artificial Intelligence, Bank Risk, Compliance, Financial Crime, Agentic Commerce, And Regulated Finance.

Recent Topics

Financial Regulation, Fintech, Regtech, Banking, Blockchain

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Barefoot Innovation Podcast

The Hidden Cost of Gradualism: Dante Disparte of Circle

September 09, 2026

Dante Disparte of Circle joins Jo Ann to explore stablecoins, AI and the future of money, including the hidden cost of gradualism, why trust is everything, and how we can make both financial systems and regulation more adaptable. Episode show notes, transcript and related links available online at: https://regulationinnovation.org/barefoot-innovation-podcast/.

From the FBI to FINRA: Greg Ruppert on Smarter Regulation

September 01, 2026

A glimpse into the regulator of the future: FINRA's Greg Ruppert joins Jo Ann to discuss AI, data, financial crime, fusion cells, FINRA Forward, and how regulators can break silos and move at the speed of markets. Episode show notes, transcript and related links available online at: https://regulationinnovation.org/barefoot-innovation-podcast/.

Yaya Fanusie on Building Privacy Into Blockchain

July 08, 2026

Yaya Fanusie of Aleo joins Jo Ann to explore privacy-preserving blockchain, stablecoins, zero-knowledge proofs, illicit finance, China's digital currency strategy, and the race to build democratic financial infrastructure. Episode show notes, transcript and related links available online at: https://regulationinnovation.org/podcast/yaya-fanusie-on-building-privacy-into-blockchain/.

Publicly listed emails

jo@regulationinnovation.org

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