In this episode, Dara discusses the history of the U.S. attempts at federal privacy legislation and the newest bipartisan bill being proposed. What are the obstacles and likely objections to the proposal? Will anything actually get done in an election year? Dara and James discuss these topics and more ..read more

SXSW is a safari to the future according to Todder Moning, Lead Futurist at U.S. Bank. But, as Mike Bechtell, Chief Futurist at Deloitte, pointed out in his Fintech House fireside last year: futurists are always wrong. Why attempt to predict the future if you are likely to be wrong? This year Todder and Eric Schurr, Chief Strategy Officer at Sunrise Banks and host of the Social Currency podcast at Provoke.fm, have a fireside chat with Dara Tarkowski, Founder of Actuate Law and host of the Tech on Reg podcast, about which rules to break and which to keep when thinking about the future. Fro ..read more

We sit down with Matthew Gibson, Co-Founder and CEO of Syngrafii, to discuss the digitization and compliance of signatures. Syngrafii has changed the landscape of biometric signature capabilities through virtual signing rooms, secure e-signature links, remote pens and more. While compliance and safety are the main concerns of digital signatures, Matthew tells us how Syngrafii is tackling those challenges head on ..read more

ForUsAll is the first 401 K platform to offer access to cryptocurrency in retirement planning. We sit down with David Ramiriez, CEO of ForUsAll, to talk about investment portfolios, retirement planning, Cryptocurrency entering the industry and what impact this has for regulations on digital assets.  ..read more

We welcome Soumyadip Rakshit, Co-Founder and CEO of MysteryVibe. MysteryVibe is a sexual health company that produces smart vibrators toys that address major sexual health issues such as erectile dysfunction, dryness & pain during intercourse. While the health benefits of sexual stimulation are clear, navigating the sex-tech space as a start-up has proven to be quite challenging. From investing to advertising, we learn how MysteryVibe is paving the way for technology and sexual health ..read more

We welcome Federico Baradello, CEO and Founder of Finalis, to discuss disruption in the brokerage industry. Finalis is a platform that helps private securities brokerages to operate legally and compliantly. As technology grabs hold of the finance industry, how can companies be proactive and solve functional problems ..read more

Beni Gradwohl, Co-founder and CEO of Cognovi Labs, joins us to explore emotional artificial intelligence. Cognovi Labs is dedicated to leveraging technology to measure human emotion through an artificial intelligence platform to understand and measure emotional responses. But, if artificial intelligence can measure and even predict human emotional responses, can we influence the masses for the greater good ..read more

We sit down with Amanda Cohen, Director of Products at Resolver to talk about our favorite, Reg-Tech, and risk management. Resolver is changing the landscape of risk management by analyzing risk data in context to use risk as a strategy in business development. By leveraging technology like Resolver, modern businesses are now able to keep a pulse on the regulatory market and transform into risk-intelligent entities ..read more

We welcome Tim Collins, Chief Customer Officer at Indebted, to talk about a modern way of collecting debt. In a historically client focused Industry, debt collection is shifting to the digital world with companies like Indebted that are shifting the focus from client to customer. Digitizing the debt collection  customer experience has paved the way for efficiently managing outstanding accounts and debt recovery ..read more

Colin Gounden, CEO and Co-founder of VIA, joins us to discuss the future of the energy industry. The energy industry, and the data within it, are heavily regulated by the government, which has made it extremely difficult to come up with solutions to improve energy infrastructures across the world. VIA was founded in 2016 to help address this problem by using blockchain and AI to analyze data while keeping it private. Could decentralizing data be the answer to clean energy ..read more