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Apr 2025
35m 57s

The Future of Financial Regulation: RegT...

Arjun Singh
About this episode

What happens when alternative finance moves faster than regulation?

On this episode of Couchonomics with Arjun, Professor Bob Wardrop — Co-Founder of the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance and RegGenome — breaks down why global regulatory frameworks are struggling to keep up.

We explore:

  • Why many regulators are still stuck in a pre-2008 mindset
  • The rise of machine-readable, computational regulation
  • What Japan is getting right (and wrong) in the fintech race
  • How to actually build innovation teams within regulators


Tune in for a sharp look at the future of regulation in a fast-changing financial world.


Chapters:

00:00 Introduction 

01:19 Founding of Cambridge Center for Alternative Finance (CCAF)

05:16 Reg Genome: A New Venture

15:16 Challenges in Financial Regulation

19:17 The Role of Technology in Regulation

22:43 Global Regulatory Landscape

23:19 Japan's Position in FinTech and Regulation

27:20 Characteristics of Strong Innovation Teams

32:02 Future of Financial Regulation

35:20 Conclusion





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