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The future of financial regulation is here. For over five years, AIR has shaped the global conversation on regulatory modernization, building a foundation of research, advocacy, and convenings. Now, we’re moving from insights to action, ensuring oversight is technology-enabled, data-driven, and future-proof. Through collaboration, innovation, and real-world implementation, we help regulators and financial institutions navigate this transformation—creating a more resilient, transparent, and fair financial system.
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WHITE PAPER • Digital Finance & Illicit Financial Flows & Corruption: Trends & Opportunities
As digital finance scales globally, risks evolve. This paper explores how mobile money, open banking, crypto assets and stablecoins affect illicit financial flows, and what regulators can do to respond without undermining inclusion.

NEWS • AIR Names Two Chief Development & Impact Officers to Support Next Phase of Global Growth
Nat Weber & Shelley Anderson, veteran regulators from the U.S. and U.K., join AIR’s senior leadership to scale global regulatory innovation and modernization.

BLOG • Navigating Stablecoins: From Global Standards to Local Realities
This blog outlines a “global-to-local” approach for stablecoin regulation, balancing financial stability with innovation. It addresses policy questions and details AIR’s multi-phase program to bridge global standards with local African realities.

PODCAST • We Can Beat Financial Crime, Part 1
Financial crime is a G20‑sized economy. Carole House, Ari Redbord and Matt Van Buskirk join Jo Ann to expose how AI has turbocharged scams and why the AML system is failing — and to chart a new path powered by trust tech and real‑time collaboration.

EVENT • Battlefront: An Immersive Experience to Fight Fraud
AIR hosted “Battlefront: Fraud in the Age of AI,” an interactive simulation event addressing the rise of AI-enabled and AI-driven fraud. Over two days, experts and stakeholders explored how AI can amplify human deception or operate independently to outsmart defenses.

WHITE PAPER • Beyond Pilots and Sandboxes: Regulatory Innovation through SupTech Case Studies and Leading Practices
This paper explores how regulators can use Supervisory Technology (SupTech) to enhance financial oversight. It outlines best practices for implementation, key capabilities to consider, and provides case studies showcasing SupTech’s benefits in modernizing regulation.

WHITE PAPER • Adapting Model Risk Management for Financial Institutions in the Generative AI Era
AIR and Google Cloud jointly released this paper exploring how model risk management (MRM) frameworks and established governance practices can be applied to manage risks for financial institutions in gen AI contexts.

INITIATIVE • AIR Program to Combat Global Financial Fraud Through Innovation & Collaboration
AIR’s Global Fraud Program combats financial fraud through innovation & collaboration. It prioritizes consumer protection, education, policy, and technology, fostering a global community to empower regulators, develop solutions, and enhance consumer safeguards.

WHITE PAPER • Earned Wage Access: Exploring Policy Implications & Frameworks
Produced in partnership with Gattaca Horizons LLC, this paper aims to provide a comprehensive review of earned wage access services, their potential to mitigate harms associated with certain traditional financial products, and the unique challenges they pose.
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