A highly regarded voice on all things fintech and CBDC, Dr. Oriol Caudevilla  founded and hosts the “A Digital Tomorrow” podcast, with over 12k followers on YouTube. He was also appointed as Member of the CBDC Committee at the National Bank of Georgia (NBG), Board Director and Secretary General at the Global Impact FinTech (GIFT) Forum, and Honorary Fellow at the University of Hong Kong’s Asian Institute of International Financial Law (AIIFL), among others.

Global Impact FinTech Forum (GIFT) is global non profit think tank whose members include ecosystem leaders from Governments, Regulators, Multilateral Agencies, Industry, Banks, Fintech and Blockchain companies, Academia and thought leaders. This forum engages with policy makers and Fintech/Blockchain/Digital leaders for knowledge and best practice sharing, community building, collaboration and ecosystem development. 

The future of AI in central banking and financial services

Over several decades, banks have continually adapted the latest technologyinnovations to redefine how customers interact with them. Banks introduced ATMs inthe 1960s and electronic, card-based payments in the ’70s. The 2000s saw broadadoption of 24/7 online banking, followed by the spread of mobile-based “banking onthe go” in the 2010s.Few would disagree that we’re now in the AI-powered digital age, facilitated by fallingcosts for data storage and processing, increasing access and connectivity for all, andrapid advances in AI technologies. These technologies can lead to higher automationand, when deployed after controlling for risks, can often improve upon human decisionmaking in terms of both speed and accuracy.In this speech, I will cover what the Future of AI in Central Banking and Financial Services is.