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AI in Financial Services Podcast

AI in Financial Services Podcast

Daniel Faggella 196 Episodes Sep 28, 2026

The AI in Financial Services Podcast is designed for non-technical leaders in financial services who want to identify AI opportunities, build an AI strategy, and achieve ROI. Each week, the Emerj AI Research team and CEO Daniel Faggella interview leaders from global financial services firms and unicorn AI startups. The conversations focus on the practical realities of AI adoption, exploring what works and what doesn't for FinServ executives. The podcast aims to deliver actionable insights into how AI is being applied in banking and insurance, and how to navigate the challenges of implementation.

Episodes

How Generative AI in Commerce Drives Faster Creative and Bigger Questions - with David Cost of Rainbow Apparel Co
How Generative AI in Commerce Drives Faster Creative and Bigger Questions - with David Cost of Rainbow Apparel Co Sep 28, 2026 19:39 Product photography has long been one of e-commerce's biggest cost and speed bottlenecks, and generative AI is rewriting both sides of that equation. In this episode, David Cost, Chief Digital Officer at Rainbow Apparel Co, examines how generative AI is reshaping product imagery and video production for commerce teams. The conversation covers cost and speed gains, the risk of visual sameness acros
How Leaders Close the Execution Gap in Modern AI Deployment - with Sam Mantle of Lingaro
How Leaders Close the Execution Gap in Modern AI Deployment - with Sam Mantle of Lingaro Sep 14, 2026 24:31 Enterprise AI investment keeps stalling before it reaches measurable business impact, and the reason is rarely the technology itself. In this episode, Sam Mantle, CEO at Lingaro, unpacks why data quality and ownership, not model capability, determine whether a pilot scales into something a CFO will call a win. The conversation covers how to diagnose a pilot headed for "pilot purgatory," a real-wor
Precision CX in Regulated Industries - with Shri Nandan of Comcast
Precision CX in Regulated Industries - with Shri Nandan of Comcast Aug 24, 2026 21:56 A growing share of AI‑for‑CX guidance assumes a generic enterprise environment, but this episode surfaces the deeper operational friction that emerges when automation meets high‑stakes, highly regulated customer interactions.   In this episode, Shri Nandan, VP of AI Products and Experiences at Comcast, examines how regulatory constraints, fragmented data ownership, and emotionally or legally sensi
The Leadership Alignment Required to Turn AI Into Enterprise Value - with Guillaume Lardeux and Eva Majercsik of Genesys
The Leadership Alignment Required to Turn AI Into Enterprise Value - with Guillaume Lardeux and Eva Majercsik of Genesys Jul 13, 2026 29:52 AI is breaking down the traditional separation between technology leadership and people leadership, forcing enterprises to rethink how work is structured and how employees adopt new systems.   In this episode, Guillaume Lardeux, Head of Transformation and Office of the CEO at Genesys, and Eva Majercsik, Chief People Officer at Genesys, examine how AI-driven workflow redesign requires shared owners
AI Assistants and Preparedness Among Enterprises - with Chris Caldwell of Concentrix
AI Assistants and Preparedness Among Enterprises - with Chris Caldwell of Concentrix Jun 15, 2026 28:21 Enterprises rushing agentic AI into production are running it through approval gates, batch windows, and audit systems built for human speed — and the gap is where most operational risk lives. In this episode, Chris Caldwell, President and CEO at Concentrix Corporation, examines how machine-scale transactions break processes designed for human pace and why bounded digital delegates outperform unre
The AI Driven Finance Stack for High Growth Financial Services - with Henry Ward of Carta
The AI Driven Finance Stack for High Growth Financial Services - with Henry Ward of Carta Jun 1, 2026 36:41 A fundamental shift is emerging as AI moves core financial operations away from traditional web interfaces and into AI‑native cloud‑desktop environments, redefining how CFO teams execute and manage workflows. In this episode, Henry Ward, founder and CEO at Carta, examines how this transition changes the CFO operating model alongside host Daniel Faggella, highlighting why AI‑literate finance leader
How the AI-Native Bank Stops Adding Pilots and Starts Industrializing - with Jeremy Caine of IBM
How the AI-Native Bank Stops Adding Pilots and Starts Industrializing - with Jeremy Caine of IBM May 18, 2026 30:36 AI programs in financial services don't fail at the model; they fail at the seam between pilot and production, where data, integration discipline, and ownership decide whether anything reaches scale. In this episode, Jeremy Caine, Technology Strategy and Solution Leader at IBM, unpacks why banks and insurers get stuck in pilot purgatory and what an AI-native future state actually looks like in a r
AI‑Ready Underwriting Operations While Maintaining Decision Consistency - with Barbara Stacer of Utica National Insurance Group
AI‑Ready Underwriting Operations While Maintaining Decision Consistency - with Barbara Stacer of Utica National Insurance Group May 5, 2026 15:37 Stabilizing the operational environment around underwriting judgment is the shift that enables decisions to move into the market with greater speed, consistency, and control. In this episode, Barbara Stacer, Vice President, Head of Small Commercial Underwriting and Underwriting Operations at Utica National Insurance Group, examines how governed versioning, traceable approvals, and embedded documen
Turning Infrastructure from Bottleneck to Business Enabler for AI - With Juan Orlandini of Insight
Turning Infrastructure from Bottleneck to Business Enabler for AI - With Juan Orlandini of Insight Apr 20, 2026 27:19 AI infrastructure projects are failing not because the technology underdelivers, but because organizations commit capital before establishing the business case. In this episode, Juan Orlandini, CTO at Insight, examines why enterprise AI programs stall and outlines how leaders can apply decades of established IT investment discipline to evaluate, validate, and scale AI initiatives with measurable o
How Intelligent Systems Accelerate Enterprise Decisions - with Amar Akshat of Paysafe
How Intelligent Systems Accelerate Enterprise Decisions - with Amar Akshat of Paysafe Apr 6, 2026 25:33 Architectural decision‑making in large enterprises can break down when system knowledge is fragmented, slowing delivery and creating inconsistent outcomes across teams. In this episode, Amar Akshat, Senior Vice President of Architecture at PaySafe, examines how codified organizational memory and deterministic guardrails enable intelligent systems to accelerate development without sacrificing contr
How AI Is Reshaping Regulated Professional Workflows - with Steve Hasker of Thomson Reuters
How AI Is Reshaping Regulated Professional Workflows - with Steve Hasker of Thomson Reuters Mar 23, 2026 16:37 Regulated industries are facing mounting pressure to adopt AI while maintaining absolute accuracy, data protection, and clear human accountability. In this episode, Steve Hasker, CEO at Thomson Reuters, joins Emerj's Matthew DeMello to examine how these demands are reshaping expectations for model reliability, data isolation, and the future of high‑stakes regulatory work. The discussion highlights
Defending Bank Onboarding Against Evolving Risk with Mary Ann Miller of Prove
Defending Bank Onboarding Against Evolving Risk with Mary Ann Miller of Prove Mar 9, 2026 28:23 Modern enterprise leaders face a critical strategic challenge in balancing seamless digital onboarding with the increasing threat of sophisticated, AI-driven fraud. In this episode, Mary Ann Miller, VP of Client Experience and Fraud Advisor at Prove, unpacks why a robust "welcome mat" strategy centered on high-assurance identity verification enables the safe scaling of high-value services and driv

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