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Mike Hsu

Advisor, speaker, former regulator


  • August 29, 2025

    Publication of “Cybernetic and Superintelligent Supervision”

    On July 22, 2025 the Forum on Financial Supervision, which is part of the London School of Economics’ Systemic Risk Centre, published my essay, “Cybernetic and Superintelligent Supervision“. The essay highlights that banking supervision’s ability to be effective is being challenged by long-term, irreversible trends. To adapt, supervision needs to cover more ground, better, and… Continue reading

    Publication
    agility, AI, cybernetic, supervision
  • August 29, 2025

    Keynote Fireside on “GENIUS and Stablecoins” at Vanderbilt’s Conference on Market Structure

    On June 27, 2025, I joined Chris Giancarlo, former Chair of the CFTC, for a fireside chat on the GENIUS Act and stablecoins, at Vanderbilt Law School’s Conference on Market Structure in New York. The discussion was moderated by Robert Armstrong of the Financial Times. We discussed and debated the use cases for stablecoins, the… Continue reading

    Conference, Fireside
    financial stability, GENIUS, stablecoins
  • August 29, 2025

    Workshop on “Cybernetic Supervision” for the ECB’s Technology and Innovation Division

    On July 1, 2025, I led a two-hour virtual workshop on “Cybernetic Supervision” for the ECB’s Technology & Innovation Division (TIN). The workshop built off of my March 20 presentation to the ECB Supervisory Board, focusing on operationalizing the ideas presented. The workshop included live demos of publicly-available AI tools — from deep research to… Continue reading

    Conference
    agility, AI, cybernetic, supervision
  • August 29, 2025

    Fireside on the “Impacts of an America First Agenda” at Central Banking’s Annual Meeting

    On June 12, 2025, I participated in a fireside chat with Chris Jeffrey, Editor-in-Chief of Central Banking, at Central Banking’s annual London meeting. We discussed the implications of the U.S.’s “America First” policies for the dollar, Treasuries, bank regulatory priorities, and international financial cooperation. The discussion was reported here. Continue reading

    Conference, Fireside
    America First, international cooperation, Treasuries
  • August 29, 2025

    Presentation on “Cybernetic Supervision” to the ECB Supervisory Board

    On March 20, 2025, at the invitation of Claudia Buch, Chair of the ECB Supervisory Board, I made a presentation on “Cybernetic Supervision” to the full Supervisory Board in Frankfurt. I framed supervision as a feedback mechanism (see graphs below), where the challenges of minimizing both “type 1 and type 2 errors” are heightened, especially… Continue reading

    Speaking engagement
    AI, cybernetic, supervision
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About Me

I am a former financial regulator with experience spanning the OCC, Federal Reserve, IMF, Treasury, and SEC. Most recently I was Acting Comptroller of the Currency.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Feb 25-27 GFTN Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan)
Mar 19 GMU Third Annual Financial Services Symposium (Arlington, VA)
Apr 7-8 Bank of North Dakota B3 Conference

May 19-21 EMERGE (Atlanta, GA)



Recent Posts

  • Roundtable on “Simplifying Compliance: Cleaning Up Policy Sludge with Trained AI Tools”
  • Presentation on “The Policy Challenges of Digital Banking and Financial Services”
  • Panel on “Shadow Money”

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