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Mike Hsu

Advisor, speaker, former regulator


  • September 11, 2025

    Presentation on “AI-Enabled Agility: Reimagining Central Banks”

    On September 9 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, I gave a presentation and participated in a fireside chat at SEACEN’s “High Level Course on Leadership in the Age of AI: Empowering Central Bank Leaders”. My presentation focused on the challenges facing central banks today and how AI can help to meet them, as summarized in this… Continue reading

    Conference, Fireside
    agility, AI, central banking, cybernetic
  • August 29, 2025

    Fireside with the American Fintech Council

    On August 28, 2025, I had a fireside chat with Phil Goldfeder, CEO of the American Fintech Council. We discussed innovation and regulation. I shared several war stories from the 2008 GFC and my tenure at the OCC to provide perspective on the topic. We also discussed current events and the outlook for finreg. Continue reading

    Fireside
    fintech, innovation, regulation
  • August 29, 2025

    Keynote Panel on “An Increasingly Uncertain World” for PIDM

    On August 26, 2025, I joined a keynote panel titled, “An Increasingly Uncertain World,” hosted by the Malaysian deposit insurance authority, PIDM. The panel was moderated by Jessica Chew, Technical Advisor and former Deputy Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia, Malaysia’s central bank . I was joined by Tan Sri Shahril Ridza Ridzuan, Chairman of Standard… Continue reading

    Conference
    America First, international cooperation, resolution
  • 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 regulatory chief executive (OCC) focused on AI, including agentic reliability in financial services, facilitating policy sludge clean up and policy-as-code, and expanding supervisory capacity at regulatory agencies. I research, write, and advise companies, organizations, and central banks on regulatory policy, innovation, and digital transformation.

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Apr 24 NYU Stern Volatility and Risk Conference (New York, NY)

May 1 DTS Innovation Roundtable (New York, NY)

May 5 Women in Housing and Finance 2026 Symposium (Washington, DC)

May 7 Third Party Risk Management Roundtable (Washington, DC)

May 8 ML Commons, AILuminate Global Assurance Program (New York, NY)

May 19-21 EMERGE (Atlanta, GA)

May 27 Stanford SIEPR Conference (San Francisco, CA)



Recent Posts

  • Presentation “A Regulator’s Perspective on Stablecoins and Digital Assets”
  • Fireside on “Responsible AI in Financial Services”
  • Panel on “How AI, Quantum Computing & Cybercrime Will Impact How We Regulate”

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