Fintech Explained

Welcome to Fintech Explained: Building the Agent Economy

Episode Summary

AI agents are starting to shop, book, and pay on our behalf. Fintech Explained: Building the Agent Economy goes inside the companies building that future. In this limited series from the Financial Technology Association, FTA President and CEO Penny Lee and former Federal Reserve System Chief Innovation Officer Sunayna Tuteja talk with the leaders behind agentic finance. Each episode explores a different piece of it: the payment rails agents run on, how an agent proves who it's working for and gets permission to pay, what it means for merchants and small businesses, the policy taking shape around it, and where investors see the next great startups. It's for anyone who wants to understand where commerce finance is heading, from people working in fintech and payments to policymakers, business owners, and the simply curious. New episodes every week.

Episode Notes

AI agents are starting to shop, book, and pay on our behalf. Fintech Explained: Building the Agent Economy goes inside the companies building that future.

In this limited series from the Financial Technology Association, FTA President and CEO Penny Lee and former Federal Reserve System Chief Innovation Officer Sunayna Tuteja talk with the leaders behind agentic finance. Each episode explores a different piece of it: the payment rails agents run on, how an agent proves who it's working for and gets permission to pay, what it means for merchants and small businesses, the policy taking shape around it, and where investors see the next great startups.

It's for anyone who wants to understand where commerce finance is heading, from people working in fintech and payments to policymakers, business owners, and the simply curious.

New episodes every week.

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