Fintech One-on-One Podcast: Brian Brooks of O’Melveny & Myers; Former Acting Head of the OCC on Financial Innovation
October 12, 2023
O’Melveny partner and former Acting US Comptroller of the Currency Brian Brooks joined the Fintech Nexus “Fintech One-on-One Podcast,” hosted by chairman and co-founder Peter Renton, as a special guest. Renton notes that Brooks “has had a long career in banking and law but he has also spent time outside of traditional finance, thinking deeply about financial innovation.” He also notes that Brooks’ experiences at Coinbase and as an advisor or board member to several other companies in crypto and fintech gives him a perspective on the banking industry that is “very different from your typical banking regulator.”
Brooks shares how the financial crisis shaped his own career, and pinpoints how the FTX crisis and the Silvergate and Signature Bank failures could have been avoided. The podcast also delves into the broader topics of crypto, the risk of de-dollarization, decentralized finance within a regulatory framework, and which regulatory changes would be most beneficial for new financial technology.
Listen here.