The Watchlist Podcast By Sphinx
Conversations with the people actually doing the work in fintech and compliance. How decisions get made, what gets missed, and what it really takes to keep money clean at scale.
June 22, 2026
42
min
Judgment, Trust, and Building Compliance at the Frontier with Jennifer Lee from Savvy Labs
Goldman Sachs to crypto to dual CCO/COO — Jennifer Lee on building compliance-first culture at Savvy Labs and governing AI in regulated fintech.
May 26, 2026
51
min
Payments, Risk, and the Future of Compliance with Cihat Fitzgerald from Ballerine
Former Visa VP of Global Ecosystem Security on why fintechs underestimate payments risk and how agentic AI is transforming merchant underwriting.
April 28, 2026
57
min
The Reality of US Banking Infrastructure with Peter Hazlehurst, CEO of Synctera
Synctera CEO Peter Hazlehurst on 30 years of banking code, Google Wallet's proto-tokenization, 48-state regulatory complexity, and the bank of one vision.
April 2, 2026
37
min
Operating AI in Production with Nick Passarelli, CCO of Melio
Melio CCO Nick Passarelli on building compliance programs from scratch, AI governance in production, and why every compliance decision starts with yes.
February 24, 2026
57
min
Building Regulated Crypto Infrastructure with Francis Forde, Head of Risk and Compliance of Wert
Francis Forde on behavioral KYC, blockchain transparency for AML, stablecoins as a financial inclusion bridge, and reframing compliance as a savings center.
January 28, 2026
51
min
How Compliance Actually Scales with Hamza Siddiqui, Director of Compliance at Chime
Hamza Siddiqui explains how compliance scales at Chime through augmented intelligence, embedded product design, and knowing when to build versus buy.
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