Matt is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Hummingbird Regtech.
Matt is a regulatory futurist and an advocate for the development of open-source and interoperable software solutions for the regulatory space. He is a frequent speaker on regulatory modernization in venues around the world.
Prior to launching Hummingbird, Matt was the director of compliance at Circle.com where he oversaw its regulatory compliance program from pre-launch to its international expansion. Circle is a blockchain technology company focused on transforming the world economy with secure, simple, and less costly technology for storing and using money. In this role, Matt developed a set of methodologies for building effective compliance and risk programs in cryptocurrency fintechs that has informed much of his later work.
Matt has also served as a bank regulator with the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Thrift Supervision and worked with the regulatory consulting firm Treliant Risk Advisors.
His speaking credentials include a number of government agency and financial industry events such as the Monetary Authority of Singapore's Fintech Festival, Money 2020 in the U.S. and Europe, Finovate Europe, the ABA Regulatory Compliance and Financial Crimes Conferences, and at government agencies such as the World Bank, the U.S. Treasury Department, the Japanese, Irish and Dutch Central Banks, the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Federal Reserve. He has also appeared on the Nasdaq Tech Talks TV segment.
Media:
Author: A new trend in regtech is a gift to money laundering criminals - BankThink
Author: We can have effective crypto regulation without stifling innovation. Here’s How - Fortune
Author: The Chief Compliance Officer of 2030 - ABA Banking Journal
Quoted: The Crypto Taxman is Coming. Should You Be Worried? - Decrypt.co
Podcast: Financial Frontiers: Matt Van Buskirk, Co-CEO of Hummingbird Regtech - Barefoot Innovation Podcast
Author: Fighting the Rise in Ransomware Attacks: The Value of Breaking Through Silos - ABA Banking Journal
Interviewed: GRC Red Flag Series Interview With Matt Van Buskirk - GRC Red Flag Series
Author: Cryptocurrency is Better for Anti-Money Laundering Than You Might Think - Payments Journal
Author: A Third Party Oversight Program that Works - ABA Banking Journal
Author: Why Modern Regtech is the Key to a Successful Fintech - Fintech Times
Author: Capturing These Three Data Types Can Transform Your Fraud Monitoring - ABA Banking Journal
Author: AML Innovation and Whistleblower Provisions of the NDAA Mean Important Changes Ahead - ABA Banking Journal
Co-Author: 2021 Could be a Big Year for AML - ABA Banking Journal
Interviewed: How Fintechs can Fight the Financial Crime Epidemic - UnifiMoney Brain Trust
Quoted: Compliance and Risk Talent: Technologists First? - ABA Banking Journal
Author: Compliance Modularity: A Path to Efficiency - ABA Banking Journal
Co-Author: The Future of Investigations - ACAMS Today
Co-Author: A Story of Two Banks
Co-Author: Regtech Could Help Stop Human Trafficking - Bank Think
Interviewed: The Clash of Regulation and Innovation: Getting AI to Comply - Basis Technology
Co-Author: Discussion Paper: Applications of Distributed Ledger Technologies for Financial Inclusion - United Nations Financial Inclusion Global Initiative
Co-Author: Automated Compliance: How the CFPB may Change the Regulatory Examination Process Forever - Bank Compliance Magazine
Editor for Lyn Farrell, author of the seventh edition of the ABA Consumer Lending Textbook
Speaking:
May 2023 - Fintech Nexus - Why Compliance is Fundamentally a Data Sciences Exercise
May 2023 - ACAMS Europe - Unity Across the EU, Understanding and Applying 6AMLD
May 2023 - Qube Zurich - The Future of Regtech
May 2023 - Fintech Americas Miami - Breaking Rules vs. Making Rules
March 2023 - NCRC Just Economy Conference - AI and Regulation
August 2022 - Moonclave - Working Towards Responsible Regulation in Blockchain
July 2022 - NFT Expoverse
May 2022 - Regtech Africa
April 2022 - Elliptic Panel - Equipping Compliance Teams to Address Russian Sanctions Evasion via Crypto
March 2022 - Mastercard Digital Safari
February 2022: Flourish Ventures Conversations: Hummingbird - Reimagining Compliance Across the Financial Sector
January 2022: ABA Financial Crimes Conference - Data Bias in Machine Learning for BSA and Fraud Monitoring Investigations
November 2021: Fintech Americas - RegTech 4.0: The New War Cry Against Financial Crime
November 2021: FFECon London - From Sidekick to Superhero- How RegTech is Revolutionising CX
October 2021: Money2020 USA - Look to Crypto for the Future of Regulation
September 2021: Nasdaq Trade Talks TV - Crypto is Better for AML Than You might Think
June 2021: Regliance Conference - Compliance, Regulation, Regtech, and the Road Ahead Panel
June 2021: RegPac Singapore 2021 - How Artificial Intelligence Can Transform Your Industry
May 2021: GRC Red Flag Series - Orchestrate Discussion
May 2021: Global Regtech Summit - AML, Fraud, and Financial Crime Panel
April 2021: Lendit USA - New Idea for Compliance in the 2020s: An App Store for Regtech
February 2021: U.S. Treasury Department - Financial Sector Innovation Policy Round Table
February 2021: Conference of State Bank Supervisors - The Next Generation of Streamlined Regulatory Reporting
November 2020: Linux Foundation and FINOS Open Source Strategy Forum - The Future of Financial Regulation Keynote
November 2020: What the Fintech Just Happened? Webinar
October 2020: Regulating for Fair Finance Webinar
September 2020: World Bank - Fast Payments Working Group Briefing on Emerging AML Technologies
September 2020: Crisis Ready Compliance Webinar
February 2020: Protiviti Risk Summit
January 2020: CFPB Machine Learning Focus Group
December 2019: ABA Financial Crimes Conference
November 2019: Tokyo AI for AML Expo
October 2019: Money2020 - The Sprint to Regtech Innovation
October 2019: Finnovation SF
September 2019: FS Vector RAFT
August 2019: Fountain City Fintech
June 2019: Money2020 Europe - Mastercard Startpath Startup Highlight
June 2019: Mastercard @ Holland Innovation Forum
June 2019: ABA Regulatory Compliance Conference - Compliance in the Future
May 2019: Mastercard Global Risk Summit
April 2019: Central Bank of Ireland - Future of Regulation
February 2019: Separating Fact from Fiction on AI and Compliance
December 2018: Regtech Rising London
November 2018: Mastercard Startpath Miami Summit
October 2018: Money2020 - Practical Advice on Weathering Regulatory Climate Change
October 2018: American Banker Regtech Conference - The Future of Regulation: The FCA’s Bold Experiment
October 2018: Bank Policy Institute Fintech Ideas Festival
September 2018: Federal Reserve Bank of Boston - Future of Regulation
September 2018: Dutch Central Bank Roundtable on Financial Inclusion
April 2018: World Bank Spring Meetings - Financial Inclusion Global Initiative Session
March 2018: Innovate Finance - FinTech Regulation - Too Much or Not Enough
March 2018: Live Now - Threat Prevention for Financial Services Webinar
March 2018: Finnovate Europe: C-Suite Officers Debate: How New Technologies Will Transform Compliance
December 2017: Bangalore World Bank / UN Financial Inclusion Global Initiative Summit - Blockchain for Financial Inclusion Paper Presentation
October 2017: MIT Sloane School of Business - Briefing on Emerging Regtech Industry
October 2017: Money2020 Startup Pitch Competition
October 2017: Fintech Americas - The Future of Automated Regulation and Compliance
August 2017: Western States Regulator Symposium - Defining Regtech for Regulators and Industry Panel
June 2017: CFSI Emerge
May 2017: Harvard Kennedy School - Machine Executable Regulation Round Table
April 2017: World Bank Spring Meeting - Workshop on Digital Financial Services Financial Inclusion
November 2016: Singapore Fintech Festival - A Reset is Needed: Hummingbird Launch Announcement
June 2015: ABA Regulatory Compliance Conference - Next Generation Payments Panel
July 2015: Homeland Security Mid-Atlantic AML Conference - Crypto AML Typology Briefing
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