Sands: Merchant Identity and Regulatory Mapping Are Major Fintech Opportunities
Emily Glassberg Sands · No Priors Ep. 50 | With Stripe Head of Information Emily Glassberg Sands · Feb 8, 2024 · at 23:16
Emily Glassberg Sands, Head of Information at Stripe, discusses with Elad Gil where the biggest white space exists for AI in financial technology.
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“I think that, that identity piece, like who is this merchant? Are they who they say they are? But also what are they, what's their business? What are they selling? And how does that map to This pretty complicated regulatory environment is a really interesting and hard problem that lots of folks are solving in their own ways, but is, is likely an opportunity.”
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