On April 4, 2022, FinCEN Acting Director Himamauli Das, spoke at the FDIC-FinCEN Digital Identity Tech Sprint Demonstration Day. Das, in his remarks, explained how the Tech Sprint and its focus on digital identity fit into the broader FinCEN picture.
FinCEN Acting Director Himamauli Das started his speech by explaining the importance of digital identity to FinCEN’s mission. He then talked about themes that FinCEN has been focusing on - new threats, new innovations, and new partnerships.
Das concluded his remarks by thanking the tech sprinters and said, “It is important to bring public and private sector minds together, to collaborate on the future of identity. We need to continue to cooperate in order to address vulnerabilities and emerging threats and to keep pace with technological innovation. We can benefit from each other’s experiences and knowledge to move toward building secure, privacy-preserving digital identity solutions.”
Das’ full speech can be found here.