As financial institutions (FIs) mull potential growth opportunities with digital asset and artificial intelligence (AI) tools, one regulator warned against leaving risk and compliance teams out of the loop.

Michael Hsu, acting head of the Treasury Department’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), said in a speech Friday at an American Bankers Association conference that some FIs myopically view risk and compliance considerations as “drags on innovation and profitability.”

Aaron Nicodemus is the Editor-in-Chief of Compliance Week. He previously worked as a reporter for Bloomberg Law and as business editor at the Telegram & Gazette in Worcester, Mass. Email: aaron.nicodemus@complianceweek.com LinkedIn:...