EP 44: Human-Centered Credit - Building Explainable AI for Lending in an Agentic World
Data Science With Sam by Soumava Dey
Episode notes
We are letting AI make life-changing financial decisions without requiring it to explain itself. The CFPB says 'insufficient information' is no longer an acceptable reason to deny a loan. The EU AI Act classifies credit scoring as high-risk. And more than half the US workforce - gig workers, fractional leaders, solopreneurs - is still scored by models built for a 1950s economy.
Tamara Laine is the Founder and CEO of MPWR AI and an Emmy Award-winning investigative journalist turned fintech executive. Her reporting on ethical AI at Amazon and Northrop Grumman earned her an Emmy. Her work at MPWR - building explainable, policy-bound AI for the lending lifecycle - has earned her a seat in the Fintech Sandbox.
IN THIS EPISODE:
▪ How Tamara's path from ballet to journalism to fintech all follows the same thread: spot a problem, fi ...