Fintech

• Maryam Haghighi

  

  Maryam Haghighi is the Director of Data Science at the Bank of Canada.

  Department(s): Corporate Services Research Field(s): Agent-Based Modelling, Data Science, Fintech, Forecasting

• Sriram Darbha

  

  Sriram Darbha is a Solutions Architect in the Fintech Research team. He leads the research and analysis into the core technical architecture of retail Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) systems. He received his MMath in Computer Science and BASc in Computer Engineering, both from the University of Waterloo.

  Department(s): Information Technology Services Research Field(s): Digital Currency, Fintech

• Christopher Henry

  

  Christopher (Chris) is a Senior Economist and serves as lead for the consumer survey research program on the Currency Department’s Economic Research and Analysis team.

  Department(s): Currency, Economic Research and Analysis Research Field(s): Applied Microeconomics, Digital Currency, Fintech, Payments Economics, Retail Payments Alma Mater: McMaster University

• Scott Hendry

  

  Scott Hendry was appointed Senior Special Director, Financial Technology (FinTech) in the Banking and Payments Department (BAP) in June 2016. In this role, he oversees the Bank’s efforts to monitor and research developments and implications of new technologies affecting the financial sector.

  Department(s): Banking and Payments, Strategic Leadership Research Field(s): Fintech, Monetary and Fiscal Policy, Monetary Economics Alma Mater: University of Western Ontario