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US Fed governor cautions on easing safeguards as AI, stablecoins enter core finance

By Jenny Lee ( November 12, 2025, 09:06 GMT | Insight) -- A senior US Federal Reserve official set a hard line Wednesday on how new technologies should enter the financial system, warning that the US and other jurisdictions risk weakening safeguards just as artificial intelligence and private digital money move from experimental pilots into core financial functions. Speaking at a panel discussion in Singapore, Federal Reserve Governor Michael Barr said he is “very bullish” on AI’s productivity gains but insisted the need for clear guardrails as generative tools migrate into trading and other critical activities.A senior US Federal Reserve official set a hard line Wednesday on how new technologies should enter the financial system, warning that the US and other jurisdictions risk weakening safeguards just as artificial intelligence, or AI, and private digital money move from experimental pilots into core financial functions....

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