With over 20 years of experience in the financial industry — spanning cybersecurity, open banking, and enterprise banking architecture — I decided it was time to build our own project addressing the key challenges I had observed. This led to the creation of Datavillage.ai, a company dedicated to helping financial institutions unlock siloed data and enable secure, compliant data analytics & AI. By leveraging AI-powered agents, Datavillage.ai is empowering banks and financial organizations to tackle one of the most pressing challenges in data and AI: fraud detection and anti–money laundering. Our mission is to transform how institutions extract value from internal and external data, while ensuring trust, security, and compliance at every step.