Varo Bank to Accelerate Responsible and Customer-Focused AI Efforts with New Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer Asmau Ahmed - Candlesense

Varo Bank to Accelerate Responsible and Customer-Focused AI Efforts with New Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer Asmau Ahmed

(VRO) SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Varo Bank, the first all-digital nationally chartered bank in the U.S., today announced the hiring of Asmau Ahmed as the company’s first Chief Artificial Intelligence and Data Officer (CAIDO). Reporting directly to CEO Gavin Michael, she will lead company-wide AI and machine-learning efforts. Varo has dramatically expanded credit access by using data and advanced machine learning-driven decisioning to responsibly extend loans to more customers, reinforcing the ba