Ashwin Vasan
Ashwin Vasan is a Partner at FS Vector, a strategic consulting firm for financial services clients in a rapidly evolving industry and complex regulatory environment. Ashwin was previously the Associate Director of Research, Monitoring and Regulations (RMR) at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). He oversaw the team that led the bulk of the CFPB’s policy work—its research, reports, and regulations—and served as an advisor to Director Rohit Chopra. He led the agency’s recent efforts across a range of topics including overdraft reform, open banking, payments, auto lending, BNPL, and credit cards.
Ashwin has spent a total of eight years at the CFPB across two administrations. In between government stints, Ashwin has had an extensive career in financial services—at McKinsey, at Capital One, and as an independent advisor to fintechs and banks."