NextBillion - An Initiative of the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan

Mackenzie “Mack” Wallace is a Fellow and Senior Policy Advisor at the Aspen Institute’s Financial Security Program, focused on building inclusive financial systems worldwide. Mack is passionate about the use of data and technology to advance inclusion, both as a product innovator and financial regulator. He currently serves as Senior Director and Head of Product at fintech, MPOWER Financing, designing inclusive financial products to make higher education more accessible for all. He is a former financial regulator and early employee of the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), where he helped pioneer the authority’s innovative consumer complaint system and public complaint database. He also served as Fintech Policy Advisor at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) where he helped create the RegTech for Regulators Accelerator (R²A), working with financial authorities globally to embed data and technology into financial oversight. Mack holds degrees in international development and applied economics from Cornell University.