Hammed Afenifere on the Local Context AI Compliance Can Miss
A business owner with more orders than the company can fulfill may see little reason to build a website. A financial institution overseas may still need information it can’t find. The same business can be familiar to its customers and difficult for a banking partner to assess.
Hammed Afenifere, co-founder and CEO of Oneremit, a cross-border payments startup, encountered that tension while speaking with a Nigerian business owner. The owner described about 30 years of trading, yet saw little commercial value in creating an online presence.
That encounter informs Afenifere’s work on AI-assisted compliance and credit assessment. His concern is that the information a financial system expects may differ from the records a business has reason to create, leaving meaningful activity out of view.
Credibility with customers is not the same as evidence for a bank
Afenifere initially encouraged the owner to create a website for exposure and credibility....
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