Building trust in fintech: responsible AI and data privacy in the financial sector

“Building Trust in Fintech: Responsible AI & Data Privacy in the Financial Sector” was a talk organized by GCash and the UP Data Science Society, held over Zoom on Monday, April 27, 2026, from 4:00 to 6:00 PM. The session was about the responsible use of AI and data in financial services, and covered current perspectives, the state of the field, and emerging trends in fintech. The post announcing it described it as another collaboration between the two.

Speaker

The keynote speaker was John Christian “JC” Diamante, a Lead Software Engineer at GCash (Mynt), where he builds and scales cloud-native platforms for fintech services. His work centers on microservices, containerization, Kubernetes operations, and CI/CD automation across multi-environment deployments, with a background in software engineering, platform enablement, and applied AI.

He also serves as a Research Scientist at Mapua University, contributing to aerial forest fire detection research with international collaborators using YOLO-based models. He is pursuing an MS in Artificial Intelligence at The University of Texas at Austin and holds industry certifications including AWS Developer and Solutions Architect Associate and Azure Developer Associate. He has contributed to open-source civic technology initiatives such as BetterGov.PH.

About the partnership

GCash is one of the companies the UP Data Science Society works with to bring industry practitioners in front of students. The announcement poster was designed by Artemio Arcega III. Companies interested in a similar session can reach the society through the partnerships page.