Zac Townsend

Zac Townsend

Partner

Zac Townsend is a partner at Deciens Capital, a venture capital fund focused entirely on early-stage financial technology. He is the former chief data officer of California, co-founder of Standard Treasury, and a product leader at Silicon Valley Bank and Gusto.

Digital banking

Regulators need to step up their game to stop tech-based discrimination

Financial agencies must prepare themselves to evaluate the practical effects of automated decision-making in lending and other programs to better detect fair-lending violations.

By Zac Townsend

March 7