This issue of Supervision in Brief introduces the 12th District banking community to Tracy Basinger who was appointed executive vice president and director of the Financial Institution Supervision and Credit Division at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco on July 1, 2017. We provide highlights on her background and offer views of some of the important issues facing financial institutions. One topic of note is financial technology (fintech), and we talk about the fintech efforts here at the San Francisco Fed and in the Federal Reserve System to engage with the industry and research and monitor developments in this space.