Summarized Transcript of Episode 620 of Breaking Banks
How Are AI, Stablecoins, and Agentic Systems Reshaping Banking? HOST (Brett King):Opens the discussion with the central question: as AI, crypto adoption, and stablecoin infrastructure converge, which structural components...
Summarized Transcript of Episode 621 of Breaking Banks
HOSTS: Brett King (Lead Host), Jason Henrichs, JP Nicols GUEST: Arwa Damon (Founder, INARA; Former CNN Senior Correspondent) What Is Happening on the Ground in Gaza and How Does...
Inside Gaza: Arwa Damon on Crisis, Resilience, and Access
This week, The Futurists offers a human interest story from Brett’s conference travels. Listen as Brett connects with Arwa Damon, former CNN reporter based in Istanbul, and current President...
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Navigating the Evolving Landscape of Banking in the AI Era: What Every Institution Must Know
The banking sector is going through one of the biggest changes since the internet reshaped finance. This shift is driven by fast advances in artificial intelligence, stricter regulations, and...
Undisruptable
In this episode, Paolo Sironi interviews Aiden McCullen to explore his book UNDISRIPTABLE, a book that brings order to the chaos we are experiencing in personal and corporate lofe...
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How to Scale AI in the Enterprise
Industry strategist John Sviokla is the co-founder of GAI Insights and an Executive Fellow at the Harvard Business School. He tells the Futurists about the real challenges and opportunities...
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Celebrating 6 Years of Breaking Banks Europe: What Revolut, AI, Bitcoin, and Geopolitics Reveal About the Future of Finance
Italy has become one of Europe’s most surprising fintech accelerators, and no story captures this shift better than Revolut’s explosive growth. The rise of a fully digital bank to...
Episode 11: Redefining Community, Mentorship & Growth (November 2025)
This episode of Breaking Banks Africa features Anie Akpe, founder of LumoHubs.com and African Women in Technology (AWIT). The conversation explores how Lumo Hubs is shaping the future of...
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Episode 271: NFF November Maz/Philip
In last month’s segment of #BBE, Elizabeth Kleinveld invited Lars Markull, founder of Embedded Finance Review, and Philipp Buschmann, CEO of AAZZUR. Celebrating the podcast’s sixth anniversary, the episode...
Summarized Transcript of Episode 619 of Breaking Banks
HOST: Matteo Rizzi GUEST: Serena Torrielli, CEO & Founder, WealthHype How Has Revolut Become a Top Bank in Italy? HOST (Matteo Rizzi): Serena, the last time we met in...
Summarized Transcript of Episode 618 of Breaking Banks
HOST: Matteo Rizzi GUEST: Sandra Yao, Group Head of Cross Border Remittance, Payments & BaaS (Fintech), Ecobank What Is Powering Africa’s Digital Payments Transformation? HOST (Matteo Rizzi): Sandra, you’ve...
Driving Digital Growth in Africa: From Vision to Execution
Africa is entering a decisive era. Digital transformation is no longer optional. It is vital for economic growth, expanding access to financial services, and boosting regional competitiveness. As markets...
How AI Agents Will Disrupt The Media Ecosystem
Shelly Palmer returns to the Futurists to share fresh insight about how AI agents will rearrange the way entertainment and news are published, distributed and monetized. Today, many of...
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Why the Future Won’t Wait for Fintech: How Banks Can Win in an AI-First Economy
Summary The financial services industry is entering a period where traditional economic cycles collide with deep structural shifts driven by artificial intelligence, digital distribution, and changing customer behavior. Growth...
Summarized Transcript of Episode 618 of Breaking Banks
HOST: Matteo Rizzi GUEST: Sandra Yao, Group Head of Cross Border Remittance, Payments & BaaS (Fintech), Ecobank What Is Powering Africa’s Digital Payments Transformation? HOST (Matteo Rizzi): Sandra, you’ve...
Accelerating Innovation with Mike Pell
Mike Pell is an author, an artist and the director of the Microsoft Garage, the worldwide innovation program where he applies “fast design” principles to bring ideas to prototypes...
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Driving Digital Growth in Africa: From Vision to Execution
In This Episode Today on Breaking Banks we feature the newest addition to the Provoke.fm family, Breaking Banks Africa. In this episode Breaking Banks Africa Host and Executive Producer Matteo Rizzi sits down with Sandra Yao, Ecobank‘s...
EP 279: Kian Sarreshteh, InvestiFi
Finovate Awards Winner InvestiFi on the changing investment landscape, consumer education, and bringing investment assets back to banks and CUs. Detailed Summary: In this episode of the Finovate Podcast,...
Summarized Transcript of Episode 617 of Breaking Banks
Hosts: Brett King – Futurist, author of Branch Tomorrow and Bank 3.0J.P. Nichols – Managing Director, Alloy Labs Alliance What Happens When Fintech Faces a Cooling Economy? HOST (J.P....
Money 20/20 2025: Takeaways & News from Starling Bank and Google
In the fast-evolving world of fintech, clarity and confidence are emerging as the defining traits of true innovation. At 2025’s Money20/20, conversations about AI in financial services, fraud detection,...
Filming the Future
This week Brett is joined by guest host Kevin J. Anderson as the futurists have a conversation with science fiction documentary filmmaker Jeffrey Morris on his new documentary reviewing...
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Wealth Management with a Difference
In this episode, Paolo Sironi interviews April Rudin and Nick Rice to explore their new book Wealth Management with a Difference, an essential guide for advisors and firms navigating...
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Summarized Transcript of Episode 616 of Breaking Banks
How Fintech Leaders Are Translating Innovation Into Real-World Impact HOST: Jason HenrichsGUEST: Harriet Rees, Chief Information Officer at Starling Bank What Were the Big Takeaways from Money20/20? HOST (Jason...
Money 2020: Take-aways & News from Starling Bank and Google
In This Episode This episode of Breaking Banks features host Jason Henrichs sharing thoughts and key take-aways fresh from Money 20/20 USA. Stablecoins, Agentic AI and especially Agentic Commerce...
Episode 10: From Vision to Execution: Driving Digital Growth in Emerging Markets (October 2025)
In this episode of Breaking Banks Africa, Executive Producer Matteo Rizzi sits down with Sandra Yao, Group Head: Cross Border Remittance, Payments & BaaS (Fintech) at Ecobank. With 20 years of experience driving...
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Summarized Transcript of Episode 615 of Breaking Banks
What Does the AI Future Really Look Like for Banking? HOST (Brett King):We’ve seen AI moving from theory to real-world deployment faster than anyone imagined. At The Futurists X...
Surviving the VUCA Bazooka Economy: Banking Strategies for an Uncertain Future
The global economy has entered a new era defined by volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (VUCA). Tim Mahedy, Founder and Chief Economist at Access Macro and Chief Economist at...
