MPESA, the Swahili word for money, is Kenya’s mobile money system developed by Safaricom. It has literally transformed the ability for people to work, save, pay for everything from groceries, bills, rents, and everything else. Kenya reports that use of MPESA has helped to lift 186,000 families out of poverty. That is nearly 2% of…

While Brett was keynoting the NextMoney Fintech Finals 2017 in Hong Kong, he took the opportunity to interview a lot of the leaders, movers, and shakers that are turning up the volume on the global Fintech scene. Hong Kong and Singapore have long been economic crossroads. China and India are economies with vast populations and…

Brett was the keynote speaker at Digital Money Forum, and Breaking Banks was invited to be the official podcast of the meeting! We are bringing you insights from several of the amazing panelists asking questions about AI helping to save and spend wisely. And if friction should be added back in the system, can we…

One of the presences most strongly felt at CES was Alexa, Amazon’s voice activated assistant. According to a study done by NTT Data, *she* is currently the most quickly adopted Artificial Intelligence. This week we are exploring AI adoption in the home, and why AI is so powerful in the payments space with Brian Roemmele,…

As usual, Brett has been traveling around the globe. In his latest adventures, he was at the SLUSH conference in Helsinki Finland and at the Fintech Japan in Tokyo, where he gathered interviews about advancements in AI and what we should be thinking about to prepare for the increased presence of augmented and artificial intelligence…

Today, Sam Maule hosts a show about all the hopeful changes and possibilities in fintech today. First, we talk to Charley Cooper and Richard Gendal Brown about all the incredible news of their open source blockchain- Corda and the changes in their banking consortium. Then we switch gears and sit down with Ravi Srinivasan (www.populyst.net)…

Today, Ron Shevlin hosts with guests Rob Blackwell, Washington Bureau Chief of American Banker, Joe Adler, Deputy Washington Bureau Chief of American Banker and Jim Marous, of The Financial Brand, to talk about what to expect with the new President-elect’s administration. Then, we turn to an interview with Megan Caywood, Chief Platform Officer of Starling…

#InvestedinTech is a special series from Money 20/20 with the innovative team behind Capital One. JP hosts Scott Zimmer, Global Head of Design; Tom Poole, Managing VP of Digital and Payments Expert; and Naveed Anwar, Managing VP of Global Platforms, Strategic Partnerships & Developer Community. This team has kept Capital One on the leading edge…

We continue our Special series with Capital One’s team, #InvestedinTech. JP Nicols sits down with Naveed Anwar, who heads up Capital One’s open platform efforts. His team created the open API’s that allow outside entrepreneurs to utilize their talents to create what should be a win-win-win situation: a win for customers, a win for the…

We are at Money 20/20 working with Capital One on a special series about Capital One’s efforts to use technology, innovation and design to create a better banking experience. Today’s episode is Tom Poole, Managing VP, Digital, at Capital One. He is a rockstar of the payments space, and is leading Capital One to the…

This week Brett was at the IBM World of Watson talking to the scientists and engineers working on Artificial Intelligence to augment our money- to make it move faster, smarter, better. He even had a chat with Watson itself. He also jumped at the chance to talk to David Brin, the author of Earth and…

We are at Money 20/20 working with Capital One on a special series about Capital One’s efforts to use technology, innovation and design to create a better banking experience. JP Nicols hosts a special series from Money 20/20 with the innovative team behind Capial One: Scott Zimmer, Global Head of Design; Tom Poole, Managing VP…