Since the first Initial Coin Offering in March 2017, ICO’s have taken off as the latest greatest way to raise venture capital. ICO’s offer exciting potential for financial inclusion. Current regulations can create a high threshold for participation in Venture Capital in attempts to protect from schemes, and from people losing their entire fortunes. ICO’s…

This week we are bringing you a special that we arranged with the Next Money Chicago Conference. First, we are bringing you part of Brett’s morning keynote all about the ideas behind his upcoming book, Bank 4.0 Next, we are bringing you a panel hosted by Ron Shelvin. He lays out the reasons that platformification…

As fintech has grown in the last few years, there are a lot of articles focusing on the lack of gender equality in the space. The cross section of finance and tech is a cross section of two industries that have very different biases, but share issues of diversity. The infamously leaked “Google Memo” gives…

Brett King hosts Brian Roemmele as he phones in from the Apple headquarters to tell us all about Apples new iPhone8, iPhoneX and what those innovations could mean for how we think about security and identity. Then he talks to Luke Jacobi and Luke Zientowski from Bendinga and their thoughts on alternative data in the…

Serial Intrapreneur is about the leaders who battle the status quo inside their own companies to innovate and drive change. We are so pleased to introduce the newest podcast in Provoke Media, the parent company of Breaking Banks- SERIAL INTRAPRENEUR with host JP Nicols. JP has been consulting and watching the innovation in Fintech for…

The Federal Reserve Banks’ Federal Payments Taskforce released 10 recommendations for the United States to adopt faster payments. Travis Dulaney came on the program at that time to talk about some of the recommendations. We are very lucky that we get to continue that conversation today before a live audience at the Mobile Payments Conference…

Today, JP Nicols and new Fintech5 host Jason Henrichs co-host a line up of diverse experience and expertise all making innovative inroads in Fintech. First, we have on Debbie Biannucci, CEO of BAI Beacon to talk about what kind of innovation banks can look, both technological and beyond tech, and promoting the BAI Beacon conference…

“Open Banking is a state of mind” – Lu Zurawski This week, we are presenting a number of interviews with interesting makers and shakers in the industry. First Brett speaks to Sergei Sergienko, CEO of Chronobank and they bond about Australia where Sergei lives and about what blockchain makes possible for wages around the globe….

The Faster Payments Task Force of the Federal Reserve just released its final report with proposals to be adopted by 2020. Today, Ron Shevlin hosts a member of that task force- Travis Dulaney, Founder and CEO of Push Payments. James Wester, Research Director of Worldwide Payment Strategies at IDC will also being joining to discuss…

Nestled right in the heart of Silicon Valley, Plug and Play is the world’s largest tech accelerator. Sometimes called University 165, it has given early homes to some of the greatest tech success stories- like Google, Paypal, and Logitech. Known for pairing startups with larger companies needing their solutions, this year, they ran 11 “verticals”…

We are celebrating our 200th episode today! Brett is hosting Chris Skinner, Dave Birch, and Sam Maule (all show regulars) to discuss how much has changed since we launched in May of 2013 and how much has stayed the same. On the discussion table are: alipay, Jack Ma, blockchain, AI, building a true digital system,…

Today, Brett is joined by Penny Crosman of American Banker to discuss ICOs. Then, he talks with Carl Ryden, CEO of Precision Lender, to talk about his new book “Earn It: Building Your Bank’s Brad One Relationship at a Time”, and the principles that lenders need to adhere to to build trust and community. Also,…