This week, Brett and Breaking Banks were onstage with Antony Jenkins, CEO of 10x Future Technologies at the LendIt conference in NY! While we were at the conference, we decided to talk to some others that were making new waves in the lending space. We talked to Brock Blake, CEO of Lendio about their new…

Bitcoin is soaring. After 18 months of steady growth, it’s value is $1275, and only looks to be growing. As today’s guest, Brock Pierce, puts it- it is GOLD 2.0. But in 9 days, the SEC will decide whether to approve the Winklevoss twins filing of a Bitcoin ETF (Exchange Traded Fund). Whether it is…

Today, Brett King, Marc Hochstein of American Banker, and Peter Renton, Founder of LendIt Academy, talk about the upcoming Digital Identity Crisis Webinar, The LendIt Conference at the Javits Center in NYC, and the proposed Fintech Charter and what that can mean for changes in banking in the US. Sam Maule takes the helm in…

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,…

Brett starts today with a news rundown with Chris Skinner of The Finanser.com and Penny Crosman, Editor, American Banker Then, we take you to the CES main floor to talk to best selling author Guy Kawasaki, Robert Scoble, Michael Hafner- Head of Mercedes Benz Autonomous and Assisted Driving Systems, Melisa Cefkin- Principle Scientist for Nissan…

Today, Brett talks to Robert Scoble and Shel Israel about their new book “The Fourth Transformation” and how Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality, and Augmented Reality are going to change our every day existence.

Today is the producer’s cut of two interviews that are all about the good that fintech can do, both now and what might be possible in the future. First, we revisit the interview Brett had with Manu Saadi, author of Trekonomics and Bruce Cahan, creator of Good Bank. In the second half, we speak with…

Brett King hosts a group of Fintech all-stars- Chris Skinner, Jim Marous, Dave Birch, Ghela Boskovich, and Penny Crosman to review a bit of 2016 and talk about the trends and predictions for 2017. What’s Next?

On today’s show, Brett hosts two renown tech stars- Keith Teare, a founding member of Tech Crunch and Archimedes Labs; and Brian Solis, expert in technology and customer behaviors. This is an episode you really do not want to miss!