it is the end of an explosive year in Fintech and we at Breaking Banks wanted to compile some of our favorite interviews to review all the amazing things happening in our industry around the globe. This is the producer’s cut (ie, our host Brett helped, but let me make the final decisions. Don’t worry,…

Brett King and Chris Skinner continue our series: Breaking Down Blockchain. This week, we are looking at other sectors related uses of blockchain, like healthtech, biotech, trade, and energy. Joining them are Bailey Reutzel, author of Moneytripping; Michael Casey, Senior Advisor, MIT Media Lab, Digital Currency Initiative; Leanne Kemp, Founder and CEO of Everledger; Abraham…

Nothing seems worse to us than being hacked, but hacking is the new creative problem solving! Hackers keep our online spaces healthy and happy. Today, Brett hosts Keren Elizari, cyber security expert, to discuss the virtues of the hacker. If you aren’t familiar with Keren, catch her amazing TED talk here: http://www.ted.com/talks/keren_elazari_hackers_the_internet_s_immune_system Also, we are…

As preference for digital interface grows, and consumers are hunting for a more frictionless experience to obtain credit, loans, and investment advice, banks are looking for ways to sell products that customers want and deliver them in the digital package. Today, guest host Jim Marous of the Financial Brand will be coming live from the…

All business starts as a small business. The entrepreneurial spirit can be doused with the realities of funding new ideas and innovation and getting the required capital and support that business requires to flourish. Today on the show, Brett talks to Sam Hodges, Co-founder of Funding Circle, David Kurrasch, VP and General Manager of Small…

As we continue to create new virtual space to inhabit, we become more and more aware that systems in both the real world and online are fraught with unnecessary friction. One major hurdle has been to keep legal identity legitimized in online commerce. How do we balance the importance of customer security with the promised…

The end of cash isn’t just a digital brainchild. We are now getting enough information about digital/mobile payments vs. cash to know that cash is slowly dying out as a payment means. Today, Brett talks to Scott Winslow, Managing Director Americas for RFi about their global payments paper released this summer and why cash is…

At the turn of the 20th century, two shoe salesman were sent to Africa to report on what opportunity was available there. One reported back “No good, no one here wears shoes”, and the other reported “Golden Opportunity! No one has any shoes here!” Unburdened by aging technologies, African countries present an array of opportunities…

Over the past week, more than a thousand global banking executives, financial technology entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, press, and industry analysts converged on New York for a series of events focused on banking innovation. The events included the Bank Innovators Lab Day, NYPAY and Consult Hyperion 3rd Annual Tomorrow’s Transactions Unconference, the two-day FinovateFall innovation showcase…

This week Breaking Banks is coming to you from Innotribe within the SIBOS conference – the world’s largest financial services conference and exhibition in the world. Host Brett King was doing interviews on the floor of Sibos, live at the Innotribe space, talking to the most promising and authoritative innovators and instigators that are forcing…

With the financial crisis of 2008, banks and bankers have suffered a dearth of trust from customers and regulators alike. Consumers have insisted on more transparency in the financial system. The good news is that this is good business. With the new digital tools, transparency is a win-win for financial institutions internally and for their…

As we continue to create new virtual space to inhabit, we become more and more aware that systems in both the real world and online are fraught with unnecessary friction. One major hurdle has been to keep legal identity legitimized in online commerce. How do we balance the importance of customer security with the promised…