Today, we are really looking at the way money will work in the future- star date 2200 in the future. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Star Trek, we have invited Manu Saadia, author of Trekonomics (http://amzn.to/1UjeOoY) to talk about what we will truly value in the future. Also, Bruce Cahan, Stanford professor and co-founder…

It is Fintech Week in NYC and there have been a flurry of events to kick it off, beginning with Next Money, and going through Finovate. Brett and JP Nicols co-host this week, when we bring you the Next Money Fintech Future Trends panel, led by Penny Crossman of American Banker, and including Janine Hirt…

This is the last of our 5 part series Breaking Down Blockchain and we are wrapping it up with a discussion on digital Identity and Security. Brett King is again joined by Chris Skinner (http://thefinanser.com/) and this week they talk to Dave Birch at Consult Hyperion; Usha Krishnan from ChainGenie.com; David Sonstebo, Founder of IOTA;…

Brett King is again joined by Chris Skinner to host our fourth installment of our special Breaking Down Blockchain series. They are joined by Bart Stephens, Managing Partner of Blockchain Capital, George Samman, writer of sammantics.com and blockchain consultant, and Wayne Vaughan, CEO of Tierion to discuss cool applications and the pushback on the blockchain….

Today, Brett King talks with the very funny Ron Shevlin, of Snarketing 2.0 about his book Smarter Bank and what banks and credit unions need to do to deal with the emerging technological disruptions and regaining consumer trust. We will also be talking with Philippe Gelis, CEO of Kantox about his article “Why FinTech Banks…

Because our host Brett King is going on a well earned family vacation this week, we decided to revisit a few key interviews so far this year. #breakingbrett First up- Boris Johnson interview about how London is attracting so many to the FinTech world! @mayoroflondon Next, Chuck Davidson walks us through the thought process behind…

No one seriously disagrees that the recent Apple Pay credit card fraud stems from the security of the sixteen digit credit card number. But there are serious disagreements about whose problem that is. Is it all on the banks or is Apple in the game too? Brett is hosting Brian Roemmele, Dave Birch and Steve…

Although London and New York are currently leading the race for FinTech dominance, there are several other cities vying for their place. Not the least among these is Dublin, where the Celtic Tiger of the late 90’s hosted a booming tech center. Dublin is emerging from the global recession, humbled, but hungry to take it’s…

Today on Breaking Banks, Brett hosts one of his favorite authors, Ramez Naam, to talk about what the financial world can learn and anticipate from science fiction and what is already happening in technological possibility and human behavior that requires radical rethinking about the nature of banking. Also, Joe Pine, renowned author of The Experience…

One of the missions inside the FinTech revolution is financial inclusion. Of the 2.5 billion people who have no access to a traditional bank, 1 billion have cell phones. That number is only growing, and the potential to increase financial opportunities to this hugely underserved population has become part of the creed of the FinTech…

Social Media is no longer a cute extra in any marketing or customer service campaign. It has to be a core component of customer engagement. Those who embrace social media as a way to listen to customers as well as communicate with them will be the winners in this space. Today, Frank Eliason, SVP of…

How do we begin to replace the physical context in a world where our transactions are increasingly virtual? Where we buy, store, and save to “the cloud”? Today, Brett speaks to Shel Israel, co-author of “Age of Context” and “Naked Conversations” about how our behavior is shifting with our environment and how to stay relevant…