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…

Simple is hard. Easy is harder. Invisible is hardest.- Jean-Louis Gassee Today Brett King, joined by Chris Skinner, hosts Chuck Davidson, CEO of CardFree, and Jared Spool, Founder of UIE to talk about designing the mobile payment experience- creating an environment where consumers have less friction and more security. He also interviews Mayor of London,…

Today, our host Brett King has turned over the hosting duties to Andy Mclean (@insanemclean) for a hosting turn in Bali. Andy hosts Rob Findlay from NextBank, Gary Dykstra who is setting up a bitcoin economy, and Peter Wall, CEO of Hubud. They are talking about why conditions in Bali are ideal spot for innovative…

Millennials or Gen Y are now 30% of the workforce and are becoming the consumers that are pushing the economic trends. So, knowing about them is vital to the growth and sustainability of any business. Today, Brett hosts Sarah Timmons, Rebecca Carpenter, and Lili Tangwall from the WOCCU, to talk about their report on 12…

When Innotribe at Sibos concluded in Boston last year, the start-up competition had been finalized, but in many ways it was just beginning. Just being a finalist was a win, Today, Brett King is hosting Jeff Stewart from Lenddo who has an important announcement. Then we are going to revisit the progress of some of…

With the end of the CES conference, it is clear that the Internet of Things is all around us. By the end of 2015, Gartner predicts that 5 billion devices will be connected. By 2020, it will be 25 billion. But what does all this tremendous data and service mean for financial technologies? Today, Brett…

As this is the last episode of Breaking Banks before the end of the year, we wanted to make sure it had plenty of food for thought. And we just want to say- Be prepared to FEAST! We are fully loaded with a great show. On this episode, our host Brett King talks with geek-famous…

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,…