“We were fintech before there was fintech!” I hear this claim all the time and it usually is BS. Not so with Steve McLaughlin, the founder of FT Partners. Steve left a successful career at Goldman Sachs, where he led what today would be called an internal fintech team, and started FT Partners back in…
Read MoreI’m not sure what’s left for Gemma to accomplish in her career. She is a successful company founder (her company Moola just launched as we were doing the interview), has a new show on “Eat, Shop, Save” on ITV, has been an advisor to Arnold Schwarzenegger on The New Celebrity Apprentice, has a degree in quantum…
Read MoreToday, we are honored to be joined by Stephen Wolfram, a legend in Silicon Valley, and a genius in the computing space. We are talking to him about AI, and all the amazing things that are happening in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, and how that will affect the future of money, finance, and the…
Read MoreI first learned about Monese, the company founded by serial entrepreneur Norris Koppel in an article profiling the company and Norris in TechCrunch back in 2016. I immediately reached out to Norris and invited him as a guest on the Breaking Banks podcast. I love everything about the company, especially because I lived through the experience of…
Read MoreEnjoying the Bitcoin and Ethereum roller coasters? Today JP Nicols has Brian Patrick Eha on, with his new book “How Money Got Free: Bitcoin and the Fight for the Future of Finance” which tells the story through the eyes of the bitcoin pioneers and how they envisioned the future of cryptocurrencies , and the fight…
Read MoreI love Dave. Seriously, I absolutely love this man. Why, you may ask? Because he is one of the funniest, brightest, sarcastic, dry-witted, and pleasant people I know. Probably most important, Dave is able to hold my attention when he presents on topics as complicated as distributed ledgers by explaining the impact of sensors and…
Read MoreConny’s been involved in payments, insurance, and marketing for over 25 years. She has run startups such as Clear2Pay, which ultimately was acquired by FIS where she is currently VP Global Payments Marketing. Conny has also organized multiple conferences and is an outspoken supporter of women in technology.
Read MoreThere is no question that AI presents exciting new solutions and happy additions to our lives. But in order for us to truly take advantage and prepare for a future when cars are not privately owned and are self-driving, energy is green, abundant, and cheap, and robots replace workers at a dramatic rate, changing the…
Read MoreBryan Claggett is the Chief Marketing Officer and the Chief Collaboration Officer (great title) at Geezeo, a successful U.S. banking PFM solution company. He is a highly respected SME when it comes to fintech and marketing/communication. But more importantly, Bryan is the funniest man I know if fintech (sorry Ron Shevlin, you run a close second). Bryan’s posts…
Read MoreI’ve been friends with Katryna “digitally” now for several years. Few have her passion when it comes to an individual’s digital identity and the challenges facing us in the digital age. Katryna has focused this particular passion into Meeco, the company she founded in 2012. This isn’t the first time I’ve interviewed Katryna either. During…
Read MoreI’m a big fan of Azimo, the international remittance company founded by Michael. I’ve been to their office in north London (in Islington, not from from my favorite football club in the world), have already interviewed his company partner Marta Krupinska for FinTech5, and they even partnered with Arsenal legend Kanu as a spokesman for…
Read MoreHow do we get money to small businesses that make the economy work for most people around the world? What kind of systems do we need to create? And how do we make them flexible so multiple cultures can utilize them? Today, Sam Maule hosts Chris Rentner from Akouba Credit and Viola Lewellyn from Ovamba…
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