One of the frustrations with retail banking is the sense that all services are too expensive for the poor who could most benefit. Part of this stems from the banks being product oriented. One of the revolutions of fintech disruption is the creation of the services for the traditionally underserved, sometimes called the underbanked. Sam…

Today Breaking Banks is focusing on the FinTech scene in Russia. The Bear is bullish on FinTech! Brett hosts Victor Orloff and Lev Khassis of Sberbank, Sergey Metelskiy and Elizaveta Ivanova from Diasoft, and Daniel Gurev, Startupbootcamp Mentor and FinTech innovator with PaySend.

Today, Brett has Jim Marous, co-publisher of the Financial Brand and a Breaking Banks regular on the show to talk about expectations for 2016. We also have Jesse Podell, a mentor at Startupbootcamp Fintech talking to us about what is happening at CES and Ian Kar from Quartz telling us all about ApplePay in China…

FINISH RICH & CREDIT KARMA We wish you all a very happy and very prosperous 2016! To jump it off, we have an amazing episode today! Brett King hosts David Bach, 9-times bestselling author of the Finish Rich series, and a financial guru. Check out more about him at FinishRich.com. Also, Brett talks to Ken…

MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Rob Findlay guest hosts an amazing episode from Hong Kong. First up, Jost Stollman and Jessica Ellerm join us from Tyro to talk about their amazing raise and growth of the sector in Sydney. Then, Rob talks to Janos Barberis of FinTech HK and James Lloyd of AMP about why…

Today Brett talks to Tim O’Reilly, founder and CEO of O’Reilly Media, one of the foremost tech publishers in the world, who also hosts conferences on technology topics. Ben Lorica, the Chief Data Scientist at O’Reilly Media also joins the conversation about the place of FinTech in the larger tech ecosystem and what we can…

For ages, our signatures have been our identifiers with banks, but in the mobile age, signatures are risky, slow, and far less secure than other methods of identification. Between fingerprints, iris scans, biorhythms, and many other bodytech apps, there are better, faster, and more secure identifiers that banking can use. Today Brett speaks with Bill…

As FinTech booms, differentiating yourself and getting attention is key. Many startups do this by applying to an accelerator program, and the most successful accelerator program in FinTech has been Startupbootcamp. Today we are highlighting Startupbootcamp London who just had demo day for their nine fintech startups last week. Co-hosting with Brett will be Liz…

Today Brett talks to Erica Young of Anthemis about the new possibilities of Robotics in the financial services industry and then has a frank conversation with Number 26 founders, Valentin Stalf and Maximilian Tayenthal about their success starting a mobile only bank in Berlin. And then Jessica Ellerm interviews Chris Brycki, founder of Stockspot, the…

RegTech has become the new hot term in the FinTech industry as it aims to tackle the burdens of regulation and ease compliance for pennies on the dollar. But with different regulatory environments and processes, can regtech developers create reg tech that is trusted by both the industry and the regulators? And should FinTech’s really…

FinTech in Latin America is much like social media- flourishing with lots of room to grow. Today, we are looking at our friends in the southern sphere to talk about growth and trends and differences among Latin American countries. Brett King hosts Alejandro Cosentino- Founder and CEO of Afluenta, Vicente Fenoll- Founder and CEO of…

The looming giant in the FinTech industry is the Asian sectors. The potential for a new customer base and growth is enormous and FinTech companies are increasing focus on the sector in the effort to reach billions of new customers. The main hubs for these sectors are Hong Kong, Singapore, and Sydney, AU and they…