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At this point, we’re assuming you might be into exploring the financial services ecosystem? If so – then this is no news for you, Money2020 Europe is happening next week, and we’re ready for it. Before it all goes down, Don Ginsel – himself based in Amsterdam, takes the pod to talk to Tracey Davies and Scarlett Sieber – the two big orchestrators behind the most intera...

This week on The Futurists we get into the future of cybercrime and personal security in the smart world with renowned “security guru” Bruce Schneier. The author of over a dozen books (his latest bestseller being “A Hacker’s Mind”), Lecturer on Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School, Congressional advisor and Media personality. Will AI and Quantum kill passwords? How secure will your DNA records...

Episode 16 is all about that super important, yet under-discussed topic of customer experience. In this episode we feature two leading traditional banks, coming from opposite sides of Europe. We welcome Mahyad Gilani, Product Owner and Innovator at Rabobank in the Netherlands and Giorgi Kapandze, Head of Product and UX at Space Bank in Georgia. Girogi shares the story of Space, the digital off-sho...

PODCAST #290 - Is Banking Finally Ready for AI? (Aired 5/23) JP Nicols hosts Greg Palmer, VP of Finovate Conference Series and Theodora Lau, Founder of Unconventional Ventures discussing some of the major themes from #FinovateSpring: #DigitalBanking, #FinancialInclusion, and #DigitalLending; and one of the themes that emerged strongly: #ArtificialIntelligence. We drill down on #AI a little more in...

PODCAST #289 Mind the Gaps: Education, Wealth & Tech (Aired 5/16) Hosts Jason Henrichs and Brett King talk with a number of guests about the wealth gap, the education gap and the #technology gap are driving #disruption in traditional #financialservices. Guests include: Ryan Falvey, managing director of Financial Studio, Mark Dowds, founder and chief strategy officer of Trov, Ramona Ortega, founder...

PODCAST #288 How Regulators Are Shaping the Future of Banking Host Jason Henrichs talks with Meg Tahyar, partner in the Financial Institutions Group at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP and Sarah Biller, co-founder of FinTech Sandbox about changes happening in unexpected places: regulators themselves. Meg, Sarah and Jason share their thoughts on the FDIC’s inaugural “Fintech and the Future of Banking Conf...

PODCAST #287 Asia Fintech Goes Ballistic (Aired 5/2) Brett King is joined by Jason Cao, Huawei's global Financial Services Industry President for Enterprise Business Group in #Shanghai, discussing how #EmergingTech is transforming the future of Fintech and #Finserv in #China and Yuxiao Hu, sharing insights on the latest #AI developments there. Then, Brett hosts Matthias Kröener, previously of Fido...

PODCAST #285 - Before Open Banking: Do We Need More Open Minds? Host JP Nicols talks with special guest co-host Scarlett Sieber about the wide net she has been casting to break down the latest tech trends and insights in her Tech Tuesday series. Then, we revisit a recurring topic on the show - #OpenBanking, with Chris Cox, President of Apiture. (Aired 4/18)

PODCAST #284 - Exploring New Growth Strategies (Aired 4/11) Financial services companies are always looking for new avenues for growth beyond loans, deposits, and payments. Jason Henrichs and regular contributor Ron Shevlin explore the opportunities in POS #lending with Sandeep Bhandari of Affirm, Inc., while JP Nicols talks with Richard Turrin about exploring new ideas in the innovation lab and h...

PODCAST #283 - Small Things with Big Impact (Aired 4/4) Jason Henrichs talks with Karen Mills, former head of the Small Business Administration about her new book Fintech, Small Business and the American Dream, and Dan O’Malley, CEO of Numerated Technologies, a real time lending platform spun out of Eastern Bank that helps community banks serve the small business market.

PODCAST #282 - Apple + Conversational AI (Aired 3/28) Brett King and Chloé James are joined by Ron Shevlin and David Birch, discussing the launch of Apple's credit card. Then, we delve into the world of conversational #AI with Emma Furlong, Clinc Inc. from Boston and Greg Cross, Soul Machines out of New Zealand. What will it take for conversational AI to break the uncanny valley. What progress has...

PODCAST #281 - 5G Fintech (Aired 3/21) Brett King examines how #5G is going to change consumer expectations towards low-latency, low friction experiences. Serhad Doken talks Verizon's 5G Labs and ways startups are collaborating on new tech. We hear from Robert Scoble at Infinite Retina, sharing why self-driving cars will need 5G, and Kul Singh from SecondMind AI joins us to talk about conversation...

PODCAST #280 East meets (South by South) West (Aired 3/14) Jason Henrichs and JP Nicols host Ron Shevlin, talking Ant Financial’s new core banking system, and Ron and Jason debate about what that means (and doesn’t mean) for banks and traditional providers of core banking technology. Then, Jason and Jean Donnelly report in from SXSW in Austin as they look in new places for some new ideas beyond th...

PODCAST #279 - Fintech For Good (Aired 3/07) Theo Lau from Unconventional Ventures joins us to talk about using technology to do good for customers and communities, and some of the challenges faced by community banks who historically have played a vital role in doing good in their communities, but now are losing in the digital arms race. Community Bank CEO David Reiling of Sunrise Bank also joins...

PODCAST #278 - The Financial Wellness Pandemic (Aired 2/28) A recent poll of 1000 Americans found 85% are stressed about money at least sometimes and a full 30% are constantly stressed about money. This is supported by a Bankrate study that found over half of Americans couldn’t cover a $1,000 emergency. This isn’t just a US phenomenon. The German National Wellbeing survey reported less than a thir...

PODCAST #277 - #FinovateEurope 2019 (Aired 2/21) This week, we’re coming to you from FinovateEurope where Greg Palmer, Brett King, JP Nicols and Jim Marous discuss FinTech geo-politics and clashes over financial services in the East vs. the West. What are some recent global regulatory responses to Brexit and Trump? How is China competing with the West? Find out as the Breaking Banks/Finovate team...

PODCAST #276 - Open Up! (Aired 2/14) We’re a year into #OpenBanking but what’s really changed? Jason Henrichs hosts Martin Häring, CMO of Finastra, discussing the evolving business models and challenges facing incumbent financial institutions. Then, regular contributor Penny Crosman breaks down why things aren’t moving faster. The show closes with Jane Barratt, Chief Advocacy Officer of MX.com, th...

PODCAST #275 - Future-Proof Your Life (Aired 2/7) This week, we look at what it takes to survive and thrive with the coming disruptions around #technology, #AI, and changing social conditions. Brett King and Chloé James, joined by Jim Marous, host authors Jay Samit of "Disrupt You" fame, and from the distant shores of Sydney, Australia, Rocky Scopelliti talks "Youthquake 4.0". We look at disruptin...

PODCAST #274 - Innovating with Heart and Soul (Aired 1/31) We talk a lot about technology on the show, and we are going to do that again this week. But we are also going to talk about the important role people have in making technology work. This week, Jason Henrichs and JP Nicols host Duena Blomstrom, CEO and Co-Founder of #PeopleNotTech, talking their #MachineLearning powered software that helps...

PODCAST #272 - Living Your Extra Life (Aired 1/17) How can you live your extra life in 2020? Find out as Brett King and Chloé James host Theo Lau and HealthTech and Digital Wellbeing experts John Nosta of NostaLabs and Chris Dancy, author of Don't Unplug: How Technology Saved My Life (And Can Save Yours Too). Then, we talk the future of retail with Mykola Chumak, sharing how tech is transforming t...

PODCAST # 271 - Finding Your Voice (Aired 1/10) Brett King and Jason Henrichs are joined by Jim Marous and Ron Shevlin from The Financial Brand. Brian Roemmele and Elizabeth Robins, Best Innovation Group talk #VoiceFirst and the huge action happening at #CES2019 in Las Vegas. Then, Alex Lightman talks the future of content marketing and why thought leaders and organizations should consider launchi...

PODCAST #270 - Moven Forward (Aired 12/27) Brett King, JP Nicols and Jim Marous are joined by Theodora Lau and Spiros Margaris, talking Fintech 2020 and where the momentum we gained in 2018 is going to take us over the next couple of years. We’ll talk #AI, #VoiceTech, #SpatialComputing, #Blockchain and the general shape of the industry? Can we expect the same record levels of investment in #Fintec...

PODCAST #269 - Show Me The Money (Aired 12/20) Host Jason Henrichs and Chloe James are joined by Dave Birch, John Best and Henri Arslanian to talk about the year that was and what the future will hold. Is 2019 the year that predictions come to pass? What can the past tell us about what the future will hold. When things seem to be faster but so much stays the same.