Breaking Banks

PODCAST #301 - THE #FINTECH 300 (Aired 8/15)

Don't miss this massive show! #BreakingBanks celebrates +300 episodes featuring an all-star lineup: Brett King, JP Nicols, Jason Henrichs, Chloé James, Theodora Lau, Jim Marous, Chris Skinner, Ron Shevlin, and John Best

In this week's show, we celebrate our 300th episode in style with a host of regulars over the life of Breaking Bank's six and a half year of continuous weekly podcasts in the Fintech space.

PODCAST #300 - Solving America’s Retirement Problem (Aired 8/8)

Solving America`s Retirement ProblemPenny Crosman, Editor at Large for American Banker notes that while there are plenty of companies happy to help consumers who already have a sizable nest egg, relatively few are focused on those who've fallen short on saving for retirement. The void has left a small number of fintechs trying to fill the gap. Host JP Nicols will talk with Penny about about two of those this week, Finhabits and Kindur. Then, Jason Henrichs takes a deeper dive into Kindur with founder Rhian Horgan.

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Penny Crosman, Editor at Large for American Banker notes that while there are plenty of companies happy to help consumers who already have a sizable nest egg, relatively few are focused on those who've fallen short on saving for retirement.

#BreakingBanks Ep.299 - Hold Your Breaches (Aired 8/1)

Host Jason Henrichs is joined by regular #regtech contributor Dara Tarkowski, Actuate Law, discussing the Capital One data breach and the changing regulatory landscape for #dataprivacy. Then, we talk the converging worlds of #realestate and fintech with Brett Crosby, COO and Co-Founder of PeerStreet, a fintech that allows investors of types to access the world of real estate #debt, talks the converging worlds of real estate and #fintech.

PODCAST #298 - Connecting with Customers in a Wireless World

Banks frequently claim their unique competitive advantage is their relationship with their customers. How do you build relationships in an increasingly saturated world and one where face to face interactions are less frequent. Allie LeFevere from the Obedient Agency talks about the use of humor to build emotional connections and Nic Kopp, US CEO of N26 shares what they’ve learned building one of the largest mobile first banks in the world.

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Banks frequently claim their unique competitive advantage is their relationship with their customers. How do you build relationships in an increasingly saturated world and one where face to face interactions are less frequent.

PODCAST #297 - Hierarchy of Threats (Aired 7/18)

Brett King hosts Bill Nelson, CEO of the Global Resilience Federation (GRF) and Bryan Sartin, Executive Director, Global Security Services at Verizon, talking cybersecurity and the hierarchy of threats that exists in the financial services landscape. Plus, we share a flashback from our 2017 interview with Boris Johnson, currently running for Prime Minister in the UK, sharing what really makes London the financial capital of the world.

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Brett King hosts Bill Nelson, CEO of the Global Resilience Federation (GRF) and Bryan Sartin, Executive Director, Global Security Services at Verizon, talking cybersecurity and the hierarchy of threats that exists in the financial services landscape.

PODCAST #296 Hacking Compliance Culture (Aired 7/11)

Making change is hard and slow. Innovators blame compliance. Compliance blames regulators. But what happens when regulators themselves decide to become the innovators? Jason Henrichs hosts Nick Cook, Director of Innovation for the Financial Conduct Authority in the UK, talking about their successes and challenges to be more innovative, the role of Tech Sprints (which he really wanted to call hack a thons) and changing both the structure and culture of a regulatory body. Then, we're joined by Jo Ann Barefoot, the US Based host of the of next FCA tech sprint on Financial crimes and anti money laundering gives us a sneak peak at her new non-profit: AIR. Alliance for Innovative Regulation.