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Changing the nature of when, where, and how we pay, and what we know when we pay has been on the front lines of fintech innovation. Payments options continue to evolve, catching up to customer behavior and the possibilities that new technologies open up.

Is Zelle is a gamechanger, or just the banks catching up? Who will win the payments game? What is still left to solve? And how do we redesign payments for B2B.?

Today, Brett hosts Elise Moussa, Jim Marous, JP Nicols, and Wade Arnold to talk about the recent changes in the payments space, and what to expect in the near future.

There is nothing like being stuck in a foreign country without your wallet to make mobile payments vividly imperative. - Elise Moussa founded Snapay to solve the problem of in store mobile payments.  To do that,

NTT Data sponsored Breaking Banks at Money 2020 to catch a word with the movers and shakers in the Fintech industry. A lot of news was announced and we got to talk to a lot of people who are creating the next technology, expanding their ideas, and growing their companies.

Jamie Campbell, Head of Awareness, at bud Financial announced that they closed a funding round of 1.5 million of seed money!

Lucien de Voux, Director of Market Planning, Digital Economy at Lexus Nexis, came and explained how they have developed their risk analytics and what needs more attention.

Then we caught up with Hank Uberoi from Earthport, who is almost the grandfather of the fintech space and is still championing the fintech revolution.

Andrei Cherney, CEO of Aspiration, returns to the show to talk about how people can actually do well by doing good.

Laura Pratt, Founder of Token, and Alan Wunsche, Chief Token Officer, announced their creation of the first token out of Canada and the first token created in cooperation with regulators. Their platform also allows for others to create tokens of their own.

David Schropfer, CEO of Anchor ID - future proof identification came to discuss their efforts to create securable online identity.

And last, but not least, Valentin Stalf CEO of N26 and Nicolas Kopp, announced their expansion to the US, with Kopp serving as the CEO of the US business.

It was definitely a full day at Money 2020!

Breaking Banks is global, but fintech is growing so fast and furious that we have more stories than we can cover- so we are expanding.

Introducing Breaking Banks ASIA with Simon Spencer. Breaking Banks Asia gets the inside look at the incredible innovation and technological changes that are setting the standard for the rest of the world.

The Big Little Data Story – Lisa Schutz, CEO of Verifier

Lisa Schutz, CEO of Verifier, has lived the “data dream”, at least as she sees it. She sold her first data analytics company, InFact Decisions, which focused on the strategic uses of data, regardless of business issue or the industry. But with Verifier, she has a different mission- to give the consumer more control over their information and to enable them to share it more seamlessly in the process of streamlining loan application. Looking at data as a resource for the consumer, and empowering their use of it, could change the entire way we think of as verifiable identity.

There is little question that AI will loom large in our future. It is already present in almost all the new technologies we rely on. The question is whether that future is hopeful or dystopian? Will AI create more fulfilling work and a more fulfilling human existence or are we creating the beginning of the end of humanity as we know it. There are strong cases to be made for both, and likely, we will see some of both in the future.

Today, we discuss this with two realistic utopians. David Orban is a renown leader in global technology and the possibilities of AI. Himi Khan is the EVP of Product Management at Clinc, who specializes in AI natural voice interfaces, with an extra focus on financial technologies. Both have looked at AI and how it can change the nature of financial services and more. We are honored to have them as our guests today. Also, Penny Crosman from American Banker joins us today to discuss some of the big stories around Fintech, including the ever unfolding Equifax scandal.

The only constant is change.  And the only sure thing is disruption.  Which is why Mike Laven doesn't think of it as disruptive at all, but as part of the natural evolution of the world, constantly making things work faster.

Fintech- The new tech that is being developed to enhance financial services. Sandhog: member of elite team of tunnel and foundation builders who make it so we can travel swiftly and safely on bridges and tunnels. -

Since the first Initial Coin Offering in March 2017, ICO's have taken off as the latest greatest way to raise venture capital. ICO's offer exciting potential for financial inclusion. Current regulations can create a high threshold for participation in Venture Capital in attempts to protect from schemes, and from people losing their entire fortunes. ICO's go around this, and many have wondered if the ICO could be a new form of a Ponzi scheme. Those highly involved in ICOs vehemently disagree, and are looking at the ways that ICOs encourage a financial inclusion and openness that has never been available to investors before.

Today, we are speaking with George Burke and Chandra Duggirala, Founders of Aqua Foundation, Kenzi Wang, Co-Founder of Superbloom Capital, and David del Ser the Director of Inclusive Fintech, and of the Catalyst Fund from BFA. We are getting the view of ICO's from those who see the possibilities- and want to make sure that the good always outweighs the bad.

Noah Breslow has spent a decade in the fintech trenches and if you ask him about disruption, he rolls his eyes.  He is really over the term disruptive.  He thinks that is just a synonym for life.   But it doesn't change the fact that he has been part o...

Travis Dulaney is a payments guru.  Founder and CEO/CTO of Push Payments, he has over 20 years of experience working in payments and has been on the forefront of the digitalization of money.  His list of professional accomplishments include serving on ...