American Banker Podcast

MPESA, the Swahili word for money, is Kenya's mobile money system developed by Safaricom. It has literally transformed the ability for people to work, save, pay for everything from groceries, bills, rents, and everything else. Kenya reports that use of MPESA has helped to lift 186,000 families out of poverty. That is nearly 2% of the entire population. And it has helped wealth grow across the board, helping to develop a stronger middle class. Today, Breaking Banks tells the story of MPESA, and how it came to partner with banks, particularly KCB, to give all people access to banking services, to easy movement of their money, increasing their ability to save and build wealth in their lives.

Hong Kong and Singapore have long been economic crossroads. China and India are economies with vast populations and huge potential. And Shenzhen is bursting with innovative creativity. All of these contribute to the Asian fintech market being far ahead in adoption and ecosystem creation.

Andrew Lo straps sensors to traders and watches how their pulses and body temperatures change when markets dive or trades go bad. The technology could be used elsewhere in a bank to address problems before they escalate.

Insights from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas: How can AI help consumers spend and save wisely? If friction should be added back into the system, can we put it where it is useful, not frustrating?

Guest host Sam Maule speaks with American Banker reporter Lalita Clozel, Sam Hodges, managing director of Funding Circle, and Normand Lepine, senior practice lead at NTT DATA about U.S. regulators' approach to fintech companies and trends in smart home devices. Sam then interviews Brian Roemmele, founder of PayFinders.com, about the growth of virtual assistants and the security and compliance issues of far-field versions like Amazon Alexa, and Brian Solis, principal analyst at Altimeter Group, about digital marketing.

Jim Van Dyke, CEO of futurion, discusses the correlations between mobile deposit features, the ratings of those features, and app adoption.

Justin Newton, founder and CEO of Netki, discusses the barriers to commercialization of bitcoin, how his startup is trying to solve the problem, why private blockchains are useful and why public ones will eventually become more valuable.

Host Brett King chats with TheFinanser.Com's Chris Skinner and American Banker's Penny Crosman. Then, Brett reports from the floor of the Computer Electronics Show, where he spoke to Guy Kawasaki, a VC who drives a semi-autonomous Mercedes.

American Banker is pleased to bring you Breaking Banks, hosted by Brett King, and featuring the editors of American Banker. In this episode, guest host JP Nichols talks to an innovative team at Capital One who are rethinking the very nature of a bank for customers, employees, and entrepreneurs.

American Banker is pleased to bring you Breaking Banks, hosted by Brett King, and featuring the editors of American Banker. In this episode, guest host Ron Shevlin talks to American Banker's Rob Blackwell and Joe Adler and the Financial Brand's Jim Marous about what to expect from the next administration. Also, Megan Caywood, chief platform officer of Starling Bank, talks about creating an open API for developers outside the U.K. startup bank.