Brett King

  • Founder and CEO, Moven Bank - the world’s first downloadable bank
  • Host, BREAKING BANK$ - a globally recognized radio show
  • Bestselling Author

Brett King is widely considered the foremost global expert on retail banking innovation and optimized customer experience.

He is the CEO and founder of the world’s first downloadable bank - Moven, named in the top 10 “coolest brands in banking” and has achieved international recognition for his books Bank 2.0, Bank 3.0, Branch Today - Gone Tomorrow, Breaking Banks and his latest Augmented - each topping the global bestseller lists around the world.

Host of "BREAKING BANK$" a radio show on AM 1160 and Voice America (a network featuring over 9 million monthly listeners), King uncovers new waves in FinTech and bitcoin—one of the fastest growing industries in the world today. Known as an award winning innovator, disruptor as well as futurist, Brett is frequently featured as a commentator on CNBC, Bloomberg, Financial Times, The Economist, Huffington Post and The Banker magazine.

Brett travels the globe speaking to leading brands like Google, Microsoft and Oracle, sharing his disruptive insights and the new rules of engagement for the fundamental shifts in consumer behavior and technology.

 



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Past Hosts Include:
  • Bendigo and Adelaide Bank
  • Bendigo and Adelaide Bank
  • BANCNET
  • NAB Australia
  • National Bank Of Abu Dhabi
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Life in The Smart Lane

Is your business ready to adapt? Because chances are, you don't have a choice. The coming Augmented Age, promises a level of disruption, behavioral shifts and changes that are unparalleled in a world that will see more change in the next 20 years than it has in the last 250. Following on from the In ...

Is your business ready to adapt? Because chances are, you don't have a choice.

The coming Augmented Age, promises a level of disruption, behavioral shifts and changes that are unparalleled in a world that will see more change in the next 20 years than it has in the last 250. Following on from the Industrial or Machine Age, the Space Age and the Digital Age, the Augmented Age will be based on four key disruptive themes - Artificial Intelligence, Experience Design, Smart Infrastructure and HealthTech.

In this eye-opening keynote, proven futurist Brett King provides:

  • Valuable insights into what lies ahead for all of us as companies, consumers, financial institutions, marketers, product developers, employers and individuals
  • A future vision of how these huge shifts in technology might impact your business and industry as both a disruptive force and area of significant opportunity

The Innovators, Rogues and Strategists Rebooting Banking

There is a massive upheaval facing the banking industry today as a result of loss of trust, rapid consumer behavioral shift, massive technological change and increasing government scrutiny. It remains a frightening time for those wishing to continue with 'business as usual'. But for those who are pr ...

There is a massive upheaval facing the banking industry today as a result of loss of trust, rapid consumer behavioral shift, massive technological change and increasing government scrutiny. It remains a frightening time for those wishing to continue with 'business as usual'. But for those who are prepared to embrace digital, there is a whole new world to capitalize on. 

The FinTech space is one of the world’s fastest growing sectors, with estimates for investments made in 2014 ranging from $6-11Bn and for 2015 upwards of more than $20Bn.

If you deal with banks on a regular basis, if you are work in the industry, if you care about what is going to be happening to your money... then this 'behind the front lines' look at banking with one of the most brilliant minds in the FinTech space is an absolute must for your organization.

Host of VoiceAmerica's weekly global podcast [of the same name], Brett's insights for the rapidly evolving finance industry include:

  • How customer behavior and technology — particularly mobile — are changing the future of financial services
  • The key issues that choke innovation across organizations, learn how to identify the quick wins that justify improvement programs
  • How you need to evolve to win the battle for the bank account
  • A unique share of the latest and best tech developments and case studies happening within your market right now

Moven: Building the Downloadable Bank

Moven is a revolutionary banking app that launched to much acclaim in 2012. This is the story of how near-banks like Moven, Simple, GoBank and others are revolutionizing retail banking on multiple fronts. Brett King tells shares the journey of why Moven decided on a card-less, paper-less, transparen ...

Moven is a revolutionary banking app that launched to much acclaim in 2012. This is the story of how near-banks like Moven, Simple, GoBank and others are revolutionizing retail banking on multiple fronts. Brett King tells shares the journey of why Moven decided on a card-less, paper-less, transparent model of banking and how CREDScore, Gamification and the real-time feedback loop is going to change the way we think about banking. As players like Moven continue to achieve what they are aiming for, the way that consumers expect banks to operate has changed forever.

In this highly engagting keynote banking and financial services innovator Brett will:

  • Share his unique journey from conception to creation of Moven
  • What organizations can learn from the Moven story
  • Why selling a checking account may kill your retail bank in the next 5 years
  • Consumer traits of Gen-Y; don’t write checks, don’t visit branches and don’t trust banks

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As technological developments continue at break neck speeds, impacting businesses across industries and fundamentally changing the way we work, consume and live, these HWA experts are qualified to address questions at the at the top of business leaders' and employees' minds. Illuminating what lies ahead, they shed light on new disruptive technologies, their impact, and how to evolve with changing times. 

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Biography

Brett King is a futurist, an Amazon bestselling author, an award winning speaker, hosts a globally recognized radio show, is the CEO of Moven, and in his spare time enjoys flying as an IFR pilot, scuba diving, motor racing, gaming (mostly FPS) and Sci-Fi. He advised the Obama administration on the Future of Banking, and has spoken on the future in 50 countries in the last 3 years.

Brett focuses on how technology is disrupting business, changing behaviour and influencing society. He has fronted TED conferences, given opening keynotes for Wired, Singularity University’s Exponential Finance, The Economist, SIBOS and many more. He appears as a commentator on CNBC and has appeared regularly on the likes of BBC, ABC, FOX, Bloomberg and more.

He is the CEO and Founder of Moven, a $200m mobile bank start-up, with the world’s first smart bank account. Moven’s app is used around the globe with over a million users. His radio show, Breaking Banks, began in May 2013. It was the first global show and podcast on FinTech, and has grown to be the most popular with an audience in 140 countries/ 3.6 million listeners.