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29/06/2025

The biggest threat to banks is not startups, it's the tech giants already in your customer's wallet.

The existential threat that banks are facing isn't coming from scrappy fintech startups but from dominant platforms like Stripe, PayPal, SoFi, and Amazon.

While most legacy players still underestimate embedded payments and platform banking, innovative banks are sounding the alarm. They know the threat is real and that sitting on the sidelines could be catastrophic.

This episode of Breaking Banks, featuring our A-List lineup of Brett King, Jason Henrichs, 📈JP Nicols, Theodora Lau, and Greg Palmer, unpacks what banks must do now to stay relevant and competitive in the new financial order.

28/06/2025

AI is now growing at 10X the speed of Moore's Law. Where does this leave banks?

While fintechs are agile, cloud-based, and primed to plug in new capabilities, most banks are weighed down by mainframes and siloed systems. Technical debt isn’t just a back-end issue, it’s a strategic threat. If banks can’t solve their architectural problems, they’ll be left behind as AI reshapes every industry on the planet.

Brett King, Jason Henrichs, and JP Nicols are joined by Theo Lau and Greg Palmer on Breaking Banks to explore the massive infrastructure gap holding back traditional banks from fully embracing AI.

Listen to the full episode here: https://bit.ly/4dPGMHR

28/06/2025

Soon, commerce won't be driven by ads, emotions, or clever copywriting: it’ll be driven by AI agents optimizing budgets using logic and data.

In this clip from Breaking Banks, David Birch explores what happens when AI agents, not people, are the ones shopping, searching, and selecting.

As fintech pioneer Morrissey once said, "how soon is now?" Last month,
Google announced how it may be about to kill the checkout page with "agentic checkout," which allows users to complete purchases directly within search results.

Watch the full episode: https://bit.ly/44Hsdnh


22/06/2025

Is a free trade deal coming with the UK?

According to Chris Hayward, Policy Chairman of the Corporation, officials from both sides are actively working behind the scenes.

What will it mean to London's fintech growth if zero tariffs are in place?

Listen & subscribe to Breaking Banks: https://provoke.fm/show/breaking-banks/

21/06/2025

Do financial services have a human problem?

Brett king, Jason Henrichs, and JP Nicols are joined by Theodora Lau and Greg Palmer to explore how AI isn’t just supporting financial services—it’s outperforming humans at many tasks. From credit decisioning to customer service, we’re seeing machines consistently deliver where people get fatigued or biased.

It's not that AI is simply better, and it's not because humans are lazy...it's because we’re wired with limits. The future of finance may just belong to the tools that never get tired, lose patience, or make emotional decisions.

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21/06/2025

Why does London's commercial real estate market have only a 1.2% vacancy rate?

Brett King talks with Chris Hayward, Policy Chairman of the City of London Corporation, about how surging fintech investment is driving demand for office space faster than developers can build.

It’s not just innovation in tech, London is experiencing a full-scale transformation in infrastructure and financial services, positioning itself as the new global fintech capital.

Link to the full episode: https://provoke.fm/uk-investment-hubs-the-rise-of-collaborative-fintech/

14/06/2025

AI is innovating 10x faster than Moore’s Law, but policy can’t keep up.

In this episode of Breaking Banks, Brett King sits down with Chris Hayward, Policy Chairman of the City of London Corporation, to discuss the widening gap between exponential AI innovation and glacial policy development.

As the UK positions itself as a global fintech capital, the conversation raises big questions can governments adapt fast enough to regulate the new AI-driven financial landscape?

Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/Y54R4MsdlZQ

08/06/2025

Name the one trend moving faster than anything in our lifetime? Even faster than the rise of the internet.

In this episode of Breaking Banks, Brett King talks with Chris Hayward about the world-changing pace of AI and what it means for global finance and policy. Can regulators and institutions keep up?

Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/Y54R4MsdlZQ

07/06/2025

Will AI bring about the end of Travel Agencies as we know it?

In the most recent episode of Breaking Banks, recorded live in Bangkok, David Birch shares with Brett King how close we are to AI agents becoming our fully functional personal assistants, handling everything from logistics to payments, and scheduling without human intervention.

We’re not talking science fiction. We’re talking a few years away. The systems are nearly in place, but payments, identity, and trust infrastructure must evolve fast.

Watch the full episode here: https://bit.ly/44Hsdnh

01/06/2025

AI is moving faster than governments, regulators, or institutions can respond. So what do we do?

Brett King sits down with Chris Hayward, Policy Chairman of the City of London Corporation for this wide-ranging conversation about the dizzying pace of AI innovation.

Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/Y54R4MsdlZQ

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