American Banker Podcast

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Breaking Banks: How men can support women in fintech Sep 25, 2017

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Dek: Brett King is back on the show, talking about diversity in fintech with Anouska Streets, head of engineering at Finkit, a unit of digital banking software company Monitise, which was recently bought by Fiserv; and Colleen Wilson, founder and CEO of consulting firm Collaborate Chicago.

Forget millennials: baby boomers need app innovation too Sep 22, 2017

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Forget millennials (for a minute). Theodora Lau, director of market innovation at AARP, shares why financial companies and fintechs should pay more attention to the over-50 crowd in their app designs and how a few fintech startups address this market.

A community bank seizes on iPhone 8's ID power Sep 15, 2017

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Beneficial Bank in Philadelphia intends to be an early adopter of Apple's Face ID. "We try to stay at the front of the pack," CEO Gerry Cuddy says.

'It's like nothing I've seen' Sep 11, 2017

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Newly appointed Editor in Chief of American Banker, who was formerly Washington Bureau chief of the publication, shares his take on current events in the capitol and the prospects for financial regulation reform this fall.

Breaking Banks: How tech companies are taking over payments Sep 06, 2017

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It's only a matter of time before U.S. banks are forced to cede control over payments the way banks in China already have, says Brett King in this week's episode, which was recorded live at the Mobile Payments Conference in Chicago.

Will fintech create a small-business-loan utopia? Aug 31, 2017

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Karen Mills, former head of the Small Business Administration, says the glut of online lenders can be a boon for entrepreneurs by helping them obtain funds quickly. But the lenders still need to be more transparent about their rates and fees, and regulations would help.

Where virtual reality makes sense in banking Aug 28, 2017

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Banks have started dabbling in virtual reality, such as BNP Paribas' letting French customers tour homes and apartments through VR headsets, says Raja Bose, global retail banking consulting leader at Genpact. Some of the strongest use cases for banks, he says, are in wealth management, trading and mortgages.

Breaking Banks: How hip-hop rapper Divine went from prison to fintech entrepreneurship Aug 25, 2017

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Divine, a rapper from Brooklyn, shares how he forged a friendship with billionaire venture capitalist Ben Horowitz and went on to create financial technology company BLAK. Also in this episode: Ramy Serageldin explains how his Honeyfi app helps couples collaborate on their finances and Paul Walker at Q2 shares his company's work with fintech startups.

How fintechs and banks can charge fees without losing customers Aug 22, 2017

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Some attempts to charge for basic banking services (e.g. Digit and Bank of America) have crashed and burned. Wei Ke, a partner with Simon-Kucher & Partners, explains how banks can help consumers get over their price sensitivity.

Dallas Fed chief Kaplan: U.S. must address workforce skills gap Aug 15, 2017

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As the American working population ages and continues to be disrupted by technology, the U.S. needs to create skills training that will help them navigate the changing jobs landscape, says Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Robert Kaplan. "Until we improve this, I think the workforce will not meet its potential," he says in the latest American Banker podcast.

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