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Brett King        

Best-Selling Author, World Renowned Futurist & Media Personality

Brett King is an International Bestselling Author, a worldrenowned futurist and media personality. President Xi Jinping cited his book Augmented. He has spoken in over 50 countries, given keynotes for TEDx, Wired, Techsauce, Singularity University, Web Summit, The Economist, IBM's World of Watson, CES, SIBOS and more. He has appeared on CNBC, BBC, ABC, Fox, and Bloomberg. He advised the Obama administration on Fintech.

King hosts the world's #1 Fintech Radio Show/Podcast called Breaking Banks (180 countries, 6.5 million listeners). He is the founder of Moven, a globally recognized mobile start-up, which has raised over US$40 million to date, and launched the first in-app mobile bank account offered anywhere in the world.

Banking Exchange named him the King of the Disruptors, he was nominated as American Banker's Innovator of the Year, voted the world's #1 Financial Services Influencer by The Financial Brand and listed by Bank Innovation as one of the top 10 "coolest brands in banking". King was shortlisted for the Advance Global Australian of the Year for being one of the most influential Australians offshore. His book Augmented: Life in the Smart Lane, was a top-10 non-fiction book in North America. Bank 4.0 remained a global bestseller in banking more than 12 months after release. The Rise of Technosocialism, his 7th book will be released mid-2020.

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Building a Bank for Gen-Y & Digital Natives

Moven is a revolutionary new bank 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 the story 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. If players like Moven achieve what they are aiming for, it will change the way people think about banking forever. King will share his 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 and why Gen-Y don’t write checks, don’t visit branches and don’t trust banks.

Goodbye Checkbook, Hello Facebook

Brett King looks at the latest trends that are redefining financial services and payments technologies. From the global scramble for dominance of the mobile wallet, the explosion of Tablet computing, the operationalizing of the Cloud and the rise of Social Media, this topic explores the reason why the financial services industry has to adapt or die. With customer advocacy killing traditional brand marketing and mobile technology completely changing the context of banking, the traditional methods of customer acquisition are also being challenged. Some consumers are even joining the ranks of the ‘de-banked’, those who don’t need a bank at all. Brett King will explore how Social Media has exposed pricing, overregulation, out-dated processes and poor policy in addition to exploring customer advocacy, the impact of mobile technology and why banking is no longer a place you go, but something you do.

Movenbank and the Reboot of Banking

Movenbank is a revolutionary new bank that will launch in 2012. This is the story of how Movenbank will revolutionalize retail banking on multiple fronts. Brett King tells the story of why Movenbank decided on a card-less, paper-less, transparent model of banking and how the CREDSCORETMengagement model is going to change the way we think about engagement, value and leading in the banking arena.

If Movenbank achieves what is is aiming for, it will change the way people think about banking forever.

Advocacy, Behaviour, Context – the New Rules of Engagement

In this session designed for marketers and digital channel professionals, Brett King explores how social media, mobile marketing, daily deals, geo-location, advocacy, gamification and behavioral psychology are working to change the rules of engagement for financial service brands.

This shift has far reaching implications for the organization, including rebuilding the marketing team, defining new metrics, delivering true 1:1 propositions and creating an open brand dialog.

The Battle for the Bank Account: And why the Banks will probably lose

In this topic for 2012, Brett explores the end-game in the emergence of the mobile wallet and what it means for the humble bank account. With more than 60% of the world’s population without a bank account, with the ubiquitous nature of mobile phone handsets, and the increasingly pervasive pre-paid ‘value-store’, will you need a bank at all in the future?

When you can get your Salary paid directly onto your phone, when you iTunes account doubles as a pre-paid debit card, and when you can use Facebook to send money – will banks still be able to compete?

The Future of Retail Financial Services or Goodbye Chequebook, Hello Facebook

Brett King looks at the latest trends that are redefining financial services and payments. From the global scramble for dominance of the mobile wallet, the expectations created by Tablet computing, the operationalizing of the Cloud and the explosion of Social Mediahe explores:

  • How Social Media has exposed pricing, over-regulation, outdated processes and poor policy.
  • How mobile technology is completely changing the context of banking
  • How customer advocacy is killing traditional brand marketing,
  • The growth of the ‘de-banked’ consumer who doesn’t need a bank at all; and
  • Why Banking is no longer a place you go, but something you do

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The Big Shift: How Customer Behaviour & Technology will Change the Future of Retail Financial Services

Ten years ago, no one could have predicted that 90 per cent of daily transactions would be electronic, that Internet Banking would provide more revenue than branches, that social media would drive your brand, and that growth in mobile banking would be the nail in the coffin for the dominance of branch banking.

Brett King explains:

  • Why customer behaviour is so rapidly changing, including the four phases of disruptive change;
  • How branches must evolve;
  • Why cheques are rapidly disappearing and cash is next;
  • Why your mobile phone will replace your wallet in the next 2-3 years; and
  • How financial institutions must reinvent themselves or become irrelevant

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News


It's Time To End Overdraft Fees (And Chase Bank Is Just The Bank ...
Jun 7, 2021 ... As Brett King, author of Bank 4.0, and executive chairman of challenger bank Moven, said in response to my tweet: “It's not about doing the right thing, ...
The Rise Of Technosocialism And Its Impact On Banking
Nov 9, 2021 ... In the financial services industry, Brett King is well-known as the author of the seminal book Bank 2.0, the creator of the Breaking Banks podcast, and the ...

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