<p>Brett King is a futurist, bestselling author and the founder of Movenbank, the world’s first direct, mobile-only bank. </p><p><i>Banking Exchange </i>called him “King of the Disruptors.” <i>American Banker </i>named him Innovator of the Year. Voted the world’s #1 Financial Services Influencer by the Financial Brand, he is widely considered one of <i>the </i>experts on fintech and disruption in the financial services industry. Brett King is also a world-class thinker and futurist who has achieved widespread international recognition for his books. </p><p>King’s first five books focused on the evolution of banks as technology changed customer behavior and expectations. <i>Bank 2.0 </i>and its successors—<i>Bank 3.0 </i>and <i>Bank 4.0</i>—considered each wave of technological change and predicted the demise of checks and checkbooks, brick-and-mortar bank branch operations and in-person consumer transactions, themes he explored in detail in <i>Breaking Banks </i>and <i>Branch Today, Gone Tomorrow: The Case for the Death of Branch Banking. </i>As more and more consumers shift to online banking and expect access to digital-only transactions, King argues that ours will eventually become a cashless society, and he explores the potential of decentralized cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and the blockchain technology that powers them. </p><p>More recently, King goes beyond fintech to consider technology’s impact on other industries. His two most recent books—<i>Augmented: Life in the Smart Lane</i> and <i>The Rise of Technosocialism</i>—explore the next wave of AI-driven disruption, from self-driving cars, wearables, robots and AR to “smart” homes and cashier-free stores. He challenges audiences to consider how consumer preferences are evolving, how COVID accelerated those trends, and he explores the impact on the future of business and work as some industries and jobs decline and new ones emerge—in User Experience and Design, Smart Infrastructure, HealthTech, ClimateTech and more.</p><p>An Australian, King travels the globe speaking at events for some of the world's most recognized organizations, including Google, Microsoft, Oracle, <i>The Economist, Forbes, American Banker,</i> and the World Council of Credit Unions, sharing his disruptive and uncanny insights on the future of business, He has advised the White House on fintech policy and frequently consults with regulators and bank boards around the world on technology transformation. He is a frequently featured commentator on CNBC, Bloomberg, <i>Banker, </i>the <i>Financial Times,</i> the <i>Economist </i>and the<i> Huffington Post</i>. </p><p><br></p>
Founder of Movenbank, the World's First Direct, Mobile-Only Bank; Fintech Expert; Bestselling Author and Futurist
<ul><li><Strong>Moven: Building the Downloadable Bank</strong></li><li>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.</li><li><strong>Augmented: Life in The Smart Lane</strong></li><li>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.</li><li><strong>Breaking Banks: The Innovators, Rogues and Strategists Rebooting Banking</strong></li><li>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.</li></ul>