Breaking Banks

Tyler Seydel, Eric Schurr, Jason Henrichs

Booking Overview

Breaking Banks is a fintech-focused platform where decision-makers from banks, payments, and innovation ecosystems break down what’s next—policy, products, and emerging tech. For PR pros, it’s a strong fit for leaders who can credibly speak to financial-services disruption, implementation, and responsible innovation.

Metrics

Episodes: 100

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.6/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

30s Ad: 117 - 145, 60s Ad: 140 - 168

Contact Information

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Host

Tyler Seydel - Chief Fintech Officer at Sunrise Banks; fintech executive perspective on payments, innovation, and how banks collaborate with emerging industry players.

Eric Schurr - Chief Strategy Officer at Sunrise Banks; strategy and innovation lens on payments policy and the evolving banking/fintech landscape.

Jason Henrichs - Host of Breaking Banks; leads conversations with senior executives and industry leaders on fintech innovation such as embedded finance and enterprise AI adoption, with emphasis on execution and res...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
Senior executives (C-suite/VP) and established industry leaders from banks, payments organizations, and fintech/AI builders; often tied to policy, compliance, and enterprise execution in financial services.
Required Achievements:  
Leading fintech strategy or product innovation at a regulated financial institution, Executive leadership in payments/embedded finance ecosystems, Authorship or thought leadership on payments policy/financial technology direction, Recognition as a key operator in enterprise AI/innovation adoption

Recent Guest Discussions

Brian Tate - Payments Policy And Innovation Direction; Fintech, Prepaid Products, And Banking Ecosystem; Regulatory Modernization And Emerging Technologies

John Sun - AI As A Transformational Force; Embedding Intelligence Into Workflows; Responsible AI Use And Cost/oversight Realities

Prashant Mehrotra - Enterprise AI Commercialization; Evangelization/education; Balancing Innovation With Responsibility; Human Oversight In Regulated Settings

Louis Mrachek - Embedded Finance Trust And Governance; Navigating Speed/risk/regulation; Operational Role Of Banks In Embedded Offerings

Mike Jorgensen - Embedded Finance Trust And Compliance; Role Of Banks Behind The Scenes; Customer Experience And Partnership Dynamics

Recent Topics

Fintech, Payments, Banking, Mental Health, Artificial Intelligence, Embedded Finance, Innovation, Risk, Strategy, Inclusion

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Breaking Banks
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Is just a little crime OK now or what?

May 22, 2026

In This Episode Kiah Haslett walked into our Hot Takes session at the Alloy Labs annual member meeting with a thesis she’d been sitting on, and it’s a good one: in a lighter-touch regulatory environment, the prisoner’s dilemma rewards whoever moves first. The strategically correct move, she argues, might also be the morally bankrupt one. And she’s not sure that changes the math. Dara Tarkowski — who sees the grand jury subpoenas before anyone else does — pushed back. Not on the logic, but on ...

Everybody’s Robot Fighting

May 07, 2026

In This Episode This week on Breaking Banks Brett King interviews bestselling author Igor Pejic about his new book Tech Money: A Guide to the New Game of Technology Investing, available May 26th. Brett and Igor discuss turbocharged innovations, frontier technologies, and how AI and technology investment are changing our future. In this wide ranging conversation, Brett and Igor also debate the implications of wars fought largely by AI and how tech-first defense players like Palantir, Anduril a...

Inside the Next Chapter of Payments: Policy, Fintech and Innovation

April 23, 2026

In This Episode This week on Breaking Banks, we feature sister podcast, Social Currency, powered by Sunrise Banks. Social Currency introduces us to some of the most innovative changemakers in finance, technology, and social impact—leaders who are dismantling barriers and reshaping their industries. In this episode hosts Tyler Seydel, Chief Fintech Officer, and Eric Schurr, Chief Strategy Officer at Sunrise Banks are joined by Brian Tate, President and CEO of the Innovative Payments Associatio...

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