Breaking Banks

Brett King, Jason Henrichs

Booking Overview

A weekly fintech interview show focused on banking innovation, financial technology, startups, and the executives driving change in financial services, typically featuring founders, CEOs, senior banking and technology leaders, and industry authors. Strong pitch candidates include fintech founders, banking executives, financial-inclusion experts, AI and core-banking specialists, and authors with practical industry expertise; booking difficulty is medium because guests are senior and highly relevant but generally accessible industry professionals rather than global celebrities.

Metrics

Episodes: 100

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.6/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

jp@provoke.fm

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Host

Brett King - Fintech entrepreneur, author, speaker, futurist, and financial-services commentator; co-founder of digital bank Moven.

Jason Henrichs - Fintech entrepreneur, investor, and managing partner at Alloy Labs, focused on innovation and technology in banking and financial services.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Fintech founders, bank and credit-union CEOs, senior product or technology executives, banking transformation leaders, and established authors or analysts with direct operating expertise.

Required Achievements:

Founded or scaled a fintech or financial-services company, Held executive leadership at a bank, credit union, or financial-technology company, Led major AI, core-banking, payments, or banking-as-a-service initiatives, Published an authoritative book or established industry research and commentary

Recent Guest Discussions

Doug Ricket - Founder Journey, Financial Inclusion, Alternative Credit, Smartphone Financing, And Expanding Access To Payments And Financial Services.

Nadim Homsany - Practical AI Deployment In Credit Unions, Prioritization, Technology Investment, And Measuring Returns On AI Initiatives.

Bev Anderson - Credit-union Innovation, Artificial Intelligence Strategy, Mission-driven Technology Investment, And The Choices Between Building And Buying AI Capabilities.

Pal Krogdahl - Core-banking Modernization, Organizational Design, Transformation-program Failures, And Aligning Technology Change With Business Value.

Max Farrell - Entrepreneurship, Customer Discovery, Founder Resilience, Near-failures, Acquisition, And Transitioning Beyond A Founder Identity.

Recent Topics

Business, Financial Technology, Banking, Financial Inclusion, Banking As A Service

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Breaking Banks

Unlocking Financial Access

September 17, 2026

As a Peace Corps volunteer with an engineering degree from MIT, Doug Ricket, Founder and CEO, PayJoy, a leading financial services provider for underserved consumers across emerging markets, learned first-hand what it means to build trust in underserved communities. The experience in West Africa sparked a long-held interest that eventually put Doug’s engineering and tech background to work to make a true financial impact and build a mission-driven business for underserved consumers, 20 millio...

Let’s Get Serious About AI

August 27, 2026

Can a not-for-profit, member-owned credit union genuinely out-innovate a bank with a multi-billion-dollar AI budget by being more disciplined and mission-anchored? In this episode of Breaking Banks, Bev Anderson (President and CEO of BECU) and Nadim Homsany (SVP, Head of AI at BECU) join host Jason Henrichs to unpack the strategy behind the credit union’s AI decisions. They discuss where to focus, the choice between buying and building, and whether traditional ROI even applies. Discover...

Rip Out the Core

August 20, 2026

In this episode host Brett King and Paolo Sironi, host of Breaking Banks’ sister podcast The Bankers’ Bookshelf, speak with Pal Krogdahl, author of Rip Out the Core—an essential guide for anyone wrestling with the stubborn realities of banking core modernization. Despite massive investments, many institutions still face overruns, delays, and outcomes that leave them no stronger than before. Sparked by a flooded kitchen that perfectly mirrored the chaos of real-world banking transf...

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