Brett King | |
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Born | 24 April 1968 |
Nationality | Australian |
Alma mater | Monash University |
Occupation(s) | Futurist and author |
Brett King (born 24 April 1968 in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian futurist, author, and co-founder of Moven, originally a New York-based mobile banking startup. [1] He is regarded as an influencer in financial services globally, [2] and his book Augmented was cited by Chinese leader Xi Jinping as recommended reading on artificial intelligence. [3] His book Bank 4.0 was awarded Top Book by a Foreign Author in Russia for the year 2019, as judged by an independent panel audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers. He was inducted into the Fintech Hall of Fame in 2020 for his contribution to the industry. [4]
King studied at Monash University, and taught the MBA program for the Australian Graduate School of Management in Hong Kong. [1]
In addition to writing for the BBC, [5] [6] King guest blogged for Huffington Post. [7] He has also appeared as an industry commentator on cable and network news, [8] [9] and hosts a radio show " Breaking Banks" on VoiceAmerica, [10] with about nine million monthly listeners and with WVNJ 1160 in New York. [11]
In 2011, King co-founded Moven (formerly Movenbank) app [12] that provides real-time updates for debit card purchases. [13] The company raised an initial $2.4m of seed money in 2012 [14] and released the Beta version in February 2013. [12] The app was named "Best in Show" at Finovate 2013 in London and raised a Series A investment round of $8m for product development and international expansion in July 2014. [15] The company is headquartered in New York City [16] and has partnered with banks, including TD Bank, in its app's operation. [17] In 2012, King was named "Bank Technology News Innovator of the Year" by the trade newspaper American Banker. [18]
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