Bank 4.0: banking everywhere, never at a bank

347 Pages·2019·18.154 MB·English

by  King, Brett

“Brett’s best yet! Bank 4.0 is a tour de force that opens your eyes
to what already exists, and your mind to the imminent possibilities. A must-read.”
—Piyush Gupta, Group Chief Executive Offi cer, DBS Bank
BANK 4.0
Banking Everywhere, Never at a Bank
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Praise for Bank 4.0
“From Bank 2.00 to 4.0, Brett has not only been tremendously accurate
in predicting where the ball is going in the future of money, but, more
importantly, he’s been actively shaping how it will get there. Here’s a tip:
don’t bet against him.”
— Alex Sion
Co-founder of Moven and
General Manager, Mobile Channel, JPMorgan Chase
“Brett King has done it again with his latest volume. Bank 4.00 pushes us
to deconstruct the mouse trap we call a bank, wipe the digital slate clean,
and reimagine banking for the year 2050 by focusing on fi rst principles
and customer needs. Drawing on examples from the developing world,
King paints a compelling vision for how digitally-native banking can be a
winning strategy—and an inclusive one.”
— Jennifer Tescher
President & CEO, the Center for Financial Services Innovation
“In Bank 4.0, Brett does it again and moves our thinking along in fi nancial
services from rethinking the bank model as discussed in his previous
books to pointing to how to build the new model using fi rst principles
thinking. It’s another ground-breaking book and brings together not
only his own thoughts, but the thinking of many of us who are trying to
create the next generation of fi nance using technology, or FinTech if you
prefer. Anyone involved in fi nance, technology, money and banking who
doesn’t pick up this book is missing the key to their future and, as a result,
might not have one.”
— Chris Skinner
Bestselling Author of Digital Human and
Chairman of the Financial Services Club
“Brett’s best yet! While one may not agree with all his assertions, the
fundamental insights—that banking needs to be reimagined from
fi rst principles, that it must be embedded into daily lives, that data, AI
and voice are game changers in this regard—cannot be argued against.
Bank 4.0 is a tour de force that opens your eyes to what already exists, and
your mind to the imminent possibilities. A must read.”
— Piyush Gupta
Group Chief Executive Off icer, DBS Bank
“As the banking industry continues to disrupt at an ever-accelerating
pace, this unputdownable book paints a future that is both exciting and
inspiring. Th is is Brett, the King of futurism, at his compelling best!
Speaking as a banker, you must read Bank 4.0.”
— Suvo Sakar
Senior EVP and Group Head of Retail Banking
and Wealth Management, Emirates NBD
“Banking is being disrupted on a global basis and Brett’s book helps to
navigate through these rapid transformations. A must read in the new era
of banking.”
— Valentin Stalf
CEO and co-founder of N26
“Yet again, Brett King brings together some of the most knowledgeable
and experienced fi gures in global FinTech for this authoritative guide to
the very latest mega trends.”
— Anne Boden
CEO and founder, Starling Bank
“‘I don’t think anyone else on the planet has Brett’s ability to piece together
what is happening around the globe and forecast the future of banking.
A thoroughly researched, data-driven analysis from someone who has
‘walked the walk’.”
— Anthony Thompson
Founder and former chairman Atom Bank and Metro Bank,
co-author of No Small Change
“Two years ago on stage in Beirut, I called Brett King ‘the King of Ban-
King’ and I stand by every word. Th is book continues his canon on the
subject of where banking is going next. Everybody in a FinTech company
should read it, everybody in traditional banking HAS to read it or they
will be without a business in fi ve years.”
— Monty Munford
Founder of Mob76, SXSW emcee and Public Speaker,
writing for The Economist, BBC, Forbes and Fast Company
“Th e organizations we develop partnerships with know that our
customers are in the driver’s seat. We’re innovating for them and that’s
non-negotiable. Brett King and Moven understood that from day one,
andBank 4.00 is his manifesto.”
— Rizwan Khalfan
EVP, Chief Digital and Payments Off icer, TD Bank Group
BANK 4.0

BANK 4.0
Banking Everywhere, Never at a Bank
BRETT KING
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To Katie, with whom I am quantum entangled,
and my Dad, a role model, and whose energy allowed me
the freedom to go well beyond my limitations.
Contents
Preface 13
Acknowledgements 16
PART ONE: Bank 2050
Chapter 1: Getting Back to First Principles 20
First principles design thinking 23
Applying fi rst principles to banking 27
A bank that is always with you 32
Is it too late for the banks? 39
Feature: Ant Financial—The First Financial Firm for the
Digital Age by Chris Skinner 44
The Alibaba stories 46
Ant Financial: Building a better China 58
Chapter 2: The Regulator’s Dilemma by Brett King and
Jo Ann Barefoot 64
The risk of regulation that inhibits innovation 66
A fl awed approach to fi nancial crime and KYC 72
The future form and function of regulation 82
Elements of reform 86
Feature: How Technology Reframes Identity by David Birch 93