Brett King

Brett King is a Top-7 Ranked Global Futurist (source: Global Gurus), #1 Ranked Global Fintech Influencer (Source: Fintech Magazine) an International Bestselling Author, a world-renowned futurist and media personality. President Xi Jinping cited his book Augmented in respect to Artificial Intelligence. He has given keynotes at the World Government Summit, Web Summit, TED, Wired, Techsauce, Singularity University, DreamForce, Money2020, The Economist, Consensus, CES, SIBOS and many more. He has appeared on CNBC, BBC, ABC, FOX, and Bloomberg. He advised the Obama administration on Fintech policy and was inducted into the Fintech Hall of Fame in 2020. He has advised regulators and governments across 18 countries, and currently advises the UAE Central Bank (Nebras Open Banking), the UAE Prime Minister’s office as a futurist, and is Futurist-in-Residence for Mastercard's AI Center of Excellence across the EEMEA Region.

King hosts two #1 globally ranked podcasts Breaking Banks (180 countries, 12 million downloads) and The Futurists. The Futurists Network launched the FuturistsXSummit in Dubai in Sep 2025, with 35 of the world's top Futurists in attendance, and more than 1,000 attendees from 44 countries. In 2010 King founded Moven, a globally recognized mobile start-up, which launched the very first in-app mobile bank account offered anywhere in the world. He is co-founder of LumaBrush AI, a privately-funded AI-Healthcare startup for improving global dental accessibility and democratizing oral health care with AI-based oral disease detection at home.

Banking Exchange magazine named him "King of the Disruptors", American Banker crowned him Innovator of the Year, The Australian labeled him "The Godfather of Fintech", he was voted the world's #1 Fintech Influencer by Fintech Magazine and The Financial Brand, and listed by Bank Innovation as one of the top 10 "coolest brands in Banking". King was recognized by Advance Global Australian of the Year as being one of the most influential Australians offshore. His book Augmented: Life in the Smart Lane, was a top-10 non-fiction book in North America (Cited by President Xi). Bank 4.0 was awarded Best Foreign Book for Russia for 2019. Branch Tomorrow (his 8th book) was released in 2025 and he is working on a couple of new book releases for 2026-27 including Bank 5.0.