5 Factors that Impact the Digital Transformation of Financial Advisory Services
In recent years, the financial services sector has faced many disruptions, from emerging FinTechs to the pandemic and increased regulations. In order to stay competitive, banks would need to engage strategies that adapt to external and internal pressures to improve their services and organizational efficiency. We’ll be honest, it’s not the easiest walk in the […]
Managing Wealth in a Landscape of Emotions and Irrationality
WealthTech: Merging Wealth Management and Technology It’s hardly contestable that money makes the world go round. Emotions often run high when money is involved, and humans, by nature, are not rational creatures. With an abundance of information on financial products fed to investors, they’re often expected to make a rational decision with or without proper […]
The Challenges of WealthTech Transformation
Even though many industries have embraced using digital platforms, we see that the wealth management industry is still hesitant to undergo a full digital transformation. Forbes has reported in a study that found that only 16% of US and Canadian banks make use of fully digitalised verification tools for their customers to open an account […]
Hybrid Models – One Size Fits All are the Relics of The Past
Hybrid Models – One Size Fits all are The Relics of The Past Robo-advisors have taken the wealth management industry by storm with analysts from CNB predicting a $1.2 trillion industry by 2024. Following suit, Deloitte reports wealth tech companies around the globe have shifted their focus towards the development and innovations in Robo-advisors. This, in […]
Fintech in Every Aspect of Our Lives
Fintech in Every Aspect of Our Lives Fintech – the application of new technological advancements to products and services in the finance industry; short for financial technology – has pervaded every aspect of our lives. The union between finance and technology has revolutionized the banking and introduced us to embedded finance – the integration of […]
Accelerate Building Robo advisory with Wealth Management API
Who doesn’t want financial stability? A financial cushion that can serve them and be their back during rainy days? A retirement plan that can offer them the satisfaction of having a filled bank account when they are out of work? A surety that they will be able to pay the hospital bills in case of […]
The Practicalities of Predicting The Future
This post is part of an ongoing series of research updates by Bambu, a financial technology company I started in 2016. The theme of these posts is predicting the future. You can find part one here, sharing the results of a survey we ran about people’s attitude towards their future. So, you think I’m kidding […]
60 Million Users and Counting – An interview with Varun Sridhar from Paytm Money
We had the pleasure of sitting down with Varun Sridhar, CEO of Paytm Money, India’s largest online investment and wealth management platform. Varun is an expert in leading financial institutions to digital transformation through intrapreneurship. Prior to Paytm Money, he served as CEO of FinShell India, where he helped launch PaySa, a mobile fintech platform. […]
Understanding the Basics of Robo-advisors
Investing has long been a human-led experience where people trust financial institutions and portfolio managers’ advice on potential opportunities. However, this slow-moving approach is quickly becoming a thing of the past with the rise of Robo-advisors. But what is a Robo-advisor? Simply put, they provide people with portfolio advice through an automated advisory service. From […]
7 Myths About Robo Advisors Debunked
An interview with Varun Sridhar from Patym Money