Making operations solve for financial wellness
/From cross-team alignment to deeper outreach strategies, relatively low-lift operational changes can let players of all sizes create a more equitable and wellness-conducive landscape.
Read MoreFrom cross-team alignment to deeper outreach strategies, relatively low-lift operational changes can let players of all sizes create a more equitable and wellness-conducive landscape.
Read MoreA wave of new fintechs as well as product announcements from incumbents suggest that financial wellness is more than a passing trend—it’s a metric that financial players of all stripes are taking seriously.
Read MoreYesterday, Array announced the launch of Debt Manager, which offers real-time information on consumer debt.
Read MoreAccording to Courtney Cardin, Aura’s Co-Founder, many US consumers can engage in high-awareness or high-acceptance practices, but often lack the ability to merge the two.
Read MoreDigital-identity solutions are addressing a suite of use cases—from KYC challenges to humanitarian issues. While these solutions are still in the works, and their infrastructural shape isn’t fully certain yet, fintechs and financial institutions can already prepare operationally for their arrival.
Read MoreIn an interview with The Financial Revolutionist, Sarah Clark, Senior Vice President of Digital Identity at Mastercard, explains the end goal of Mastercard’s digital-identity project, describes the privacy and security guidelines it follows, and justifies a private actor fulfilling this function—rather than a public entity.
Read MoreDigital-identity solutions are a promising countermeasure that may help mitigate fraud. But they come with their own risks that consumers have to be aware of—and potentially regulate with the help of lawmakers.
Read MoreAccording to Aidan McCarty, Unum ID’s CEO & Founder, reusable IDs help businesses experience higher throughput rates, lower fraud, and lower customer acquisition costs.
Read MoreIn an interview with The Financial Revolutionist, Jaimin Desai, Reconcile’s Co-Founder & CEO, shares an early-stage founder’s view on breaking into a crowded tax-solution market, describes Reconcile’s operational strategy for growth, and outlines the upcoming year for his startup.
Read MoreIn an interview with The Financial Revolutionist, Ben Borodach, April’s Co-Founder & CEO, describes the platform’s new e-filing solution, discusses the implications of a government-built filing product, and outlines regulatory changes that can improve the US taxpaying experience.
Read MoreFor accountants, Tax Day is an ongoing operational and marketing process—both satisfying clients in time for the April deadline, while also growing customer bases and revenues.
Read MoreBarring unprecedented emergencies like the Covid-19 pandemic, Tax Day has fallen reliably on or around April 15th since 1955. It can feel like the tax-paying process has remained the same since that year, too.
Read MoreWhile regulations have been slow to react to the meme stock craze, some key components to trading-platform ops have fundamentally changed over the past two years.
Read MoreIn the wake of the r/wallstreetbets fiasco, lawmakers rallied to make sense of the technology—as well as the laws—that made such volatile market behavior possible.
Read MoreWhile the ultimate victims were retail traders who saw their savings wiped out, trading platforms also suffered major damage—both financial and reputational.
Read MoreThe Financial Revolutionist is weekly newsletter and blog focused on the torrid pace of financial innovation. Today, thanks to the exponential rate of technological change, explosion in global trade and new regulations ushered in by the Great Financial Crisis, a new financial revolution is under way. In this battle, virtually every aspect of the greater financial services sector is subject to rigorous challenge. With the Financial Revolutionist, we are aspiring to create a boots-on-the-ground and highly opinionated assessment of important financial innovation developments in the past week.