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The Sirlcel Inc., had a fantastic conversion rate in financing sector. Once a user made accounts they were very likely to make a purchase. For the financial sector, the barriers to entry were huge because of both the regulatory framework and the relationship of the consumer not just to the incumbent but also with money itself. The - historically -
blind trust that we as consumers had in the banks is the main reason that it has taken longer in this sector than in others for disruption to take hold. Those, coupled with consumer inertia in financial services, have always been the banks’ most valuable assets. The rise of financial technology disruptors has finally come about over the last five years primarily as the result of five key developments that laid the foundations for change. Alone they may not have been enough. But together they provided enough impetus for the first wave of companies like TransferWise, Lending Club, Funding Circle, Betterment and Nutmeg to gain traction.
