An entrepreneur’s perspective
My journey in Fintech started in 2016 when I had an idea to make investing less daunting and more relatable but didn’t know how to get started.
After a few days of non-stop hunting for information, I realized how close and opaque things are in the investing industry. I would come across terms like Broker-dealer, clearing, settlement, custodian, an investment advisor with minimal information to learn more about them.
Coming from the tech world, where we share everything from building more fault-tolerant systems to scaling databases, it’s surprising how little is shared in financial services. I tried books, Investopedia, Google and they don’t come close in unveiling how the current infrastructure works.
As a founder wanting to build our MVP, I wasn’t really after understanding all the plumbing. What I really after was a simple, powerful APIs that will get the job done. To my surprise, there weren’t many good options.