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How To Create Differentiated Banking Platforms

Abhishek Kothari
7 min readFeb 16, 2019
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He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts — Samuel Johnson

The world of banking and financial services is at an inflection point. In addition to pureplay digital banks such as Ally, Marcus by Goldman Sachs, broking and investment platforms such as Robinhood and Wealthfront have joined the race to offer high yield digital savings accounts.

As banks becomes more digital and therefore homogenous, every bank must rediscover that which is its core competency and then build a platform around it. Also, the competitor set for banks is not just other banks rather it is any technology company on the planet. This article looks at the evolution of banks as a platform and banking as a service. It also provides strategies for banks to differentiate and to break away from a pack where the very definition of that pack is in question everyday.

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Abhishek Kothari

Futurist@The Intersection of Finance, Tech & Humanity. Stories of a Global Language: “Money”. Contributor @ Startup Grind, HackerNoon, HBR