Fintech Takes | Software Exists To Do Work For Us
Software exists to do work for us. We should be able to say 'please, software, relieve the anxiety that I have around my money being in the right place at the right time.' And if the rest of our contemporary digital lives (outside of our finances) is any indication of what we expect technology to do for us, the jobs to be done by fintech are extremely underdeveloped. As they say, 'everything is fintech' but 'fintech is only 1% finished.' We believe automation is the highest leverage technology that we can possibly apply to these challenges.
It’s like driving. When you’re behind the wheel and you hit a traffic jam, you tell yourself “it happens”. When your Uber driver runs into the exact same situation, you think “this guy’s an idiot”. It’s not exactly fair, but it is how human beings process adversity when the locus of control shifts away from them.
All of which brings us to a question — how do we help consumers feel more in control of their financial lives?
To answer that (and other questions) I spoke with Gil Akos, Co-founder and CEO of Astra about automated money movement and the recent launch of Astra’s API and developer program.
Read the full interview from Alex at Fintech Takes