Top Trends in Tech 2021: Financial Services

Right now the financial services industry is emerging from a maelstrom into uncharted waters.

But this sector and those working within it are an opportunistic and resilient bunch – they have a habit of making market conditions work in their favour.

Like so many other industries, technological innovation is now integral to both recovery and onward growth.

What you get in this ebook:

From hyper-personalisation to blockchain, illumo digital has curated a bite-size list of some of the most significant tech trends shaping the future of finance.

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About illumo digital

illumo digital is a software development company based in Bristol. We take on complex, demanding projects that others won’t. We’re sector and software agnostic, which means that we work with clients from many different industries and don’t limit our work to just one or two programming languages

Talent Drain

Your most talented people are bogged down in admin or double-checking “why the numbers don’t match” rather than delivering the high-value expertise.

Visibility Gap

You can’t get a straight answer on profitability without someone spending hours “cleaning” exported data. Finance, Sales, and Ops are working from different versions of the truth

Scalability Trap

Increasing your revenue currently requires a linear increase in staff, meaning your margins stay flat even as you grow.

Diluted Advantage

You have built a competitive advantage from the unique way you do things, but your can’t leverage it. You need technology that translates your data into opportunities.

In the age of AI

Should you invest now, or wait for the bubble to burst? You may have even tried vibe coding; it gets you what you need, but it's not robust enough to support your business needs.

“We’ve significantly grown the portfolio of properties we’re reporting on since we started using Intelastel. Without the software, we’d probably have needed 50% more staff to do this.”

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