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Will Startups Change American Financial Behavior?

Event Interactive 2011
Format Panel
Organizer Jon Stein – Betterment
Description Betterment.com is one of a slew of internet-enabled financial services companies launching this year, seeking to change Americans' financial behavior. Web finance is broadly regarded as one of the hottest areas for VC investment for the first time in two decades. What will Betterment and companies like it do to change Americans' financial behavior? How will new legislation from Congress change the landscape for these new entrants? Are the new companies really a different type of business, or just noise in a crowded, slow-moving industry? What will it take for real disruption and change - and what should that change be?
Questions
Answered
  1. What are Americans doing wrong, financially?
  2. Why are they doing it?
  3. What are web-enabled, data-driven startups doing about it?
  4. What legislative changes are going to mean for financial services industry and startups in particular?
  5. What should we hope for from the new financial landscape?
Level Intermediate
Category New Technology / Next Generation
Tags finance 2.0, investing, saving
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