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As AI floods the world with information, trust is becoming the most valuable asset in investing. Holly Mackay is Founder and CEO of Boring Money, a consumer intelligence platform that studies how real investors behave.  
 
Through its proprietary research panel of over 18,000 investors \u2014 the \u201cBoring Money Army\u201d \u2014 her firm provides data and insights used by financial institutions and regulators across the UK. In this episode of Innovation Spotlight, Mackay shares what real investors actually want from financial institutions \u2013 and why most firms are still getting communication wrong. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this conversation:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Why financial education in the industry is fundamentally broken <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 How AI will unlock true personalization for investors <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Why the future of investing may be the \u201cvalidation economy\u201d 
 
Innovation Spotlight highlights the leaders and ideas driving the Intelligence Era. Click here<\/a> to see more…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14285,"template":"","categories":[],"tags":[52,122,43,46,76,60],"custom_taxonomy-core_topic":[22,24,16,8],"custom_taxonomy-product":[34],"class_list":["post-14089","spotlight","type-spotlight","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-behavioral-science","tag-data-visualization","tag-expert-insights","tag-industry-leader","tag-investor-experience","tag-women-in-fintech","custom_taxonomy-core_topic-behavioral-science","custom_taxonomy-core_topic-data-visualization","custom_taxonomy-core_topic-expert-insights","custom_taxonomy-core_topic-innovation","custom_taxonomy-product-investor-experiences"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\u201cInformation Is Cheap. Trust\u00a0Isn\u2019t.\u201d | Investor Validation with Holly Mackay - Communify<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Discover how AI is reshaping investor behavior. 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