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‘No one ever said, I can’t wait to go banking today’: Bank of America’s Hari Gopalkrishnan

  • As needs changed during the pandemic, Bank of America customers turned to Erica, its virtual financial assistant, to get help.
  • Bank of America customers are also using more P2P payments, too -- Zelle usage at the bank is up 73%.
Zachary Miller | May 07, 2021
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‘No one ever said, I can’t wait to go banking today’: Bank of America’s Hari Gopalkrishnan

Hari Gopalkrishnan is the Client Facing Platforms Technology executive for Bank of America Merrill. He’s responsible for leading the development of the next generation of integrated technology solutions for the company’s consumer and wealth management client-facing channels. He also manages the bank’s websites and e-commerce initiatives.

Hari joins me on the podcast to talk about Erica — the firm’s AI-driven virtual financial assistant. We talk about where it’s come from and where it’s headed — with an insightful look on how customers used it during the past year. Hari also describes some of the important customer-facing initiatives Bank of America has underway.

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Robinhood is an online stock brokerage that offers its customers commission free trading and investing. Robinhood users can invest and trade in stocks, exchange traded funds, options, and cryptocurrency. Customers can invest in over 5,000 stocks with Robinhood, including most U.S. equities and ETFs listed on U.S. exchanges.

Robinhood Financial, LLC and Robinhood Crypto, LLC are wholly-owned subsidiaries of Robinhood Markets, Inc. All cryptocurrency holdings are held in Robinhood Crypto as opposed to Robinhood Financial.

The company was founded in 2013 by Stanford roommates Baiju Bhatt and Vladimir Tenev. It has its headquarters in Menlo Park California and offices in the U.S and the UK.

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Robinhood’s products are accessible through its three different accounts: Robinhood Instant, Robinhood Gold and Robinhood Cash.

Robinhood Instant

Robinhood Instant is the default Robinhood account which is a margin account that has access to extended hours trading and instant deposits. Robinhood Instant account users do not have to wait for funds to process while selling stocks or depositing up to $1000.

Robinhood Gold

Robinhood Gold comprises a range of investing tools and premium products such as greater instant deposits starting at $5000 to a max of $50k, research from Morningstar on 1700 stocks, Level II Market Data from Nasdaq and more access to trading on margin. It has greater buying power and larger instant deposits as compared to the Robinhood Instant account.

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