Robert Cochran: Financial connectivity to 'revolutionise and simplify' pensions

'From digital jars to digital dashboards'

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The future of pensions is in the palm of our hands, writes Robert Cochran. Here he explores the seemingly endless possibilities...

The future of pensions is in the palm of our hands. With digital and mobile banking on the rise, we're now more financially connected than ever. The ability to engage with our money at the touch of a button will continue to revolutionise and simplify the way we interact with our savings. Technological innovation has become the norm over the past two decades, working to remove friction and pain points from the way we go about our lives. This is bleeding into the way we manage our finances with the likes of open banking allowing customers a clearer view of their finances by aggregating all...

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