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Updated · wealthsolutionsreport.com · Jun 16
Sequoia Financial Cuts Account Opening Time 45% With Feathery at $32 Billion RIA
Updated
Updated · wealthsolutionsreport.com · Jun 16

Sequoia Financial Cuts Account Opening Time 45% With Feathery at $32 Billion RIA

1 articles · Updated · wealthsolutionsreport.com · Jun 16

Summary

  • $32 billion RIA Sequoia Financial said Feathery’s onboarding platform cut custodial account opening time by 45% and reduced Not-In-Good-Order submissions.
  • Feathery embedded its workflows and user interfaces into Sequoia’s Salesforce-based advisor desktop, letting advisors onboard clients inside existing systems instead of relying on manual paperwork and duplicate data entry.
  • Sequoia said the change turned a heavily manual process into a more scalable digital workflow, while Feathery said the aim was to improve data accuracy and speed account funding.
  • The rollout highlights a broader wealth-management push to replace legacy onboarding systems that slow account opening and consume advisor and operations time.

Insights

As AI automates financial onboarding, what new systemic risks and hidden costs are firms ignoring?
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