IWM gives clients in emerging markets remote access to a U.S. Private Bank account, Visa debit card, and managed portfolio—all with just a passport. No minimum balance, and every client gets their own Private Banker.
FDIC-insured up to $1M. Earn 4% interest, paid monthly.
We are giving people access to private banking without asking for a minimum balance.
Citi asks for ten million.
We ask for zero.
That is real disruption.
VCs prefer B2B because the customer sits still and you can hunt them.
In B2C you need a wedge and a product that is ten times better.
But if you have that, B2C creates icons.
Do not ignore it.
I wrote our 18 month product roadmap in two days.
Not because I am fast.
Because I have seen exactly how a private bank works from the inside.
The path is obvious when you have lived it.
$2.5M minimum for Latin Americans to start a private banking relationship with Bank of America Merrill Lynch in Miami.
When I started at UBS Switzerland in 2013, the requirement for Egyptians was $250K. Today it's $2M.
Every successful career I've ever known was filled with long periods of meandering, months or even years when no one knew what would happen next.
Look at me: I started as a geology major turned failed realtor.
I then ended up founding several companies, one of which ended up becoming @netflix
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They're not mass market, but they're not ultra-high-net-worth either.
This growing gap between traditional Private Banking and retail is exactly why we're building something different.
The opportunity is massive. 🚀
$2.5M minimum for Latin Americans to start a private banking relationship with Bank of America Merrill Lynch in Miami.
When I started at UBS Switzerland in 2013, the requirement for Egyptians was $250K. Today it's $2M.
The result? The next 11% are increasingly excluded from Private Banking services.
These are successful professionals and entrepreneurs who need sophisticated banking solutions -> multi-currency accounts, international transfers, investment platforms.