00:30Upcoming in this edition of FinTech on a Mission
00:33Empowering Women and the Young Generation
00:36Through Investment and Financial Education
00:38Well, we're fortunate enough to have
00:40Chair's CEO and co-founder
00:42Benjamin Shumla with us on set
00:45To actually talk about this mission
00:47So, if I'm not mistaken
00:48After launching in the UK in 2022
00:51Your social trading app is taken on Europe
00:54And you've already reached over 150,000 users
00:59Overall, in Europe again
01:01What would you call it?
01:03A social trading app
01:04Hello, Marjorie, and thank you for having me
01:07What an event
01:08I think this is a perfect example
01:10Of the power of community
01:11And how we need this social interaction
01:13Finance is no exception
01:15I was a heavy user of trading platforms
01:17Trying to understand what I should be doing
01:19With my savings
01:20But I was kind of lost
01:22And that's how I realized
01:23That I could learn with my friends
01:26But also with the power of the community
01:28And that is very much like
01:30What initiated the beginning of Shares
01:33Absolutely
01:33So, I mean, investing again
01:35Apparently there is an app for that
01:37You definitely insist on how shares connect people
01:41And make it simple to invest
01:43The idea is to be way more seamless
01:45When it comes to investing
01:47Absolutely
01:48Shares is the first social trading platform
01:51Which means
01:52It is a trading platform
01:53Where you can invest in stocks
01:55But you can also see your portfolio
01:56But also your friends' portfolio
01:58They are moved in real time
02:00And get inspired by their activity
02:02And you can enchant ideas
02:03And this way you can learn
02:05And from what I understand
02:07You're definitely targeting
02:08The Gen Z and women
02:12As audiences
02:13For this new trading scene
02:17Who is the average user of shares?
02:19Actually, we've been quite surprised
02:21Since we launched
02:22At the very beginning
02:23We didn't really know
02:24What we will get
02:25And so first
02:26We've been the second most download application
02:29On the Apple store
02:30In the UK
02:31Our first month
02:32So that was a very impressive
02:34Early success
02:35Of the gate
02:35And when we analyzed
02:37The base of our users
02:39We realized that
02:40About 40% of them
02:41Were women
02:42Which is very powerful
02:43And meaningful to us
02:44When you know
02:45That only about 6%
02:47Of retail investors
02:48In general
02:49Are women
02:49So now
02:50I would say
02:51We're under a mission
02:52To really help people
02:53Educate themselves
02:54Learn and grow their wealth
02:56No matter who they are
02:57What is their demographic
02:59We are the platform
03:01Where they should be
03:02So I mean
03:02The mission is not only
03:04Financial education
03:06If I understand correctly
03:07It's also financial inclusion
03:09Financial inclusion
03:10And as I said
03:12The real mission for us
03:13Is to help people
03:13Grow their wealth
03:14Any kind of asset
03:15Will be available soon
03:16On the platform
03:17From stocks
03:18Up until like cryptos
03:19Phones
03:20ETF
03:20No matter what is your strategy
03:22And where you're at
03:23In your life
03:24You will find on shares
03:25A place where you can
03:26Safely invest
03:27And follow people
03:28More experienced
03:29And learn from them
03:30And understand how to do it
03:31Because sometimes
03:32It's really difficult
03:33To warm your way
03:35In the trading
03:36And investment world
03:37When you're
03:38An average user
03:39We live in a world
03:40Extremely social
03:41You know
03:42If today
03:43You want to pick
03:43A restaurant for tonight
03:44Eventually
03:45You'll go online
03:46And you'll see reviews
03:47If you want to buy
03:48An apartment
03:49You're going to
03:49Maybe ask friends
03:50That works in real estate
03:51Finance is no exception
03:53So the idea here is
03:54By mixing and combining
03:55Under the same roof
03:56People with different
03:57Levels of experience
03:58And expertise
03:59You really like
04:00Empower the beginners
04:01With the knowledge
04:02Of more experienced people
04:04Now two incredible role models
04:06I've actually
04:07Bet on shares
04:07A while ago
04:08Venus
04:09And Serena Williams
04:11They are shareholders
04:12And the faces also
04:14Of the company
04:15You're making
04:16A crucial point
04:17To me here
04:18Is that
04:19Empowering
04:20Women
04:21Through financial education
04:22And inclusion
04:23Is definitely
04:24About role model
04:25And leading the way
04:26They are
04:27A fantastic
04:27Person
04:28And I got very lucky
04:30Not only to
04:30Meet them
04:31But also
04:32To have them
04:32With us
04:33In the shares family
04:34And it's beautiful
04:36And everything
04:37They stand for
04:38Is very strong
04:38And one thing
04:39That we really enjoy
04:40By working with
04:41Both of them
04:41Is that
04:42We are actually
04:43The second brand
04:45Ever
04:45To do a campaign
04:46With both of them
04:47The other one
04:48Is Apple
04:49So it's quite exciting
04:50To be
04:50Only
04:51The second brand
04:52And what is strong
04:54And what is strong
04:54About them
04:54Is that
04:54People think
04:55That they play
04:56Each other
04:56But actually
04:57They always have
04:58Been in the same team
04:59And this is exactly
05:00The first value
05:01At shares
05:01We are all
05:02Together
05:03In this world
05:04And we are all
05:04Trying to
05:05Grow our wealth
05:06By the power
05:07For our community
05:07Well I don't know
05:08If shares
05:09Is the apple
05:09Of trading
05:10But you also
05:11Question financial
05:13Well-being
05:14Why is that?
05:15I think there is
05:16A very stressful
05:17Components
05:18With financial
05:19Well-being
05:20And the lack
05:21Of education
05:21And this is the
05:22Gap we're trying
05:23To fulfill
05:23With our application
05:24And we believe
05:26That this is a way
05:27To more in general
05:28Access to a
05:29Well-being situation
05:30If you know
05:31What you're doing
05:31With the savings
05:32And you feel like
05:33You are going
05:33In the right direction
05:34Learning and investing
05:35That way
05:36There is a more
05:37General well-being
05:38You'll have access to
05:38So what you're offering
05:39Basically is to
05:40Just think about
05:41Investment and trading
05:42As a GPS
05:44For our entire lives
05:45Yeah
05:46But we are
05:47Being very careful
05:48Not giving
05:49Financial advice
05:50Because every situation
05:51Is different
05:52Everyone comes
05:52With a different background
05:53And as you all know
05:54The capital is always
05:55At risk when you
05:56Invest in finance
05:57But at the end of the day
05:59Yeah
05:59The idea here is like
06:00Giving access to people
06:02With expertise
06:03And on par
06:04Access to a well-being
06:05This way
06:05Speaking of risks
06:06Well actually
06:07Let's face it
06:08The crypto market
06:09Is having kind of
06:10Fear
06:11How do you navigate
06:12Those turbulent times?
06:15Yeah
06:15The crypto market
06:16Has been through
06:16A very difficult
06:17And tough time
06:18On my end
06:19On my personal level
06:20I've always invest
06:22In crypto
06:22On the side
06:23I believe that
06:24It's a long run
06:25It's such a disruption
06:27But as a platform
06:28We are about to
06:30Add cryptos
06:30To the mix
06:31In the European market
06:32As soon as we launch
06:33Because we believe
06:34That now
06:34It is an asset class
06:35With a lot of risk
06:37Yes
06:37And volatility
06:38But it's a must have
06:39And it's a good way
06:40To manage your portfolio
06:41To have a very diverse
06:42Range of assets
06:43Within it
06:45And I'm speaking
06:47To a serial entrepreneur
06:48If I may
06:49Even though
06:49The expression
06:50Can be a little outdated
06:51You actually
06:52Were at the very beginning
06:54Of Stuart
06:54You sold it
06:55And after that sale
06:58You tell yourself
06:59That you needed
07:00To go for an extra mile
07:02When it comes to
07:02Being an entrepreneur
07:03And launch shares
07:05Why
07:06You know like
07:07Diving into
07:08A new entrepreneurial story
07:10I feel like
07:11Stuart has been
07:12A fantastic experience
07:13I've launched shares
07:15Quite recently
07:16Stuart
07:17Was kind of
07:18My first
07:18Big experience
07:20My MBA
07:20I learned how to
07:22Grow fast
07:22Teams across countries
07:24Open many markets
07:25At the time
07:25It's been a fantastic experience
07:27And I feel like
07:27Now I have this
07:28Unique opportunity
07:29To put all my learnings
07:30From mistakes
07:32Also that I've made
07:33Towards making shares
07:35A huge success
07:35Want to know more
07:37About a start-up MBA
07:38Let's ask Benjamin Chambla
07:39Of course
07:40And let's join
07:41Share
07:42The social trading app
07:45Thank you so much
07:46Benjamin
07:46For giving us
07:48Your thoughts
07:49On what
07:50Kind of investment education
07:52We all need
07:54And now
07:54Let's move on
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