RQD Clearing selected by InvestiFi as a key partner in revolutionizing the digital investment experience.
Digital investing solutions provider InvestiFi, has partnered with RQD Clearing, to facilitate its securities trading functionalities. To ensure securities trades meet compliance standards securely and faster than through traditional means, InvestiFi identified RQD as the ideal clearing partner.
As a leader in providing investment tools to financial institution account holders, InvestiFi sought out a partner that counters the outdated architecture and solutions offered by legacy clearing providers. RQD’s mission is to empower clients with cutting-edge technology that drives success through operational efficiencies and best in class clearing infrastructure.
Kian Sarreshteh, CEO of InvestiFi comments on the partnership: “The decision to partner with RQD was an easy choice. They were the only clearing and custody firm that were willing to work with us to create the custom workflow to support investing directly from checking accounts at financial institutions, which demonstrates their commitment to serving community banks and credit unions alongside InvestiFi.This was a heavy lift for both companies, and we couldn’t put forth a solution that truly keeps deposits in house without RQD.”
“Financial institutions cannot afford the time or expense to build out their technology to support intra-day back office calculations. Legacy providers deliver a start of day file to the clients. Clients then must calculate various back office processes throughout the day and finally reconcile with their clearing firm at the end of the day. In contrast, RQD provides the master copy of all clearing data via real time APIs and webhooks. This means a client will not have to build out these processes to calculate real-time positions, balances, trade activity, cashiering and margin calls among others and have operations work to reconcile any issues at end of day. Ultimately, this allows clients to focus on differentiating themselves in the market and leads to a better end customer experience and less development and operational work for the client to ensure regulatory obligations are met and customers have the information they need.”
Michael Lanyon, Chief Revenue Officer at RQD Clearing said: “At RQD, we’ve worked to overhaul and transform trading architecture for financial institutions and their account holders. InvestiFi had been looking for a strategic partner in the financial services industry to ensure its digital investing solutions were cost-effective, secure and efficient. This is where RQD provides significant value to InvestiFi.”
“InvestiFi has been clear from the start that an emphasis on investing through checking accounts should be the priority for its clearing partner. Sharing the values of InvestiFi when offering customers seamless and secure investing solutions – which do not compromise on compliance standards – form the foundation of a fruitful partnership. It’s time for financial institutions to finally move away from outdated clearing back office solutions which were designed over 40 years ago and have not since been refreshed to service modern fintechs we see today.”
Combining the updated clearing solutions from RQD with the unique funds flow through InvestiFi, account holders can invest directly from their checking account with transactions happening faster than through traditional means. This delivers an improved digital investing experience allowing customers to quickly enter trades when they see an opportunity in the market.
Sarreshteh concludes: “For InvestiFi to provide account holders with the tools they need to build their own financial future, we had to select the very best clearing and custody partner. Avoiding outdated legacy solutions was non-negotiable, given the pitfalls in customer experience and regulatory compliance.”
“We firmly believe in our mission to provide account holders the tools they need to take control of their investments directly. For InvestiFi to offer market-leading investing solutions, RQD Clearing emerged as the only choice to ensure our financial institution clients can provide those solutions seamlessly and securely to their account holders via cutting-edge offerings. We’re excited about the partnership with RQD and the impact it will have for all users.”
