Inspiration

The inspiration for aFINity came from the challenges that busy individuals face in managing their finances. The need to access financial data from multiple systems and dashboards was tedious and time-consuming. The idea was to create a user-centric and institutional-grade financial service that would streamline the process and provide personalized insights and real-time analysis to users.

What it does

aFINity is a sophisticated personal finance management solution that integrates a digital assistant into a centralized location using natural dialogue. It provides users with an all-encompassing suite of financial services, including an AI chatbot that provides personalized insights on stocks and market trends, a virtual wallet that is tailored to the user's spending habits, and real-time analysis of their financial portfolio.

How we built it

aFINity was built using cutting-edge technology and a user-centric design approach. The team worked on creating a minimalist website that provides a fresh and up-to-date experience to users. The website includes useful widgets that show stock information, spending habits, and advanced graphics that combine all these interests into a 3D contour graph. These widgets can be edited to the user's demand as they are designed to be modular. The digital assistant was created using natural language processing and AI technology. The system consists of many technical aspects. We scrape 10-k forms and twitter tweets to note down user and government sentiment towards a company and how it affects their stock price. We have an conversational ai bot built-in which has access to all the user's information and can answer user's questions based on their finances. The user information, their transaction history and payment methods is shared between the user and the banks that can then be used to analyze their spending habits. The whole service is hosted on node.js on a server and people can access it as long as they are connected to Illinois-Net.

Challenges we ran into

One of the challenges faced by the team was integrating all the different financial data sources into a centralized platform. The team had to work on creating a streamlined process that linked directly to users' bank accounts to provide real-time analysis and insights into their financial portfolio. The team also had to work on creating a natural dialogue for the digital assistant that would be intuitive and user-friendly.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

The team is proud of creating a user-centric and institutional-grade financial service that simplifies financial management for busy individuals. The team was able to create a streamlined process that links directly to users' bank accounts, providing real-time analysis and insights into their financial portfolio. The team also created a natural dialogue for the digital assistant that is intuitive and user-friendly.

What we learned

The team learned a lot about creating a user-centric financial service that simplifies financial management for busy individuals. They also learned a lot about integrating different financial data sources into a centralized platform and creating a natural dialogue for the digital assistant.

What's next for aFINity

The team plans to continue improving aFINity by adding new features and functionalities that make financial management even easier for users. They plan to work on integrating more financial data sources into the platform and creating more personalized insights for users. The team also plans to expand aFINity to new demographics and markets.

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