Behavioural Finance Consulting

Fixing conversion and adoption in complex fintech journeys

We help fintech product and customer experience teams diagnose and remove behavioural blockers in complex digital journeys.

About

Behavioural Finance Consulting is a boutique consultancy helping fintech teams improve conversion and product adoption in complex customer journeys.

We work with fintechs, financial services providers, and specialist marketing teams to diagnose why users drop out, stall, or disengage in onboarding, decision, and compliance-heavy digital journeys — and to identify practical, evidence-based ways to fix this.

Our approach combines behavioural diagnosis and customer journey analysis to uncover the hidden assumptions and frictions embedded in digital products. We focus on the decision dynamics that shape real user behaviour, rather than surface-level UX optimisation.

We support teams from early diagnosis through implementation and advisory retainers, helping turn complex journeys into more effective customer experiences that improve adoption and conversion.

We change consumer behaviour in the world of finance

Services

Where most engagements start

A focused, time-bound diagnostic designed to identify where and why users drop out, stall, or disengage in complex fintech journeys

This includes:

  • Critical journey mapping (onboarding, decision, compliance)
  • Identification of behavioural blockers and friction points
  • Analysis of false assumptions in product and UX design
  • Prioritised recommendations linked to adoption and conversion impact
01.
Implementation & optimisation

Following the diagnostic

For fintech teams implementing and testing improvements identified through the diagnostic, including:

02.
Risk & Behavioural Assessment

For complex or regulated decisions

For products involving complex decisions, regulation, or suitability requirements:

03.
Communication & Growth

To improve literacy, adoption, and retention

We help teams improve how products and journeys are explained, framed, and adopted:

Turning insight into action that drives measurable growth

What we do

Behavioural Finance Consulting helps fintech teams fix conversion and product adoption issues in complex customer journeys.

We specialise in diagnosing where users drop out, stall, or disengage — and in identifying practical, evidence-based ways to improve onboarding, decision and compliance-heavy digital journeys.

Fintech

Improving conversion and adoption in complex fintech journeys. We help fintech teams diagnose behavioural blockers in onboarding and decision flows, reduce drop-off, and improve product adoption where traditional UX and CRO approaches fall short.

Insurance

Improving engagement across complex insurance journeys. We support insurers in identifying behavioural frictions across onboarding, servicing and claims journeys, improving clarity, trust and customer follow-through in regulated environments.

Financial Advisory

Improving suitability and engagement in digital advisory journeys. We help advisory and wealth platforms improve decision quality, suitability and client engagement in complex, digitally enabled advisory experiences.

Clients

We work with organisations operating in complex, regulated customer environments, including:

We provide evidence-based and
data-driven solutions

Engagement Options

We offer flexible engagement models designed to support fintech teams from initial diagnosis through to implementation and ongoing optimisation.

1. Behavioural Conversion Diagnostic

Where most engagements start
A focused, time-bound diagnostic designed to identify where and why users drop out, stall, or disengage in complex customer journeys.

2. Implementation Support

Where insights turn into measurable change
Following the diagnostic, we support fintech teams in implementing and testing improvements across onboarding, decision and compliance-heavy journeys. Engagements are structured around clearly defined outcomes — whether targeted interventions, focused journey redesigns, or phased optimisation programmes — ensuring recommendations translate into measurable improvements in conversion and adoption.

3. Retainer plans

For ongoing advisory and optimisation

Essential

1 day per month (8 hours)

Advanced

3 days per month (24 hours)

Premium

6 days per month (48 hours)

We create competitive advantages with tailor-made behavioural strategies

Outcomes

For organisations

We help fintech and financial services teams improve conversion, product adoption and decision quality in complex customer journeys. Our behavioural diagnostics identify where processes, assumptions and design choices create friction — enabling clearer journeys, better performance, and strategic decisions.

For products and services

We support the design and optimisation of digital financial products by aligning journeys with real user decision behaviour. This results in improved product-market fit, higher completion rates across onboarding and decision flows, and more consistent customer engagement over time.

For teams and practitioners

We help product, customer experience and client-facing teams apply behavioural insight to their day-to-day decisions. Our work improves internal alignment, reduces uncertainty in design and delivery, and supports teams in making clearer, evidence-based choices across complex journeys.

For users

We improve customer understanding, follow-through and engagement by reducing friction and cognitive load in complex financial journeys. This leads to clearer decision-making, increased completion, and stronger adoption of digital financial products.

We transform business through a customer-focused approach​

Case Studies

Improving conversion and product adoption in complex financial journeys requires more than innovation — it requires understanding how real users make decisions under uncertainty.

At Behavioural Finance Consulting, we work with fintechs and financial services teams to diagnose where customers drop out, stall, or disengage — and to translate behavioural insight into measurable improvements across onboarding, decision and compliance-heavy journeys.

Below are selected examples of how we have helped organisations increase activation, reduce friction, improve retention, and strengthen performance through targeted behavioural intervention.

Team

Behavioural Finance Consulting operates as a small, specialist studio led by senior behavioural and customer-experience practitioners with deep experience across fintech and financial services.

We combine behavioural diagnosis, customer journey analysis and applied research to address conversion and adoption challenges in complex digital products. Our work is pragmatic, evidence-based and commercially grounded, supporting fintech teams in making clearer decisions and delivering more effective customer journeys.

We collaborate with a trusted network of specialists when required, ensuring the right expertise is applied without unnecessary complexity.

Dr. Ariel S. Cecchi

Behavioural Finance Consulting
Founder & Managing Director

Alejandra Ramírez

Behavioural Finance Consulting
Head of Strategy & Business Development

Prof. Dario Krpan

LSE, United Kingdom
Strategic and Behavioural Advisor

Dr. Daryl L. Foy

McKenzie Foy Health Limited, New Zealand
Strategic and Behavioural Advisor

Prof. Emmanuel Fragnière

HES-SO, Switzerland
Design and Innovation Advisor

Prof. Jairo Lozano

UAO, Colombia
Sustainability Advisor

Prof. Jean-Christophe Loubier

HES-SO, Switzerland
Data Analytics Advisor

Discuss a conversion challenge

Start with a behavioural review

Find Us

Request a diagnostic

Tell us about the customer journey where users drop out, stall or disengage. We’ll help you identify what’s getting in the way.

Phone number

UK: +44 (0)7362 05 49 96

Email

info@behaviouralfi.com

Location

London, WC2A 2JR, United Kingdom
Geneva, 1211, Switzerland