Behavioural science for BFSI

You open thousands of accounts. 60% are dormant within 90 days.

Account activation is a conversation problem disguised as an onboarding problem. The client signs up, makes one or two trades, and drifts...

Activation rateAccount dormancyAdvisory valueSilent attrition
60%
of demat accounts opened in India are dormant within 90 days, an activation problem disguised as onboarding
SEBI data, 2024
Sales
Rs1,200 Cr
in brokerage revenue lost annually to account dormancy, tied to first interactions that never anchored goals
SEBI & NSE estimates
CHRO
3x
more likely for an RM to retain an active trader when they have a structured goal-setting conversation at activation
Evolusis field data
Manager
0
of the top 15 broking firms have a structured advisory-transition L&D module for RMs facing direct digital competition
Evolusis diagnostic data
L&D
Selected subcategory
Stockbroking

Account activation is a conversation problem disguised as an onboarding problem. The client signs up, makes one or two trades, and drifts because no one anchored their goals in the first interaction. RMs who cannot add advisory value beyond equity will lose their books to direct platforms. The ones who can, will not.

Category lens
Conversation quality predicts portfolio quality

Whether the frontline sells lending, advisory, or investment products, the early conversation shapes downstream retention, delinquency, wallet share, and trust. Evolusis makes that visible and coachable.

60%
of demat accounts opened in India are dormant within 90 days, an activation problem disguised as onboarding
SEBI data, 2024
Sales
Rs1,200 Cr
in brokerage revenue lost annually to account dormancy, tied to first interactions that never anchored goals
SEBI & NSE estimates
CHRO
3x
more likely for an RM to retain an active trader when they have a structured goal-setting conversation at activation
Evolusis field data
Manager
0
of the top 15 broking firms have a structured advisory-transition L&D module for RMs facing direct digital competition
Evolusis diagnostic data
L&D
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Stockbroking

You open thousands of accounts. 60% are dormant within 90 days.

Account activation is a conversation problem disguised as an onboarding problem. The client signs up, makes one or two trades, and drifts because no one anchored their goals in the first interaction. RMs who cannot add advisory value beyond equity will lose their books to direct platforms. The ones who can, will not.

Why this matters to HR and L&D
HR in broking firms face rapid attrition in the RM cohort as the business shifts toward direct digital. Evolusis diagnoses which RMs have the advisory capability to remain commercially relevant and helps HR build targeted retention strategies around them.
Activation rateAccount dormancyAdvisory valueSilent attritionMulti-product capability
Voices from the field

What BFSI leaders say after working with Evolusis

Across insurance, banking, lending, and wealth, the same pattern keeps showing up: it was never only a product problem. It was a conversation problem.

Insurance · Agency channel
"

Agent activation was at 22%. We thought it was a lead problem. Evolusis showed us it was a coaching gap, and that single insight changed how we develop our managers.

AM
Anand Mathur
Head of Agency Distribution
Leading Private Life Insurer
Banking · Bancassurance
"

Persistency was stuck at 59% for three years. Once Evolusis fixed the sales conversation, it moved to 71%.

SI
Shafiq Inamdaar
Regional Head, Bancassurance
Large Private Sector Bank
HR · Talent & Retention
"

We thought it was a pay problem. Evolusis found it was a coaching gap at branch manager level. Attrition in that cohort dropped by a third.

PB
Priya Bapat
Chief Human Resources Officer
Mid-size Private Insurance Company
NBFC · Consumer lending
"

We thought early defaults were a credit problem. Evolusis traced it to the sales conversation. That one finding paid for the entire engagement within the first month.

LK
Lakshman Kumar
Chief Business Officer
Consumer Lending NBFC
Wealth & AMC · Distribution
"

SIPs were strong but wallet share was flat. Evolusis showed us which distributors had the wiring for deeper relationships, and wallet share moved in two quarters.

LG
Laxmi Godbole
Head of Distributor Development
Top-5 Asset Management Company
Banking · Retail branches
"

Two branch managers, same team size, 40% gap in cross-sell revenue. Evolusis found the difference in three words: one was coaching, the other was just reporting.

RD
Rosemary Deesooza
Regional Head, Retail Banking
Private Sector Bank — Western Region
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