--- title: How Digital Disintermediation Is Disrupting Food And Financial Advice description: The food and financial advice industries are being digitally disintermediated by startups like The Food Assembly and online financial advice platforms. image: https://www.anderssorman-nilsson.com/hubfs/Blog/Digital_Disintermediation-543253-edited.jpg --- [![ASN Logo New](https://www.anderssorman-nilsson.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Images_Compressed/ASN%20Logo%20New.png?width=203&height=95&name=ASN%20Logo%20New.png) ](https://www.anderssorman-nilsson.com) # Decoding Tomorrow: Futurism and Foresights Today Foresights and ideas that expand minds and inspire a change of heart. # How Digital Disintermediation Is Disrupting Food And Financial Advice Posted by [Anton Järild](https://www.anderssorman-nilsson.com/blog/author/anton-järild) on June 1, 2016 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) **Disintermediation** is defined as the process of eliminating the intermediary in a transaction between two parties. The digitisation has disintermediated several industries such as hospitality, retail, transportation and music. Two other industries that are facing similar challenges are the [food](https://www.anderssorman-nilsson.com/future-of-food-shopping-digital-disintermediation) and [financial advice](https://www.anderssorman-nilsson.com/can-robots-give-better-financial-advice-than-humans) industry. **![Digital Disintermediation for Food and Financial Industry](https://www.anderssorman-nilsson.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/Digital_Disintermediation-543253-edited.jpg?width=571&height=279&name=Digital_Disintermediation-543253-edited.jpg "Digital_Disintermediation-543253-edited.jpg")** *A visualisation of digital disintermediation in the food and financial advice industry.* [The Food Assembly](https://thefoodassembly.com/en) is a platform that connects consumers directly with a network of farmers. This is of course beneficial for both the individual consumer and the farmer - the consumer gets access to local quality food at a reasonable price while the farmer gets to keep over 80% of the price for every product sold. In other words, it's a win-win situation for both parties. However, the intermediary which in this case is the supermarket will not benefit from this since they are being cut out of the equation.  ![Farmers Product Image in the Farmer's Market](https://www.anderssorman-nilsson.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/farmersmarket.jpeg?width=571&height=380&name=farmersmarket.jpeg "farmersmarket.jpeg") Another industry that's facing digital disintermediation is the financial advice sector. Robo-advisory platforms / online advisory platforms are reshaping the industry and bringing value to its customers in new and innovative ways. One successful company is [Acorns](https://www.acorns.com/) which is a micro investment app that seamlessly turns your spare change into investments. This app enables its users to manage their funds and receive financial advice without meeting a human financial advisor. The investment process is automated and has been developed by a team of engineers, mathematicians and the Nobel Prize-winning economist Dr. Harry Markowitz who is often referred to as* ”[The Father of Modern Portfolio Theory](http://www.investopedia.com/terms/m/modernportfoliotheory.asp)”*. ![Tech Crush Account History in App](https://www.anderssorman-nilsson.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/account-history.jpg?width=571&height=378&name=account-history.jpg "account-history.jpg") *Picture from [TechCrunch](http://techcrunch.com/2014/08/26/acorns-is-a-micro-investment-app-that-does-all-the-thinking-for-you/).* From these two cases of disintermediation we can conclude that businesses need to be **agile** and constantly re-evaluate not just their marketing strategies but also their business models. 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