Authors: Sanya Dixit, Dr. Samarth Pande

Abstract: Swift developments in financial technology applications are altering the way young individuals spend their money. Trading spots are now located on smartphones, but instead of the doors being locked in old fashioned ways, they are open. With such tools, it becomes easier to penetrate markets than it was previously. On closer examination, routines grow around screen taps – the frequency of trades, the things noticed by user concerning money, and decisions taken when risks arise. Much of this trend is influenced by the young adults who are aged between eighteen to thirty. The information was provided through completed questionnaires containing closed-ended questions, which were further presented in the form of number shares and graphs. What is interesting is found in the behavior of numbers among answers provided. It happens that FinTech tools enable more individuals to use money services, learn about investing, but make them make personal decisions. Nevertheless, more convenient access via online does not simply open doors but rather leads to more trading, faster buying-selling transactions as well as crowd-induced impulses influenced by friends on the internet and viral publications. The most remarkable fact is that digital money space can uplift knowledge and at the same time ignites a impulsive bet. Scholars find evident lessons here – especially to app developers, educators, government planners – to develop wiser habits in the area of tech-based investing. Youthful investors put their money in the online world of trading – they leap before they look. It is not only knowledge that shapes choices but habits that lie beneath the decisions that we make in our everyday lives. FinTech apps change the flow of money and transform the patterns of moving money without making a big noise. Risk appetite is increased not only by reason, but by mood, by instant, memory.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19015701