REMOTEBASE�HACKFEST ‘21

JSBL Challenge #1: FINVEST

Team-307: Big Brains

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Bilal Afzal

Full Stack Developer

Ishaq Khattana

Full Stack Developer

Hamna Arshad

UI/UX Designer

Team Members

“The percentage of people that invest in Pakistan is negligible, owing to a number of factors including low financial literacy in the masses.

Getting into investment can be tricky business and diving into it headfirst as a layman is a recipe for loss.

This deters potential investors. There is a huge gap between the world of investment and the masses.”

Problem Statement

• Investment requires time, research, effort and most importantly MONEY. Something the average joe does not have in Pakistan.
• There are also a ton of legal hurdles in the way like warranties, contracts, licenses/permits and regulatory compliance.

Proposed Solution

• We propose an online web platform where you decide where you want to invest and how much.
• All the intricacies are handled by our financial experts, and you get a ROI in a range specified to you.

Solution (1/2)

Micro vs Macro Investing

• As far as the money problem is concerned, our system allows multiple users to pitch-in on investment projects like e.g., it is hard for 1 user to buy a PIB but what if you could pay 10% of the money along with other investors.
• Once the project target is met, the PIB is bought by us.
• The overall ROI is divided among each investor, and we take a small cut for our troubles. No need for brokerage accounts and legal troubles!

Solution (2/2)

Team Strategy

Motivation:

• A platform that allows just about anyone to safely invest their money.
• With this in mind, we produced a solution that allows users to pool in investments.
• With our platform, someone with as little capital as 10,000 PKR can invest!

Project Pipeline:

• Starting with the project requirements and building the ERD, we then designed our UI on Figma.
• The backend was made in parallel with the UI/UX to keep the whole process going.
• The final step was to develop and integrate the front end.

Design and Architecture

ERD:

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• A user can register a new wallet through JSBL

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• A user can choose between easy (micro) or advanced (macro) investments

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• Easy investments are handled by our experts

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• Users can choose to invest in specific projects

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• Admins can create or mark projects as finished

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Frontend

Front End:

• Next.js
• Tailwind CSS
• Reusable architecture (separation of concerns)

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Backend

Database:

• MongoDB

Back End:

• Node.js
• Express.js
• JSON web tokens
• Authenticated APIs with multiple roles (users, admins)

Code Demo

Authenticated Express APIs

Thank you

Any Questions?