Websites for Financial Services

Your clients trust you with their retirement. Stop emailing PDFs of statements and disclosure updates — give each client a secure portal where quarterly reports, KYC documents, and engagement letters live in one audit-ready place.

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Industry Needs

Client statement delivery cadence
Regulatory disclosure updates
Secure document exchange
KYC and engagement onboarding
Audit trail for client communications

Choose Your Path

Path A

WordPress / WooCommerce

  • Best for solo or small teams
  • Fast launch
  • Plugin-based flexibility
Path B

React / Django Custom

  • Best for growing organizations
  • Phased rollout
  • Complete ownership

Growth Roadmap

Path A can be your starting point. Path B is where you evolve when operations demand more.

1

Professional Website

Establish credibility online

2

Structured Intake

Forms, booking, document collection

3

Client Area

Billing, retainers, basic portal

4

Custom Portal

Full system ownership

Path A — WordPress / WooCommerce

Solo advisors or small planning firms under 100 client households that want a credible, compliance-aware marketing site while still delivering statements by email. Good fit if you do not yet need a per-client login.

Phases

  1. 1.Marketing site with compliant disclosures and firm brochure
  2. 2.Lead-capture forms routed to your CRM
  3. 3.Plugin-based secure file upload for one-off document requests

Core Pages

  • Home / About / Team with credentials (CFP, CFA, licences)
  • Services (Financial Planning, Investment Management, Retirement, Tax)
  • Fee disclosure and conflict-of-interest policy
  • Client Resources / Education
  • Contact / Schedule Consultation

Core Features

  • Compliant disclosure pages with versioned archive
  • Calendar integration for discovery calls
  • Newsletter with unsubscribe compliance
  • Educational article library

Limitations

  • No per-client login — statements still emailed as PDF attachments
  • Manual workflow when regulators require updated client disclosures
  • No audit log of who read which document and when
  • Plugin-dependent for any secure file upload

Path B — React / Django Custom

Growing advisory firms with 100+ households, multi-advisor teams, or anyone servicing high-net-worth clients who expect self-service access to quarterly reports, tax documents, and engagement letters.

Phases

  1. 1.Per-client portal with MFA login and role-based access
  2. 2.Document vault with versioning and read receipts
  3. 3.Performance and holdings report delivery (integrate with Orion / Envestnet / etc)
  4. 4.Engagement letter e-signature plus audit trail

Core Features

  • MFA login with advisor-level staff permissions
  • Per-client document vault with versioned statements
  • Quarterly report generation or ingestion from portfolio-accounting feed
  • E-signature on engagement letters and ADV updates with timestamped audit log
  • Compliance archive of all client-facing communications
  • Internal staff dashboard for compliance review

Our Recommendation

For most independent advisory firms, we start with Path A so clients see a credible, disclosure-compliant site while you keep existing email workflows. Path B is worth the investment when you cross roughly 100 client households, when regulatory review finds email-based statement delivery a weak control, or when an HNW client explicitly asks for a branded portal. Swapping from Path A to Path B is a rebuild, not a migration — plan the transition when current friction justifies the cost.

Why This Matters

Own your website and data
Avoid unnecessary platform lock-in
Build around your workflow
Add private infrastructure when needed

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