Ron Shevlin

@rshevlin · Boston, MA · joined 11 Oct 2007

Chief Research Officer at Cornerstone Advisors. Senior Contributor at Forbes where I publish the Fintech Snark Tank blog.

41 752Followers

8 412Following

47 282Posts total

4.9KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

Ron Shevlin@rshevlin3 Sep

EY Is Spending $100 Million to Find Out Which of Its People Can Think The consulting firm is trying to solve a business model problem with a bonus plan. New Fintech Snark Tank post: https://t.co/IS6jtfc5rT 1K views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Ron Shevlin@rshevlin31 Aug

@rshevlin Agreed Ron, AI integration into loan underwriting is a key area I’m watching. The use cases are interesting….risk, compliance, and ensuring bad actors don’t leverage it for evil 🤔 7 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Ron Shevlin@rshevlin20 Aug

New Fintech Snark Tank post: Wanna know where a bank is going with AI? Watch the job titles--and where the AI budget is going. https://t.co/ISqqTUGUCP 1.2K views · 10 likes · 1 reposts · 3 replies Open on X →

Ron Shevlin@rshevlin12 Aug

The Coming Battle Between Personal AI Agents and Bank AI Agents The real contest isn’t just one agent against another over a single customer’s rate: it’s a battle for which side can scale to millions of negotiations the fastest. https://t.co/H29C55AVkO 1.1K views · 0 likes · 1 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Ron Shevlin@rshevlin28 Jul

@rshevlin Worth flagging for anyone weighing a Revolut offer: heavy RSU packages at a 65x-earnings valuation with no listing before 2028 means that equity is a long, illiquid bet, not a cash-equivalent. Worth pricing the base salary on its own before counting the stock. 25 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Ron Shevlin@rshevlin27 Jul

At a $115b valuation, Revolut investors are paying 65x earnings for illiquid common stock in a company whose CEO has said it won't list before 2028, on the theory that a bank which just started lending will never be valued like a bank. Sign me up (not)! https://t.co/ByYAg1XR65 1.6K views · 11 likes · 9 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Ron Shevlin@rshevlin8 Apr 2019

Looking for fresh, original, thought-provoking #fintech and #banking content and data? Check out my Observations from the Fintech Snark Tank column on Forbes: https://t.co/8QKllKtyaf https://t.co/lNBtSY29w2

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Against accounts of the same size

6 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. below its peers on both reach and engagement.

Median views1 037this account924median for 10K–100K

Reach, %2.48%this account3.62%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.24%this account1.52%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	1 037	924	1.12×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	2.48%	3.62%	0.69×
Engagement rate	0.24%	1.52%	0.16×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

1.6K27 Jul

2528 Jul

1.1K12 Aug

1.2K20 Aug

731 Aug

1K3 Sep

Last 6 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

1.31%27 Jul

0.00%28 Jul

0.28%12 Aug

1.20%20 Aug

0.00%31 Aug

0.20%3 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.52%.

What the audience does

Likes42.0%21 in total

Reposts22.0%11 in total

Replies16.0%8 in total

Bookmarks20.0%10 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.