Root Blog

How Guardrisk sold their first insurance policy on WhatsApp in only two weeks

Published by Dewald Müller • 23 August 2019

Guardrisk launched a chatbot to enable WhatsApp as a new customer-first digital channel. Here’s how they did it.

Published by Dewald Müller • 8 July 2019

Innovators have been locked out of the insurance industry. I'm sharing my experience on how we've created the tools to change this narrative.

Published by Elrich Groenewald • 20 October 2018

A cheat sheet to connecting Google Sheets to your Root bank account, automatically loading transactions into your budgeting tooling.

Published by Louw Hopley • 7 March 2018

FICA is one of banking’s biggest barriers to access. Learn what is required to activate your Root account more seamlessly.

Published by Kiaan Pillay • 29 January 2018

Stephan Steynfaardt, a private beta user, built a fun banker chatbot on his Root programmable bank account. See how he did it.

Published by Louw Hopley • 12 January 2018

The Root team has a big year lined up. We’d like to kick it off with a bang by sharing some updates on our mission and the plan for 2018.

Published by Louw Hopley • 3 August 2017

We’ve been relatively quiet since our press announcement, so I thought I’d give you an update on what the Root team has been up to.