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What Our Clients Have Said About Their Experience

The accounts below come from individuals, couples, and HR teams who have completed our programmes. We share them so you have a clearer picture of what working with Fundwise actually involves.

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From Our Clients

Honest Accounts, Unedited Perspectives

These accounts have been shared with client permission. Names and locations are as provided. Outcomes vary by individual circumstance.

Goal Setting

I had been thinking about saving for a house for years but never really had a plan — just a vague number I hoped to reach someday. The two sessions with Faizal changed that. We broke down exactly what I needed, when I needed it, and what I had to set aside monthly to get there. It was clarifying in a way that no article or YouTube video had managed to be. I left with a document I still refer to every month.

Aisyah binti Kamaruddin

Kuala Lumpur · March 2026

Debt Recovery

I was carrying four different debts and felt completely overwhelmed. I did not know where to start, or whether it was even worth trying to manage it myself. Fundwise helped me map everything out in the first session — just having all of it on paper, ordered and explained, made it feel less impossible. The avalanche approach made mathematical sense for my situation. I still have a long way to go, but I have a method now, and that matters more than I expected.

Lim Jia Hui

Petaling Jaya · March 2026

Debt Recovery

What I appreciated most was the tone. There was no judgment, no lecture, no sense that I had made wrong choices. We just looked at the numbers together and worked out what to do next. The negotiation guidance was particularly useful — I had no idea you could approach creditors the way Faizal described, and it opened up options I did not know were available to me. I would recommend this to anyone who is carrying debt and does not know where to begin.

Rajesh Kumar a/l Subramaniam

Subang Jaya · March 2026

Goal Setting

My husband and I attended together, which I think made a real difference. We had never really talked about money in a structured way before — just occasional disagreements and a lot of avoidance. Going through the goal-setting workshop together gave us a shared language and a shared plan for the first time. The educator handled the dynamic between us very naturally. We left with something we had both genuinely agreed on, which is not easy to say.

Noor Fadhilah binti Yusof

Shah Alam · April 2026

Corporate

We brought Fundwise in for two cohorts — one for junior staff and one for mid-level employees — and customised the content differently for each group. The EPF module was the one that drew the most engagement; many of our younger staff had never really understood what they were contributing to or how it would affect them later. Priya was clear, patient, and handled the wide range of financial backgrounds in the room well. We are planning to run the programme again next year.

Kevin Tan Wei Liang

HR Manager, Kuala Lumpur · April 2026

Goal Setting

I have done personal finance courses before, but they always felt generic — designed for a hypothetical person with a different salary, lifestyle, and family situation than mine. What was different here is that everything was anchored to my specific numbers. We were not talking about principles in the abstract; we were talking about what I actually earn, what I actually spend, and what I actually want. That made the follow-up templates genuinely usable rather than something I filed away and forgot.

Zarina binti Mohd Noor

Kuala Lumpur · April 2026

Extended Accounts

Three Longer Stories

The following accounts are shared in more detail, with client permission. They represent different starting points and different kinds of progress.

Client story — goal setting
01

From a vague ambition to a mapped plan: Purchasing a first home

Goal Setting Workshop · Individual · Kuala Lumpur

A client in his late twenties came in knowing he wanted to buy a home but without a realistic sense of what that required. He had some savings but no sense of whether they were sufficient, adequate, or far short. During the intake session, we established his actual timeframe, the approximate price range he was working toward, and what he was currently putting aside each month.

From there, we worked through the gap: the difference between where he was and where he needed to be, and the monthly contribution that would close it over his chosen horizon. We also covered what type of savings vehicle was likely most appropriate for a fixed-horizon goal of that kind. He left with a monthly tracking sheet, a realistic target, and — in his own words — a sense that the goal had become something he was working toward rather than something he was hoping for.

Client story — debt recovery
02

Regaining structure after accumulated personal debt

Debt Recovery Planning · Individual · Selangor

A client came to us carrying three personal loans and two credit card balances that had built up over several years. She had been managing minimum payments across all five and felt that her situation was static — payments going out, balances barely moving. She was not in a position where she could not pay; she was in a position where her approach was not working.

We began with a debt audit: listing all five obligations with their current balances, interest rates, and minimum payments. From there, we applied the avalanche framework to identify the sequence that would reduce her total interest cost most efficiently. We also examined her monthly cash flow for any capacity to increase payments on the priority account. By the end of the programme, she had a clear four-month and twelve-month plan — one she understood and had helped build, which meant she was confident in following it.

Client story — corporate programme
03

Supporting a workforce through a financial literacy initiative

Corporate Financial Wellness · Organisation · Kuala Lumpur

An HR team from a mid-sized company reached out after noticing a pattern in their employee assistance data: a significant share of financial stress queries were coming from staff who did not understand their EPF entitlements or how their salary structure broke down. They wanted something practical — not a motivational talk, but genuine information employees could use.

We ran a two-session programme for a group of twenty-two staff members. The first session focused on salary management and EPF basics; the second on personal investment categories and insurance principles. Modules were tailored to the workforce's age profile and income range. The HR lead reported that post-session surveys showed a meaningful increase in employees' self-reported confidence around financial decisions — and several individuals followed up directly to ask about the individual programmes.

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