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From digital advice to fee transparency and fintech investment, the pandemic has touched almost every corner of wealth management. → Read More
For planners who embrace the potential to provide these services, it can be a natural next-generation service offering. → Read More
Silicon Valley giants are better innovators, software developers and data managers, but banks' inherent advantages shouldn't be discounted, says Sonny Singh, a senior vice president at Oracle. → Read More
Bankers are disputing upstarts' claims customers don't like them, noting progress that traditional institutions have made in recent years. → Read More
Bankers are disputing upstarts' claims customers don't like them, noting progress that traditional institutions have made in recent years. → Read More
The search engine giant copied the partnership approach some fintechs have used to expand their financial product offerings. → Read More
A new partnership will let some community banks and credit unions roll out robo-advice platforms without a significant investment of their own. → Read More
Bergman grew the largest TAMP from a startup to one of the leading firms in the industry, driving the industry and the profession forward, mourners say. → Read More
The announcement comes in response to Vanguard, which recently began a pilot run of its new digital-only platform tailored to retail clients. → Read More
The mutual fund giant’s automated advice plan could price independents out of the market — and commoditize advice even further. → Read More
Despite the growth of digital advice, there's resistance to the business inside banks because of internal politics and a lack of data sharing, the company's CEO says. → Read More
Traditional players are getting innovative, and upstarts are becoming more sophisticated. The survivors will be companies that offer consumers an array of easy-to-use services, a venture capitalist says. → Read More
Just like in the early robo days, sustainability is a real concern for digital platforms. → Read More
Many people still distrust banks, but many also look askance at the social media giant, making it an unlikely savior of the unbanked. → Read More
Some of the biggest venture capitalists in the field are backing a new digital currency being offered by a leading blockchain academic. → Read More
Bank critics and some lawmakers quickly seized on a tone-deaf posting by JPMorgan Chase that was designed to tout the virtues of saving money. → Read More
Criminals are inventing new ways to hide dirty money amid transactions for digital goods bought and sold on everything from Amazon to game-app sites. Banks need to wake up to the threat, says Ben Duranske, Facebook Payments' former compliance chief. → Read More
In the land of tech startups, there's real demand for planners — ones who can embrace the best of robo practices while keeping the human touch. → Read More
The online lender has acquired NextGenVest, which uses AI and text messaging to advise high school and college students about getting loans. CommonBond’s goal is to better understand the distinctly different demographic group rising behind millennials. → Read More
The company, which helps banks develop high-tech products and services, has agreed to buy Gro Solutions after recently completing its deal for Cloud Lending. → Read More