Bank channel

The bank, which has about 1,000 financial advisors and relationship managers in the U.S, will drop the agreement on January 8.

The rep used his own money to pay the customer the interest she expected on a brokered certificate of deposit.

Brian Lamb succeeds Mike Michael who was named to the post in May.

The bank chose to integrate its program after its acquisition of 18 New York-based branches of First Niagara Bank last year.

Exclusive: The No. 4 IBD unveiled a new bank-based team even as its competitor began revealing its retained firms under the acquisition.

Lagging rival broker dealers, the firm recruited the president of RIA firm Priority Financial Group to lead the financial institutions division.

The bank's retail brokerage business sold customers shares in mutual funds with front- or back-end sales charges when they were eligible for Class A shares that waived the upfront sales load, FINRA claimed.

Meet the best of the best in the bank channel. Read about how they approach their jobs, how they serve clients and how they made the list.

The top advisor this year, Brock Kidd from Pinnacle Bank, focuses on well-heeled clients and many of Nashville’s high-profile musicians.

Here we conclude with the fourth and final segment of the Top 100 Bank Advisors. You can see all the other rankings (1-75) in our corresponding slideshows.

Here we present the third segment of the Top 100 Bank Advisors. You can see the top 50, as well as those who ranked 76-100, in our corresponding slideshows.

Here is the second segment of the Top 100 Bank Advisors. Check out the top 25, as well as those who ranked 51-100, in separate slideshows.

A well-rounded approach wins the day with the annual advisor ranking. No one-trick ponies allowed, as multiple metrics count toward advisors' scores, including AUM, production, growth and fee business.

Which banks and credit unions are advisors moving to? Eight recently jumped to Union Bank, Wilmington Trust and other institutions from J.P. Morgan Chase, PNC Bank, Wells Fargo and City National Bank, among others.

Central Valley Community Bank of Fresno, California, will look to Raymond James to help it expand its client investment offerings.

The exec returned to Northern Trust as market leader of Sarasota and Manatee counties in Florida after a five-year stint with U.S. Trust.

A massive acquisition, the possible end of the Broker Protocol and other issues will shape the industry in 2018.

The bank lured two professionals who will work with high-net-worth clients with at least $3 million in investable assets.

The rep neglected to tell Wells Fargo that a 97-year-old client had named him as beneficiary and co-executor of her estate.

The regulator was looking into customer complaints and arbitration claims that rep engaged in unsuitable trading.