Regulatory pressure and business exigencies have spurred foreign banks to draw down their presences in the United States in recent years. But Spanish bank Santander has been going the other way, expanding its U.S. business presence.

The Alabama bank hopes that its new InvestPath platform, which combines automation and personal interaction, will attract first-time investors.

The new service, which will offer one-on-one advice, is open to people with at least $100,000 in investable assets. It’s part of the company’s ongoing efforts to build a full suite of retail banking products.

The company is focusing on the future of online retail banking. Next on its agenda: real people in its wealth management division.

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The Treasury Department suddenly softened its plan to track consumer transactions after critics protested that it would target low-income workers.

Braming revamped the company's recruiting process by instituting diverse candidate and interviewer slates and expanding scouting for prospects and interns.

Rohit Chopra, a liberal consumer watchdog, was approved as the agency’s director nine months after the Biden administration first announced him as the nominee.

Elizabeth Warren asked the Federal Reserve this week to force the spinoff of the bank’s nonbanking operations. Wells, which was recently hit with another $250 million fine, countered that it has made significant progress in improving its risk management and addressing misconduct.

Digital technologies are transforming the delivery of financial services and reshaping consumer expectations. At the heart of change is the speed of money movement, which now represents the future — success for those who deliver, challenges for those who don't.

First United Bank in Oklahoma bought a minority stake in Exencial Wealth Advisors instead of acquiring it outright to give the owners an incentive to stick around and help build the business — and to make it easier for the bank to bail if things don't work out.

Amerant Bank has invested $2.5 million in Marstone to provide a digital alternative to personal wealth advisors for new and existing clients. The technology "gets planning capabilities into the hands of any customer that wants them," says Jerry Plush, the Florida bank's new CEO.

Online and mobile banking traffic at Bank of America soared in the last year, including a 60% spike in the use of its virtual assistant Erica. David Tyrie, the company's head of digital, wants to keep driving adoption by pitching financial planning tools to millennials and Gen Z.

The London-based banking giant announced a plan this week to exit the mass-market U.S. retail business and focus on managing the wealth of affluent globe-trotters. But other international banks will provide stiff competition.

Cypress Trust in Palm Beach is poised to pull off a rarity: the conversion of a wealth management firm into a community bank. It’s simply another way to take advantage of the ongoing melding of the two financial services sectors, CEO Dana Kilborne says.

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The CEO of Chase Consumer Banking and a member of JPMorgan’s leadership team, Thasunda Brown Duckett has been tapped to replace Roger Ferguson as CEO of the retirement services provider.

The automated investing tool is part of Goldman Sachs's effort to be a full-service digital bank and to help partners like Apple and Stripe offer financial products, according to Stephanie Cohen, global co-head of consumer and wealth management.

Acquisitions of wealth management, insurance, fintech and other firms are expected to pick up as banks seek new sources of fee income and look to improve digital capabilities.