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    ‘There will be hundreds of fintech failures’

    Jane Gladstone, new president of Promontory Interfinancial Network, says the recession will accelerate the shakeout among the nonbank disruptors and that small banks have an opportunity to forge new bonds with the survivors.

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    By Penny Crosman
    Executive Editor, Technology at Arizent
    July 6
    Jane Gladstone, president, Promontory Interfinancial Network
  • Fintech
    With Brinker Capital deal, Orion gets new firepower to take on Envestnet

    Instead of a sale, Orion’s private equity backers are reinvesting to help grow the company’s presence in the TAMP marketplace.

    By Ryan W. Neal
    Technology Editor
    July 2
  • Invest Insights
    Personal Capital sells to Empower Retirement, heightening consolidation in digital advice

    The deal would pair plan sponsors on Empower’s platform with the hybrid robo advisor’s technology and advice capabilities.

    By Ryan W. Neal
    Technology Editor
    June 29
  • Invest Insights
    Refinitiv takes next step on quest for the ‘Holy Grail’ of wealth management

    The company’s new suite of APIs is designed to help firms develop technology with its data, but they aren’t the only player using data to conquer advisor fintech.

    By Ryan W. Neal
    Technology Editor
    June 27
  • Invest Insights
    Technology still isn't bringing self-directed clients to advisors

    Instead of “disrupting” finance, Cerulli research suggests all-in-one financial hubs may be the way forward.

    By Ryan W. Neal
    Technology Editor
    June 25
  • Cyber attacks
    Wells Fargo customers targeted with phishing attacks using calendar invites

    In a new twist on an old scam, cybercriminals have tried to get thousands of people to surrender their Wells bank account information by sending authentic-looking emails containing malicious links that lead to a fake website bearing the company's name.

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    By Penny Crosman
    Executive Editor, Technology at Arizent
    June 22
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  • Invest Insights
    Coronavirus boosts insurance demand, creating a tailwind for fintech

    Companies that connect advisors and carriers are seeing a surge in use.

    By Ryan W. Neal
    Technology Editor
    June 17
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  • Invest Insights
    Pair of acquisitions shows increased demand for retirement planning technology

    The deals come as millions of baby boomers enter retirement.

    By Ryan W. Neal
    Technology Editor
    June 15
  • Wealth Think Merrill's latest move underscores wirehouses’ big tech advantage

    Independent advisors may enjoy freedom of choice when it comes to all things digital, but giant institutions have a leg up with integration.

    June 12
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    Ryan W. Neal
    Financial Planning
  • Cyber security
    Digital banking's explosive growth compounds cyber risks, FBI warns

    Mobile banking use has swelled since the pandemic hit, and law enforcement officials expect hackers to target the credentials of digital novices. The FBI stressed the importance of two-factor authentication and ensuring consumers know how to spot fake apps that carry malware.

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    By Penny Crosman
    Executive Editor, Technology at Arizent
    June 11
  • Invest Insights
    Coronavirus pandemic a setback for fintech challengers? Big banks think so

    Clients are gravitating toward the “biggest, stable institutions,” says Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman.

    June 10
    The Robinhood application is displayed in the App Store on an Apple Inc. iPhone in an arranged photograph taken in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, Dec. 14, 2018. The Securities Investor Protection Corp. said a new checking account from Robinhood Financial LLC raises red flags and that the deposited funds may not be eligible for protection. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg
  • Invest Insights
    Has Merrill Lynch set a new benchmark for advisor workstations?

    The 18-month project is part of the $3 billion that Bank of America allocates annually to new technology initiatives.

    By Ryan W. Neal
    Technology Editor
    June 9
  • Invest Insights
    Fidelity says a third of big financial institutions own crypto assets

    More than a quarter of the respondents hold Bitcoin, while 11% hold Ether, according to the asset manager.

    June 9
  • Invest Insights
    Can SmartAsset succeed where other advisor-client matchmakers failed?

    The company's new service provides leads — and now phone calls — from its 65-million person audience to advisors.

    By Ryan W. Neal
    Technology Editor
    June 8
  • Selfie
    Getting creative with client events in challenging times

    Our newly independent practice turned the shift to virtual into a learning experience we never would have expected.

    By Chuck Cooper
    Managing partner
    June 5
    Chuck Cooper of StrongBox Wealth
  • Fintech
    New ways to deploy existing tech amid the coronavirus

    The pandemic is prompting financial advisors to use video messages, webinars and even board games to connect with clients and prospects, Hightower Chief Marketing Officer Abby Salameh says in an episode of Financial Planning’s Podcast.

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    By Tobias Salinger
    Chief Correspondent
    June 2
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  • Tech Survey
    Tech Survey 2020: Advisors losing faith in planning software

    Practitioners say it’s too hard to use, too pricey and doesn’t meet the pandemic-economy moment. This, and other findings of our annual research.

    By Ryan W. Neal
    Technology Editor
    May 31
  • Tech Survey
    Tech Survey 2020: Tools with the biggest jump in adoption

    Among our findings, advisors are (finally) embracing chatbots and robo advisors.

    By Ryan W. Neal
    Technology Editor
    May 31
  • Invest Insights
    Why Goldman Sachs is delaying its robo advisor until 2021

    The postponement comes as new accounts surge at competing digital advisors.

    By Ryan W. Neal
    Technology Editor
    May 29
  • Fintech
    UBS launches venture capital fund to invest in fintech

    The venture fund comes just months after UBS named ING's Ralph Hamers, an outspoken champion of digital banking as its next CEO.

    May 26
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CAN RIA GROWTH AND TRUE FIDUCIARY DUTY REALLY COEXIST?

Business goals cannot always put clients' best interests first. Here's why even the executives leading fast-expanding advisory firms say the critics have a point.

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