Technology News from Financial Planning

A new report from Cerulli Associates shows older, affluent investors are far more skeptical of AI use than their younger counterparts. Financial advisors who use AI tools in their practices say transparency is key to setting wary clients at ease.

The revamped platform will be available by late summer and feature several upgrades, including a greater ability to be discovered by artificial intelligence search results.

Graduate students at the University of Texas at Austin are using advanced analytics and AI to examine Wealthtender's client reviews — and create a new data metric for the industry.

With AI concerns crimping wealth management firms' stock values, an analysis by Fitch Ratings reveals the companies' underlying dynamics after a strong 2025.

Showing up for clients is still crucial, but using AI to deliver on financial goals matters more, says Altruist's CEO.

The nation's largest bank said Monday that it will continue to invest in artificial intelligence, despite fears that the technology may harm lenders, and in private credit, despite concerns of cracks in asset quality.

The platforms, where bets are placed on everything from U.K. soccer teams to the price of bitcoin, are getting traction from investors and attention from regulators.

Betterment is further encroaching on Charles Schwab and Fidelity's turf with a new referral program and portfolio options.

SyntheticFi co-founder Joseph Wang says his firm's investment and trading technology makes an options strategy long embraced by hedge funds more accessible to advisors and their clients.

Jed Finn says human advisors will remain necessary even as Morgan Stanley develops AI-driven "super agents." Speaking at the same conference, the Wells Fargo CFO emphasized cross-selling.

The tech can be smart and speedy, but also tone deaf when it comes to picking up the nuance of client conversations.

As AI agents move from theory to reality, some advisors are implementing these tools into their technology stacks, but not without human oversight.

An extremely large proportion of people trust AI with financial information and guidance, probably more than they should.

Relationship management systems are the traditional hub of financial advisors' technology stacks, but new AI tools may supplant them. Here's how advisors on the ground see it.

Agentic AI will continue to automate financial planner workflows — and that's a good thing.

Money News Network CEO Nicole Lapin and her RIA collaborators are building direct services through her growing base of readers, viewers and listeners.

The former CEO of Orion Advisor Solutions has since become involved in several artificial intelligence startups, which he hopes will be integrated into advisor technology stacks.

An organic growth technology firm launched out of Fidelity Investment's incubator spoke with 18 big RIAs about their marketing. The results speak for themselves.

While AI has increased gross productivity, net gains have been eroded by the time and effort needed to review and correct AI outputs.

The FPAi Authority offers demos, guidance and insights to help planners adopt AI effectively in their practices.