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Bethan Cowper is head of international marketing for Compass Plus, a Nottingham, U.K.-based provider of payment and retail banking software for payment service providers and financial institutions. Cowper has also worked in marketing positions for DiVersity Marketing and Cambridge University Press.

Valuations are high from a fundamental perspective, but increasing consumer confidence has historically pushed them even higher.

Too much growth has led to a slowdown in business efficiencies. Smart firms need to fix their operating models.

Zach Perret is Plaid's CEO and co-founder.

Preston Glenn has been with Forte Payment Systems for nine years where he started and managed the Strategic Partner Development team. He now oversees the Inside Sales Team and the Account Executive team. He has held similar sales positions at Electronic Data Systems (EDS), Hewlett-Packard and Intuit. Follow on twitter @FortePayments.

The industry will experience an acceleration of the technology as firms meet data challenges, says Todd Moyer, an executive vice president at Confluence.

More retirees are expected to join the gig economy and go on trips that offer unique experiences.

The adviser reversed course after Merrill Lynch unveiled plans to phase out commission-based retirement accounts as part of its plan to comply with the Department of Labor's fiduciary rule.