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To better police the advisory industry, the SEC chief seeks additional funding for advisor examinations and to bolster enforcement.

By poaching Ruth Porat from Morgan Stanley, it's clear Google wants to forge closer relationships with banks. That's because banks hold the key to helping Google expand Google Wallet.

NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer is proposing that the state enact a law requiring financial advisors to disclose whether they put their own interests above those of their clients.

Lendio, an online lending marketplace for small business, raised $20.5 million of equity capital in a recently completed funding round.

Claire Cockerton of U.K. trade group Innovate Finance explains how technology can rehabilitate the global banking industry's reputation and how London became a financial technology hub.

Dream Forward Financial wants to take a bite out of the customer base of traditional plan providers like Fidelity by offering what it says is transparent and cheaper service.

Schwab sought restitution in arbitration after an advisor left its Private Client Group to join Merrill.

Vanguard says assets in its Personal Advisor Services start up, still in the pilot phase with no paid advertising support, rose from $755 million in 2013 to $10.1 billion at the end of last year.

The range of efficiency tends to be similar within sets of U.S. stock and bond funds. Should advisors care?

Only a third of advisors surveyed by IMCA feel safe enough to say that robos pose "no threat" to their business. A skills upgrade is one line of defense, the group advises.