Data and information management

Following through on its staged approach to new advice standard, industry regulator expected to be less patient with the "laggards."

Emerging consumer attitudes toward privacy threaten to overturn long-standing industry assumptions about customer data and personalization.

The Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation Division issued a warning Thursday about a new wave of COVID-19 scams tied to the latest round of stimulus payments, especially targeting taxpayers in the District of Columbia.

Clients have gotten used to less in-person interaction and have reshaped their expectations and behavior accordingly, says Broadridge's Fred Duden.

Necessity, and a connection to holistic advice, has been the mother of new revenue streams, new clients and new offerings.

The regulator found that the financial services company failed to take precautions in disposing of hardware that contained sensitive customer information.

The company's new agreement with Envestnet Yodlee to share customers' account data over secure pipes is its 17th pact with aggregators and other fintech firms.

The custodian’s NetX360 desktop now supports biometric authentication.

The pandemic and work-from-home arrangements are probably spurring larger budgets.

Current and former clients claim personal information, including Social Security and passport numbers, have been exposed due to negligence.

If planners can navigate data security and compliance concerns, the app can connect them with a huge new audience.

The COVID-19 pandemic has infected the service’s annual list of top tax scams.