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James Katayanagi allegedly created fake ATM cards and used them to swipe more than $14,000 from eight bank customers.

To obtain approval and funding for security improvements, bank technologists have to make their case by pointing to losses from recent security breaches. But calculating those losses can be tricky.

From stolen cell phones to email scammers and hackers, advisors face numerous threats to the security of sensitive client data. Here are a few simple ways advisors can avoid getting hacked.

Electronic thieves have gotten smarter - and they’re targeting you. These experts can tell you how to beat them.

There's almost no good way of tell a bank customer that her personal data's been stolen. But some banks do a particularly bad job of communicating during a security incident.

Medicare premiums to remain flat; Lackluster savings tarnishing seniors' golden years; Stop tinkering with your retirement portfolio

Experts provide valuable tips for firms to protect sensitive client data from hackers.

A Morgan Stanley advisor duo with $213 million in AUM has left the wirehouse to join RBC Wealth Management.

When hosting a client event, a strategic seating chart can place prospects next to your biggest fans.

A former UBS broker was ordered to pay back the wirehouse $1.75 million of his recruiting bonus – the third such million-dollar judgment against him this year.

Bond bears are right, and wrong; The only state where retires have enough income; 3 biggest risks every retirement saver should know

The confidence level of investors for advisors and brokers surveyed by the Center for Audit Quality was up to 70% in 2014 compared to 66% in 2012.

CFP Board drops investigation into activist planner after he drops CFP certification.

Everyone on staff should know how to handle sensitive client information, making it possible for them to be responsive, but not nosy.

FINRA barred a Chicago-based broker after it was discovered he transferred over $1 million from client accounts into his own over a number of years.

Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management hired a new regional executive from J.P. Morgan.

What to do when your pension is frozen; 8 tips to maximize your 401(k); Should boomers give millennials money advice?

Deutsche Bank AG, the German lender that has pledged to improve controls after criticism from regulators, hired Elizabeth J. Ford from Goldman Sachs Group Inc. as head of compliance for the Americas.

The pool of FINRA arbitrators lacks diversity, and may be biased as a result, claims an investor advocacy group.

Almost two in three credit unions with single pay plans reported difficulty in recruiting advisors. Those with multiple plans had significantly less trouble.