The Corporate Transparency Act, ostensibly meant to address scams and other crimes, has ironically opened the door to new kinds of scams directed at small-business owners.

Fidelity and Envestnet said they are relaunching a more integrated Fidelity Managed Account Xchange platform to give clients a more streamlined experience.

The latest tech can boost productivity, but growth-fueling referrals depend on human interactions that make clients feel safe, smart and valued.

A recent poll by the FINRA Investor Education Foundation found that consumers trusted a financial statement made by AI nearly as much as the same statement made by an advisor — in some situations.

In recent years, the wealth gulf between white and Black families has only grown. But there is hope that advances in fintech, such as wider adoption of artificial intelligence, can help.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is looking at how social media influencers and AI technology may pose conflicts of interest, steer investors' financial decisions.

The St. Louis-based brokerage is also encouraging representatives to become Certified Financial Planners as it experiments with fee-based fiduciary business models.

The Internal Revenue Service is turning to artificial intelligence to help select tax returns to audit and narrow the tax gap, but it needs to use this new technology consistently and transparently, according to a new government report.

The White House has vetoed a bill that would have repealed a measure requiring custodians of crypto assets to count them as liabilities on their balance sheets.

Wealthtech platform Envestnet has agreed to offer its in-house unified managed account tools to BlackRock, Fidelity, Franklin Templeton and State Street to boost more customized direct indexing for advisors.

As technology advances, so does the cost and time it takes to deploy new tools. Some firms are choosing to build in-house, while others are partnering with vendors and more specialized tech providers.

ChatGPT accurately predicted earnings directions 60% of the time versus 52.71% for human analysts.

Simple, doable steps performed by in-house staff can begin a financial services firm's data security odyssey.

An international coalition of tax authorities has released a list of possible risk indicators for cryptocurrency-related crimes, many of which have to do with privacy and anonymity.

Firms like Morningstar and Morgan Stanley that recently rebooted their chatbots with AI models are finding it's transforming how clients and advisors engage chatbots. Is the industry missing an opportunity for growth with their chatbots?

Safety vetting generative AI in your techstack while anticipating regulatory changes can boost advisor productivity while giving firms a competitive edge.

Relationships with vendors can make or break an advisor's business; FINRA officials and industry experts discuss best practices.

Fintech Flourish topped $5 billion in assets under custody and is launching into fee-based annuities; CEO Max Lane said he's learned a lot about the importance of data integration along the way.

The Securities and Exchange Commission's overly broad expansion of the Dealer Rule is only the latest example of the agency's yearslong effort to stifle innovation in a vibrant and growing industry.

Available technology solutions could boost professionals' efficiency in serving their clients — but only if financial advisors and their customers are open to them.