Embedded finance has become popular, and profitable, as companies combine savings, lending, insurance, investing and planning services into nontraditional apps, like Walmart Inc. and Uber Technologies Inc.
The discount brokerage posts short video clips on the social media app ranging from how-to guides for using the Fidelity Spire app to explainers of financial terminology.
The trend toward offering customizable indexes puts direct indexing on a track for explosive growth, according to new research from Cerulli Associates.
The company is designed to personalize sales interactions and has doubled its valuation in a year after fresh funding and a new acquisition.
Michelle Waymire, founder of Atlanta-based advisory firm Young & Scrappy, says her polyamorous niche grew out of a broader focus on the LGBTQ community.
Family offices have always had to consider the trade-offs between customization and price when putting together their tech stacks.
A new study by the research firm Backend Benchmarking estimates the high cash allocation in the company's automated portfolios may have cost investors more than $500 million over six years.
Despite the slump, 12 wealthtechs raised mega-rounds and a growing interest in alternative investment platforms also drove funding in adviser technology.
The platform, called the SS&C Advent Insurance Marketplace, allows advisers to access a range of fee-only products through Black Diamond Wealth Platform and DPL's proprietary Product Discovery tools.
The company unveiled a new tool, called My Financial Plan, that is certainly akin to the work done by financial advisers, but is stressing publicly that it is not eying an avenue back into the wealth management business.
Fintechs have the opportunity to confront race and gender wealth gaps by creating more opportunities for wealth building and investing.
The leading TAMP by assets is racking up the number of advisers on its platform and new accounts are opening at a faster pace than prior quarters, said CEO Bill Crager in an earnings call.
The Securities and Exchange Commission chairman called on lawmakers to expand the agency's investor protection mandate to include crypto trading and decentralized finance. Cryptocurrency assets are worth roughly $1.6 trillion.
The San Diego tech firm will use the funds to expand its offerings to RIAs and explore registering as a broker-dealer.
FMG Suite is giving advisers mobile access to content marketing, which relies on sharing online content to drive client engagement. Digital marketing solutions is slated to be the largest planned increase in net spending for an adviser’s tech stack throughout the year, according to the InvestmentNews Adviser Technology Study.
Fabric will offer access to MSCI's factor-based risk model that is designed to provide institutional risk management tools to advisers.
The digital payments platform says the acquisition of the Australian buy now, pay later company will allow it to capitalize on the shift away from traditional credit, especially among younger consumers.
Recent hires at the advisory firms come at a time when the fastest-growing RIAs are embracing technology tools at higher rates than their peers.
AssetMark reported a 33.8% increase in AUM following a recent pivot to offer products tailored to registered investment advisers.
The rights to the use of the empower.com domain are at the heart of the suit, which was filed in federal court in Illinois.
