Automated investing

This fintech says it can help financial advisers take on banks

05/21/19

Galileo Processing has created a digital banking product that seeks to provide wealth managers with the offering they generally lack: an in-house savings account that pays competitive rates.

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Robinhood angered banks. Now it wants to be one

04/22/19

The fintech company, which was forced to rebrand its cash management product last year after misleading marketing caused a backlash, is seeking a national bank charter.

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SigFig makes digital advice the centerpiece of new platform

03/27/19

The system is designed to help banks deliver more personalized financial advice and is meant as a challenge to traditional bank technology vendors.

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Shop at Amazon, get its stock: Stash's new debit rewards idea

03/26/19

A new feature from the microinvesting app Stash allows users to accumulate free stock in the companies where they spend money.

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‘Will software eat the world?’

12/07/18

Many digital-only robos are slowly adding human advisors.

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‘What happens when the music stops?’: John Taft at Baird

11/01/18

The financial system is safer than it was 10 years ago, says John Taft, vice chairman of Baird. But there are still risks lurking unseen in areas like ETFs,

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Robo-adviser pushes deeper into core banking systems

10/30/18

SigFig is partnering with Citizens Bank to launch an advice platform in its effort to become a direct competitor to legacy core systems providers.

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Smaller banks, robo-advisers join forces against brokerages

09/28/18

Copying big banks, smaller institutions are pairing with robos to meet changing mass-affluent preferences in long-term investment products.

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Morgan Stanley recruits Betterment exec to beef up digital strategy

09/04/18

To keep pace with its peers, Morgan Stanley is ramping up its online offerings in banking and wealth management.

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‘Huge pile of money’ coming into robos?

07/11/18

Digital advice is still in its early days, says SigFig CEO Mike Sha.

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