Ryan W. Neal

Originally from Northern California, Ryan received bachelor's degrees in English and philosophy from UC Santa Barbara before beginning a career in journalism at the Santa Barbara Independent. After a few years of freelancing, bartending and snowboarding in Colorado, Ryan moved to New York to earn a master's degree in journalism at Columbia University. He has covered the advisor fintech beat since 2014. He Tweets at: @ryanWneal

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Citi partners with Invesco's Jemstep to launch robo-adviser
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JAN 30, 2020
Citi partners with Invesco's Jemstep to launch robo-adviser

Citi Wealth Builder will be free for clients with at least $50,000 at the bank

Goldman Sachs rebrands United Capital
NEWS RIAS JAN 30, 2020
Goldman Sachs rebrands United Capital

The newly named Personal Financial Management will play a key role in Goldman's plans to expand its high net worth business

Fidelity adds fractional share trading to retail online brokerage
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JAN 29, 2020
Fidelity adds fractional share trading to retail online brokerage

The company is gauging adviser demand before making the capability available on Fidelity's custody and clearing platform

Riskalyze updates technology to help brokers comply with Reg BI
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JAN 28, 2020
Riskalyze updates technology to help brokers comply with Reg BI

The risk tolerance technology provider debuted new Reg-BI compliant workflows at the FSI conference

SEC publishes observations on industry cybersecurity practices
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JAN 27, 2020
SEC publishes observations on industry cybersecurity practices

The agency highlights specific examples of firms' cybersecurity and operational resiliency practices

Fidelity updates Wealthscape with paperless account opening
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JAN 27, 2020
Fidelity updates Wealthscape with paperless account opening

Fidelity says the new experience will reduce the number of pages needed to open an account by 75%

Shake-up at eMoney Advisor
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JAN 23, 2020
Shake-up at eMoney Advisor

The financial planning technology vendor is losing two executives from its sales team and refocusing development on its core products

Wells Fargo reassessing wealth technology
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JAN 23, 2020
Wells Fargo reassessing wealth technology

Firm reports new leaders resetting its technology direction to the tune of $166 million

Schwab has no plans to bring fractional shares to its adviser platform
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JAN 22, 2020
Schwab has no plans to bring fractional shares to its adviser platform

Some say the firm is putting its retail platform before its institutional business

Mature fintechs, not startups, get bulk of funding and acquisition deals: Deloitte report
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JAN 21, 2020
Mature fintechs, not startups, get bulk of funding and acquisition deals: Deloitte report

Fintech firms that are at least five years old are receiving more funding and are being acquired more often