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Instagram reigns — for now
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH FEB 15, 2021
Instagram reigns — for now

While Instagram represents a smaller scale for personal finance advice content compared with TikTok, financial advisers are still capturing clients through the platform.

Fidelity hosts a Reddit AMA — but Robinhood steals the show
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH FEB 12, 2021
Fidelity hosts a Reddit AMA — but Robinhood steals the show

More than 1,300 comments from Redditors flooded the discussion, yet trading education was largely outshined by comments comparing Fidelity’s mobile app interface to Robinhood's.

MoneyLion to go public via blank-check merger in $2.9 billion deal
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH FEB 12, 2021
MoneyLion to go public via blank-check merger in $2.9 billion deal

MoneyLion manages about $20.65 million in assets and offers mobile banking, automated investing and personal financial management tools

Betterment offers custom model portfolios for advisers
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH FEB 11, 2021
Betterment offers custom model portfolios for advisers

Advisers can build their own custom model portfolios of exchange-traded funds if they agree to move a minimum of $2.5 million in assets to Betterment.

Blockchange intros digital asset SMA for RIAs
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH FEB 09, 2021
Blockchange intros digital asset SMA for RIAs

The new SMA tool enables RIAs to outsource the management of their client’s digital portfolios by using a framework to account for protocol maturation, ecosystem adoption rate, and project governance.

Here’s why we’re hosting an in-person conference in 2021
YOUR PRACTICE OPINION FEB 09, 2021
Here’s why we’re hosting an in-person conference in 2021

Those hosting conferences must earn the trust of on-site guests by taking every possible precaution, while creating experiences that are just as valuable for the careers of the professionals who participate remotely.

The GameStop lawsuits are missing the point
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH FEB 08, 2021
The GameStop lawsuits are missing the point

A host of discount brokerages, including Robinhood, Charles Schwab and ETrade, are now facing accusations of market manipulation. The challenges are expected to face tall legal hurdles.

RIAs leverage TAMP tech the most: Report
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH FEB 08, 2021
RIAs leverage TAMP tech the most: Report

Turnkey asset management platforms hold more than $2 trillion in managed wealth, and RIAs are the group that's funneling the most assets into TAMPs.

Elevating wealth for women
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH FEB 08, 2021
Elevating wealth for women

Ellevest CEO Sallie Krawcheck goes beyond investment management and traditional financial planning to help female clients be strategic about career paths, salary negotiations and other topics that provide real value.

InvestCloud aims to be the Amazon of wealthtech with Tegra118 merger
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH FEB 03, 2021
InvestCloud aims to be the Amazon of wealthtech with Tegra118 merger

Global fintech InvestCloud completed a recapitalization that establishes the firm as the latest fintech unicorn while positioning it to rival TAMP offerings, according to experts.

How technology is shaping new asset management products
YOUR PRACTICE OPINION FEB 02, 2021
How technology is shaping new asset management products

Adopting AI across asset management will accelerate the ability of investment professionals to better serve investors and create new sources of value, making them even more essential.

Finra zeroes in on online brokerage apps
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH FEB 01, 2021
Finra zeroes in on online brokerage apps

The broker-dealer self-regulator cited a surge of new retail investors entering the markets via online platforms, which has led to a spike in more sophisticated kinds of trading, such as options.

Fintechs push Bitcoin trading onward and upward: Fidelity
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH FEB 01, 2021
Fintechs push Bitcoin trading onward and upward: Fidelity

Advisers should be ready for Bitcoin to increasingly become a part of their conversations with investors. Fintech companies are already reducing the barriers to participation.

Robinhood adds market manipulation and gamification to a quiver of woes
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JAN 29, 2021
Robinhood adds market manipulation and gamification to a quiver of woes

The free-trading app faces renewed accusations that its platform is manipulative amid a decision to halt certain trades just a month after Massachusetts regulators accused it of ‘gamification.’

Buckle up! The GameStop saga isn't going away
YOUR PRACTICE OPINION JAN 29, 2021
Buckle up! The GameStop saga isn't going away

The real fun is just getting started, now that everybody and their mother knows what a short squeeze is.

Brokerages spark outrage from lawmakers after halting GameStop trades
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JAN 28, 2021
Brokerages spark outrage from lawmakers after halting GameStop trades

Trading platforms issued restrictions on GameStop, AMC and other shorted stocks that surged to unprecedented highs this week. Lawmakers like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, expressed deep concern.

How social media fueled the GameStop stock surge
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JAN 27, 2021
How social media fueled the GameStop stock surge

The market frenzy was spurred by social media posts from prominent CEOs and internet influencers. The tweets and threads created internet mayhem and ultimately pushed the video game retail business to a $24 billion market cap.

The latest in financial #AdviserTech — January 2021
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JAN 27, 2021
The latest in financial #AdviserTech — January 2021

The big news, announcements and underlying trends emerging in the world of technology solutions for financial advisers!

Brokerage platforms falter during GameStop surge
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JAN 27, 2021
Brokerage platforms falter during GameStop surge

The brokers with outages or problems include the most prominent names in the discount and online brokerage industry, including Fidelity, the Charles Schwab Corp., TD Ameritrade, ETrade Financial Corp. and Robinhood.

Advisers ponder systemic risks to markets as GameStop stock spins out of control
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JAN 27, 2021
Advisers ponder systemic risks to markets as GameStop stock spins out of control

A social media platform and ready access to mobile trading apps have helped push an otherwise obscure, money-losing videogame retail business to a $21 billion market cap.