FINTECH VIEWS: Why Financial Advisors Have to Be Estate Planning Heroes
With myriad benefits to advisors – including building stronger client relationships, connecting with the next generation, and the possibility of bringing held-away assets under their purview – why do so many advisors avoid estate planning conversations with clients?
FINTECH VIEWS: Driving “tru” Transformational Growth for Independent RIAs
The constant search for size and scale among independent wealth management enterprises has some financial advisors questioning whether bigger is indeed better – especially...
FINTECH VIEWS: Artificial Intelligence is Transforming Wealth and Asset Management
By John Sweeney, President, AlphaTrAI
“The companies that succeed … will be those that most effectively use AI. If you’re making maximum use of AI,...
AI and Finance Converge in Bozeman: Highlights from the Big Sky AI Forum 2025
Against the stunning autumn backdrop of Bozeman, Montana, industry leaders gathered for two immersive days of dialogue, discovery, and forward-looking insight at the Big...
Talking Technology for Mid-Sized Firms with Trilogy Financial
The evolution of the wealth management industry is being driven by factors ranging from rapid firm consolidation and shifting demographics to elevated client expectations...
FINTECH VIEWS: How Can People Control Their Data for a Profit?
The Internet has changed lives but has risks and issues, with data taking center stage in current technologies.
Successive iterations of the web as we...
FINTECH VIEWS: SurgeONE.ai Puts “Humans-In-the-Loop” with Acquisition of MGL Consulting
SurgeONE.ai, Sid Yenamandra’s Agentic AI platform, announced the acquisition of MGL Consulting, a well-known industry compliance firm.
With this acquisition, Yenamandra partners with another industry...
FINTECH VIEWS Q&A: TradingBlock Founder and CEO on Serving a Spectrum of Traders
Founded in 2003 by Chicago Board of Options Exchange (Cboe) alum Jere Wickert, TradingBlock began as a broker-dealer and has evolved over the years...
FINTECH VIEWS: How Tech Stacks Can Encourage Bank-Based Advisors to Go Independent
Across major cities from coast to coast, there’s a rising wave of bank-based financial advisors exploring independence. With decades of experience under their belt,...
FINTECH VIEWS: The Tech Integration Evolution in Wealth Management
As industry watchers have focused on the headline-inducing developments in wealth management – consolidation, private equity, breakaway advisors, the cost of capital – a...