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Cybersecurity is hard and it’s filled with scary stories that can leave firms frozen in their tracks, unsure if they should be doing more. After all, what harm can happen by doing nothing and retaining the status quo, right? Well, for advice firms, this couldn’t be further from the truth. According to a KPMG Small Business Reputation & The Cyber Risk Report, financial services businesses are most likely to lose customers due to a cyber breach, with nearly two in five businesses (39%) surveyed seeing customers leave after a breach.

The Universal Stock Ticker Tape machine invented by telegraph pioneer Thomas Edison was used on the NYSE and The Philadelphia Stock Exchange beginning in 1870 until Nasdaq “creatively destroyed” the ticker tape after a century in use to form the first ‘electronic’ exchange in 1970.

When it comes to portfolio construction, there are a variety of ways to measure risk. However there are no hard and fast rules for determining the right level of risk for an individual client, and investment and wealth managers alike need to incorporate sophisticated risk management strategies in addition to ascertaining their clients' tolerances. 

Financial markets have taken investors for a ride in 2022, but there are brighter days ahead, according to Orion Advisor Solutions & Brinker Capital Investments, who recently addressed the volatility in a webinar.

After last week's report, we had some concern that the fintech VC sector was starting to lose it's luster. For the first time, we saw a Top 5 deal come in under $100M, and it's been some time since we've seen that. Not to fear. Apparently last week was a temporary "seasonally adjusted" blip, and here we are back in $200M+ territory again.

Apple is in growth mode and is eyeing merchant payments in addition to the metaverse. Consumers are spending and saving money even in the face of the pandemic. Walmart’s fintech arm has joined the race for a financial super app. JPMorgan made a fintech splash in Greece.

With critics questioning the viability of the crypto ecosystem after sustainability concerns raised by Elon Musk and others, Sarson Funds believes that crypto moves in stride with the future of sustainable finance and ESG investing.

Digital Wealth News asked four executives from a diverse group of wealth management firms to discuss how the pandemic impacted recruitment and how they it to evolve as we face down year three of pandemic impacted advisor outreach.

he Fed meets this week, and the markets will be looking for signs about the anticipated tightening of monetary policy. Goldman Sachs says to prepare for at least four rate hikes in 2022. Fintech stocks and bitcoin are far from their peaks as investors flee risk for now. Despite the market storm, one banking fintech could be ready to dip its toe into the publicly traded waters. Google has made a key hire in hopes of improving its standing in the digital payments space. 

Earnings season is underway, and banks are obsessed with their chief rivals — fintechs. VCs can’t get enough of fintechs either, but in a good way as funding levels continue to rise. Meanwhile, neither cryptocurrencies nor fintech stocks have been able to win over investors so far in 2022, except for one meme coin. Amazon and Visa have found a way to coexist in the U.K.