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Suddenly, online lenders are struggling, or paying higher prices, to attract the institutional money that has fueled their rapid rise.

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A near-collapse of the global software vulnerability database exposed critical weaknesses that could leave banks unable to track cyber threats.

  • Advisors looking for cost-effective options for building diversified portfolios are continuing to turn to exchange-traded funds. And given their competitive strengths, it's no wonder ETF assets in the U.S. grew at nearly 40% compound annual growth rate from 1998 to 2009. ETF assets now total almost $1 trillion and represent 45% of total passive fund assets in the United States.

  • Brick Sturgeon remembers his "lightbulb moment." His clients were two middle-aged sisters who had inherited $500,000 from their father. Two years after his death, however, the money still sat in their father's accounts.

  • The nation's largest independent broker-dealer, LPL recently signed a contract with a social media compliance service and has signed up 1,000 advisors to use sites including Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter. It is adding about 100 more each week, said Andy Kalbaugh, executive vice president of business consulting at LPL Financial.

RBC

Provisions for credit losses rose 7% in the third quarter, which was less than other Canadian banks have reported. The Toronto-based company also benefited from the first full quarter of results from the unit it acquired from HSBC.

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Stuttgart, Germany - 03-30-2022: Person holding cellphone with logo of British challenger bank Starling Bank Ltd. on screen in front of business webpage. Focus on phone display.

The U.K. bank's "Scam Intelligence" tool uses Google's Gemini to analyze images and texts for red flags, aiming to reduce losses from authorized push payment fraud.

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A commonly used standard for property and casualty insurance will offer a carve-out for generative AI liability starting in January. Startups like Testudo, Vouch and Armilla AI stand by to scoop up that business.