Automated investing

The co-heads of TD Securities Automated Trading estimate that more than 90% of transactions will eventually be automated.

The largest independent digital investment advisor in the U.S. is buying the automated investing arm of the woman-focused company.

With today’s generation of home buyers so rooted in a digital world, how will the financial services industry need to change to meet their needs? What new consumer technology will they need to adopt to meet consumers where they are? How will those approaches differ from how things have been done historically in the industry? Join us in a discussion with Blend’s Founder, Nima Ghamsari as we chat through how banks and financial institutions need to think through these questions.

How technology is enabling new types of payment transmission and what this means for banking.

More digital competition, tougher tech choices and a completely new generation of customers are just some of the challenges facing bankers in the near future.

Wealthfront will add third-party mortgages to its investing platform, while Varo Money says robo advice and mortgages are in its long-term plans.

A new partnership will let some community banks and credit unions roll out robo-advice platforms without a significant investment of their own.

Software creates a portfolio for bank customers that could be designed to support, say, efficient energy sources or refugees and avoid investments clients consider objectionable.

In addition to launching an automated investing app, the bank created a dedicated adviser unit to provide personal service to customers when they need it.

Despite the growth of digital advice, there's resistance to the business inside banks because of internal politics and a lack of data sharing, the company's CEO says.

Traditional players are getting innovative, and upstarts are becoming more sophisticated. The survivors will be companies that offer consumers an array of easy-to-use services, a venture capitalist says.

United, which helps retirement-age savers find the best ways to manage their wealth, is Capital One's answer to a flurry of similar deals made by rivals.

Several wealth management firms, including Marcus by Goldman Sachs and Wealthfront, have launched banking products to complement their investment services.

Lenders have learned that automated wealth management tools enhance financial advisers' interaction with clients and can bring in more business.

Galileo Processing has created a digital banking product that seeks to provide wealth managers with the offering they generally lack: an in-house savings account that pays competitive rates.

The fintech company, which was forced to rebrand its cash management product last year after misleading marketing caused a backlash, is seeking a national bank charter.

The system is designed to help banks deliver more personalized financial advice and is meant as a challenge to traditional bank technology vendors.

A new feature from the microinvesting app Stash allows users to accumulate free stock in the companies where they spend money.

Many digital-only robos are slowly adding human advisors.

The financial system is safer than it was 10 years ago, says John Taft, vice chairman of Baird. But there are still risks lurking unseen in areas like ETFs,