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Executives at the recent In|Vest conference discussed ways to make banks more competitive in the world of financial advice.

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Bradley Leimer, Moderator, Managing Director and Head of Fintech Strategy Explorer Advisory & Capital, Dann Bibas, CEO, Fountain, Deborah Owens, CEO, WealthyU, Saad Zariff, Vice President of North America, Wahed Invest LLC.

Raj Date’s new firm, FS Vector, will help cryptocurrency firms and digital upstarts navigate Washington.

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To teach its automated advice platform how to help advisers communicate with clients, the company has sought to develop a bank of knowledge about psychology and other expertise beyond traditional wealth management.

Advisors and clients would benefit acknowledging what's really driving financial decisions.

The challenge in automating cross-selling to customers online is figuring out how to integrate with the core banking platform.

City National is using digital tools to smooth the transition for clients and advisers. Here’s how the bank's doing it.

“I’m perennially scared of overwhelming our customers,” Acorns CEO Noah Kerner says at the InVest Conference.

Panelists: Randy Bullard, General Manager of Wealth Management, SigFig; Hannah Grove, Managing Director and Chief Marketing Officer, iCapital Network; Jon Stevenson, Head of Wealth Management & Banking, MoneyLion; and Kendra Thompson, Managing Director, NA Head of Wealth Management, Accenture.

Panelists: Amber Baldet, Co-founder, CEO, Clovyr; Vern Brownell, CEO, D-Wave; Salvatore Cucchiara, Head of Wealth Management Technology, Morgan Stanley; Aaron Spradlin, Co-Founder & CEO, cleverDome, Inc.

Perimeter security is broken, says Amber Baldet, former head of blockchain at JPMorgan Chase and founder of fintech startup Clovyr.

Panelists: Renée D. Brown, CMO, Retail Financial Services, TIAA; Steven Dorval, President, John Hancock Personal Financial Services; Matt Fellowes, CEO, United Income; Roger Lee, CEO and Co-Founder, Human Interest

Digital advice is still in its early days, says SigFig CEO Mike Sha.

The bank is rotating teams dedicated to product and service development across its organization to help implement new ideas quicker.

Apps aimed at the very wealthy have lagged behind those for other groups, but there's interest in developing them, especially ones that track total net worth.

Needs of wealthy clients are "a lot more complex," says Kraleigh Woodford, managing director and head of digital client experience at UBS Wealth Management.