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Clients of the challenger bank's robo-adviser are able to see one another's trades, add comments and watch a leaderboard of top investors.

Ownership will transfer to DotCoop, which has committed to continuing to develop the domain for industry use.

BofA, which has applied for or been granted thousands of patents, has been working recently on technologies that analyze spending patterns to give budgeting advice and use augmented reality to provide estate-planning services.

Members are completing more of their banking online than ever before, forcing many institutions to rethink their strategies for physical locations.

Institutions considering new technologies must ask themselves what they're looking for not just from a product but from a partner.

More than half of adult consumers who don't use their parents' credit union say it is because they have moved out of that market, according to a new study from Access Softek.

Many will need to ramp up security protocols and reconsider which services require a high-tech versus human touch.

As more consumers do business online, some deposits are being unfairly categorized as brokered, inviting burdensome regulatory scrutiny.

Five banks, including BBVA USA and BMO Harris Bank, and one credit union will begin offering Google-branded bank accounts in 2021.

The online lender has already branched out into facilitating payments and analyzing cash flow for small-business customers. Its new checking account is meant to round out those services.