Managers of Wealth Americas

RBC looks past Bitcoin’s flaws to consider blockchain strengths

Blockchain technology is the engine underpinning bitcoin, but it has been viewed separately from the cryptocurrency of late.

Accused Mastermind of J.P. Morgan Hack a Product of Israel’s Internet Underbelly

Gery Shalon is alleged to have run a ‘criminal conglomerate’ that reaped hundreds of millions of dollars in illegal profits

Manulife Joins Mars Fintech Cluster, Grabs Loft Space

The news comes almost immediately following Manulife’s announcement that the company’s senior vice president of wealth management strategy and business development was appointed as chief innovation officer.

Four Technology Issues Faced by Advisors

It’s not just Millennials who’ve come to expect certain services delivered online and in real time.

Diebold to merge with Germany's Wincor Nixdorf, creating a $5.2 billion global banking and retail technology giant

Wincor Nixdorf provides information technology solutions and services to retail banks and the retail industry around the world, focusing the branch operations of both sectors, according to its website.

Envestnet Completes Acquisition of Yodlee

Envestnet will pay approximately $371 million in cash and issue approximately 6,084,000 shares of Envestnet common stock in the transaction

Wealthcare Capital Management Introduces Financeware 2.0

Financeware 2.0 empowers advisors to not only deliver an exceptional customer experience, but also the means to handle more clients

Rapid Change Not Fast Enough in Mobile Banking

Optimizations for the Plus versions of the iPhone 6 and 6s — another missing piece of the update reviewers grumbled about — are also on the way

Wealthcare Capital Management Introduces Financeware 2.0

Launched in 1999, Financeware is currently used by more than 30,000 financial professionals with over $1 trillion of assets connected to nearly a million plans.

Fi-Tek Launches Wealth Management Technology to Support Northern Trust's New Managed Account Solutions Program

Deployed over private and secured networks, the solution is highly scalable to meet the requirements of institutional providers.

SS&C Announces Closing of Acquisition of Primatics Financial

Acquisition addresses growing number of customers that need help to originate, buy, sell and securitize loans

New Online Retirement Platform From Wealth Management Systems Deepens Plan Participant Solutions For Cambridge Advisors

Clients range from Fortune 500 companies to small businesses in the financial services and employee benefit arenas.

Envestnet | PMC Offers Access to CAIS for Delivery of Alternative Investment Funds to Advisors

Strategic Initiative Creates Premier Wealth Management Solution for Accessing and Researching Third-Party Hedge Funds and Private Equity Funds

SS&C Launches Beta of New Aggregation and Net Worth Reporting Capabilities for Black Diamond

The platform’s bi-directional, workflow-oriented integrations with complementary advisory solutions enables wealth managers to offer their clients a completely tailored experience.

Apple Plans Peer-to-Peer Payment Service

The service, which could be ready as soon as next year, would compete with PayPal’s peer-to-peer payments app Venmo, and Square’s Square Cash.

Eze Software Investment Suite Named Best Integrated Front-Office Platform

The award recognizes technology platforms that can handle bulk management of OMS and EMS functions, modeling, analytics, compliance and multi-asset class coverage.

Broadridge Acquires QED Financial Systems, a Leading Provider of Investment Accounting Solutions

Acquisition will significantly expand Broadridge's ability to provide the asset management industry with key accounting and data management solutions

How do banks keep you secure after you log in? BioCatch has clever tech for that

While online banking tends to use two-factor authentication, making logins relatively secure, what happens if you walk away from your device and someone else hops on to wreak havoc with your money? What happens if a remote access trojan hijacks your sessi

Next industrial revolution: rise of the smart machines

We estimate the robots and AI artificial intelligence solutions market will grow to $153 billion by 2020, comprising $83 billion for robot and robotics, and $70 billion for AI-based analytic

KPMG: Boards Are Deepening Their Involvement In Strategy, Refining Oversight Of Risk As Global Volatility Rises

Ongoing challenges include linking strategy and risk, and addressing growing cyber security risks

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