Skience
Skience, a wealth management services and solution provider, announced the delivery of a new release of the firm’s wealth management platform that provides technology capabilities that allow wealth management firms, financial advisors, and investors to collaborate in a secure digital environment.

 

Personal Capital
Empower Retirement has announced its acquisition of online registered investment advisor Personal Capital in a deal totaling $1 billion.

FIS
Financial services technology company FIS announced that the company is teaming up with FICO, a provider of predictive analytics and financial crime prevention to help North American financial institutions to address sophisticated money launderers and other financial criminals by building an anti-money laundering (AML) solution.

Facet Wealth
The CFP Board Center for Financial Planning announced a scholarship in partnership with Facet Wealth to advance diversity and inclusion in the financial planning profession. The Facet Wealth Scholarship for Increased Diversity in Financial Planning will support African American candidates seeking to become certified financial planners.

 

 



Orion
Orion Advisor Solutions, a provider of the tech-enabled fiduciary framework, and Brinker Capital, an investment management company serving advisors at broker-dealers, announced they will join forces to create a combined technology and TAMP provider.

Wealthfront
Wealthfront announced the addition of checking features to its cash account. This is part of an attempt to build a nextgen banking service that is branchless, automated and optimized. There is no fee or account minimum to access the new checking features.

Prepay Nation
Prepay Nation, a fintech company that facilitates the transfer of mobile airtime and data across international borders, announced that the board of directors has appointed AJ Hanna as chief executive officer and a member of the Board, effective July 1st, 2020. Hanna will succeed Anurag Jain, co-founder of Prepay Nation and its CEO since inception over 10 years ago.

Ellevest
Ellevest announced a membership plan created to get more money in the hands of women. The new membership model includes access to 1:1 financial and career coaching, member-only workshops and guides, personalized investing plans, a no-fee Mastercard debit card, and spend and save banking accounts with automatic roundup. Membership plans start at $1 a month.