Ep. 198: August WealthTech News

Welcome to our monthly news review for August. I’ve got a lot of stories to cover, including our AI roundup, news on alternative investments, Goldman Sachs making headlines for all the wrong reasons, plus our regular updates on the WealthTech integration scores, and the Kitces-Ezra Group advisor tech map, but before I start, let me […]
Ep 184: May WealthTech News

Come on in, sit back and relax. You’re listening to episode 184 of the WeathTech Today podcast. I’m your host, Craig Iskowitz, founder of Ezra Group Consulting, and this podcast features, interviews, news and analysis on the trends and best practices all around wealth management technology. And this is our main news roundup, and there’s […]
Ep. 124: January WealthTech News Roundup

Come on in, sit back, relax and enjoy episode 124 of the WealthTech Today podcast. I’m your host, Craig Iskowitz, the founder and CEO of Ezra Group Consulting. Over the past 16 years, we’ve worked with hundreds of FinTech vendors and enterprise wealth management firms to guide them towards making better business and technology decisions. […]
Ep. 107: August News Roundup

Come on in, sit back, relax and enjoy episode 107 of the WealthTech Today podcast. I’m your host, Craig Iskowitz, the founder and CEO of Ezra Group Consulting. Over the past 16 years, we’ve worked with hundreds of FinTech vendors and enterprise wealth management firms to guide them towards making better business and technology decisions. […]
#ItzOnWealthTech Ep. 89: When the Whole is Greater Than the Sum of its Parts – March News Roundup

“The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.” A phrase attributed to Aristotle and misquoted by those seeking to understand one of the most mysterious properties of a system: Emergence. [read my exploration into that topic] The phrase is also used to explain the importance of Synergy and the foundations of Gestalt theory. […]
#ItzOnWealthTech Ep. 83: The Bitcoin Enlightenment Comes to Wealth Management with Efi Pylarinou

“Essentially, blockchain has the potential to change the economics of how we manufacture different securities as we know them. Whether it’s a deposit, or some other structured product and DeFi is one experiment, we will see whether it works or not. Blockchain is allowing us to do all of these things and I see a lot […]
#ItzOnWealthTech Ep. 73: Confessions of a Fintech Heretic with Lex Sokolin

“Why am I fintech heretic? I must get bored easily and so I always look for what’s the edge. Where’s the place where people are breaking things and re-imagining how they could be? Even in a situation where 99% of the industry is the same, I’m always going to look at that 1% that is […]
#ItzOnWealthTech Ep. 69: How Engines, Automation & Data Are Changing Wealth Management

It’s another fantastic day in the wonderful world of wealthtech. Welcome to episode 69 of the Wealth Management Today podcast. We’re going to try something a little different with this episode. I’ve been guest writing on Michael Kitces’ monthly FinTech column about the latest news in wealth management and advisor technology. We’re going to go […]