Schwab finally hops on the iPhone app bandwagon -- to the iTune of 30,000 potential RIA employees
The big custodian went live on Thursday morning after a pilot with 15 advisors -- and about 18 months after Fidelity
Bill Winterberg
Both Fidelity Institutional Wealth Services and TD Ameritrade Institutional support trading on their iPad apps for advisors, and have for months now, yet “Schwab does not yet have trading on the drawing board?”
This is a missed opportunity for Schwab Advisor Services.
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