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Updated · InvestmentNews · Aug 18
Edward Jones Buys Quicken Minority Stake for 20,000 Advisors and 10 Million Clients
Updated
Updated · InvestmentNews · Aug 18

Edward Jones Buys Quicken Minority Stake for 20,000 Advisors and 10 Million Clients

1 articles · Updated · InvestmentNews · Aug 18

Summary

  • Edward Jones said the investment is a step toward bringing Quicken’s personal financial management tools into advisor workflows, aiming to improve client budgeting, cash-flow visibility and planning conversations.
  • The firm is still deciding how Quicken will be deployed—whether directly to clients, inside internal advisor platforms, or both—as it works out an integration strategy.
  • The move follows Edward Jones’ shutdown of its in-house Financial Foundation tool and adoption of MoneyGuide, raising questions about gaps in cash-flow and account-aggregation capabilities.
  • Quicken could gain far broader reach if the partnership expands: Edward Jones serves nearly 10 million clients through 20,000 advisors, versus Quicken’s roughly 2 million existing customers.
  • The deal may ripple across advisor technology, pressuring rivals such as MoneyGuide, eMoney and RightCapital as firms push to pair planning advice with always-on household financial data.

Insights

What hidden cash-flow blind spots forced Edward Jones to look outside its own massive tech stack for answers?
Why is a wealth management giant betting on a 40-year-old consumer app to fix its modern advisory tech gap?