Technology

The Institute of Financial Services (Ifs) has launched a new online service to enable intermediaries to register for its regulatory qualifications on the Internet.

Adviser e-commerce activity has increased by 100% since April 2005, according to a survey by 1st.

Principal, the Welsh building society, has launched an innovative financial advisory service giving consumers technology-driven whole-of-market mortgage advice.

There will be a new entrant into the wrap platform space later this year following the creation of a new business with IFA backing.

There's much talk around the industry about the development of wrap platforms and the impact they could have on intermediary businesses, as firms finally seem to be embracing the concept.

The Exchange is claiming the industry's first portal-based aggregated new business tracking service.

Quay Software has now introduced an automatic commission reconciliation module or EDI to its back office system, which allows intermediaries to automate and track their undelivered commissions.

Private client portfolio manager and stockbroker Brewin Dolphin Securities (BDS)says its decision to invest heavily in new information and communications technology (ICT) will not only boost its ability to serve IFAs, but serves as a possible model across...

Ecommerce for intermediaries is likely to be one of the beneficiaries of the decision by EU member states pledging new targets for internet access for all citizens.

United Utilities confirms it is considering a "number of expressions of interest" in its Vertex business.