Technology

XForms, a new technology for handling and presenting data in electronic format, will be explained by Origo at an industry briefing set to take place early next month in London.

A survey of financial services firms across Europe by consultant IDC suggests insurance companies generally lag banks in using web technologies.

Financial services giant American Express has launched a wrap platform for UK intermediaries, but says only those IFAs that fit its user-profile will be invited to the party.

Webline and PMI provider Health-on-line have inked a deal that will enable IFAs' clients to get quotes or buy PMI 24/7 through their own websites.

Quay Software is rolling out a new version of its Client Care Desktop tools at the end of this month which gives IFA firms full compliance functionality for most aspects of the adviser's regulated activities and simplifies various jobs which technology...

Regulation of the mortgage sector after October this year could lead Aviva's surveying services company E.surv to do deals with networks such as Sesame or Inter-Alliance if lenders can be persuaded to relinquish some control over the valuation process....

IFAs could be missing out on business opportunities because providers are putting customer relationship management projects on hold to focus on IT spending essential to meet new regulatory requirements, suggests new research.

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A new way of limiting future mis-selling liabilities may have been uncovered, thanks to launch of the UK's first FSA-approved online financial adviser.