Origo outlines its vision of next months and years

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Technology standards development firm Origo anticipates its future role will expand to become involved in the broader spectrum of financial services as a result of regulatory changes and the continued shift towards internet-based business processes.

Origo managing director Paul Pettit says one of the areas offering an opportunity to implement technology standards will be the mortgage sector, which is now regulated and currently adds a new compliance burden in the form of Key Facts Illustrations. Pettit says mortgages stand where life and pensions stood in the 1990s in terms of Key Features Documents, separate provider websites and associated online services. Origo sees opportunity to re-use its experience in bringing standards to the life and pensions sector, such as digital certificate technology expressed as UNIPASS, which enab...

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