Pension dashboards demand systems built to scale up rapidly

7.5 million people might log in within the first few days alone

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Paul Muir continues his exploration of the pension dashboard revolution and says systems must be scaled up quickly…

While the official connection deadline for more than 3,000 pension providers, holding approximately 71 million eligible pension records, to link with the Money and Pensions Service's (MaPS) pension dashboard isn't until 31 October 2026; the Pension Dashboard Programme (PDP) has made significant progress in establishing the central digital architecture to connect policyholders with their pensions. Once finished, the entire pensions dashboard ecosystem will encompass websites enabling users to locate and access pensions, referred to as Qualifying Pensions Dashboard Services (QPDS). This...

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