Heywood Pension Technologies, one of our alpha participants, recently hosted a webinar with the Pensions Dashboards Programme (PDP). Chris Connelly, Heywood’s Head of Propositions and Paul Noone, PDP’s Head of Onboarding, were on the panel. The recording can be viewed on our event page.
Continue readingPensions dashboards will help individuals view their pensions information online, securely and all in one place, thereby supporting better planning for retirement and growing financial wellbeing.
Continue readingIn April 2021, the UK was emerging from a long lockdown with pubs, restaurants, hairdressers and non-essential shops opening up again. It feels like a long time ago, even though it’s only twelve months. At the Pensions Dashboards Programme (PDP) I took up the role of Programme Director.
Continue readingOn February 1, 2022, the Pensions Dashboards Programme (PDP) signed a contract with Digidentity to deliver the interim identity service, part of the central digital architecture that will drive pensions dashboards.
Continue readingToday, January 31 2022, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) published its consultation, Pensions Dashboards: consultation on the draft Pensions Dashboards Regulations 2022. This is a significant step towards the realisation of pensions dashboards, as the consultation sets out the draft regulations on the key duties for occupational pension schemes to participate in pensions dashboards. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will consult on parallel proposals for personal pension providers within the next few weeks.
Continue readingThe code of connection will combine the required security and operational standards, which ecosystem participants will have to adhere to. It will provide a standard of expected behaviour to protect all ecosystem participants.
Continue reading PDP code of connection January 2022To provide data and dashboard providers with the information they will require to respond to the Pensions Dashboards: consultation on the draft Pensions Dashboards Regulations 2022, the Pensions Dashboards Programme (PDP) has updated its Data usage guide. This is not the final data standards but should provide data and dashboard providers with sufficient information to respond effectively to the consultation.
Continue reading PDP data usage guide January 2022This set of standards will provide the reporting requirements to connect to the pensions dashboards ecosystem.
Continue reading PDP reporting standards January 2022The design standards provide information to dashboard providers, as well as data providers, about required layouts, content elements, messaging and user journeys, to ensure a consistently positive experience for users, regardless of which dashboard an individual chooses.
Continue reading PDP design standards January 2022The technical standards are what data and dashboard providers will use to interface with the central technical architecture and/or each other. They will define the open APIs for find and view, PDP’s profile of the user managed access (UMA) protocol and the format of the pension identifier (PeI).
Continue reading PDP technical standards January 2022