Origo Dashboard Connector (ODC) has announced that it has fully connected to the government’s pensions dashboards ecosystem ahead of the 30 April guidance date.

Having recently passed integration testing, ODC confirmed that it finalised the last stage of operational acceptance testing and has now completed its full end-to-end connection journey to the pensions dashboards.

As part of the final stages of connecting to the dashboards, Origo had to demonstrate to the Pensions Dashboards Programme (PDP) how its solution meets the technical requirements to operate and integrate smoothly with the central digital architecture.

This latest milestone means that ODC clients can now connect their pension schemes to the pensions dashboards ecosystem and respond to pension searches from consumers once dashboards go live.

Commenting on the news, Origo CEO, Anthony Rafferty, said: “Giving people a true picture of their pensions is vital when it comes to retirement planning.

“This is a landmark moment both for Origo and for the many individuals who will benefit from the dashboards in the future. We have always believed that the dashboards can be a powerful catalyst for improving pension engagement and it’s fantastic to see everything beginning to come together.

“An awful lot of hard work has happened to get to this point and I’m extremely proud of what the Origo team has achieved.

“We’re here and ready to support pension providers and administrators with their connection journeys, making everything as simple and straightforward as possible so they can meet their ‘connect by’ dates.”

Under the dashboards legislation, ‘connect by’ dates have been set for all pension providers and schemes in scope for pensions dashboards, starting on 30 April 2025, with research from the PDP suggesting that the majority of pension providers regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) expect to connect to the dashboards ecosystem in line with the staging guidance.

In addition to this, PDP recently confirmed that Legal & General had become the first pension provider to finalise connection to the pensions dashboards ecosystem, in line with staged timetable.

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