Computerized method and system for creating a new brokerage account

A computerized system for creating a new brokerage account comprising:

• a new account wizard software component for guiding a user through a series of data collection procedures using a rules based engine to facilitate data collection processing according to a plurality of data collection rules that are stored in a database such that the user is presented with items of data to be collected based on previous data entries into the new account wizard software component until all requisite data has been collected;
• a workflow management software component for managing data transfers and delegating task assignments during creation of the new brokerage account using a rules based engine working in conjunction with a database of workflow rules and assignment rules to determine task assignments data transfer destinations;
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• an application programming interface layer software component for interfacing data transfers between the workflow management software component and external software components.

A computer program product including computer program code for creating a new brokerage account, the computer program code comprising:

• instructions for guiding a user through a series of data collection procedures;
• instructions for managing data transfers and delegating task assignments during creation of the new brokerage account;
• and
• instructions for interfacing data transfers between the workflow management software component and external software components.

A computerized system for creating a new brokerage account comprising:

• means for guiding a user through a series of data collection procedures using a rules based engine to facilitate data collection processing according to a plurality of data collection rules that are stored in a database such that the user is presented with items of data to be collected based on previous data entries into the new account wizard software component until all requisite data has been collected;
• means for managing data transfers and delegating task assignments during creation of the new brokerage account using a rules based engine working in conjunction with a database of workflow rules and assignment rules to determine task assignments data transfer destinations;
• and
• means for interfacing data transfers between the workflow management software component and external software components.

A method of creating a new brokerage account using a computerized system, the method comprising:

• collecting data using a rules based engine and associated database of rules;
• facilitating Principal review of the collected data;
• formatting the collected reviewed data to be compatible with a system that creates new brokerage accounts;
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• providing the collected reviewed data to the system that creates new brokerage accounts.