Providing one party access to an account of another party

A computer-program product, stored on a computer-readable medium, the computer-program product comprising software for displaying, to a pretender, a view and information that is also displayed to a particular party, the software comprising instructions that cause a processor to:

• receive, through a first web page generated by first code, pretender identification information associated with a pretender;
• use the pretender identification information to identify a set of applications available to the pretender;
• receive, through a second web page generated by the first code, information selecting an application from the set of applications, and an account identifier representative of an account of the particular party;
• on the basis of the pretender identification information and the account identifier, verify that the pretender is authorized to access the account;
• and
• cause the first code to generate a third web page that displays, to the pretender, a view and information that is the same as a view and information of a web page that would be displayed to the particular party were the particular party to access the account through a selected application, the selected application being identified by the information selecting an application from the set of applications,
• wherein a first browser displays the view and information to the pretender, and
• wherein a second browser, which differs from the first browser, would display the view and information to the particular party.

An apparatus for displaying, to a pretender, a view and information that is also displayed to a particular party, the apparatus comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory comprising instructions that cause the processor to:
• receive, through a first web page generated by first code, pretender identification information associated with a pretender;
• use the pretender identification information to identify a set of applications available to the pretenders
• receive, through a second web page generated by the first code, information selecting an application from the set of applications, and an account identifier representative of an account of the particular party;
• on the basis of the pretender identification information and the account identifier, verify that the pretender is authorized to access the account;
• and
• cause the first code to generate a third web page that displays, to the pretender, a view and information that is the same as a view and information of a web page that would be displayed to the particular party were the particular party to access the account through a selected application, the selected application being identified by the information selecting an application from the set of applications,
• wherein a first browser displays the view and information to the pretender, and
• wherein a second browser would display the view and information to the particular party,
• the second browser being different from the first browser.