Innovation Timeline
Today’s Fast-paced Retirement Industry Demands Speed and Agility.
For over 25 years, PenChecks has led the way in marketplace innovation that helps Institutions, Third-Party Administrators (TPAs) and Plan Sponsors work faster and more efficiently.
PenChecks has set the standard for retirement distribution solutions that meet the needs of our ever-evolving industry.
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2020
Launched Amplify, the new distribution processing platform that automates and streamlines the entire benefit payment workflow, making benefit processing faster and more efficient than ever.
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2015
Rolled out an automatic distribution processing lead generation solution for brokers/advisors that does not require additional software or infrastructure
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2012
Unveiled the new PenChecks Pay Portal (P3), the industry standard for online retirement plan distribution processing.
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2010
Founded PenChecks Trust® Company of America.
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2010
Introduced PenChecks Automated Solution for Abandoned Plans, a commercially available Qualified Termination Administrator (QTA) service for institutions.
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2009
Designed the first ongoing Automatic Rollover/Missing Participant IRA reward program. Developed the nation’s first premier IRA fiduciary service that satisfied all DOL FAB 2004 – 02 (replaced by FAB 2014-01) requirements for the plan sponsor trustee.
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2008
Launched the first independent online participant benefit election collection and processing website.
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2007
Rolled out an automatic distribution processing lead generation solution for brokers/advisors that does not require additional software or infrastructure
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2006
Created and launched BenePay, the first independent online benefit distribution processing software.
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2005
Launched the National Registry of Unclaimed Retirement Benefits, a public service company dedicated to helping locate nonresponsive and missing plan participants.
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2000
Developed the first Missing Distributee® service to facilitate stale-dated and uncashed participant distribution checks.
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1998
Created the first Missing Participant IRA program in the U.S.
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1995
Designed the first outsourced participant benefit election method for plan sponsors and TPAs.
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1994
Established the first independent centralized lump sum, rollover and recurring benefit payment processing from any custodial source.
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