World Bank2013-10-012013-10-012013-06https://hdl.handle.net/10986/15978This technical note is intended to provide regulators with concrete, practical information on operating price-comparison websites and the strategic considerations necessary to take into account when designing such sites. The technical note examines price-comparison websites operated by public sector entities in Canada, Hungary, Ireland, Malaysia, Mexico, Norway, and the United Kingdom. The technical note describes the price-comparison tools in these case study countries, comparing differing approaches and highlighting good practices found across countries. Institutional and structural arrangements were found to vary across case study countries. Price-comparison websites are operated by either a financial regulator (Hungary, Malaysia) or more commonly by a financial consumer agency set up by the government but operating as an independent agency (Canada, Ireland, Mexico, Norway, United Kingdom). Typically, less sophisticated price-comparison websites provide basic price-comparison tools, while more sophisticated sites provide interactive product-selection tools and complementary educational materials in an intuitive, easy-to-use format.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOABBREVIATIONSACRONYMSACTION PLANSADVANCED SEARCHADVERTISEMENTSADVERTISINGAMORTIZATIONARRANGEMENTARRANGEMENTSBANK ACCOUNTBANK ACCOUNTSBANK DEPOSITSBASIS POINTSBONDSBORROWERBRANDBUDGETINGBUSINESS PLANBUSINESSESCAPITALIZATIONCARD CATALOGCASH WITHDRAWALCHECKSCOMPARISON SHOPPINGCONSUMER DEMANDCONSUMER DISCLOSURECONSUMER EDUCATIONCONSUMER LOANCONSUMER LOANSCONSUMER PROTECTIONCONTENT MANAGEMENTCONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMCONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMSCONTENTSCREDIT CARDCREDIT CARDSCREDIT RATINGCREDIT RATINGSCREDIT UNIONSDATA ENTRYDATA MANIPULATIONDATA PROCESSINGDAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONDEBIT CARDDEPOSITDEPOSIT ACCOUNTSDEPOSIT RATEDEPOSIT RATESDEPOSITSDESCRIPTIONSDIGESTDIRECT PAYMENTDISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTSEARLY REPAYMENTEMAILSEXCHANGE BANKSFINANCE COMPANIESFINANCIAL COMPANIESFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONSFINANCIAL MARKETSFINANCIAL PRODUCTFINANCIAL PRODUCTSFINANCIAL REGULATORY FRAMEWORKFINANCIAL SECTORFINANCIAL SECTORSFINANCIAL SERVICESFINANCIAL SOCIETIESFOCUS GROUPSFOREIGN CURRENCYFRONT-ENDFUNCTIONALITYGRAPHICSHEADINGHEADINGSHIRE PURCHASEHOUSING LOANSINCOMEINFORMATION TECHNOLOGYINPUT DATAINSURANCEINSURANCE COMPANIESINTEREST CALCULATIONINTEREST PAYMENTINTEREST PAYMENTSINTEREST RATEINTEREST RATESLEVIESLEVYLIFE INSURANCELOANLOAN AMOUNTLOAN PRODUCTLOAN RATESLONG-TERM RESOURCESMARKET COMPETITIONMARKET DATAMARKET RESEARCHMARKET SHAREMARKET TRENDSMARKETINGMATERIALMICROFINANCEMORTGAGEMORTGAGESNAVIGATIONNEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTNOMINAL INTEREST RATENOMINAL INTEREST RATESOFFER PRICEONLINE PRICEOUTSOURCINGPARTICULAR COUNTRYPDFPENSIONSPERSONAL LOANSPHONEPHONE BANKINGPOOR CREDIT RATINGPOP-UPPRICE COMPARISONPRICE COMPARISONSPRICE INFORMATIONPRIVATE SECTORPRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENTPRODUCT INFORMATIONPUBLIC RELATIONSPURCHASINGRADIOREAL ESTATEREGULATORREGULATORSREGULATORY BODIESREGULATORY FRAMEWORKREMITTANCESREPAYMENT PERIODREPAYMENTSRESEARCHERSRESULTRESULTSRETAILRETURNSSAVINGSSAVINGS ACCOUNTSAVINGS ACCOUNTSSEARCHSENIOR CITIZENSERVICE PROVIDERSITESITESSMALL LOANSSTABLE INTEREST RATESSTOCKSSUPERVISIONSUPERVISORY AUTHORITYTRANSACTIONTRANSPARENCYUNIQUE VISITORSUSERUSER EXPERIENCEUSER FEEDBACKUSER INTERFACEUSER PROFILESUSERSUSESWEBWEB PAGEWEB PAGESWEBMASTERWEBSITEWEBSITESWorld Bank10.1596/15978