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Pioneer Investments Wins 2003 MIMC Award 
EXCERPT: "We are proud to be among the only asset management firms to use streaming video through Flash, and excited that MIMC has recognized us for this achievement," said Iang Jeon, executive vice president of eCommerce for Pioneer. "Our advisor clients have overwhelmingly responded to the new technology by continually visiting Pioneer's site and accessing more shows."

New York Times, April 8, 2001 "Stop Smiling, Janet.  Tell Me How to Invest."
EXCERPT:  The bots use a technology called natural language, which helps them speak the way regular people do. "You can ask the bots to socialize and engage in a little banter, but they're very professional," said Iang Jeon, a veteran of the early Web forays of Fidelity Investments who now runs Pioneer's e-commerce operations.

Internetworld, February 8, 1999 "How One Investment Site Makes Users Feel Special"
EXCERPT: "Ultimately, what we're focusing on is not technology or transactions or information, but establishing and enhancing a customer relationship. We're trying to establish a one-to-one dialog by creating a personalized, dynamic experience online," said Iang Jeon, a vice president and head of Scudder's Electronic Commerce Group. "Personalization is something that everybody is trying to achieve online, because the Net right now is a very impersonal place."

Computerworld, February 1, 1999 "Investment Site Tweaked for Plain-English Queries: Scudder's 'financial concierge' has answers" 
EXCERPT: In the race to attract and keep customers in the hotly competitive online financial services market, Scudder Kemper Investments Inc. has overhauled its Web site to incorporate some fairly cutting-edge technologies — including natural-language recognition.
The revamped Scudder site unveiled last month features a "financial concierge" that will answer typed-in, plain-English questions such as "How do I qualify for an IRA?"
"We are not doing this as a technology exercise," said Iang Jeon, vice president and director of electronic commerce at the Boston-based firm. "We are focusing on the online customer experience."  

Informationweek, January 25,1999 "Scudder Serves Web Customers" 
EXCERPT: "Our business is based on trusted personal relationships," says Iang Jeon, VP and director of E-commerce at Scudder. "Our strategy is supporting the business goal of establishing and strengthening customer relationships."

Computerworld, August 11, 1997 "Vendors get behind digital certificate security" 
EXCERPT: Major vendors are lining up behind digital certificate technologies in an effort to beef up user security on the Internet. Strategic initiatives from Netscape Communications Corp., Microsoft Corp. and IBM are in the works.
Managing digital certificates in tokens such as smart cards could be a big security benefit to companies that transact business on the Internet, said Iang Jeon, vice president of electronic commerce at Liberty Financial Cos. in Boston.
``It's an ideal application for smart cards. It's much more manageable than trying to manage the [encryption] keys in software,'' Jeon said.

Fortune, July 7, 1997 "A Fund Giant Bets on the Web" 
EXCERPT: The digital IDs Liberty provides transform the Website into something more dynamic. "Certified visitors get tailored information to suit their needs, manage their investments, and consolidate their financial data," explains Iang Jeon, vice president for electronic commerce at Liberty.

Computerworld, February 17, 1997 "Digitally Certified"
EXCERPT: The company picked digital certificates over traditional password-based access because password protection isn't secure enough, said Iang Jeon, vice president of electronic commerce. Security experts estimate that when many accounts are involved, roughly 10% of password-protected accounts can be cracked relatively easily by hackers simply trying to guess the password.

American Banker, January 31, 1997 "Liberty Web Service Uses New Security System" 
EXCERPT: "We have taken Internet investing to the next level, using a new generation of Internet capabilities," said Iang Jeon, Liberty's vice president for electronic commerce and architect of the system it calls LEAPS -- Liberty Environment for Advanced Personalized Services.
Boston-based Liberty's Stein Roe & Farnham fund unit, which debuted its Web site this week, is the first financial services organization issuing digital certificates to consumers.
Liberty is also issuing digital certificates to agents and brokers -- another first -- through its Keyport Life Insurance subsidiary.

Interactive Age, February 27, 1995 "Fidelity Investments plans Web-based transactions - Mutual-fund giant launches its own home page to reach investors" 
EXCERPT: "Fidelity Investments, one of the world's largest mutual-fund companies, has launched a home page on the World Wide Web that it eventually plans to use for investment transactions. Fidelity said it believes it's the first mutual fund and brokerage firm to have its own Web server, rather than be hosted on another company's Web page.
"The Internet represents a great opportunity for us to reach investors with our vast information resources," said Neal Litvack, Fidelity's executive vice president of retail marketing.
The initial cyberspace kiosk comprises marketing and product information. Once security issues are resolved, Fidelity plans to use the site for conducting mutual-fund transactions.
"But that will take awhile," said Iang Jeon, Fidelity's director for electronic marketing. "It would be a real stretch to see it this year - more likely within a couple of years."

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