IN BRIEF: Reports Will Compare Online Financial Services

Inteco Corp. is offering Online Finance Monitor, a service that provides quarterly reports on the on-line banking and investing offerings of about 50 organizations nationwide. Information includes pricing and distribution channels.

An annual subscription costs $12,500.

"Online Finance Monitor provides competitive intelligence in a format that allows our brokerage and banking clients to quickly assess industrywide trends or delve into thousands of specific details-competitor by competitor if necessary," said Gerry Kurth, vice president and director of U.S. operations.

To gather the data, researchers present themselves as potential customers. Inteco also provides information on consumers' usage patterns and attitudes about the Internet; on-line services; cable, satellite, and interactive television; telephone services; and other interactive technologies.