"'Smart' is the recently-launched American branch of a British fintech with expertise in a kind of retirement savings plan that's called a 'master trust' in the UK and a 'pooled employer plan' or PEP in the U.S. [which] aims to reduce the often clunky process of accessing 401(k) savings in retirement to a few thumb strokes on a smartphone or key strokes on a laptop ... Historically, U.S. recordkeepers have performed this critical function reluctantly, inefficiently or not at all."  MORE >>