A system and method are provided for facilitating the exchange of data
between one or more price providers and customers who communicate with
the price providers through various portals, each of which may use it own
data format. In transmitting data from customer to price provider, the
data output from each portal is normalized to a standardized format and
then transmitted to the appropriate price provider(s) where the data
exchanged with the various portals can be viewed by a trader at a single
display or can be exchanged with an automated pricing engine. The
customer may also be provided with a universal Web site at which a
customer may access any of the portals' Web sites to simplify access for
the customer as well.