The business of pricing financial content has taken a step forward with a deal on technology that can monetise data on SEC filings.

Donnelley Financial Solutions' Edgar Online Group will use qbeats' pricing engine to monetise its premium content on a pay-per-view, on-demand basis.

The qbeats technology is already in use by more than 60 financial news and research providers, but Edgar Online is the first provider of SEC filings, a bedrock source of information for investors.

Says qbeats founder and chief executive Anna Rodriguez (pictured), "The information market is one of the most exciting and rich in the world and it's time to untap its full potential. We're thrilled to have Edgar Online joining us in this endeavour."

The qbeats core technology stack and engine is used by publishers to drive story-level valuation and to monetise content through direct payment or ad revenue, using analytics to unlock data for enhanced content deployment and consumer targeting.