Backbase explores mobile banking in its fall webinar series. http://bit.ly/finovate1293

BlazeMobile creates smart payments sticker.http://bit.ly/finovate12133

BrightScope releases top 30 retirement plans. http://bit.ly/finovate12143

Capital Access special report on "Black Friday" and small business sales data. http://bit.ly/finovate1282   

SunTrust has added the "Transfer Now" product suite from CashEdge including person-to-person and me-to-me transfers. http://bit.ly/finovate12165

ClairMail and Cardlytics partner to provide transaction marketing opportunities. http://bit.ly/finovate1281 

Expensify is hiring for multiple positions. - The company is currently looking for Web developers and computer engineers at several levels. http://bit.ly/finovate1216

FIS launches innovative new mobile banking product. -- Users can establish mobile account management with their debit card, no online banking signup needed. http://bit.ly/finovate1291

Geezeo selected by University Federal Credit Union as PFM provider. http://bit.ly/finovate12151

GoalMine hosting cash contest via Facebook to spread the word. http://bit.ly/finovate1292

Kapitall closes series A funding round. -- The company did not release funding amounts or sources. http://bit.ly/finovate12163

Congratulations to Mint founder, Aaron Patzer, winner of a TechFellow Award for General Management. http://tcrn.ch/finovate1296

Mozo powering new "Compare, Ditch and Switch" campaign. -- The services allows Australians to shop around for better banking services.  http://bit.ly/finovate1283

Just in time for the Holidays, PopMoney gift cards at www.giftcardmall.com. 

SmartyPig launches cash rewards card with only a one-time activation fee of $4.95. http://bit.ly/finovate12134

Victrio receives $5 million investment for voice-printing technology. http://bit.ly/finovate12141

The deadline to get your early registration ticket to the upcoming FinovateEurope is this Wednesday, December 22nd.

Buying your ticket before the end of December 22nd will get you a £100 discount and it will also ensure your attendance at the event. We had capacity crowds at the last two Finovate conferences and ticket sales are strong for this event as well.

The conference (February 1 in London) is shaping up phenomenally with three dozen great fintech companies scheduled to demo their latest fintech innovations on stage:

If you'd like to attend the event and watch the future of European fintech debut on stage, you'll be joining executives from organizations like Santander, Deutsche Bank, PayPal, Forrester, CIBC, TSYS, Microsoft, Accel Partners, Rabobank, ING, BBVA, Standard Chartered, PostFinance, Raiffeisenbank, Celent and many more.

We hope to see you in February in London!

FinovateEurope 2011 is sponsored by: BlueRock Consulting, Microsoft, Santander, Sapient & The Bancorp

FinovateEurope 2011 is partners with: 154 Consulting, BankerStuff, BankInnovation.net, Banking Automation Bulletin, CardWeb, Filene, Finance on Windows, The Financial Services Innovation Centre, PYMNTS.com & theStartup.eu.

We're very excited to be announcing the dates for FinovateSpring 2011. The spring conference will return to San Francisco on May 10 & 11 with an expanded 2-day format and a new, larger location (since the show last year sold out after growing 50%).

There is a tremendous amount of innovation happening in fintech right now, a lot of it in the Bay Area / Silicon Valley region, and the two-day format will enable us to showcase more of it. We're getting inquiries from interesting new companies on a daily basis and expect to feature an array of exciting, fast-paced 7-minute demos (no slides allowed!) on stage next May. 

If you're a startup, established company, or financial institution innovating in financial or banking technology, we'd love to have you apply to demo your latest and greatest at the conference. To get more details, please email us at demo@finovate.com.

If you're interested in watching the future of financial and banking technology unfold live on stage (and can't make it to FinovateEurope in February) then get your pre-sale ticket today for FinovateSpring 2011 and save $400 off the list price. Tickets have already started to sell strongly before this formal announcement and we don't want you to miss out! We'll see you in May! 

FinovateSpring 2011 is sponsored by: The Bancorp and more great companies to be announced.

FinovateSpring 2011 is partners with: 154 Consulting, BankInnovation.net, BankerStuff, CardWeb, Finance on Windows, PYMNTS.com and more great orgs to be announced.

After months of reviewing applications from leading fintech companies, we're incredibly excited to reveal the firms selected to show off their latest and greatest technology innovations at the first FinovateEurope.

The companies are geographically diverse (coming across Europe, North America and Asia) as well as diverse in the areas that they're innovating on (everything from online banking to security to marketing to online identity to ecommerce to investing to PFM).

On February 1st, 2011, the following companies (HQ locations in parentheses) will take the stage in London along with our guest host Chris Skinner:

If you'd like to attend the event and watch the future of European fintech debut on stage, you'll be joining executives from organizations like Santander, Deutsche Bank, PayPal, Forrester, CIBC, TSYS, Microsoft, Accel Partners, Rabobank, ING, BBVA, Standard Chartered, PostFinance, Raiffeisenbank, Celent and many more.

Buying your ticket before December 22nd will get you the early registration ticket price (a £100 discount) and it will also ensure your attendance at the event. We had capacity crowds at the last two Finovate conferences and ticket sales are strong for this event as well. We hope to see you in February in London!

FinovateEurope 2011 is sponsored by: BlueRock Consulting, Microsoft, Santander & The Bancorp

FinovateEurope 2011 is partners with: 154 Consulting, BankerStuff, CardWeb, Banking Automation Bulletin, Finance on Windows, The Financial Services Innovation Centre, PYMNTS.com & theStartup.eu