Anyone who doubts that financial technology is a people-business need look no further than the two-day Twitter-fest that accompanied FinovateSpring 2014 in San Jose this year.
For both those lucky enough to be able to be at Finovate in person, as well as the even larger community of fintech fans tracking the event remotely, #Finovate is a great way to experience the show.
Gotta love #finovate! 7 min pitch. If it sucks it is over fast. Great live drama w risky live demos. Perfect for my attention span.
— Mike McDonnell (@mcdonnellm02) April 29, 2014
Disrupting stock brokerage firms! Basket of stock, social insights #Motif #Investing – retail or advisor #finovate pic.twitter.com/njnOq51t8I
— Jim Charanis (@jcharanis) April 29, 2014
Always forget my wallet, but never my phone. @LoopPay making it (a little too) easy to buy stuff. #Finovate
— christy mcmillian (@corporalchristy) April 29, 2014
#finovate spring 2014 balcony view pic.twitter.com/71V8lziet5
— Miron Lulic (@MironLulic) April 29, 2014
Good offer or invasion of privacy? Tough to balance #finovate
— Jacob Jegher (@jjegher) April 29, 2014
Seems like auto lending is a popular use case at #Finovate What does that say about the experience at dealerships?
— Alex Johnson (@AlexH_Johnson) April 29, 2014
Moving funds, finding ATM’s, switching between English/Spanish. Impressive demo from @interactionsco #Finovate
— Walt Cox (@waltrcox) April 29, 2014
First mention of #bitcoin today by @quisk #bingo #finovate
— Kim V (@kimmilyn) April 29, 2014
We all know #mobile is hot, but it’s even hotter at #finovatespring, almost all demos include mobile app #fintech #finovate
— AXA Lab (@AXALab) April 29, 2014
Love those pants. I can see them from the nosebleeds @BodeTree #ExecutivePresence #Finovate cc:@steve_ewers
— Bryan Mishkin (@bryanmishkin) April 29, 2014
I love the idea behind ondot. It’s a great mobile banking feature. Needs to be absorbed into mobile app #Finovate
— Jacob Jegher (@jjegher) April 29, 2014
I like geo-fencing but would also prefer some type of behavior mod too, like shock therapy .#Finovate
— Ron Barasch (@rbarasch) April 29, 2014
Nice to see @dschatt at #Finovate = representing Stockpile
— Robert McGarvey (@rjmcgarvey) April 29, 2014
#finovate congrats to EyeVerify for creating an easy to use product. Love the app demo
— John Waupsh (@waupsh) April 30, 2014
Number 1 question I will be asking startup companies at #Finovate: “How do you guys make money?” No fluff. pic.twitter.com/0JlGdGZIpG
— Financial Samurai (@financialsamura) April 30, 2014
I need to go sell something to make some income to use all these new investment tools at #Finovate
— Jim Charanis (@jcharanis) April 30, 2014
Gamification is something that’s missing from PFM and reaching millenials, tangible rewards is a nice touch #Finovate @playSaveUp
— Greg G. (@gtg123) April 30, 2014
Social gaming meets personal savings, particularly for Millennials. See more on @SaveUp at #Finovate http://t.co/krMLTZFPWN
— beyondthearc (@beyondthearc) April 30, 2014
Using personal goals, imagery and if then, then that rules with @qapitalapp featuring Arsenal tickets. #Finovate pic.twitter.com/fia9w6VMb9
— Bradley Leimer (@leimer) April 30, 2014
First good joke of the day. Thanks @privatbankua for only bringing a digital revolution from Ukraine. #Finovate
— Sean McQuay (@ssmcquay) April 30, 2014
I think the biggest lesson here is: Have fun, and relax. You’re demoing your product and if you can be interesting it = conversion #Finovate
— Paperless Creations (@paperlesscreate) April 30, 2014
#finovate congrats to EyeVerify for creating an easy to use product. Love the app demo
— John Waupsh (@waupsh) April 30, 2014
Gamification is something that’s missing from PFM and reaching millenials, tangible rewards is a nice touch #Finovate @playSaveUp
— Greg G. (@gtg123) April 30, 2014
Social gaming meets personal savings, particularly for Millennials. See more on @SaveUp at #Finovate http://t.co/krMLTZFPWN
— beyondthearc (@beyondthearc) April 30, 2014
I think the biggest lesson here is: Have fun, and relax. You’re demoing your product and if you can be interesting it = conversion #Finovate
— Paperless Creations (@paperlesscreate) April 30, 2014
@MotifInvesting wins #finovate #bestofshow second year in a row! What an honor! Thank you those who voted for us!!! pic.twitter.com/m6crdokCBP
— Hardeep Walia (@hardeepw) May 1, 2014
SaveUp wins best of show at Finovate today! Wow! Awesome #finovate2014 @playSaveUp #Finovate #finovatespring
— Priya Haji (@priyahaji) May 1, 2014
Thanks to all who voted for us at #Finovate! You’re support helps us make mpayments a reality. You’re all #intheloop http://t.co/OOQpxstWfr
— Be In The Loop (@LoopPay) May 1, 2014
The winners of BEST IN SHOW are announced & I have the list straight from Jim Bruene http://t.co/PAU7MgBuSl #Finovate pic.twitter.com/eFdXgeKcLi
— William Mills Agency (@wmagency) May 1, 2014
#Finovate Congrats to presenters. You made it thru the FinTech gauntlet of ideation, dev, presentation snark & suspicion.
— John Waupsh (@waupsh) April 30, 2014