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 The FinTech 100, a list of the top revenue-grossing fintech firms, was announced Wednesday at BAI Retail Delivery.
Nine Finovate alumni made the cut, including BancVue, debuting at number 95. Pictured to the right are James Ladas and Gabe Krarcek from BancVue.
Here are the Finovate alumni, listed according to rank:
2011 Rank: 1 2010 Rank: 3
2011 Rank: 10 2010 Rank: 11
2011 Rank: 18 2010 Rank: 18
2011 Rank: 19 2010 Rank: 20
2011 Rank: 24 2010 Rank: 15
2011 Rank: 34 2010 Rank: 34
2011 Rank: 62 2010 Rank: 76
2011 Rank: 95 2010 Rank: NR

Session Speakers - Tuesday, Global Game-Changer Session
Speaker: Jim Taschetta from FreeMonee
- Wednesday, Technology for Business Summit
Speaker: Mitch Jacobs from On Deck Capital
- Wednesday, Technology for Business Summit Session
Speaker: David Eads from Kony Solutions
- Thursday, Technology for Business Summit Session
Speaker: Eric Connors from Yodlee
- Thursday, Marketing & Product Management Summit Session
Speaker: Rod Witmond from Cardlytics
Exhibitors BAI Mobile Link Mobile Link Panel Discussions Solutions Theatre Jim Bruene and I (julie@netbanker.com) will be in attendance and will update the blog and Twitter with new developments throughout the event.
 Here's a transcript from Finovate's live twitter stream during FinovateFall last Tuesday and Wednesday. 
The entries appear in chronological order:
Day 1, Session 1
- Here we go, Finovate number 10 starts in 10 minutes. Lots of cool tech coming! Follow the #finovate hashtag for next 2 days.
- Weemba is launching a "reverse lending" system that puts borrowers in control. Only lenders they authorize can contact them. Link
- Demyst.Data is launching a lender predictive analytics system to grow portfolios through better segmentation. Link
- Google is showing its new Advisor that is designed to improve the search experience for mortgages, credit cards, etc. Link
- Google is showing how you can easily compare terms and conditions. It is inviting banks to talk to them to participate.
- Betterment is launching goal-based investing to its simple investing platform. Link
- Betterment is showing how to create multiple goals with different asset allocations. This is a great, understandable investment UI.
- Segmint is launching SegmintSocial, a platform for financial institutions to interact with customers on Facebook. Link
- Segmint is demoing a bank dashboard and live chat-like user interface to engage customers in Facebook.
- Kabbage is debuting its SocialKlimbing system that uses social activity as part of the credit evaluation process. Link
- Kabbage is demoing the social and sales analytics around an eBay merchant's store in order to assess the merchant's risk and increase credit.
- RobotDough is launching an "antivirus for your portfolio" that monitors a brokerage account for accounting red flags. Link
- RobotDough has massive coverage: it is worldwide on 130 stock exchanges, has 45,000 companies worldwide, and has options coverage coming soon.
- RebirthFinancial is showing a new way for lenders to analyze small businesses. JAS (pronounced jazz) is a neural network rating system. Link
- Rebirth Financial is looking to popularize a small business predictive model-- there is a big need for that.
- CreditSesame is launching its "badges of financial responsibility" to "certify credit worthiness" to the world. Link
Day 1, Session 2
- TandemMoney is launching a system for users to "borrow" from themselves, then repay. This helps to minimize interest. Link
- TandemMoney is demoing the "loan" process that uses a "plain talk promise" to disclose exactly what's going on.
- Equifax is demoing a freemium service that shows "Places" on its mobile app and has real-time access to your credit file. Link
- Equifax is showing how you can use its mobile app to determine "neighborhood safety" based on credit scores. It also has a "credit report" lock toggle.
- Transecq is showing its ENTERSECT out-of-band transaction authentication system using a mobile phone. Link
- Transecq is using push-based notifications rather than an SMS message for the 2nd-factor authentication.
- Balance Financial is demoing a bill upload process using an iPhone camera. It also launches a FaceTime chat with the personal bookkeeper. Link
- Balance Financial's app has receipt uploads that are managed with help of a personal bookkeeper at $40 per month.
- Micronotes is showing its new KulaX cross-sell engine 1st Advantage Credit Union on stage demoing it Link
- 1st Advantage FCU says it gets three times the number of leads using Micronotes compared to the traditional method of direct marketing.
- PersonalCapital is launching its company today at Finovate, calling itself an "investment management for the Internet age." Link
- Personal Capital is demoing an investment management UI which really pops, showing an "investment checkup" with fee projections.
- Personal Capital demonstrates its free service using an iPad app with FaceTime connection to your financial advisor. It ends its demo with an iPad giveaway.
- Kony is showing its new mobile commercial banking application that streamlines approvals and transactions. Link
- MyCyberTwin is debuting an "emotionally responsive AI virtual agent" that is able to use emotion, smile, frown, etc. Link
- MyCyberTwin is demoing a fully automated avatar deployed on Australia's NAB. It captures customer mood and responds to what they really want.
Day 1, Session 3
- CashStar is launching its Digital Gifting platform where the iPhone app turns card points into mobile gift cards. Link
- Authentify is launching 2CHK for a secure, 2-way window into user accounts for review, approval, or cancelation of transactions. Link
- Backbase debuts its Retail Bank of the Future, and suggests products that "other people like you use" (Similar to Amazon.com's recommendations). Link
- Andera is showing its new FortiFI system that scans new account applications submitted to over 500 financial institutions. The system discovers fraud patterns. Link
- Andera is demoing a fraud app made on BankSimple app. Side note: this is the first Finovate company with masked man driving the laptop!
- eToro is launching "Copy.Me," a store where you can find the top traders to follow and copy their trades. Link
- The best jokes delivered at Finovate so far: eToro's Yoni Assia (high school copying) and Kabbage's Marc Gorlin (naked tweeting).
- Yodlee is showing its new "Dynamic Consumer Experience" with a large "deals" section in the upper-right. Link
- Yodlee is showing a goal-oriented profiling tool, Smart Credit, in its FinApp Store. Real-time PayPal payments can be used to pay bills.
- BillGuard is demoing its new "Antivirus for Bills," a crowd-sourced database with information on bad charges to inform all users of the fraud. Link
- BillGuard is demoing a Yodlee-powered daily scan on credit card transactions across all your cards. It flags potential issues and likely fraud.
- BillGuard today is launching "BillGuard browser extension," so far it has found fraudulent charges on 20% of cards-- this adds up to $350,000 in savings.
- BillGuard is launching a collaborative industry working group to track fraudulent charges.
Day 1, Session 4
- modoPAYMENTS is showing its full-service mobile payments service using a live helmet cam at a local bar. Link
- So glad that modoPAYMENTS the helmet cam demo worked!
- cbanc Network is showing a "social network-like" system for bankers to work with each other to tackle issues. Link
- cBanc uses a virtual currency to incent bankers to upload answers and solutions to the network so that others can "buy" the solutions.
- cBank has 2,900 participating financial institutions and 3,000 solutions and answers in the system, including exam sharing. It even has a method to NOT share the information with competitors.
- cBank Network is launching vendor opportunities today such as advertising, review responses, surveys, etc.
- SigFig is a "second set of eyes for your portfolio." It can set up a meeting with your adviser within the system.
- SigFig is showing its system for avoiding trading fees, showing a real example where the user could save $150k per year. Link
- Mootwin is showing its new mobile investment management and trading system with real-time updates. Link
- Experian is demoing its new myID privacy and identity monitoring system. Link
- Experian myID will help you opt out from tracking services. This helps get your name and mobile phone number removed from data aggregation services.
- Experian myID can be white-labeled for financial institutions.
- Plastyc is showing its new savings account attached to Upside prepaid account. It includes goals and achievements. Link
- Plastyc is showing its systematic savings tools and cash-back rewards to incent savings (currently 6% rate).
- Dynamics is launching Chip & Choice, enabling advanced EMV applications without the need to update point of sale terminals. Link
- Dynamics drops its card into a glass of water to show that it can go through the washer, nice.
Day 2, Session 1
- FinovateFall 2011 day 2 starts off with T8 Webware.
- T8 Webware is launching Grip, a mobile banking app with aggregation to monitor all accounts. It also includes receipt upload. Link
- T8 Webware built its own aggregation engine. The app carries a fee of $0.99 for each month used.
- Swipely is launching a "loyalty for main street," platform that is linked to customer credit and debit cards. Link
- CREALOGIX is launching CLX.SentinelDisplay, a USB device with keypad, display, and a hardened browser for out-of-band authorizations. Link
- CREALOGIX also includes complete data confidentiality: when the USB device is disconnected, nothing about the session remains on the PC.
- ACI Worldwide and MShift are unveiling their Mobile Enterprise Banker," a business banking app for tablets. Link
- ACI and MShift are demoing on the iPad, showing how an urgent push notification from a bank overrides an "Angry Birds" session-- nice visual.
- FuzeNetwork is launching Swipe2Pay to make a cash payment or deposit to a bank by swiping a card at a retailer's point of sale. Link
- Fuze Network is demoing actual point of sale transactions where "any card" works. The system is live at ACE now.
- FreeMonee is showing its new card-linked offers system to provide simple cash back rewards. Link
- MitekSystems is debuting "Mobile Balance Transfer" for banks to acquire new credit card customers. Link
- Mitek is demoing "point.shoot.transfer.save." Users take a photo of a credit card statement, the tool extracts the APR/balance, then uploads the information to the issuer for an offer.
- Mitek is showing what happens in the back office when an image is received and how it is evaluated.
- Truaxis (formerly BillShrink) is demoing its new platform that delivers personalized discounts via web, mobile, and email. Link
- Truaxis says that the majority of its users want "Netflix-like" recommendations for purchases. There is great potential for banks to showcase this information.
- LearnVest is creating the 1st online 'financial fitness center'. Its goal is to make financial planning more accessible to women. Link
- LearnVest has put 250,000 users through its "financial boot camp" in past 3 months. It is showing a PFM with a "Gmail look and feel."
- LearnVest is demoing a "financial advice center" with costs $130/yr or $4.99 for 1-day.
Day 2, Session 2
- Cartera Commerce unveils its Local Offers solution, part of its card-linked offers service. Link
- Cartera Commerce is demoing its merchant self-service interface.
- FamZoo is showing its system for teaching kids good money habits via co-branded FamZoo Virtual Family Bank. Link
- FamZoo is demoing how kids and parents interact through its online interface, manage spending, incent savings/giving, and create rewards.
- FamZoo is launching a "partnership edition" today, a private branded version for banks, credit unions, and advisors.
- oFlows is launching a broad-based paperwork solution; allowing for the digitization of all types of paper-based transactions. Link
- oFlows is demoing the upload of a voided check to handle account verification on-the-go.
- InComm and CorFire are showing a new mobile platform for retailers to personalize the consumer payment experience. Link
- InComm and CorFire are demoing an offer delivered in-store on a mobile device. It then uses a mobile barcode to pay at the point of sale.
- planwise is debuting its company at Finovate today. It is designed to help consumers understand their financial plans. Link
- planwise offers "Secure Share" to provide the ability to share parts of your financial plans with others-- this is a much-needed online finance feature.
- Jingit is launching a transactional ad platform where consumers can earn cash for engaging with brands. Link
- Jingit is demoing how it works with an online music store: "instant earn/instant spend." It is working with US Bank for cash-back rewards.
- LighterCapital showing its new Revenue Loan that offers "debt-like risk with equity-like returns." Link
- Ligher Capital is showing its two-question loan application--that should raise eyes. It is also discussing real "Tomato Battle" funding.
- Lighter Capital is launching "social security" with partners. It combines "light-weight lending platform" with social media-based decisioning.
- MasterCard is showing its new Small Business Controller, part of the inControl suite to create unique payment products. Link
- MasterCard is demoing virtual card creation by small businesses with real-time alerts to employees.
- BankSimple is showing its user interface publicly for the first time today, focusing on speed and simplicity. Link
- BankSimple features a "Safe-to-spend" balance that is "red flagged" in the upper left corner of the main page. It is also demoing a "Goggle-fast" natural-language search.
- BankSimple is "helping users learn from their transactions". It is demoing fast bill-pay with real-time processing.
- BankSimple is demoing a goal setup. Users can pause, lock, resume, or manually add to it. It is also showing a mobile interface that was "designed before online UI."
Day 2, Session 3
- PayNearMe is launching its new automobile-loan payment service using cash at local stores such a 7-Eleven. Link
- PayNearMe is demoing with a Monopoly board and a toy cash register--a Finovate first.
- PayNearMe demos making payments for rent and utilities with a mobile bar code scanned at a 7-Eleven.
- CarryQuote is showing its Intellicast system to quickly publish investment research to mobile and tablet apps. Link
- CarryQuote is launching a "conference feature" to connect with customers before, during, and after investment events. It also has real-time updates.
- FeeFighters is launching the Samurai payment gateway, the "simplest way to accept payments online." Link
- FeeFighters is demoing how to add its gateway to a webpage. It uses "intelligent routing" of payments to ensure the lowest cost.
- Wall Street Survivor is launching a new interface catering to investing beginners. It uses missions to educate the learning investors. Link
- Wall Street Survivor is the "largest fantasy stock market online," with 350,000 registered users.
- Wall Street Survivor is demoing a stock trading "mission" with virtual cash and points to reward users. It also includes Facebook integration.
- miiCard is showing "Assured Identities" to serve as "drivers license/passport checks" for the online world. Link
- miiCard is designed to reduce high levels of "financial cart" abandonment, showing how it can be integrated into a banking site.
- DoughMain is launching a family financial management platform and three age-relevant financial game sites. Link
- DoughMain is showing a financial homepage for pre-teens with a service that includes a prepaid card. It also has a gift card purchase cart.
- DoughMain is looking to offer versions for banks.
- Bundle is using actual spending data to help "cut through the noise" of user-review sites like Yelp. Link
- Bundle is demoing its advanced "search results filtering" to hone in on restaurants that attract repeat customers.
Day 2, Session 4
- Transparency Labs is working on the transparency genome to decode and explain financial "fine print." Link
- Transparency Labs is demoing how it can break down the "fine print" and uncover fees and important conditions, showing it in a dashboard.
- Transparency Labs also monitors existing agreements and sends alerts when the "fine print" changes.
- ActivePath and Cardlytics are teaming up to deliver in-statement offers delivered directly to clients via email. Link
- Cardlytics and ActivePath are showing "active mail" within Gmail. It includes an "offers" tab within the emailed bank E-Statement.
- The Cool House of Financial Media is launching eyeOpen, a financial matching service that provides the best-fit in financial products. Link
- The Cool House of Financial Media is demoing a consumer profiling session with eyeOpen, and recommends products based on what other people liked.
- IND Group is launching IND Innovation, a new online and mobile platform that includes a "bank feed." Link
- IND Group is demoing mobile P2P payment with a QR code. It supports "mobile first" banking.
- Offermatic is reinventing "daily deals" by making them relevant and easy to redeem through bank card linkage. Link
- Offermatic is offering "guaranteed net new profitable customers." It is demoing a dashboard of metrics for merchants with zero cost to the merchant.
- Offermatic is launching Dynamic Offers, the first system that pegs the value of a discount to the value of the customer. It also track repeat purchases.
- ReadyForZero is showing a new system with loan repayment automation and data sharing. Link
- ReadyForZero found that its users pay down debt twice as fast as non-users; its designed to reduce credit losses for banks/card issuers.
- Bobber Interactive is launching its GoalCard app on Facebook. Link
- Bobber Interactive's social-game-based system is geared towards GenY; asks "who would you rather loan $50 to?" using Facebook tools.
- Bobber Interactive "is helping Gen-Y win at money" ($200 billion market).
- That's it-- FinovateFall is a wrap...see you in the networking hall!
 This morning, ACI Worldwide and MShift did a joint demo of their Mobile Enterprise Banker for tablets:
"It is a tablet-optimized business banking solution. The solution is targeted towards business executives who are interested in robust and graphically rich presentations of company data as well operational tasks like ACH and Wire release and bill payment."
Product Launch: May 2012 HQ Location: - ACI: Elkhorn, NE
- MShift: Fremont, CA
Company Founded: Website: Presenting Jeff Chen (VP Business Development, MShift) & Ileen Pinhasi (Product Manager, ACI Worldwide)
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