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Alumni News– July 25, 2014

By David Penn Posted on
Categories: Actiance, BillGuard, Cartera Commerce, Coinbase, DemystData, eToro, FutureAdvisor, Holvi, Jemstep, Kabbage, LendingTree, Malauzai Software, MoneyDesktop, Monitise, Personal Capital, SecondMarket, Wealthfront, Zooz
  • Finovate-F-Logo.jpgFox Business News features Kabbage’s small business lending process.
  • Huffington Post describes how DemystData’s big data analytics help evaluate creditworthiness.
  • Cartera Commerce’s CFO Karen Cambray named a finalist in Boston Business Journal’s 2014 CFO of the Year Awards.
  • Bloomberg: BillGuard programmers code in bomb shelters.
  • Coinbase launches Coinbase Vault to Better Secure Your Bitcoins.
  • MoneyDesktop appoints Brandon Dewitt as its first ever CTO.
  • SecondMarket CEO Barry Silbert stepping down in order to refocus his attention solely on bitcoin.
  • InvestmentNews features roboadvisors Jemstep, FutureAdvisor, Wealthfront, and Personal Capital.
  • The Irish Times looks at Holvi’s move into Ireland.
  • CMS Wire: Actiance wants to help companies curb social media mistakes.
  • Karen Webster of Market Platform Dynamics interviews Zooz CEO Oren Levy.
  • eToro announces new version of OpenBook for iOS.
  • Mobile Entertainment talks with Adam Levene, SVP of Strategy at Monitise Create.
  • LendingTree launches personalization platform.
  • Pymnts takes a look at the partnership between Malauzai Software and Trusteer. See Malauzai at FinovateFall in September.
  • Fortune.com interviews Bill Siegel, interim CEO of SecondMarket.
This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You can also follow all the alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.

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Alumni News– July 24, 2014

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Actiance, CSI globalVCard, Loop, MasterCard, TipRanks, TSYS, Xero
  • C. Hoare & Co. choose TSYS’s Prime 4 card management solution.
  • Pymnts interviews Vib Prasad, Group Head of MasterCard’s MasterPass about digital wallets.
  • CSI globalVCard launches B2B payment system called globalVCard travel, designed to alleviate many of the corporate travel industry’s biggest pain points
  • FreeAgent integrates with PayPal Here to make it easier for UK small businesses to get paid faster.
  • Xero confirms it’s planning on filing for a U.S. initial public offering in 2015.
  • Actiance expands on its support of Microsoft Office 365 Exchange Online, to help manage risks of Office 365 Lync Online.
  • LoopPay earns investment from Visa.
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Finovate Alumni News– May 29, 2014

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Actiance, App Annie, Credit Sesame, DemystData, Mambu, SumUp, Tradeshift
  • Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Finovate-F-Logo.jpgChina Loves Mambu: Microfinance Network Picks Cloud Banking Platform for SME Lending.
  • App Annie Acquires Distimo; raises $17 Million from Current Investors.
  • SumUp launches its own chip and PIN reader, PIN+, in Poland and Switzerland.
  • Credit Sesame launches mortgage rate marketplace.
  • DemystData brings in $5 Million for its Big Data API for financial institutions.
  • NHS Shared Business Services selects Tradeshift platform to enhance supply chain.
  • Actiance announces general availability of Alcatraz, a cloud-based, Context-Aware archive for email, social, and other communications.
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Finovate Alumni News– May 12, 2014

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Actiance, BancBox, Dealstruck, Entrepreneurial Finance Lab, FIS, Jumio, Loop, Manilla, ShopKeep POS, SmartyPig, Strands, Xero
  • Xero and ASB launch business to bank payments.
  • Bancbox and Kingdom Trust Company partner to streamline the crowdfunding and P2P lending platform for the IRA investor.
  • Actiance tops Forrester’s social risk and compliance product list.
  • Strands hires new CEO, Erik Brieva.
  • Dealstruck and Entrepreneurial Finance Lab named finalists in Core Innovators Challenge.
  • FIS announces launch of FIS Instant Card to accelerate FI’s ability to provide new or replacement cards.
  • Chris Skinner highlights the relationship between SmartyPig and ICICI Bank in a feature on Banking-as-a-Service.
  • ZDnet takes a look at ShopKeep POS, including its recent $25 million investment form Thayer Street Partners.
  • The Motley Fools calls Loop, the invention that “will change the way you pay for everything.”
  • The Rock Trading Ltd. partners with Jumio for real-time ID verification services.
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Finovate Alumni News– May 7, 2014

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Actiance, App Annie, BancBox, BBVA Compass, Credit Sesame, Dashlane, Jack Henry, Kabbage, On Deck Capital, Personal Capital, Prosper, Striata, TradeHero
  • Finovate-F-Logo.jpgiFactor and Striata partner to offer robust push ebill solution to utilities.
  • Kingdom Trust and Bancbox partner to streamline the crowdfunding and P2P lending platform experience for the IRA investor.
  • Alternative lending pays up: Kabbage raises $50 million, Prosper pulls in $70 million.
  • Actiance extends Socialite to include Google+ & YouTube.
  • VentureBeat looks at the rise of P2P lending of many Finovate alums and predicts $1 trillion in loans by 2025.
  • App Annie now lets app developers track ads, app store optimization.
  • TradeHero launches a Chinese version, bringing the stock market game to traders in China.
  • Lend Academy speculates Prosper now valued $600 million, up from a $100 million valuation around eight months ago.
  • Personal Capital reaches 500,000+ registered users. Now is tracking over $70+ billion in & is managing $500 million in assets for clients.
  • Credit Sesame offers Target customers free ID protection, credit monitoring and credit scores without deadlines.
  • Jack Henry Banking’s Core Director processing platform deployed by Oklahoma State Bank and The Bank of Clovis in New Mexico.
  • BBVA Compass teams up with On Deck Capital to better score small business borrowers.
  • WSJ Personal Technology column recommends Dashlane as the “best way to manage online passwords.
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Finovate Alumni News– April 24, 2014

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Actiance, Check, Check Point, Doxo, Kantox, Klarna, Linkable Networks, Simple, ThreatMetrix
  • Finovate-F-Logo.jpgLinkable Networks teams up with Ohana to deliver card-linked savings.
  • Actiance launches its Actiance Technology Partner Program.
  • Check Point Software Technologies launches new 41000 Security System, expanding its network security portfolio.
  • The Paypers interviews ThreatMetrix CEO, Reed Taussig.
  • Kantox announces formation of European Advisory Board.
  • doxo launches real-time business analytics and market data for service providers.
  • The Simple customer experience as experienced on a 3 week bike trip to FinovateSpring.
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Finovate Alumni News– April 4, 2014

By David Penn Posted on
Categories: Actiance, Equifax, Fiserv, MasterCard, Yseop
  • MasterCard partners with SIX Payment Services to bring MasterPass to Switzerland.
  • Texas Bay Area Credit Union to deploy Fiserv payments solution suite.
  • New agreement means MasterCard EMV debit cards will run on First Data’s STAR Network.
  • Pymnts News: Equifax partners with Jumio for Mobile Commerce.
  • Actiance’s partnership with Trustlink to give it access to a growing market in Africa.
  • D magazine interviews Yseop CEO John Rauscher. See Yseop demo at FinovateSpring in San Jose.
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Finovate Alumni News– April 3, 2014

By David Penn Posted on
Categories: Actiance, BancVue, Braintree, Insuritas, Kantox, Misys, Nostrum Group, PayPal, Top Image Systems
  • Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Finovate-F-Logo.jpgTop Image Systems wins awards for innovations in crowdsourcing and mobile imaging.
  • Insuritas E-InsuranceAISLE Platform generated more than 2 million product impressions in March. The technology is deployed in more than 50 banks and credit unions, supporting more than $1.5 million in product sales. See them demo at FinvoateSpring.
  • Misys trade and supply chain finance processing platform embraced by National Australia Bank (NAB).
  • Nostrum Group announces opening of new office in London.
  • Kantox integrates AU10TIX B.O.S solution to auto-classify, authenticate and extract data from of images of customers ID documents.
  • Compliance Week looks at how Actiance helps banks stay compliant with social media.
  • The Australian looks at PayPal’s Braintree.
  • BancVue launches new youth spending app, PiggyBot.
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Finovate Alumni News– April 1, 2014

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Actiance, Bolstr, FIS, Misys, Truphone
  • Finovate-F-Logo.jpgNBC Chicago hosts Bolstr to discuss crowdfunding and SMB growth.
  • Actiance’s Socialite gets new features for better UX on native websites & more integrations w/ CRM platforms.
  • FIS’ licensing agreement to make the Visa EMV debit solution available to all NYCE debit network participants.
  • Truphone is offering unlimited voice and SMS recording through June.
  • Misys launches new Regulatory Reporting Service to help managers and banks meet EMIR regulations.
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Finovate Alumni News– March 12, 2014

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Categories: ACI Worldwide, Actiance, Cachet Financial Solutions, Credit Sesame, Fiserv, Guide Financial, Leaf, Lighter Capital, MasterCard, SigFig, Top Image Systems, Toshl, VerifyValid
  • Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Finovate-F-Logo.jpgFiserv digital banking solutions to be deployed at Finger Lakes Federal Credit Union.
  • ACI Worldwide launches latest version of UP BASE24-eps to enable “any-to-any” real-time payments.
  • Market Platform Dynamics CEO Karen Webster interviews Aron Schwarzkopf, CEO of Leaf.
  • The Guardian ranks Toshl among its top ten free apps for students.
  • Fiserv and MasterCard reach agreement to support adoption of debit EMV technology.
  • PromotedApp features VerifyValid’s multi-purpose, electronic checkbook.
  • TechCrunch: SigFig hires Financial Engines exec Steve Lifgren to build out its operations team.
  • The Start reports: Revenue loans like the ones from Lighter Capital are new way for tech firms to raise cash.
  • Actiance launches Socialite Feature Control, a new licensing option, in response to SEC ruling.
  • Credit Sesame launches premium services to better protect people’s credit and identity.
  • Cachet Financial Solutions acquires prepaid mobile platform business unit from DeviceFidelity.
  • Top Image Systems launches MobiREMIT, mobile remittance processing to streamline and accelerate payment processing.
  • Guide Financial to provide software for the more than 300 advisory firms in the Garrett Planning Network.
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Finovate Alumni News– March 11, 2014

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Actiance, Check Point, EyeVerify, Kashoo, Lending Club, Lighter Capital, Monitise, Moven, Prosper, SafetyPay, TradeHero, Xero
  • Finovate-F-Logo.jpgLighter Capital provides $1 million in growth funding to 3 tech startups.
  • Check Point collaborates with VMware to provide network security for the private cloud.
  • Monitise now offers mobile alerting software as a standalone product.
  • Moven launches its mobile-first bank to public.
  • ClickZ features Actiance’s compliance specialist, Joanna Belbey.
  • SafetyPay and GlobalShopex partner to provide a secure international shipping solution for U.S. ecommerce sites.
  • MacWorld Business lists Kashoo and Xero among their favorite online business accounting apps.
  • Wells Fargo reversal on P2P loan ban for staff is good news for companies like Lending Club and Prosper.
  • Kansas City Star features local biometric security startup, EyeVerify.
  • TradeHero launches Android version of their stock market simulation app.
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Finovate Alumni News– March 8, 2014

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Actiance, BBVA, Braintree, Kensho, Loop, Moven, Numbrs, On Deck Capital, PayPal, Simple
  • Finovate-F-Logo.jpgActiance partners with Shoutlet to integrate Shoutlet’s social marketing capabilities with Actiance Socialite.
  • PayPal’s Braintree to waive the first $50k of processing fees for startups building on its platform through its new Ignition program.
  • On Deck raises $77 million in funding round led by Tiger Capital.
  • Mechanics Bank’s Bradley Leimer takes a look at the lessons from BBVA’s acquisition of Simple.
  • Simple, Moven, and Numbrs are listed in American Banker’s feature “6 Apps That Are Making Bankers Jealous.”
  • Recode reviews Loop. Check out its new payment tech at FinovateSpring next month.
  • The Tally’s Financial News Fintech Focus column features Kensho.
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