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Finovate Alumni News– April 9, 2013

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Braintree, Business Centric Services Groups, eDeposit, Entrepreneurial Finance Lab, eToro, Green Dot, Intuit, Kofax, Lodo Software, Mitek, Narrative Science, Online Resources, PaySimple, Plastyc, Quantopian, Realty Mogul, TipRanks, TradeHero, Yodlee
  • Finovate-F-Logo.jpgAG Beat features Entrepreneurial Finance Lab.
  • BSCG, Mitek, and Yodlee selected as Monarch B2B Innovation Award Winners.
  • Lodo Software appoints Matthew Lawlor, former founder & CEO of Online Resources, to board of directors.
  • South African Logistics Company implements Kofax Software to Automate HR. Watch Kofax demo live at FinovateSpring.
  • Business Credit Radio features Sue Heilbronner, PaySimple’s Chief Growth Officer.
  • American Banker highlights Plastyc’s unique approach to serving prepaid card users. Watch Plastyc’s demo at FinovateSpring.
  • Mati Greenspan, senior investment consultant at eToro, explains how eToro will soon support Bitcoin.
  • American Banker looks at Braintree’s multi-merchant approach. Come see Braintree demo at FinovateSpring.
  • Live Science considers how Narrative Science
    automates journalism and report generation. See Narrative Science’s live demo at FinovateSpring.
  • Quantopian announces algorithm development competition.  The company will demo at FinovaeSpring in May.
  • Bank Innovation reports: Intuit will continue to support FinanceWorks.
  • Reuters takes a look at TipRanks. See them demo at FinovateSpring.
  • eDeposit announces major new features in upgrade of mobile app.
  • TradeHero a winner at Echelon Singapore Satellite pitch competition.
  • INTJ Capital gives kudos to Quantopian’s decision to provide for external data sets. Join Quantopian in San Francisco for FinovateSpring in May.
  • American Banker interviews Green Dot CEO and founder Steven Streit. See Green Dot demo at FinovateSpring.
  • Realty Mogul is among the companies highlighted in Upstart Business Journal column on crowd funding. See them demo at FinovateSpring.

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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Green Dot, UniRush Team Up to Launch New Prepaid Visa Card

By David Penn Posted on
Categories: Green Dot
Green Dot Corporation

The pursuit of the underbanked continues with the announcement of a new, prepaid card from Green Dot and UniRush.

The card, the RushCard Live Reloadable Visa Card, is expected to be launch later this month, when it will be made available through Green Dot’s retail partners across the U.S. Some of the features of the new card include:

  • No overdraft fees or interest charges
  • Early payroll direct deposit
  • Pass-through FDIC insurance coverage
  • Access to more than 22,000 ATMs without having to pay a transaction fee
  • Online bill pay
RushCard Live customers will also have access to a mobile app that provides for real-time viewing of account balances and transaction history. Customers can choose either a “per use” plan or a monthly plan at the time of registration. This gives cardholders the option to either forgo a monthly charge (with the former plan) or avoid a transaction fee (with the latter plan).

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UniRush was founded in 2003, and was among the first companies to develop a prepaid Visa debit card. Headquartered in New York and Cincinnati, the company is focused on serving the more than 48 million consumers who do not have access to traditional banking services.

In business since 1999, Green Dot Corporation is a bank holding company based in Pasadena, California. It’s line of branded, prepaid debit cards and services are available at more than 60,000 retail locations across the U.S., such as Walmart, Fred Meyer, and Rite Aid. Green Dot’s prepaid cards are also available online.

Green Dot is also among the companies scheduled to demo at FinovateSpring this May in San Francisco. To learn more about FinovateSpring, and to save your spot, visit our information page here.

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Finovate Alumni News– April 8, 2013

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Allied Payment Network, Bazaarvoice, Dwolla, Fiserv, Gold Bullion International, GoodApril, Green Dot, IDTheft 911, Mitek, Realty Mogul, SecondMarket, SoMoLend, TradeKing, TransferWise, Virtual Piggy, Xero, Yodlee, Zooz, Zopa
  • Finovate-F-Logo.jpgInvestors Business Daily interviews Barry Silbert, SecondMarket CEO, who says the stock market is broken.
  • Xero opening new LA office for Southern California team.
  • Bank Innovation reports: Fiserv Tops 1 Million Mobile Deposit Capture Users, 7 Million Mobile Users.
  • Radio New Zealand reports: Xero to launch fully into U.S. market in July.
  • Candace Klein, SoMoLend CEO, discusses the hardship that the SEC’s delay of the JOBS Act has caused.
  • Dwolla updates Magneto extension.
  • Yodlee receives 2013 Honorable Mention in Industry Partner category for the Barlow Research Associates’ Monarch Innovation Awards.
  • Virtual Piggy integrates with Oracle ATG Web Commerce, expands reach of network to more than 390,000 brands.
  • Mitek’s Mobile Deposit solution receives top award for Overall Most Innovative from Barlow Research Associates.
  • Management Today interviews Zopa CEO, Giles Andrews.
  • TechCrunch looks at Realty Mogul and its recent win at the Founder Showcase pitch competition. See them in action at FinovateSpring in May.
  • GreenDot and UniRush launch reloadable prepaid Visa card. Join GreenDot for FinovateSpring in San Francisco.
  • Allied Payment Network bill payment technology integrates with CSPI’s Aurora online banking platform.
  • Zooz announces partnership with ChronoPay. Join Zooz in San Francisco for FinovateSpring in May.
  • Identity Theft 911 CEO to lead discussion on social media and insurer risk at upcoming NAMIC seminar.
  • Roadtrip Nation interviews Dan Reed of Bazaarvoice.
  • Money Street Smart reviews TradeKing.
  • Hard Assets Alliance features an interview with Gold Bullion International CEO Steven Feldman.
  • Newfination interviews Taavet Hinrikus of TransferWise.
  • Engine talks about rewarding risk-takers with GoodApril founder Benny Joseph.
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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Finovate Alumni News– March 28, 2013

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Better ATM Services, Capital Access Network, Credit Karma, CSI globalVCard, Dwolla, EyeVerify, Green Dot, Monitise, OneID, Outright.com, SeedInvest, TIBCO Software, Tuition.io, Waspit
  • Forbes places Dwolla CEO, Ben Milne, on the 2013 Disruptors list.
  • Lifehacker reviews Credit Karma for Android.
  • TIBCO Software partners with Aditi Tech to bolster enterprise social, e-commerce solutions.
  • Outright’s 300,000 users surpass 2 billion transactions.
  • Bank Innovation reports: Capital Access Network’s Online Lending Platform, CapTap, Coming to Tablet Soon.
  • Waspit wins second place award in PYMNTS.com Innovation Project’s Best in Show.
  • Monitise CMO Carl Tsukahara interviewed by David Murphy in Mobile Marketing.
  • SeedInvest is among the crowdfunding innovators featured in crowdfundattny blog.
  • Pymnts.com interviews Mark Miles of CSI globalVCard on the business of B2B payments.
  • E&S Consulting blog takes a look at the evolution of Green Dot’s GoBank. Be sure to catch Green Dot at FinovateSpring in May.
  • Better ATM Services wins 2013 Paybefore Award for Visa prepaid gift card program.
  • PC Mag’s SecurityWatch features EyeVerify and its solution to the problem with passwords.  EyeVerify will be demoing their authentication technology at the upcoming FinovateSpring event in San Francisco.
  • Programmable Web takes a look at recently published APIs including one from OneID. Join OneID this May in San Francisco for FinovateSpring.
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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