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Finovate Alumni News

By David Penn Posted on
Categories: Bitbond, Coinbase, DarcMatter, EZBOB, Identity Theft 911, Jemstep, Kabbage, Lending Club, Lendio, Mitek, Oink, On Deck Capital, P2BInvestor, Prosper, Quisk, SayPay, Silanis Technology, SocietyOne, Toshl, TradeHero, TransferWise, TrueAccord, Wealthfront

On Finovate.com

  • Finovate Debuts: SayPay Combines Voice Recognition and Biometric Authentication

Around the web

  • ColoradoBiz talks with Entrepreneur of the Year finalist: Krista Morgan, CEO and co-founder of P2Binvestor.
  • TechCrunch column on bitcoin and the remittance market references Coinbase and TransferWise.
  • PYMNTS.com highlights OnDeck, Lending Club, and Prosper in its look at the changing relationship between banks and alternative lenders.
  • Business Insider: SocietyOne thinks Australia is big enough for a bunch of small players.
  • TradeHero parent partners with the Singapore Exchange (SGX) to launch the SGX StockWhiz 2015 contest.
  • Bitbond, Wealthfront, and TrueAccord listed among six rising fintech startups.
  • Lendio-powered Staples business loans surpasses $1 million in funding for 43 SMBs across the U.S.
  • Quisk short-listed for Red Herring’s Top 100 North America award.
  • Fox Financial Planning Network picks Jemstep’s Advisor Pro as automated investment service platform for its AdvisorTouch Symphony program.
  • The Hanover Insurance Group teams up with Identity Theft 911 to provide businesses with better defense against data breaches.
  • FearlessMen.com reviews small business lender, EZBOB.
  • etcAndroid spotlights Toshl Finance Budget and Expense app 1.7.21.
  • FundSERV to integrate e-SignLive from Silanis into its eDOCS solution.
  • Mitek to acquire IDchecker, a global identity verification solutions provider.
  • Oink featured in USA Today’s list of five financial musts for college grads.
  • Accredited Investor Markets interviews DarcMatter CEO Sang Lee.
  • Kabbage partners with Sage payment solutions to launch Sage small business loan powered by Kabbage.

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: March 11, 2015

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Authentify, Avoka, Cachet Financial Solutions, Check Point, FinanceIt, Quisk

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  • Quisk discusses its experience at FinovateEurope 2015.
  • Check Point Software Technologies introduces Check Point Threat Extraction, a security approach that ensures documents are delivered to a malware-free network.
  • Paybefore selects the Navy FCU Visa Buxx app, powered by Cachet Financial’s Select Mobile Money, as Best in Category in the Judges’ Choice category of the 2015 Paybefore Awards.
  • Authentify launches xFA SecureCallCenter to help FIs protect call center reps from social engineering attempts.
  • ANV Group selects Avoka’s Transact technology to help improve the user experience for its insurance customers.
  • Talent Refresh features alternative lender, Financeit.

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Quisk’s Digital Payment Platform Now Offers Loyalty and Rewards Programs

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: FinovateEurope 2015, Quisk

QuiskLogo.jpgThis post is part of our live coverage of FinovateEurope 2015.

Quisk showed off multiple types of digital cash transactions.

Quisk is the next step in the evolution of money.

We are the creator of a new cash-based digital payment type. We enable banks to create a new type of all-digital account, which is accessed by a consumer’s mobile phone number and secure PIN. The Quisk cloud-based digital services platform is technology agnostic, multi-issuer/acquirer, and works with existing core banking and retail POS infrastructure.

Quisk is demonstrating a variety of digital cash transactions: in-store purchases using POS systems, Person-to-Merchant (P2M), Bill Pay, online purchase (eCommerce), and Person-to-Person (P2P) send money. In addition, the Quisk platform enables merchants to offer digital loyalty programs and marketing offers while reducing interchange fees.

Presenters: Steve Novak, CEO & chairman, and Dan Glessner, CMO 
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Product launch: January 2015

Metrics: $20+ million series A round raised, 30 employees, projects currently in four countries
Product distribution strategy: Direct to Business (B2B) through financial institutions

HQ: Sunnyvale, California, U.S.A.
Founded: 2009

Website: quisk.co

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Alumni News—February 5, 2015

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Coinbase, CoinJar, Feedzai, Insuritas, Lendio, Quisk
  • Finovate-F-Logo.jpgQuisk electronic payment system to launch in Jamaica. Come see Quisk at FinovateEurope next week.
  • AM560 interviews Lendio CEO Brock Blake on alternative lending.
  • On Finovate.com: “Funding for E.U.-based Finovate Alums Totals $377 Million in 2014″
  • European Commission’s Promoting Enterprise blog spotlights Nuno Da Cruz Sebastiao of Feedzai.
  • Argent Credit Union hires Insuritas to open and manage turnkey insurance agency.
  • Coinbase to support Google Now notifications.
  • CoinJar launches iOS bitcoin payments app, CoinJar Touch, ahead of its FinovateEurope 2015 debut next week.
  • SixThirty Accelerator deadline extended to February 6.
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Alumni News– August 19, 2014

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Categories: CAN Capital, Geezeo, GoBank, Kabbage, NICE Systems, On Deck Capital, Palo Alto Software, PayPal, Quisk, ReadyForZero, Top Image Systems, Yseop
  • Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Finovate-F-Logo.jpgLivePlan launches its Black Widow update to enhance performance monitoring.
  • Bank Innovation looks at GoBank’s decision to shorten holding periods for mobile check deposits.
  • NICE Systems earns 2014 Star Performer award from Speech Technology magazine.
  • Top Image Systems partners with Allied Payment Networks to implement MobiPAY.
  • Time features ReadyForZero as 1 of 50 Best Websites for 2014.
  • Hiveage compares OnDeck, Kabbage, PayPal Working Capital, & CAN Capital Come see OnDeck at FinDEVr.
  • Quisk awarded US patent for enabling consumer activated security for a mobile payment system.
  • The Rude Baguette interviews Yseop CEO, John Rauscher.
  • New partnership brings Geezeo’s PFM solution to MEA’s native mobile banking platform. See Geezeo at FinovateFall 2014 in New York.
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Finovate Alumni News– May 22, 2014

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Categories: BankersLab, Betterment, Digital Insight, Nous.net, Quisk
  • Finovate-F-Logo.jpgDigital Insight named a 2014 Confirmit ACE Award Winner.
  • Quisk describes their FinovateSpring experience.
  • Betterment CEO Jon Stein talks with Mad Money’s Jim Cramer about its automated investing service.
  • BankersLab’s CreditLab takes gold at 2014 LearnX Impact awards.
  • Nous adds Spark Feed to trading app to help players analyze market sentiment.
  • Xero ranked No #1 by Forbes in its list of the World’s 100 Most Innovative Growth Companies.
  • Authentify announces expanded biometric support for Samsung Galaxy S5 Fingerprint Reader.
  • InComm and Peoples Trust launch reloadable pre-paid card for m-payments in Canada.
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Quisk Creates a New Type of Payment Account Using Digitized Cash

Quisk Creates a New Type of Payment Account Using Digitized Cash
By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: FinovateSpring 2014, Quisk
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This post is part of our live coverage of FinovateSpring 2014.

Next, Quisk demonstrated its cloud-based digitized cash solutions:
 
“Quisk is the first company to be sanctioned by a central bank for an all-digital bank account with complete and secure banking functionality. Quisk is demonstrating various use cases from its cloud-based digital services and transaction-processing platform. 
The patent-pending Quisk technology utilizes the consumer’s mobile phone number and secured PIN to create and access a new type of payment account, domiciled at a bank or other financial institution. Quisk enables special transaction processing and balance limits to facilitate compliance with Know Your Customer (KYC) and state-of-the-art risk management.”
Presenting: Praveen Amancherla (CTO) and Dan Glessner (CMO)
Product Launch: January 2012
Metrics: Quisk is a pre-revenue startup with approximately 30 employees
Product distribution strategy: Direct to Business (B2B), through financial institutions
HQ: Sunnyvale, CA
Founded: June 2007
Website: quisk.co

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