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Finovate Alumni News

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on July 22, 2015
Categories: Avalara, ayondo, Betterment, CUneXus, DarcMatter, DriveWealth, GMC Software Technology, Kabbage, Kalixa, Lending Club, MaxMyInterest, Monitise, MX, Patch of Land, Prosper, Sonavation, Spreedly, Taulia, TickerTags, Top Image Systems, Vanguard, WePay

On Finovate.com

“A First Look at What’s Coming to the FinDEVr Stage this October”

“Santander UK Launches Cash Kitty PFM App Developed with Kalixa, Monitise”

Around the web

Lend Academy podcast features Kathryn Petralia, Kabbage co-founder. Come see Kabbage at FinDEVr 2015 in San Francisco.

GMC Software releases GMC Inspire R10 customer communications management software.

DevNetwork profiles WePay at the API World 2015 conference.

DriveWealth joins with World Merit to promote the first Financial Literacy Challenge.

Sonavation unveils technology that puts fingerprint sensors under Gorilla Glass.

Top Image Systems inks deal with Bahrainian Xerox distributor, Business International all.

Dallas Business Journal interviews Chris Camillo, TickerTags founder.

Prosper begins debt-sale recovery strategy; charged-off loans will be packaged together for a debt sale.

AlwaysOn selects Taulia as an AlwaysOn Global 250 winner.

Beehive Startups takes a peek at MX’s culture. Check out MX’s presentation for developers at FinDEVr 2015 in San Francisco.

GROWMARK selects Avalara AvaTax Excise & Returns Excise Enterprise. Avalara will present at FinDEVr 2015, 6/7 October.

Forbes column on top fintech trends highlights MaxMyInterest, Prosper, Lending Club, Betterment, Vanguard, CUneXus, Patch of Land, and DarcMatter.

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Finovate Alumni News

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on June 3, 2015
Categories: Betterment, Blackhawk Network, blooom, CashStar, D3 Banking, eMoney Advisor, Expensify, FIS, FutureAdvisor, Jemstep, MaxMyInterest, mBank, Nomis Solutions, PayNearMe, PayPal, SimplyTapp, Sonavation, Temenos, Vanguard, Vantiv, Venmo, Wealthfront, Xero

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Glenbrook Partners’ whitepaper features PayNearMe.

mBank reports that six months after launching Light Branches, basic banking product sales have tripled in Light Branches compared to traditional branches.

PYMNTS features comments from Blackhawk Network, CashStar, FIS, SimplyTapp, and Vantiv on social commerce.

MasterCard partners with Premier Bank in expansion into Somalia.

Nomis Solutions launches upgrade of its price-optimization suite.

D3 Banking announces that its solution is now available in a hosted environment.

Blooom CEO and co-founder Chris Costello talks about his company’s relationship with Yodlee.

ThinkAdvisor features eMoney Advisor, Vanguard, Wealthfront, Betterment, FutureAdvisor, and Jemstep in a column on the changing environment for financial advisors.

Sonavation CTO Rainer Schmitt wins award from the IEEE Technical Committee on Communications Quality & Reliability.

TechCrunch features PayPal’s Venmo office.

Expensify announces V2 Xero integration.

Verizon Ventures welcomes SimplyTapp to its portfolio.

On the Money Radio’s Steve Pomeranz interviews MaxMyInterest CEO and founder Gary Zimmerman.

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Finovate Alumni News

By David Penn Posted on March 30, 2015
Categories: Advanced Merchant Payments, Arxan Technologies, Azimo, Bionym, EyeVerify, Holvi, IntelliResponse, Jack Henry, Kashoo, Klarna, Quantopian, SAGE SA, Silanis Technology, Sonavation, Taulia, TIO Networks, TransferWise, Uncategorized

On Finovate.com

“CardFlight Unveils EMV-Ready Chip Readers for SwipeSimple”

Around the web

Sonavation launches its IDKEY biometric security key that uses 3D Surface Scan Ultrasound technology.

CMSWire interviews Michael Laurie, co-founder and VO of product strategy at Silanis Technology.

iExpats takes a look at Azimo in a column on the costs of foreign currency transfers.

Holvi plans expansion to Germany and Austria.

Arxan Technologies Security Solutions architect Matt Clemens talks mobile app security on Federal News Radio.

PaymentsSource’s look at “strange mobile security methods” features EyeVerify and Bionym.

IntelliResponse wins bronze at 9th annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service.

Jack Henry & Associates to be honored at Cedar Falls Business & Industry Association event.

Now Digital Network reviews Kashoo in column on ways to streamline small business accounting.

Computing U.K. features TransferWise and its use of big data to drive its social media marketing.

Daily Fintech profiles Quantopian.

The CoinFront reports on Klarna’s “experiments” with bitcoin.

AMP Credit Technologies wins “Highly Commended Award for Best Initiative in Financial Inclusion” at the 6th Retail Banker International Asia Trailblazer Awards in Singapore.

TIO Networks now has 1+ million registered members in its direct-to-consumer user base.

Taulia names Cedric Bru as new CEO.

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Alumni News—February 2, 2015

By David Penn Posted on February 2, 2015
Categories: GMC Software Technology, Green Dot, Heckyl Technologies, IDTheft 911, Motif Investing, Nymi, Seergate, SigFig, Sonavation, Trulioo

The Telegraph features SigFig and Motif Investing in its list of the 10 best apps for new investors.

Geek News Central takes a look at IDKEY from Sonavation.

PostConnect to deploy customer communications management technology from GMC Software Technology.

Heckyl Technologies chooses Gurpreet Sidana for President-Sales.

Tom’s Guide column on identity theft quotes Adam Levin of IDTheft911.

American Banker reports: Green Dot to start offering credit lines to its customers.

MyECheck to acquire Seergate.

Financial Post features Nymi.

TechVibes: “Trulioo Launches $100,000 Developer Fund to Support Financial Inclusion Efforts”

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Alumni News– January 28, 2015

By David Penn Posted on January 28, 2015
Categories: Azimo, Backbase, Credit Sesame, Expensify, Fenergo, Global Debt Registry, Insuritas, Intuit, iQuantifi, Sonavation, ThreatMetrix

Easier Finance features Azimo in its list of the top money saving apps for 2015.

The Credit.com Blog writes about how Global Debt Registry can help consumers track down old debts.

Sonavation hires Karl Weintz as president and CEO.

Jim Siegienski of iQuantifi wins “CTO of the Year” award from 2014 Nashville Technology Council.

Fenergo earns top 100 ranking among risk technology providers according to Chartis.

CheBanca! to deploy digital banking platform from Backbase.

Insuritas to provide Tulsa FCU with insurance agency solution inside Tulsa’s existing insurance agency platform.

My Bank Tracker lists Expensify as 1 of 6 best apps for preparing your tax return.

Intuit and Uber partner to enable Uber drivers to import their earnings into the QuickBooks software.

ThreatMetrix enhances multi-factor authentication solutions for financial services institutions.

Credit Sesame and Identity Theft Council bring identity theft awareness to 100 cities.

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Alumni News– January 8, 2015

By David Penn Posted on January 8, 2015
Categories: ACI Worldwide, Ayasdi, Behalf, CSI globalVCard, defi Solutions, Dynamics, EZBOB, Insuritas, Loop, Nymi, PrivatBank, Radius, Sonavation

Forbes series on thought leaders in business and technology features Ayasdi CEO and co-founder, Gurjeet Singh.

defi SOLUTIONS announces its Loan Origination System is now integrated with Dealertrack’s eDocs.

PrivatBank upgrades its Privat24 business account management mobile app.

Service Credit Union hires Insuritas to open and manage turnkey insurance solution.

Sonavation unveils IDKey M-Series fingerprint scanner for storing passwords, data.

WSJ blog post on banks and mobile payments features quote from Paul Thomalla, SVP and managing director EMA at ACI Worldwide.

Loop announces two new OEM partners, XPAL Power and Trident Case.

All Day features Dynamics interactive payment cards in its review of the “coolest gadgets from CES 2015.”

Radius reflects on its collaboration with big data analytics company, BIME.

Dealbook looks at the cooperative side of fintech innovation with Behalf, Nymi, and Dynamics.

CSI globalVCard announces availability of the Android version of its mobile payment.

EZBOB boosts its maximum loan size from £50,000 to £120,000, and extends its maximum term length from 12 to 15 months.

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Alumni News– January 5, 2015

By David Penn Posted on January 5, 2015
Categories: Ayasdi, Braintree, Coinbase, Credit Karma, Entersekt, Global Debt Registry, NICE Systems, Sonavation, ThreatMetrix, Toshl

Credit Karma to offer Equifax credit scores and reports.

American Banker profiles Global Debt Registry.

Silicon Valley Tech News interviews Ayasdi CEO Gurjeet Singh.

Sonavation announces acquisition of Arkami.

Central Florida Future features Toshl Finance in its look at smartphone apps.

Burning Man using Coinbase to accept Bitcoin donations.

In case you missed it while you were in Holiday Hibernation: A look back at the 28 Finovate and FinDEVr Best of Show winners of 2014.

NICE Systems releases voice biometrics-based Real-Time Fraud Prevention solution.

Airbnb, Boxed, Munchery and YPlan enable Braintree’s One Touch buying experience.

Authentity blog names ThreatMetrix and Entersekt as authentication companies to watch in 2015.

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Alumni News– December 23, 2014

By David Penn Posted on December 23, 2014
Categories: CashStar, Continuity Control, EVRY, Green Dot, Heckyl Technologies, Jemstep, Jwaala, Kashoo, Klarna, Larky, Lending Club, On Deck Capital, Silanis Technology, Sonavation, TradeKing, Xignite

The Tech Bulletin profiles Heckyl Technologies.

Sonavation announces acquisition of assets of Arkami.

Chelsea State Bank launches Larky-powered mobile app.

EVRY announces a four-bank, $160 million payments partnership.

Kashoo unveils version 4.1 of its cloud accounting and bookkeeping app for iOS.

Walmart to distribute GreenDot prepaid products in 2015.

BMO Financial Group’s deployment of Xignite Enterprise wins American Financial Technology Award.

IT Qlick takes a look at Jwaala Personal Financial Manager and roomMaster.

Klarna considers expansion to India.

CashStar teams up with Spafinder Wellness.

NY Times DealBook looks at disruptive startups in fintech including Lending Club, On Deck, and TradeKing.

Forbes.com column on how companies stand out from the crowd features Silanis Technology.

Jemstep to power Redhawk Online Advisor.

Continuity Control taps Peter Rawlinson as Chief Marketing Officer.

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