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Each month we survey the Web-traffic performance of Finovate alums using data from Web-analytics company Compete.
Out of 268 alumni, 80 had more than 10,000 unique U.S. visitors in September 2011 and are included in the tables below. Of those, 33 (41%) had more visitors in September than August. Year-over-year, 42 (52%) had traffic increases.
Private Companies
- Seeking Alpha and Cortera had the highest traffic in September with 2.1 and 2.0 million unique visitors, respectively. Cortera also had the highest increase in number of unique year-over-year visits with over 1.5 more visits in 2011 than in 2010.
- Kabbage had the highest percentage growth year-over-year, up 280x.
- Weemba saw the highest monthly growth percentage with more than 7.5 times the number of unique visitors in September compared to August.
- SmartCredit.com had the highest increase in number of unique year-over-year visitors, growing by 126,000.
 Source: Compete.com retrieved the week of October 26, 2011
1) The previous month recorded was August 2011 2) Sears Credit Score is powered by CreditKarma.com 3) Truaxis was formerly BillShrink 4) Kasasa is powered by BancVue
Public companies
- CheckFree had the highest percentage growth year-over-year, with over 7 times the number of visitors this year than last year.
- Intuit had a notable increase in number of unique, year-over-year visitors, increasing by 300,000 visits.
- Check Point had the highest month-over-month percent growth, with 41% more visitors in September than in August.
 Source: Compete.com retrieved the week of October 26, 2011
1) The previous month recorded was July 2011. _______________________________________________________ Notes: 1. We reviewed 268 Finovate alumni. Only those with at least 10,000 unique visitors in July are listed. 3. NM = not measurable 4. t= tie 5. Compete estimates online visitors based on the activity of a panel of more than 2 million U.S. Internet users. It is only an estimate of traffic and may undercount at-work usage.
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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.
Each month we survey the Web-traffic performance of Finovate alums using data from Web-analytics company Compete.
Out of 268 alumni, 75 had more than 10,000 unique U.S. visitors in August 2011 and are included in the tables below. Of those, 41 (55%) had more visitors in August than July. Year-over-year, 45 (60%) had traffic increases.
Private Companies
- Seeking Alpha -- the most-trafficked in August with 2.5 million unique visitors -- also had the highest increase in number of unique month-over-month visits with 300,000 more visits in August than in July.
- Budgettracker.com saw the highest monthly growth percentage with more than 6.5 times the number of unique visitors in August compared to July.
- Betterment had the highest percentage growth year-over-year, up 88x.
- Cortera had the highest number of unique year-over-year visitors, growing by 1.5 million.
Source: Compete.com retrieved week of October 3, 2011 1) The previous month recorded was July 2011
Public Companies - Fiserv had the highest month-over-month percent growth, with 50% more visitors.
- CheckFree had the highest percentage growth year-over-year, with over 5 times the number of visitors.
- S1 also had a high percentage growth year-over-year, doubling its visitors.
Source: Compete.com retrieved the week of October 3, 2011 1) The previous month recorded was July 2011. _______________________________________________________ Notes: 1. We reviewed 268 Finovate alumni. Only those with at least 10,000 unique visitors in July are listed. 3. NM = Not measurable 4. t= Tie 5. Compete estimates online visitors based on the activity of a panel of more than 2 million U.S. Internet users. It is only an estimate of traffic and may undercount at-work usage.
Each month we survey the Web-traffic performance of Finovate alums using data from Web-analytics company Compete.
Out of 255 alumni, 59 (23%) had more than 10,000 unique U.S. visitors in July 2011 (see tables below). Of those, 19 (32%) had more visitors than in the previous month and 25 (42%) were flat. Year-over-year, 26 (44%) had an increase, 10 (17%) were flat, and 23 (39%) were down.
Private Companies Notable successes: - Seeking Alpha had the most traffic in July with more than 2 million unique visitors.
- eToro saw the highest monthly growth percentage with 3 times the number of unique visitors in July compared to June.
- Bundle had the highest increase in number of unique month-over-month visits, with 450,000 more visitors in July than in June.
- eRollover had the highest percent year-over-year traffic increase, with 260,000 more visitors from last July.
Source: Compete.com retrieved week of August 15, 2011 1. The previous month recorded was May 2011 2. Sears Credit Score is powered by CreditKarma.com 3. Kasasa is powered by BancVue
Public Companies Notable successes: - PayPal had the highest number of U.S. visitors in July, with more than 30 million visitors.
- Jack Henry & Associates saw the highest monthly growth with twice as many visitors in July than June.
- Wipro Technologies had the highest year-over-year growth, with 3 times as many visitors this year compared to last year.
- FIS Global and Online Resources also doubled their traffic compared to last year.
Source: Compete.com retrieved the week of August 15, 2011 1. The previous month recorded was May 2011. _______________________________________________________ Notes: 1. We reviewed 255 Finovate alumni. Only those with at least 10,000 unique visitors in July are listed. 3. NM = Not measurable 4. Compete estimates online visitors based on the activity of a panel of more than 2 million U.S. Internet users. It is only an estimate of traffic and may undercount at-work usage.
Bobber Interactive  Tech Flash interviewed Eric Eastman, Bobber Interactive's CEO, on how the gamification of money management aims to help Generation Y better manage their money. Link
BrightScope BrightScope released a report detailing the top 12 small-cap funds in America's 401k plans. This report is part of a series that provides insight into the top funds and managers in the retirement marketplace. Link
ChargeSmart Discover is offering an instant rebate to customers who pay their utility bills using a Discover Card on ChargeSmart's website. Link
Check Point Software Technologies - Check Point enhanced its Software Blade Architecture by releasing R75.20, a comprehensive approach to security that includes a URL filtering Software Blade, SSL inspection, and data loss prevention. Link
- The Wall Street Journal discussed Check Point's ZoneAlarm SocialGuard that helps parents protect children on Facebook in a non-intrusive manner. Link
Clairmail Clairmail announced record growth this quarter, with more than a 60% increase in bookings from last quarter. Link
Clovr Media  - BostInnovation stated that Clovr Media is changing the way consumers collect loyalty rewards through its Card-Linked Ads that allow consumers to access rewards by clicking on an advertisement. Link
- Mass High Tech's weekly Startup Watch listed Clovr Media as one of five startups to follow. Link
Credit.com EQuicknews listed Credit.com as a free way to check your credit score with no strings attached and highlighed the Credit Report Card feature. Link
doxo The Appvita blog profiled doxo, noting insider tips and practical uses, such as comparing bills on a month-to-month basis. Link
Dwolla Bank Technology News looked at the players in the mobile payments space and listed Dwolla as a formidable competitor. Link
EDO Interactive  EDO Interactive received $20 million in Series B funding to grow its Prewards platform that enables advertisers to offer digital deals and incentives that consumers redeem by using their existing credit, debit, or prepaid cards. Link
eToro eToro began a trading contest for users with both demo and live trading accounts. Traders who accumulate the greatest gains will win each round. Link
eWise eWise added Renasant Bank to its customer base, providing Renasant customers access to Secure Vault Payments, an alternative payment method. Link
Expensify - Expensify added a new feature that provides QuickBooks users a way to easily identify billable expenses to add to invoices. Link
- The Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal listed Expensify as one of ten business apps for empowering your inner geek. Link
Kony Solutions  Tower Group, in its Review of North American Consumer Mobile Banking Technology Vendors, ranked Kony Solutions among the top mobile banking technology vendors. Kony excelled in the feature/function and customization categories. Link
Lending Club TechCrunch highlighted Lending Club's announcement of $25 million in Series D financing from Union Square Ventures and other existing investors. Link
Lendio Lendio added Cardinal Bank to its network of lenders providing clients with more options in finding equipment loans, business lines of credit, acquisition financing, commercial real estate, SBA 7(a) and SBA 504 loans. Link
Mitek Systems Mitek Systems launched Mobile Imaging Cloud Service that captures, extracts, and routes information contained in documents. The service helps app developers create smartphone and tablet apps that use a camera input function. Link
Monitise Monitise Asia Pacific launched its mobile banking, payments, and commerce services in Indonesia and signed a joint venture agreement with PT Astra Graphia Information Technology, an information and communication business. Link
On Deck Capital  On Deck Capital raised $19 million of its own in a Series C round of funding. Link
RobotDough RobotDough founder, Wilton Risenhoover, revealed why he started RobotDough and how it works. Link
SafetyPay SafetyPay received a Payment Services Directive License to provide cross-border payments throughout Europe strengthening its position in that market. Link
SecondMarket BostInnovation used SecondMarket's alternative investments platform to discover top Boston companies. Link
Striata  Baton Rouge Water Company selected Striata, along with payment services company Western Union, to provide email billing with integrated electronic payment service. Link
The Receivables Exchange Treasury & Risk profiled The Receivables Exchange, describing the process companies use to sell their receivables on the online platform. Link
TradeKing TradeKing launched a $100 bonus for new customers who open an account by August 31, 2011. Link
Wonga Smarta interviewed Wonga director, John Moorwood, about Wonga's growth over the past 12 months. Wonga is now issuing over 1.5 million short-term loans. Link
Xero Xero released Xero Touch, its new accounting app for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch. Link
ChargeSmart AOL's Daily Finance highlighted Chargesmart's secondary gift card market that allows  consumers to pay for bills in exchange for gift cards. Link
CheckFree Family Wealth Report stated that CheckFree is leading the way in UMA processing. Link
Credit Karma - CBS Money Watch discussed Credit Karma's data on America's debt. Link
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doxo Practical Ecommerce listed doxo as one of 17 apps for productivity. Link
Dwolla - Dwolla hit $1 million in payments per day and Ben Milne, CEO, shared a sneak peak of future plans. Link
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- Dwolla introduced a new Autoload feature. Link
- Dwolla was listed on The Next Web as one of eight awesome ways to pay with your phone. Link
eToro eToro Partners began testing a new foreign exchange affiliate tool called Custom Links. Link
Expensify - The Info.rmatics blog testified to Expensify's ease of use. Link
- ipCommerce showcased Expensify's innovation. Link
GoalMine  Mango Money added GoalMine to its list of services. Link
HelpMyCash HelpMyCash revamped its website to be more consumer-friendly. Link
IDTheft 911 Barnstable County Mutual Insurance Company selected Identity Theft 911 for its LifeStages service. Link
iPay Technologies TechCrunch reported that Bill Ready, former President of iPay Technologies, joined Accel Partners as an Executive in Residence. Link
Lending Club - ATM Options discussed seven good reasons to invest through Lending Club. Link
- Netbanker discussed Lending Club's record high growth. Link
Lendio - Lendio added TAB Bank to its network of lenders. Link
- Reuters reported that Swift Capital and Lendio partnered to help small businesses. Link
mFoundry  - American Banker considered Bank of America's recent investment in mFoundry. Link
- Credit Union Journal discussed Colombia Credit Union's adoption of mFoundry's mobile banking. Link
Mint.com - Mint.com introduced a manual transactions feature for its iPhone app. Link
- TechCrunch reported Mint.com's debut of a new feature that tracks bills and sends reminders. Link
Monitise - Monitise signed over 6,000 users in Nigeria to a mobile payments trial. Link
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peerTransfer Yahoo! Finance reported peerTransfer's growth in international student payment processing. Link
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SmartyPig SmartyPig introduced its back-to-school cash giveaway contest. Link
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TradeKing TradeKing launched a new video series to help consumers understand options trading. Link
Tyfone  Oregonlive.com described Tyfone as a major player in mobile payments. Link
Wikinvest Forex Promos shared an interview with Mike Sha, Wikinvest CEO. Link
Xero Reuters reported that Xero agreed to acquire Paycycle, a payroll company. Link
Zecco Wealth Building Tips and Strategies blog shared Zecco's options trading video series. Link
ZimpleMoney ZimpleMoney adjusted its services in response to the Dodd-Frank reform. Link
 - BillFloat
- Bling Nation
- Boku
- Cardlytics
- ClairMail
- Expensify
- IDAnalytics
- Lending Club
- SecondMarket
- Wikinvest
- Wonga
- Yodlee
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In other Alumni News:
Aptys Solutions  Aptys Solutions announced that the ACH functionality in its PayLogics payment platform provides same-day settlement. Link
Balance Financial - Balance Financial launched Balance Certified Pro, a new software that is geared toward professionals. Link
- Balance Financial released an iPhone App. Link
BillGuard TechCrunch reported that BillGuard's "Anti-virus for Bills" is now completely free for users. Link
BrightScope CNNMoney's article, Simplify Your Retirement Savings, pointed to BrightScope to provide a clear understanding of retirement savings. Link
ChargeSmart ChargeSmart announced that its Bill Payments customers can now pay many of their utility bills with an American Express card. Link
Continuity Control Continuity Control raised $1.1 million in financing from convertible promissory notes and warrants. Link
Cortera  The Miami Herald reported that Cortera's Risk Data and Reporting is now an SAP-endorsed business solution. Link
Cortal Consors Institutional Investor ranked Oliver Le Grand, CEO of Cortal Consors, number 13 of 50 in its Tech 50 ranking of financial tech leaders and innovators. Link
Credit Karma Credit Karma's new feature, Credit Alerts is available for free to the first 200 people to click the link. Link
Credit Sesame The Hands On Home Buyer blog recommended Credit Sesame for its interactive property taxes tool. Link
Currensee The Business Insider reported that Currensee plans to launch its Trade Leaders program in China. Link
Dwolla - The E-News publication, Business Record, commented on Dwolla's positive impact on Iowa's startup culture. Link
- Financial Plus Credit Union adopted Dwolla's FiSync integration. Link
Dynamics Dynamics revealed its angel investors in Series A and Series B funding rounds. Link
Guardian Analytics - American Banker reported that Guardian Analytics is planning to launch an outsourced fraud prevention service that will help financial institutions meet new FFIEC guidelines. Link
- Guardian Analytics introduced its FraudDESK service to provide fraud analytics support to financial institutions. Link
- Guardian Analytics is hosting a free webinar on Tuesday that will explore FFIEC guidance. Link
iPay Technologies iPay Technologies helped Generations Community Federal Credit Union increase bill pay adoption and its number of transactions. Link
Lending Club - San Francisco ABC News Channel 7 explained the benefits of P2P loans from Lending Club. Link
- Finextra news blog discussed Lending Club's success. Link
- American Banker reported that, in June, Lending Club saw an increase of 7% in loans originated that totaled a record $20 million. Link
Lodo Software The Silicon Prairie News reported that Lodo Software is seeking to raise $5 million in a round of Series D funding. Link
mFoundry Columbia Credit Union announced that it deployed mFoundry's mBanking, a mobile banking platform. Link
Mitek  MSN Money reported that Mitek Systems began a NASDAQ market listing on July 14th, and is trading under the symbol MITK. Link
Monitise - CNBC reported that Monitise's ReliaCard will be offered to U.S. Bank's Visa cardholders in some states. Link
- Monitise, US Bank, and FIS announced that they are planning to offer a mobile app for Visa's ReliaCard users. Link
Prosper - San Francisco's ABC News Channel 7 explained the benefits of P2P loans from Prosper. Link
- Finextra news blog discussed Prosper's success with its P2P lending service. Link
Q2ebanking Q2ebanking's director of security solutions, Ward Howell, published an article detailing a Credit Union's perspective of the FFIEC guidelines in The Credit Union Times. Link
Receivables Exchange Institutional Investor ranked Justin Brownhill and Nicolas Perkin, Co-Founders of The Receivables Exchange, as number 42 of 50 in its Tech 50 ranking of financial tech leaders and innovators. Link
Standard Chartered Institutional Investor ranked Jan Verplancke, CIO of Standard Chartered, as number 37 of 50 in its Tech 50 ranking of financial tech leaders and innovators. Link
TILE Financial  Daily Finance interviewed Amy Butte, CEO of TILE Financial. Link
TradeKing TradeKing announced the public availability of its API. Link
Tyfone CoVantage Credit Union chose to implement Tyfone's mobile wallet solution. Link
Zopa - Zopa founder Giles Andrews was interviewed on BBC's The Bottom Line. Link
- Finextra news blog discussed Zopa's success as a P2P lending service. Link
Each month we survey the Web-traffic performance of our alums, using data from Web-analytics company Compete to review the sites they operate. Out of 255 alumni, 62 (24%) had more than 10,000 unique U.S. visitors in May 2011 (see tables below). Of the 62 reviewed, 25 (40%) had fewer visitors than in the previous month and 28 (45%) saw a decline year-over-year. Private Companies
The 44 private companies are as follows: Notable successes: - Cortera saw the highest number of unique U.S. visitors in May, with almost 2 million hits.
- HelloWallet experienced the greatest month-over-month growth, with more than four times as many visitors.
- Betterment saw its traffic increase an impressive 38 times from May of last year.
Private Finovate Alumni With More Than 10,000 Unique Visitors in May 2011 
Source: Compete.com retrieved June 29, 2011
Public Companies
The 18 public companies are as follows: Notable successes: - PayPal experienced the highest number of U.S. visitors in May, with over 32 million visitors.
- TransUnion Interactive saw the highest month-over-month growth with more than two times the number of visitors in May than in April.
- Sybase 365 experienced the highest year-over-year growth, with its traffic up almost 80% from last year.
Public Finovate Alumni With More Than 10,000 Unique Visitors in May 2011
 Source: Compete.com retrieved June 29, 2011 _____________________________________________________________________________ Notes: 1. We reviewed 255 unique sites. Data was unavailable or irrelevant for 201 sites because: - They had been acquired.
- They were no longer available online.
- They were not covered by Compete for various reasons (including some that were not U.S. domestic companies).
- The number of unique visits was too small to be considered accurate.
- They were subdomains of larger websites.
2. Numbers have been rounded to three significant digits. 3. The charts include companies that did not have measurable traffic in May 2011, indicated by "N/A." 4. Compete draws its information from the online activity of a panel of more than 2 million U.S. Internet users. It is only an estimate of traffic, and may undercount at-work usage.
Andera - Andera launched FortiFI, a new fraud prevention system. Link
- Andera CEO Charlie Kroll discussed the release of FortiFI. Link
ChargeSmart - ChargeSmart launched ChargeSmart Direct to provide customers with additional access to support staff. Link
- Fox Business News highlighted ChargeSmart and PlasticJungle's gift card trading service as a way to make savings fun. Link
Check Point Software Technologies Check Point announced the 2012 version of ZoneAlarm. Link
Currensee  - Forex Crunch outlined the benefits of Currensee, describing its profitability as "significantly high". Link
- The Street highlighted Curensee as a startup that "rocks" the financial house. Link
doxo - Chicago Tribune discussed doxo's step toward a paperless society. Link
- TechCrunch & VentureBeat featured the launch of doxo's mobile app, a mobile digital filing cabinet. Link and Link
- Macworld took a closer look at doxo's new app. Link
Dwolla  - Dwolla released Grid, a feature that protects personal user information. Link
- The Street highlighted Dwolla as a startup that "rocks" the financial house. Link
- The Next Web interviewed Dwolla about its API. Link
Enloop StartUp Beat profiled Enloop. Link
eWise eWise raised $14 million in funding. Link
Expensify  CNNMoney named Expensify as one of five best apps for businesses. Link
FreeMonee CardTrak.com examined FreeMonee's gift network. Link
Ftrans Ftrans raised $650,000 in equity financing. Link
GoalMine GoalMine won The Core Underbanked Innovators Challenge at the 6th Annual Underbanked Financial Services Forum hosted by Core Innovation Capital. Link
Jemstep  Jemstep launched a new version of its service that features many improvements. Link
mFoundry The Washington Post reported that mFoundry's mobile deposit service is its most requested feature. Link
Mitek - Mitek Systems was granted 4 more patents for its mobile deposit feature. Link
- Bank Technology News discussed Mitek's new patents. Link
Monitise - Monitise launched its services in India. Link
- The Wall Street Journal covered Monitise's 5-year agreement with Visa. Link
- TechCrunch examined Monitise's recent deal with Visa. Link
Prosper Prosper raised $17.5 million in funding from investors. Link
RobotDough The Street highlighted RobotDough as a startup that "rocks" the financial house. Link
SecondMarket CNBC interviewed Barry Silbert, CEO of SecondMarket, regarding its role in IPOs. Link
Silver Tail Systems Silver Tail Systems raised $20M in a Series B funding round. Link
Striata Striata partnered with POCiT to enable bill payments. Link
Sybase Sybase was named the most successful database software vendor in China. Link
ThreatMetrix  ThreatMetrix collaborated with USA ePay to provide fraud prevention to online retailers. Link
TradeKing TradeKing partnered with CoolTrade for automatic stock trades. Link
UBank UBank voiced that it will change the banking industry by using the web and mobile technology. Link
Zopa  BBC's Radio 2 interviewed Zopa CEO Giles Andrews about P2P lending. Link
Betterment Medill Reports discussed the benefits of Betterment and Currensee, claiming that the social networking craze changes the way some people invest. Link
BrightScope BrightScope announced the top 10 treasury inflation protected securities funds in America's 401ks. Link
ChargeSmart  Fox News' Studio 10 reviewed ChargeSmart, PlasticJungle, and Bills.com and found a number of money saving tools and ideas. Link
Check Point Software Technologies Check Point Software Technologies won The Ten Best Web Support Sites of 2011 Award from The Association of Support Professionals for its exceptional web support design, implementation, and customer experience. Link
ClairMail ClairMail announced record customer expansion with a 300% year-over-year growth in users. Link
Corduro  The New York Times reported that Corduro's cloud platform challenges PayPal and Square's mobile payment services. Link
Credit Sesame The Wisdom Journal depicted Credit Sesame's services as more than just credit scores. Link
Currensee See Betterment above.
doxo - doxo explained how to use its online filing cabinet and "due date" alerts to help organize GroupOn, Living Social, and other daily deals. Link
- TheFinancialBrand.com discussed Oregon Federal Credit Union's use of doxo and discussed other usage ideas such as uploading a scan of your passport prior to travelling. Link
Dwolla - Credit Union Times listed Dwolla as a contender in the P2P payment space. Link
- Dwolla rallied community efforts to gather donations for the tornado-stricken town of Joplin by selling its t-shirts and accepting donations. Link
- Omaha World-Herald covered Dwolla's arrival into Nebraska. Link
Enloop  - About.com highlighted Enloop's business plan creation service. Link
- Forbes blog discussed "How Not to Fail" by using Enloop to assess the potential success of a business plan. Link
Geezeo Call Federal Credit Union, based in Richmond, VA, selected Geezeo for its PFM solution. Link
Guardian Analytics Guardian Analytics positioned by Gartner in the "Visionary" quadrant for web fraud detection. Link
HelloWallet  San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom urged residents to improve their money management by using HelloWallet. For every five subscriptions purchased, HelloWallet will give away one subscription to a family in need. Link
Hidden Levers Financial Advisor Blog discussed using Hidden Levers to build better portfolios, highlighting risk management and accuracy of the service. Link
Lending Club - Lending Club exceeded a quarter million dollars in cumulative loans and is offering cash bonuses. Link
- Wall Street Journal blog discussed growth of P2P Lending sites Prosper and Lending Club. Link
Lendio  Lendio raised $2 million in debt financing. Link
PayNearMe PayNearMe founder Danny Shader, in an interview with Vator News, revealed the service is used beyond the unbanked population, including teens who prefer to pay with cash and consumers who would like to keep their online transactions private. Link
Prosper See Lending Club above.
RobotDough  Dow Jones Financial reports that a UCLA professor backed RobotDough. Link
SecondMarket The Washington Business Journal discussed SecondMarket's recent popularity. Link
Sybase  Sybase launched the M-Commerce Guide, a publication for examining global market opportunities for mobile network operators, advisors, and FIs. Link
TradeKing TradeKing CIO Dan Raju discussed security issues that may arise with the NYSE cloud community, citing its security. Link
Tyfone Tyfone contracted with Star One Credit Union to use its NFC technology. Link
UBank  CEO of UBank examined security concerns and competitors during an interview with ZDNet. Link
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