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Finovate Best of Show Winners: 2007 to Present

By Julie Schicktanz on March 9, 2012 11:56 AM

We recently looked back at Finovate's Best of Show Awards archives and wanted to share the list of the 41 award-winning companies.

Here's the Best of Show history that stretches back to 2007, the inception of Finovate:

Held October 2, 2007

Mint: Online PFM for individuals

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Mortgagebot's Mortgage Marvel: Mortgage marketplace

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Prosper: P2P lending network

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Held April 29, 2008

First ROI (now BancVue): Develops products and services for community financial institutions

Jwaala: Provides software solutions to help financial institutions compete

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Zecco: Online stock and options trading

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Zopa: P2P lending network

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Held October 14, 2008

CheckFree: Online banking platform

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Credit Karma: Provides a free and easy way for consumers to understand, monitor and monetize their credit profile

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Mint: Online PFM for individuals

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Neosaej's MoneyAisle: Platform where banks compete in live auctions for an individual consumer's business

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Held April 28, 2009

BillShrink (now Truaxis): Provides a free cost-savings tool that saves consumers money on everyday bills

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Prosper: P2P lending platform

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Silver Tail Systems: Predictive analytics to prevent fraud abuse

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SimpliFi: A web service that allows anyone to create and update their own financial plan

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Held September 29, 2009

BancVue's Kasasa: national checking/ savings account brand for community financial institutions

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Credit.com: Provides free interactive tools, education, and unbiased comparisons of quality financial products and services

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Digital Insight from Intuit: Provides on-demand banking services to help financial institutions serve clients

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Silver Tail Systems: Provides online fraud detection platform

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Yodlee: Provides personalized financial solutions to financial institutions

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Held May 11, 2010

Bobber Interactive: Money management platform for youth

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Expensify: Online and mobile expense report platform

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oFlows (Purchased by Andera in 2011): Multichannel paperless solutions for account openings

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Wikinvest: A platform for investors to share trading tips

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Held October 4-5, 2010

Betterment: Investment account for savings management

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BillShrink (now Truaxis): Loyalty rewards provider

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Bundle: Provides socially informed money management for individuals

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Dynamics: Produces and manufactures intelligent powered cards

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oFlows (Purchased by Andera in 2011): Multichannel paperless solutions for account openings

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PayNearMe: Cash transaction network for the underbanked

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SecureKey: Token-based authentication technology

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Held February 1, 2011

eToro: Social investment network

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Finantix: Provides sales and advice solutions for financial services

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Liqpay: Payments platform

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Meniga: Online PFM for financial institutions

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Held May 10-11, 2011

BancVue: Develops products and services for community financial institutions

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BankOns: Mobile app offering consumers real-time savings at local merchants

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Dwolla: Online, mobile, and social peer-to-peer payment platform

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oFlows (Purchased by Andera in 2011): Multichannel paperless solutions for account openings

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Mitek Systems: Provides apps for smartphones that allow users to deposit checks and pay bills via their devices' cameras

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PayNearMe: Cash transaction network for the underbanked

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Wikinvest: A platform for investors to share trading tips

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Held September 20-21, 2011

BillGuard: People-powered antivirus for bills

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Dynamics: produces and manufactures intelligent powered cards

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eToro: Social investment network

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FamZoo: Online "virtual family Bank"

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FeeFighters: Platform that simplifies the process of choosing a merchant account provider

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LearnVest: Online PFM for women

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Offermatic: Targeted online offers provider

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oFlows (Purchased by Andera in 2011): Multichannel paperless solutions for account openings

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Personal Capital: Online financial advisor helping people manage their investments

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Held February 2, 2011

Cardlytics: Transaction-based rewards

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Dynamics: produces and manufactures intelligent powered cards

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eToro: Social investment network

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Nutmeg: Online investment manager that democratizes saving and investing

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Finovate Alumni Website Traffic in September

By Julie Schicktanz on November 2, 2011 1:00 PM

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.

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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.

Finovate Alumni Website Traffic in August

By Julie Schicktanz on October 20, 2011 6:30 PM

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

2) Truaxis was formerly BillShrink

3) Sears Credit Score is powered by CreditKarma.com

4) Kasasa is powered by BancVue

5) Checkingfinder.com is powered by BancVue

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.

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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.

Finovate Alumni News-- October 20, 2011

By Julie Schicktanz on October 20, 2011 12:35 PM

FreeMoneyWisdom blog interviews Jon Stein, Betterment CEO.

Silicon India Startup blog lists Expensify as a good app for busy CEOs.

National Review Online holds BankSimple up to Richard Bronson's new ethics initiative.

Bremer Bank to add CheckFree RXP from Fiserv.

Yaron Samid of BillGuard & Jon Stein of Betterment to show how their products help solve #occupywallstreet issues.

Check out Finovate Alumni Website Traffic in August.

mFoundry & SecondMarket Hit Deloitte's 2011 Technology Fast 500 list.

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.

Finovate Alumni News-- October 18, 2011

By Julie Schicktanz on October 18, 2011 1:14 PM

TSYS signs payments agreement with Imperial Bank.

The Baltimore Sun mentions BillFloat & Prosper.com as two companies that are assisting cash-strapped consumers.

LearnVest launches LV Mom's Newsletter & 2 new products: Baby On Board Bootcamp & LV Discussions.

Weemba gives small businesses simple, direct pipeline for raising financing pre-holiday season.

Morningstar recommends CheckFree to help control your bills by setting up automatic payments.

Continuity Control buys Compliance Services Group of Iowa & Kirschler Peterson & Associates of Atlanta.

Crain's New York Business.com mentions BillGuard, BankSimple, Betterment, SecondMarket, On Deck Captial & Plastyc.

Jemstep launches out of beta to offer custom investment advice & guidance.

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.

Alumni News -- Week of July 18, 2011

By Julie Schicktanz on July 25, 2011 12:06 PM

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
Fox Business News listed Credit Karma's credit score simulator tool as a 15-minute fix for your credit score. Link

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
Ace Community Credit Union provided customers with access to Dwolla through its site.
Dwolla CEO Ben Milne explained why starting a business in Iowa isn't hard. Link
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
TechMarketView discussed Monitise's financial success. Link

peerTransfer

Yahoo! Finance reported peerTransfer's growth in international student payment processing. Link

Prosper

Netbanker discussed Prosper's record high growth. Link
Prosper raised its interest rates by 2.5 percent. Link

SmartyPig

SmartyPig introduced its back-to-school cash giveaway contest. Link

ThreatMetrix

ThreatMetrix announced its upcoming user conference October 9th through 10th. Link

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

Alumni News -- Week of June 13, 2011

By Julie Schicktanz on June 20, 2011 11:09 AM

AcceptEmail

AcceptEmail partnered with WorldPay to launch an e-billing and online payment service. Link

Balance

GeekWire interviewed Balance Financial CEO, Devin Miller. Link

BancVue

BancVue executives won Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year. Link

BankOns

Examiner.com referred to BankOns as the new GroupOn. Link

BillShrink

BillShrink was featured in The New York Times. Link

BrightScope

Forbes reported on BrightScope's list of exchange-traded funds held in America's 401k plans. Link

CheckFree

CheckFree expanded its functionality to support account-to-account and peer-to-peer transfers. Link

Clairmail

Clairmail joined the RSA Secured Partner Program to provide secure access to mobile banking. Link

doxo

doxo CEO explained paperless billing in a video interview, highlighting the mobile app. Link
doxo was featured on the Top Productivity Apps website. Link
Northwest Innovation reviewed doxo's mobile app. Link

Dwolla

TechCrunch reported that Dwolla hit a milestone of $1M in transactions per week. Link

Enloop

Business News Daily interviewed Enloop CEO, Cynthia McCahon, about creating a "living business plan". Link
Huffington Post spotlighted Enloop. Link

eRollover

eRollover launched an online solution for financial advisors to grow practices. Link

eWise

eWise announced its partnership with Affirmative Technologies to speed the adoption of alternative payment methods. Link

Kiboo

Kiboo launched a public site called "Know Your Money". Link

Lending Club

Lending Club posted a video of their five-word acceptance speech at the Webby Awards. Link
The Wall Street Journal noted Lending Club as leading the way in P2P lending. Link

mFoundry

mFoundry helped Starbucks build an app for Android. Link
mFoundry passed the 400 customer milestone. Link

Mitek

Mitek's mobile check deposit was cited as the number one feature that would cause you to switch banks. Link

Monitise

ComputerWeekly discussed the survey Monitise conducted on mobile banking. Link
Forbes discussed Monitises' deal with Visa. Link

peerTransfer

peerTransfer is hosting a free webinar on international student payment processing this Wednesday, June 22. Link
peerTransfer won the Innovation Award from Massachusetts Innovation & Technology Exchange. Link

Prosper

Prosper announced that it is giving away an iPad2 to new investors. Link
The Wall Street Journal noted Prosper as leading the way in P2P lending. Link

SafetyPay

SafetyPay was selected by BorderJump as its preferred payment solution for cross border transactions. Link

SmartyPig

Fox Business News suggested using SmartyPig.com as a tool to help "pump up" savings. Link

Tagit

Tagit helped Commonwealth Bank launch its first mobile app. Link

ThreatMetrix

ThreatMetrix announced its cloud-based fraud prevention platform. Link
ThreatMetrix launched "ThreatMetrix Fraud Facts," a free downloadable report. Link

Tyfone

Tyfone was awarded an NFC over-the-air and over-the-wire seminal patent. Link
American Banker reviewed Tyfone's mobile payment patent. Link
NFC Rumors looked at how Tyfone uses SD cards to enable NFC transactions. Link

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