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- Netbanker considers how Prosper, Zopa, and Lending Club have disrupted lending.
- American Banker reports on NICE Systems' launch of voice authentication technology. Watch its live demo at FinovateEurope Feb. 12 and 13.
- P2P Lending News: Zopa CEO talks to BBC Radio.
- BostInno talks with ImpulseSave CEO on how it can help with all kinds of New Year's resolutions.
- Equifax partners with DocuSign for easy e-sign and submission of Transcript of Tax Return form.
- Fiserv enhances TradeFlow, its post-trade processing solution. Come to FinovateEurope in London to see the live demo of its new technology.
- ZDNet looks at how miiCard is solving identity verification headaches.
- Digital Journal reports on EZBOB's battle with Amazon in the small business financing space. See them at FinovateEurope in February.
- Leadfusion collaborates with McCulluy Design Lab to get a new look.
- Happy birthday, TSYS! Company celebrates 30th anniversary on Friday.
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.
 American Banker looks at how UMB is implementing Dynamics' ePlate card technology.
- peerTransfer rolls out international payment solution to the K-12 (kindergarten through twelfth grade) education market.
- InComm Canada launches No-Fee Vanilla Prepaid Product Line.
- The CUNA Technology Council presents MoneyDesktop with Best of Show Award at the 17th Annual CUNA Technology Council Conference.
- Cachet Financial Solutions powers Simple's Remote Deposit Capture.
- STL Beacon reports SoMoLend blazes new funding path in St. Louis through loans.
- Expensify launches new feature: Commercial Card Reconciliation.
- Desert News reports Virtual Piggy helps parents control children's online spending.
- VentureBeat reports Equifax buying CSC's credit-services biz for $1B in cash.
- Banno partners with ProfitStars to offer remote deposit, integrated bill pay.
- Thomson Reuters upgrades user interface, functionality for FX Matching platform.
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.
- PayPal Starts Selling PayPal Here at AT&T Stores, Teams Up with MoneyGram.
- Finextra reports Clear2Pay and Backbase join forces on customer experience.
- Forbes looks at Dwolla's business model.
- Equifax partners with Lender Processing Services.
- CU Insight covers DigitalMailer.
- CNBC interviews Alastair Lukies, Monitise CEO and co-founder.
- Xconomy lists peerTransfer as 1 of 5 startups to watch.
- CU Broadcast chats with Mitek's Daniel Simon.
- American Banker features BankersLab's CollectionLab.
- peerTransfer First to Help Chinese International Students Pay in Renminbi.
- Dwolla upgrades iPhone app and adds ability to pay money requests.
- The Receivables Exchange appoints Henry Allen as New CEO.
- SimpleTuition launches Private Student Loan Refinance Center.
- Xero and Bill.com enable integration, ease transactions and cash management.
- Now Plastyc's UPside Visa customers can add cash to cards instantly at Walmart.
- NFU Mutual automates paper processes with Tibco. Check out Tibco's live demo at FinovateAsia.
- Equifax selected byIRS as one of first eTranscript Pilot Vendors.
- ModoPayments and Alliance Data partner to offer mobile solutions to retailers and U.S. Consumers.
- Bill.com wins Sleeter 'Awesome Application' Award.
- San Diego North County Times reports StockTwits: Howard Lindzon takes stock talk to new level.
- Bridge2 Solutions and Affinity Solutions launch mobile app.
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.
- Equifax announces Spectrum Verification Services Platform, which helps verification through underwriting, QA & closing.
- Credit Sesame blog features Manilla as a way to digitize finances.
- Dynamics to nationally launch ePlate credit card device tomorrow via live webcast with 30+ payment apps.
- Investment News reports Stockr offers social-media site for those passionate about stocks.
- HelloWallet updates web app with bulk edit transactions, auto categorization, & re-organizing action steps.
- VentureBeat explains how Kapitall gamifies stock trading.
- Tenants Can Now Pay Rent Using Cash with PayNearMe's Cash-Payment Solution.
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.
 Last week, I attended BAI Retail Delivery in Washington D.C. where over 200 exhibitors lined the trade show floor of the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. There were 31 Finovate alums on the expo floor, and even more in attendance. My schedule was packed, but I was able to catch up with a handful of Finovate alums. Here's what I learned.  The card-linked offers company is in the middle of a successful mobile deployment effort with BofA, PNC, Regions, and a few other unnamed FIs. After launching their respective rewards programs on mobile, the FIs have seen an increase in user engagement and an increase in the number of online banking visits per user. It is also working on International expansion. So far the top 3 European card issuers have signed.  BofA's BankAmeriDeals on tablet interface
 BofA's BankAmeriDeals on iPhone mobile app
 The consumer credit reporting agency recently launched its Insight Score for Retail Banking, a solution that will help FIs generate a risk score for underbanked individuals with no credit data or history. It does this by using non-FI-related payment data from companies like Telco and other TV and cable providers.
 The fintech provider showed me its SpotPay payment dongle and back-end solution. It appears to be Fiserv's response to Square that it will co-brand with FIs. Fiserv is able to on-board FIs with SpotPay in a couple of days, so it is a quick way for FIs to get into the payments game.
While there is an $8.95 per month fee, it is competitively priced, charging only a 1.99% fee on a swipe, and a 3.19% fee on card-not-present transactions.  Fiserv's SpotPay dongle being used on an iPhone
 Because volume and sophistication of fraud has grown, Guardian Analytics started bank-sourcing (think crowdsourcing) fraud by bringing multiple institutions together to collaborate on the types of fraud they're seeing so the whole industry will be better at fighting it. Tiffany Riley, Guardian Analytics' VP of marketing tells me they've received positive feedback so far.
 Mobile banking solutions company, mFoundry launched its Fin.X platform. This platform can be thought of as a type of app store for FIs to select which products/services they want to include in their mobile app.
to white-label their solutions within the Fin.X platform.
An example of what the Fin.X app platform could look like on a tablet 
The PFM won CUNA Tech Council's Best of Show Award at BAI. This counts as its 5th Best of Show award. MoneyDesktop team with BAI President & CEO, Deborah Bianucci
 After the mobile money solutions company acquired Clairmail 3 months ago, Monitise now has 17 million active users. It is in trials of an NFC solution with a few banks. The solution uses a sticker as opposed to a chip inside of the actual device.
 The electronic banking solutions provider launched Q2clarity, a tablet-optimized dashboard that provides customizable analytics and visibility to how customers are using an FI's mobile and online platform. Providing these metrics to a branch manager, gives them the ability to make more informed decisions about which products and services to offer. These eight companies are just a fraction of what I saw at BAI this year. For more information on who attended the trade show, visit here.
- Bazaarvoice unveils newest edition of its Bazaarvoice Connections offering.
- Yodlee Interactive doubles annual growth in its API business.
- Filene conducts independent review of SaveUp program.
- GigaOM reports PayPal offers small businesses simple Bill Me Later financing option.
- Taulia teams with SAP HANA & Amazon Web Services.
- Equifax introduces EFX Link, advanced customer data integration solution that gives a 360-degree view of customers.
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.
- Q2ebanking partners with cybercrime prevention company, Trusteer.
- Kasasa's Tunes program pulls in Gen-Y checking customers.
- DR Power Equipment, partners with Bazaarvoice to manage consumer ratings and reviews. Come see Bazaarvoice at FinovateSpring.
- Check Point Software announces Check Point ThreatCloud, a collaborative network to fight cybercrime.
- Plastyc announces you can now add minutes to friends' & family members' phones abroad in 85 countries.
- Holtmeyer & Monson partners with ProfitStars.
- Bank Technology News reports Fiserv names Ally financial executive as CIO.
- ABC 7 San Fran covers BillGuard. Come see its live demo at Finovate Spring in San Fran May 8 & 9.
- GigaOM looks at how Braintree powers payments for hot startups.
- OpenCuro's payment module now available for Zen Cart.
- Balance Financial launches Portfolio Reporting, adds 2 board members.
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.
- Bazaarvoice appoints Kelly Connery as GM of brands in North America & Matthew Schatz as GM of retail & emerging markets.
- SoMoLend wins first place prize in the University of Dayton's 2011-12 Business Plan Competition. See it demo live at FinovateSpring.
- Bank Technology News reports Intuit Buys M-Payments Co. AisleBuyer.
- Over 100 institutional partners offer Currensee Trade Leaders Investment program to investors.
- Expensify Lite iPhone app is now Expensify.
- Mashable features Personal Capital. Come see its live demo at FinovateSpring.
- Equifax launches ID protection & credit monitoring product for the family.
- Ping Identity partners with Macnica Networks.
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.
 Check Point positioned as a leader in the 2011 Magic Quadrant for UTM.
- Silicon Prairie News features T8 Webware's Product Marketing Manager, Bryan McCarty.
- StockTwits streams now on MSN Money.
- Zoho Books introduces Bank Feed feature powered by Yodlee.
- Equifax announces access to undisclosed debt monitoring.
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.
- Richard Branson follows in the footsteps of Simple by avoiding the word 'bank' when naming his newly acquired FI.
- Alkami wins VC backing for online banking technology.
- Check Point Software Technologies acquires risk management company.
- HelloWallet's iPhone app helps make budgeting advice more relevant.
- Equifax partners with data quality and management company Ixsight.
- Xero makes receiving overpayments and prepayments easier.
- Credit Union Times reports Geezeo adds four credit union clients for its PFM.
- Venture Studio interviews Alexa Von Tobel, LearnVest CEO, about how she started her business.
- The Social Lending Network looks at Prosper's top P2P lenders.
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, 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.
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.
 The FinTech 100, a list of the top revenue-grossing fintech firms, was announced Wednesday at BAI Retail Delivery.
Nine Finovate alumni made the cut, including BancVue, debuting at number 95. Pictured to the right are James Ladas and Gabe Krarcek from BancVue.
Here are the Finovate alumni, listed according to rank:
2011 Rank: 1 2010 Rank: 3
2011 Rank: 10 2010 Rank: 11
2011 Rank: 18 2010 Rank: 18
2011 Rank: 19 2010 Rank: 20
2011 Rank: 24 2010 Rank: 15
2011 Rank: 34 2010 Rank: 34
2011 Rank: 62 2010 Rank: 76
2011 Rank: 95 2010 Rank: NR
Session Speakers - Tuesday, Global Game-Changer Session
Speaker: Jim Taschetta from FreeMonee
- Wednesday, Technology for Business Summit
Speaker: Mitch Jacobs from On Deck Capital
- Wednesday, Technology for Business Summit Session
Speaker: David Eads from Kony Solutions
- Thursday, Technology for Business Summit Session
Speaker: Eric Connors from Yodlee
- Thursday, Marketing & Product Management Summit Session
Speaker: Rod Witmond from Cardlytics
Exhibitors BAI Mobile Link Mobile Link Panel Discussions Solutions Theatre Jim Bruene and I (julie@netbanker.com) will be in attendance and will update the blog and Twitter with new developments throughout the event.
- Mountain Top Financial Services reviews Lending Club.
- Bank Innovation discusses how Cartera Commerce and Offermatic are changing the daily deals space.
- Equifax purchases Charleston-based e-Thority software company.
- Lighter Capital searches for a company to fund that makes or sells sweet things.
- San Francisco ABC 7 recommends findabetterbank.com in order to avoid bank fees.
- T8 Webware CEO Wade Arnold discusses Grip on the Silicon Prairie's PrairieCast.
- The Washington Post profiles HelloWallet.
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.
This morning, Equifax demonstrated a mobile app that provides real-time access to your credit file:
"Equifax Complete key features can be accessed via the Equifax Mobile App & include:
- Interactive Score Estimator & score monitoring
- Alerts to Key Changes in your credit files
- $1M ID Theft Insurance
- Automatic Fraud Alerts
- Lock/Unlock your Equifax Credit Report
- WebDetect - online monitoring of your personal information to see if it is found on suspected Internet trading sites"
Product Launched: April 2010
HQ Location: Atlanta, GA Company Founded: March 1899, PSOL Business Founded 1999
Presenting Trey Loughran (President, Equifax Personal Solutions) & Peter Schoenrock (SVP Product Development)
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