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 AGBeat highlights doxo's free cloud storage and bill pay.
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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.
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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, 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.
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.
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.
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 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 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 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
Bill.com Practical Ecommerce listed Bill.com as 1 of 19 tools for online bookkeeping and invoicing Link
BrightScope BrightScope announced the top 10 commodities funds held in America's 401k plans Link
Frazier & Deeter, FD Alliance, BrightScope and SignatureFD conducted a national webinar on BrightScope's tool that rates employee benefit plans. Link
ClairMail  ClairMail reported record growth with a record number of customer acquisitions and a 300% increase in user growth Link
eRollover eRollover announced its Facebook Early Retirement Vacation Sweepstakes Link
Finantix Wealth Management 360 highlighted Finantix's Finovate Europe demo Link
Intuit
Intuit reported an increase of internet banking users by 9% and bill pay users by 23% Link
iPay Technologies  iPay Technologies reached 1 Million users of its P2P electronic payment service, with almost 8 million payments processed to date Link
Kapitall Kapitall implemented an alert system for current news on stocks and funds. These new alerts will keep users informed and will link directly to Kapitall's analytical tools for a quick understanding of changes. Link
Kashoo  Practical Ecommerce listed Kashoo as 1 of 19 tools for online bookkeeping and invoicing Link
Kashoo was selected by IDC as one of Canada's Top 10 cloud companies to watch Link
On Deck Capital
Tech Crunch reported On Deck Capital's announcement of the On Deck Score, a credit score for small businesses. This program seeks to fix the problem of businesses borrowing money as consumers http://tcrn.ch/kNjGX6 Link
Outright.com Practical Ecommerce listed Outright.com as 1 of 19 tools for online bookkeeping and invoicing Link
SecondMarket SecondMarket experienced $115M in private stock sales during Q1 Link
TradeKing TradeKing ranked number four in customer service for the second consecutive year in the Annual Broker Survey by Wall Street Journal's magazine, SmartMoney Link
Wonga  Wired UK mag covered Wonga's disruptive process of making borrowing money completely automatic. Are they transforming personal finance? Link
Wonga should have won of Startup 100 Awards, not Spotify Link
To follow Finovate alumni news in real time, follow us on Twitter here.
Capital Access expands remittance program to include Puerto Rico and 21 more countries. The Capital Access platform is designed for "daily" remittances and revenue-sharing programs. http://bit.ly/finovate329111
Morningstar to provide mutual fund Platform to eRollover. eRollover users will have access to Morningstar's historical information and comparison tools for mutual funds. http://bit.ly/finovate329113
Sybase argues NFC is "way overhyped." In VentureBeat Sybase President Marty Beard argues that it isn't proven that NFC really is better than the other technologies available. http://bit.ly/finovate41112
To see Finovate alumni company news in real-time, follow our feed on Twitter here.
Cardlytics and NetSpend partner to bring reward offers to the underbanked. The partnership will create opportunities for targeted offers to reach users of prepaid debit cards. http://bit.ly/finovate28112
CashEdge and NYCE join forces to provide person to person payment technology. Popmoney will now be available to 3,000 NYCE financial institution clients. http://bit.ly/finovate211112
SmartyPig.com adds sixty new online retailer cash-back partners, and six more gift card partners. Expedia, Hotels.com, Cabela's and Babies R Us are included in this latest offering. http://bit.ly/finovate131113
To see Finovate news updates in real-time, follow our feed on Twitter.
GoalMine launches with $25 reward to users who establish a $25 per month investment plan. -- The program not only encourages ongoing investment, but highlights the convenience of the company's online GoalPack gift card system. http://bit.ly/finovate11152
Ixaris launches Secret Path Developer Challenge. -- Secret Path rewards developers who build payment applications on Ixaris Opn for social media networks, mobile devices and ecommerce. http://bit.ly/finovate11172
PayNearMe garners $16 million in venture capital. -- Khosla Ventures led the funding round. The company will also be launching a mobile payments application. http://bit.ly/finovate11161
SmartyPig adds 21 new "Best in Class Retailers" just in time for holiday shopping. -- Retail partners boost users' savings by up to 14% when the savings goal is withdrawn via their gift card. http://bit.ly/finovate11155
Tempo Payments powers reward card for Sheetz convenience stores. -- The decoupled affinity debit cards are independently-branded rewards debit cards, which link to the customer's checking account. http://bit.ly/finovate11151
Here's the news from the Week of November 8, 2010. To see our updates real-time, follow us on Twitter.
Bling Nation partners with the southern USA's largest grocery chain, Brookshire Grocery. -- Bling Nation users can now pay, redeem and earn rewards with their mobile device at Brookshire and Super 1 stores. http://bit.ly/finovate11121
Donate to charity with SwipeGood and Blippy. -- Purchases are rounded up to the nearest dollar and the difference is donated to the charity of your choice. http://bit.ly/finovate1185
Card 2.0 from Dynamics wins "Best in Show." -- The high-tech credit card was named the best innovation in personal electronics in a pre-show contest sponsored by the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). http://bit.ly/finovate11101
Michican First Credit Union adds Jwaala online banking services. -- Michigan First has 80,000 members and $550 million in assets and was founded in 1926. http://bit.ly/finovate1193
Here are our news updates for the week of July 11, 2010. To get our updates real-time, follow us here.
Acculynk's pin debit software powers the PULSE home debit pin pad technology. The PULSE technology will allow financial institutions to issue bank-branded home pin pads to consumers for online purchases. http://bit.ly/finovate7151
Blippy can now import purchase receipts direct from your Gmail inbox. Don't worry, you'll still get to approve them before they post to the world. http://bit.ly/finovate7162
California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) selects BrightScope to analyze teachers portfolios. BrightScope's "On Target Index" will be used to benchmark portfolios in this optional retirement plan for Calif. teachers. http://yhoo.it/finovate7142
Cortera releases study showing businesses are experiencing better cash-flow. Businesses are being paid nearly one week faster, the fastest in two years. http://bit.ly/finovate7131
Kasasa has full-page ad on the back of this month's issue of ICBA's Independent Banker
OnPoint Community Credit Union finds that Tyfone mobile adoption has grown much faster than expected. Monthly enrollment of mobile banking grows an average 20% per month. http://bit.ly/finovate7111
Powered by Jwaala, Michigan First Credit Union now includes Twitter direct messages as a "mobile alert" option. Members can receive account alerts via Twitter DM, email and text: 31% of members are active users of the mobile alerts system. http://bit.ly/finovate7144
eRollover receives series A funding from Imlay Investments. The initial investment amount was not disclosed. http://bit.ly/finovate6291
LendingClub selected as Mint.com goals launch partner. The partnership aims to help consumers pay off debt faster. http://bit.ly/finovate6292
Wall Street Journal profiles Mint.com's new Goals feature. The story includes a video demonstration of the Goals tool. http://bit.ly/finovate6301
Online Financial management pioneer Wesabe closes PFM platform and opens source code. Users have until 7/31/10 to export their data. http://bit.ly/finovate711
 Just a quick reminder that the early-bird ticket prices for FinovateSpring 2010 (May 11, San Francisco) will expire at the end of March (less than 2 days from now). If you register by March 31, you'll save $100 on your ticket and lock in your spot to see debuts and demos of dozens of new financial and banking technological innovations.
We've handpicked an amazing list of companies to demo their latest including:
Tickets are selling well with hundreds of registered attendees from great organizations like:
- AARP
- BNP Paribas
- CBS
- Experian
- Google
- Intuit
- Kaiser Permanente
- Mechanics Bank
- Tower Group
- USAA
- Visa
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- Aite
- Capital One
- Celent
- Filene
- H&R Block
- Jack Henry
- Motley Fool
- Target
- PayPal
- US Bank
- Wells Fargo
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- Alliant Credit Union
- Canaan Partners
- Discover
- Forrester Research
- ING DIRECT
- Highland Capital
- Javelin Research
- NY Times
- TransUnion
- Venrock
- Wired Magazine
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FinovateSpring is one of our twice-yearly showcases of the best new ideas in banking and financial technology. The show is built around a unique blend of fast-paced demos of actual technology (no slides!) and high-quality networking with an audience of senior FI executives, fintech entrepreneurs, VCs, press, industry analysts and bloggers. It's an awesome environment to find your next competitive edge.
Don't miss out on the early-bird price on your ticket to this great show. Register now!
P.S. Online Banking Report subscribers are entitled to an extra discount to our Finovate conferences. Email me to get it.
 Eric Mattson is CEO of Online Financial Innovations, the parent company of NetBanker, Online Banking Report and the Finovate Conference Series. He can be reached at eric@netbanker.com.
 We're very pleased to announce the lineup for the upcoming FinovateSpring 2010 conference. Taking place on Tuesday May 11 in San Francisco, the conference will showcase dozens of handpicked companies debuting and demoing their latest and greatest fintech innovations. The quality of the new ideas that will be demoed on stage is very high this year and we're incredibly excited to showcase them to you.
The demoing companies selected (that we can reveal so far) are:
These companies will be showcased to an audience of senior financial/banking/credit union executives, influential press, industry analysts, venture capitalists, bloggers, tech companies and entrepreneurs. A sampling of the great organizations already registered to attend includes: AARP, Aite, Alliant Credit Union, BNP Paribas, Capital One, Celent, Discover, Experian, Fidelity, Filene, Forrester Research, Google, Highland Capital, Intuit, Javelin Strategy, Jack Henry, Mechanics Bank, Motley Fool, NY Times, PayPal, Tower Group, USAA, US Bank, Venrock, Wells Fargo, and Wired Magazine.
We'd love to have you join us at the spring event and watch the future of finance/banking unfold onstage. If you register today you'll save $100 via the early-bird ticket discount. Please note that the early-bird prices expire at the end of this month and space is limited so lock in your spot now!
Eric Mattson is CEO of Online Financial Innovations, the parent company of NetBanker, Online Banking Report and the Finovate Conference Series. He can be reached at eric@netbanker.com.
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