• Expensify adds corporate card reconciliation for more banks, including Wells BofA, and Citi. See Expensify's demo at FinovateSpring.

• Forbes interviews Marc Gorlin, co-founder of Kabbage. See Kabbage's new tech next week at FinovateSpring.

• PayNearMe hires Billy Robbins, former VP of PFM at Wells, as its VP of business development. Come see PayNearMe's demo at Finovate.

• Kashoo tops 100,000 registered users and more than 50,000 iPad downloads of its cloud accounting app.

• PaymentsSource interviews CashStar chief marketing officer Gene Cornfield on mobile commerce.

• Kalixa to become its own company, separating from Bwin.

• Kabbage brings in $75 million in debt financing.

• Finextra reports: eToro launches social alerts app.

• PaymentEye features Virtual Piggy. Come see its live demo at FinovateSpring next month. http://bit.ly/Zaunjl

• InternetRetailer previews Giftly.

• Business Solutions speaks with Jason Richelson, ShopKeep POS CEO, who debunks the myth that cloud POS fails when the internet shuts down. 

• TechCrunch TV interviews Nick Hungerford, Nutmeg CEO on how he aims to disrupt the financial investment world.

• Verity CU features FamZoo, makes it available to members. Come see FamZoo's latest development at FinovateSpring.

• Kashoo releases new version of iPad app.

• Monitise Executive Vice President Lisa Stanton interviewed by Bdaily.

• Jack Henry & Associates's Symitar platform to be deployed by Kitsap Credit Union.

According to TechCrunch, Kabbage's new debt funding is due to the massive growth it has seen recently. It has extended more than 60,000 advances, which have quadrupled in volume year-over-year.

To learn more about Kabbage, watch its FinovateEurope 2013 demo.

• Innovation: A new way to send money anywhere, at a flat fee, instantly, leveraging the prepaid rails.
• Finovate demo: Will demo at FinovateSpring 2013 in May 14 & 15

• Description: Combining mobile payments with social media channels to empower and inform the user in everyday purchases.
• Finovate demo: FinovateFall 2012

• Description: Small business payments solution
• Finovate demo: Will demo at FinovateSpring 2013 in May 14 & 15

In addition, five Finovate alums took home Gold awards, five won Silver awards, and seven were awarded in the Bronze category. Here is a summary of all of the winners:

Gold

• Category: Most innovative
• Innovation: PayPal POS Initiatives that leverage its worldwide digital wallet accountholder base.
• Finovate demo: FinovateEurope 2012

• Category: Best credit
• Innovation: The consumer's advocate for demystifying credit with a range of tools and information resources to help them monitor and manage their financial health.
• Finovate demo: FinovateStartup 2009

• Category: Best B2B innovation
• Innovation: Online working capital for small businesses.
• Finovate demo: FinovateEurope 2013

• Category: Best SMB innovation
• Innovation: Small business payment platform integrated with Quickbooks.
• Finovate demo: Finovate 2009

• Category: Best innovation via ACH
• Innovation: Cash flow management, accounts payable/ receivable management platform
• Finovate demo: FinovateSpring 2011

• Category: Most invisible
• Innovation: Platform-as-a-Service that powers POS 2.0 commerce solutions.
• Finovate demo: FinovateSpring 2012

• Category: Best credit
• Innovation: Offers consumers "more time to pay" their bills on time to help avoid late fees, overdraft charges, service termination and high cost loans.
• Finovate demo: FinovateSpring 2011

• Category: Best cash
• Innovation: Enables consumers to shop online and pay with cash easily for a wide range of goods.
• Finovate demo: FinovateSpring 2011

• Category: Best SMB innovation
• Innovation: Cloud-based, small business platform that integrates invoicing and payment acceptance in one system.
• Finovate demo: FinovateSpring 2012

• Category: Best comeback
• Innovation: Alternative business financing that helps businesses tap into the capital it needs to run the business.
• Finovate demo: FinovateEurope 2011

• Category: Most disruptive
• Innovation: Mobile checkout service that enables one touch payments across multiple applications.
• Finovate demo: FinovateSpring 2011

• Category: Best technology
• Innovation: OneID lets people sign in without usernames and passwords, yet delivers authentication solutions with non-repudiation, keeping both people and businesses safe from today's biggest identity and personal information threats.
• Finovate demo: Will demo at FinovateSpring 2013 in May 14 & 15

• Category: Best newcomer
• Innovation: Aggregates financial account information and allows users to manage their money in one place, online or with a mobile device.
• Finovate demo: FinovateSpring 2012

• Category: Best credit
• Innovation: Brings together investors with creditworthy borrowers to reduce the cost and complexity of traditional lending.
• Finovate demo: Finovate Startup 2009

• Category: Best debit
• Innovation: Reinventing personal banking with modern online and mobile experiences, no surprise fees, and great customer service.
• Finovate demo: FinovateFall 2011

• Category: Best prepaid
• Innovation: A new way to send money anywhere, at a flat fee, instantly, leveraging the prepaid rails.
• Finovate demo: Will demo at FinovateSpring 2013 in May 14 & 15

• Category: Best check
• Innovation: Mitek's patented mobile imaging technology allows users to remotely deposit checks from anywhere, at anytime by snapping a picture with their camera-equipped smartphone or tablet, and has become the "gold standard" for mobile check deposit.
• Finovate demo: FinovateSpring 2012

• American Banker asks if Atlanta is a fintech startup Mecca and looks at Kabbage and Cardlytics as examples.

• Actiance debuts Vantage for Lync Voice to capture VoIP calls for Mircosoft Lync users.

• BBC News looks at BehavioSec's biometric security.

• On Deck opens new regional office in Denver, Colorado.

• IDentity Theft 911's chief privacy officer Eduard Goodman talks smartphone privacy with Forbes.com.

• TransferWise announces support for peer-to-peer international payments using debit cards.

• TransWare from Compass Plus helps PrivatBank reach peak transaction processing.

• Balance Financial launches Digital Office suite to create personalized client portal templates that can be customized.

• Rebirth Financial launches nationally.

• Market Watch's Jennifer Openshaw reviews the ReadyForZero user experience.

• Movenbank drops the "bank", changes name to Moven. Come see the launch of its new features at FinovateEurope February 12 and 13 in London.

• Kabbage appoints Simon Yoo, former co-head and managing director of Citigroup's FI Group, as CFO. Come see Kabbage's live demo at FinovateEurope.

• Lending Club opens low-interest, fixed-rate personal loan platform to Tennessee residents.

• Fuze Network guarantees no late fees for credit card payments made before noon CST on due date.

• True Office partners with Thomson Reuters to develop new, ramified compliance applications.

• Affinity Solutions raises more than $6 million in equity and convertible securities.

• InComm wins in 4 categories in seventh annual Paybefore Awards.

• Netbanker highlights Simple and Jwaala's natural language search.

• Metaforic extends its app protection system to be compatible with the upcoming BlackBerry 10 operating system.

• The Financial Times features Kabbage.

• Plastyc powers online banking and payments services for H&R Block, launches new white-label service.

• Andera increases sales bookings by 59%, sees 5x increase in oFlows customers.

• Cambodia's leading commercial bank adopts Temenos Group technology upgrade.

• Fiserv completes acquisition of Open Solutions.

• AppShopper features eDeposit's first mobile app.

• Edelweiss Securities launches real time news terminal powered by Heckyl Technologies.

• Google Analytics touts Kapitall's content experiments.

• A total of 44 companies received funding, some more than once in 2012
• Combined, more than $450 million was raised
• The best quarter for raising capital was the first quarter when more than $150 was raised
• The biggest funding month this year was March, with more than $68 million raised by three companies

• Forbes highlights CommunityLend.

• Canadian Contractor looks to CommunityLend's Financeit as 1 of 3 ways to finance a renovation.

• PandoDaily features Klarna's checkout system.

• USA Today considers how Kabbage helps small businesses obtain funding.

• Geezeo signs Methodist Healthcare FCU.

• BrightScope adds Dr. Stephen Coggeshall, CTO of ID Analytics, to Advisory Board.

• Channel News Asia features PlayMoolah.

• ChannelAdvisor partners with Kabbage to enable retailers to secure funding for e-commerce growth.

• Fiserv adds features to wealth management platform.

• The Paypers interivews Andreas Baumhof of ThreatMetrix.

• The New York Post features SecondMarket.

• Compliance Week explains how Bolstr enables small business capital ahead of JOBS Act.

• Digital Money Blog features podcast of Michael Laven of The Currency Cloud.

• Tradeshift announces strategic partnership with PrimeRevenue SCF.

• Thomson Reuters launches mobile web app for investor relations.

• CashStar and Comet launch UK's first comprehensive eGift card program.

• PaySimple appoints former PayPal employee Andrew Lanthier as CTO.

• Upstart Business Journal looks at the approach Kabbage and Lighter Capital take on small business financing.

• Q2ebanking introduces Q2clarity, customizable analytics across mobile, online and security platform.

• Barron's recommends using findabetterbank.com to cut bank fees.

• City AM reports Monitise user numbers quadrupled in the last year to 17m.

• Fast Company profiles Tuition.io.

• UPS Store launches small biz solutions portal, Kabbage to join group of service providers.

• Cognizant and Monitise form mobile money alliance to help global FIs capitalize on mobile money opportunity.

• Credit Union National Association reports: 150+ CUs sign up for Mitek mobile deposit.

• PYMNTS reports Doxo puts new spin on QR codes, mobile payments.

• PC Magazine profiles BellaDati. Come to FinovateAsia to see its live demo.

• IDTheft 911 covers more than 17.5 million households (more than 45 million individuals) and more than 600,000 businesses in U.S. and Canada.

• Fast Company examines how Dwolla works.

• American Banking Journal reflects on FinovateFall.

• USA Today launches portfolio tracker powered by SigFig.

• Tagit appoints new CEO, gears up for rapid expansion.

• American Banker looks at Dwolla's ACH alternative.

• Moment NYC blog considers tech from FinovateFall.

• GigaOM reports Outright teams up with PayPal and Expensify.

• Inc. Magazine features financing from Lighter Capital as a way to expand small business.

• Huffington Post reports Kabbage faces competition from Amazon's new lending service.

• InComm partners with Ifeelgoods to offer electronic gift cards.

• WSJ names ThreatMetrix to "Next Big Thing" list. Ranks among top 50 startups in US.

• Singapore-based PlayMoolah announces partnership with OCBC Bank.

• ZipZap to power global cash payments for omba.

• Forbes mentions Credit Sesame, Tuition.io, PayTap, Digital Mailer as 4 tools to help you manage your money.

• Capital Access Network closes $295 mil credit that to serve the small business community.

• PYMNTS chats with Kabbage's co-founder & chief operating officer, Kathryn Petralia.

• GambleID taps Locaid for geolocation services.

• PC World features Yodlee, ShopKeep POS, Bolstr, PaySimple, CommunityLend, & Billhighway.

• CU Times reports Mortgagebot Launches First Credit Union on Integrated Platform.

• SafetyPay, in conjunction with the Bank of Montreal, the RBC, TD Bank & Scotia Bank, offers online payment service via Canadian Interac network.

• Fiserv selected as Affinity Provider in FPA Practitioner Resource Guide.

• CNet features Giftly's iPhone app.

• Currensee delivers PAMM Replacement Solution for CTAs and Money Managers.

• Netbanker: BillGuard is first financial service to Integrate with the New iPhone Passbook Wallet.

• Compass Plus partners with WorldWide Financial Services.

• New Dutch bank uses Figlo Platform to offer online financial overview.

• InComm & ValuAccess partner to expand prepaid market in Hong Kong.

• Las Vegas Review-Journal reports Kabbage helps e-tailer keep the orders moving.

• FreeMonee wins Bronze Stevie Award in 2012 American Business Awards.

• ChecknGo FinLab Blog interviews Casper Wong of CommunityLend.

• Capital Access Network announces increased availability of small business loans through subsidiary, NewLogic Business Loans.

• Bill.com named 2012 Product of the Year by the Business Intelligence Group.

• Ben Milne, Dwolla CEO, speaks about payments during TedXDesMoines talk.

• Los Angeles Times looks at how Kabbage, On Deck Capital, and Capital Access Network work in the microlending space.

• Bloomberg Businessweek interviews Robert Frohwein, CEO of Kabbage.

• On Deck celebrates 5th birthday, ranked number 302 on Inc. 500 list.

• Bank Innovation's impression of 6 Finovate demo-ers that promise new products.

• PayPal, Kabbage top PYMNTS.com's Slate of Innovator Award Winners.

• Aria Assistance chooses Affinity Solutions to provide legal services.

• Toy News reports Kids' online payment tool Virtual Piggy grows. Come to FinovateFall to check out Virtual Piggy.

• Taulia featured on SAP's In the Cloud with Game-Changers to discuss how startups are "changing the game".

• Gamify For The Win features PlayMoolah. Come see PlayMoolah's live demo at FinovateFall.

• Forbes explains how Candace Klein, SoMoLend CEO, succeeds at 5 minute pitches.

• Acculynk and American Airlines to offer new, convenient payment option.

• How to Write a Business Plan interviews ReadyForZero CEO & Co-founder, Rod Ebrahimi.

• BankTalk explains why Kabbage is a great idea.

• Seeking Alpha reports-- Mitek: The Mobile Revolution Is Changing How We Live.

• Works interviews Lisa Halpern, Founder & CEO of Kiboo.com.

• Inc. Mag features ReadyForZero & Tuition.io as tackling the student debt crisis. Check out Tuition.io at FinovateFall.

•  Orlando Sentinel reports Kony Solutions is on cutting edge of app development.

• AOL Daily Finance features Kabbage.

• The Chicago Tribune reports Braintree to add 150 jobs.

• Check out Q2 funding for Finovate alumni: over $120 mil raised.

• ReadyForZero begins Smart Money Debate series.

• Netbanker reports: Bank Simple Innovations #1 & #2: Demo Mode After Login.

• MiiCard names RBS tech veteran Stephen Brannan chairman.

• BostInno features LearnVest. Come see LearnVest's new fintech at FinovateFall in NYC next month.

• Beloit Daily News looks at how 2 local businesses are using ShopKeep POS.

• WSJ blog features Virtual Piggy.

• Silver Tail Systems announces the availability of Forensics 3.0 software.

• International utility, National Grid, selects Striata for email billing and transactional services.

• Social Trading Guru describes Currensee's new leverage option.

• Kabbage rolls out new tagline and logo design.

• Mint.com updates Trends feature.

• InComm forms partnership with Plastic Jungle and Zeevex.

• Check out the latest CEO interview with Figlo's Albert van den Broek.

• Blackhawk Network to implement Prepaid Resources' BenefitsDirect service.

• TIME Business features Kabbage.

• Huffington Post features ImpulseSave. Come see their live demo at FinovateFall September 12 and 13.

• Socialtech interviews Vinny Jindal, Stockr CEO.

• SmartStops BrokerLink Service available to TradeKing Clients.

• The Currency Cloud closes $3.1 million in funding. Come see its live demo at FinovateFall in New York.

• Kabbage to provide Monsoon Commerce customers $20 million in capital.

• T8 Webware changes name to Banno.

• Paul Farmer joins Silver Tail Systems as CFO.

• BofA to provide Acculynk's PaySecure to enable PIN debit payments online.

• peerTransfer now supports Indian Rupee and 36 new partner schools.

• Angry Birds creator selects Braintree's payments platform.

• Continuity Control reels in $2.25 million in funding.

• CashStar receives $5 million in funding.

• Farm Credit Services of Mid-America selects ProfitStars for ALM reporting.

• CU Times reports T8 Webware expanding, expects to add 20 employees to its staff of 60.

• Cachet FS and Sharetec Systems partner to provide mobile deposit capture to credit unions.

• Geezeo signs URW Community FCU.

• ProfitStars announces that 100+ banks have selected its Gladiator Enterprise NetTeller Security Monitoring solution since June 2011.

• Fins Sales & Marketing looks at Cartera Commerce as Groupon's new competitor.

• CU Times reports on how Kabbage uses social media to give cash advances.

• ReadyForZero unveils 4 new resource centers for financial guidance.

• Tagit wins coveted Emerging Enterprise Award 2012.

• BlogTalkRadio talks to Kathryn Petralia, COO & Co-founder of Kabbage.

• Hidden Levers discloses UI improvements.

• StockTwits partners with PR Newswire.

• Offermatic alters business model, no longer pursuing card-linked offers.

• Chicago Tribune looks at Future Advisor and Betterment as two inexpensive investing platforms.

• BBC news reports Zopa has lent more than £200m since it started in 2005.

• MiiCard appoints Graham Paterson CFO.

• Credit Sesame Scores $12 Million in Series C Funding.

• Lovemoney.com releases new iPhone app.

• GeekWire examines Bobber Interactive's move to hire a behavioral economist.

• Des Monies Register reports Entrepreneur magazine includes Dwolla in '100 Brilliant Companies' list.

• TechCrunch reports PayPal rolls out to 15 more national retailers, announces deals with 6 top POS software and terminal makers.

• Payments Journal reports Acculynk to Pilot P2P Product.

• Kabbage named Red Herring Americas Top 100 Winner.

• CHOICE Savings Division of IDEON Financial Solutions releases new self-service multi channel solution.