• The Oakland Tribune's Inside Bay Area profiles OneID founder and CTO Steve Kirsch.

• EZBOB adds variable lengths, longer periods, lower interest, and loyalty discounts on its loans.

• Realty Mogul co-founder and CEO Jilliene Helman talks crowdfunding and real estate investing.

• MicroStrategy business intelligence solution, MicroStrategy Express named a finalist at 2013 American Business Awards.

• Newfination interviews Jilliene Helman, co-founder and CEO of Realty Mogul.

• SF Gate blog looks at Personal Capital, Wealthfront, and FutureAdvisor.

• Newfination interviews Kristoffer Lawson, Holvi CEO, on replacing your bank with Holvi.

• Mortgagebot launches MortgageMarvel site to help consumers shop for mortgages.

• CNET interviews Lending Club CEO Renaud Laplanche on recent funding and future growth.

• Bloomberg BusinessWeek takes a look at the business of Google Wallet.

• Money Under 30 reviews TradeKing.

• Intellaegis's masterQueue technology helps catch wanted fugitive.

• PaymentsSource talks with Noam Inbar, VP for product development for Zooz.

• OneID takes a look at the "security theater" of Twitter's two-factor authentication.

• TSYS renews payment processing arrangement with Nationwide Building Society.

• Pizza Marketplace interviews Leaf director of sales Alex MacKenzie on mobile marketing.

• MIT Technology Review features OpenCoin.

• Waspit to release new UX & mobile Apps in August to coincide with the new academic year.

• TIO Networks partners with the State of Washington Department of Social and Health Services and payment processor Paymentus to help customers make child support payments.

• Virtual Piggy partners with ClickandBuy to Increase Customer Signups, Conversions, and Sales.

• Mitek receives patent for signature verification and fraud detection.

• Christian Lanng, TradeShift CEO, takes on the position of Chairman alongside the responsibilities of CEO.

• CU Times highlights Moven, Micronotes, GoBank, Refundo, AuthenticID, MoneyDesktop, Mint, FIS, Escardgo, and GoNow as noteworthy demos at FinovateSpring 2013.

• Silicon Prairie News features Banno and EyeVerify demos at FinovateSpring.

• Check (formerly Pageonce) and Lending Club are among the emerging financial services companies highlighted in Mary Meeker's Internet Trends report.

• SaveUp helps credit union members save more than $400 million.

Google and Foundation Capital made a $125 million investment in online P2P lending platform, Lending Club at a valuation of $1.6 billion. Google executive David Lawee now sits as an observer on the Lending Club board.

The $125 million was used entirely to buy out existing investors, who sold 15% to 20% of their shares. No net new funds were added.

Lending Club CEO Renaud Laplanche confirmed that Lending Club is readying for an IPO in 2014.

Lending Club demoed at Finovate three times, most recently at Finovate Startup 2009. Check out Finovate's 2012 CEO interview with Laplanche here.

• RIA Biz takes a look at BrightScope's plan to make advisory fees public.

• DietBet.com crowdfunds more than $300,000 via SeedInvest. Join SeedInvest in San Francisco for FinovateSpring in May.

• Finovate alumni make a strong showing in GoodApril co-founder's list of tax preparation innovation. Meet GoodApril at FinovateSpring.

• VentureBeat features Ripple developer OpenCoin. See OpenCoin in action at FinovateSpring in May.

• DroidBeans reviews Pageonce for Android.

• Puget Sound Business Journal highlights the role of Realty Mogul in a local real estate deal. Join Realty Mogul at FinovateSpring.

• PayPal buys Iron Pearl, a startup that helps companies make their products more attractive to customers.

• Reuters looks at a case study of how FutureAdvisor is used to save for retirement.

• PYMNTS looks at Kabbage's "secret weapon"

• New York Times Business Day interviews Sabrina Parsons, Palo Alto Software CEO. Come to FinovateSpring to watch it demo LivePlan.

• Channelnomics reports: Check Point Launch Makes Small Branch Foray.

• Dwolla takes top honors at Prometheus Awards in Des Moines.

• Massolution's Crowdfunding Industry Report places Lending Club and Prosper as leaders in the industry.

• Daily Finance features Simple.

• American Banker considers On Deck Capital's growth.

PYMNTS.com, a website owned by Business Wire and Market Platform Dynamics, recently published the winners of the 2013 Innovator Awards.

Three Finovate alums were selected as overall Best in Show winners:

• Acculynk to provide UnionPay International UPOP authentication service via PaySecure.

• GMC  Software Technology's GMC Inspire now available as a complete solution with Xerox devices.

• Klarna AB wins SEK 150 million contract with EVRY.

• Finextra reports East River FCU & Ishpeming Community FCU to integrate Geezeo's PFM product.

• International Business News reports Aditi Technologies and TIBCO Software announce strategic alliance to bolster enterprise social and e-commerce solutions.

• Lend Academy reports: Lending Club adds monthly income and loan ID filters.

• American Banker reports: Harleysville Savings chooses Q2ebanking's online banking platform.

• TIO Networks surpasses 1 million transactions across all TIO Wallet members.

• BankersLab launches Collections Edition of its Bank-it mobile game.

• Bell State Bank deploys Fiserv's mobile banking system.

• Banking Technology looks at Kiboo's participation in London's fintech Innovation Lab.

• Wilson Bank & Trust introduces MoneyDesktop to members.

• TIBCO Software acquires Maporama Solutions.

• P2P lending comes to real estate courtesy of Realty Mogul.

• Small Business Computing takes a look at Flint's pursuit of "highly mobile small businesses."

• Retail Touch Points features Jingit and a conversation on the importance of in-store marketing ROI.

• Bank Crerdit News talks compliance with Fenergo CEO Marc Murphy.

• TransferWise featured in HuffPost Students United Kingdom.

• EZBOB investor John Garfield profiled in The Telegraph.

• Money.co.uk compares money transfers through Azimo.

• Fiserv partners with Romania-based Eutron Invest to provide Cash and Logistics solution portfolio to the Romanian market.

• Forbes looks at the "best of the best" debt crowdfunders including Lending Club, Prosper, Zopa, SoMoLend, Rebirth Financial.

• SecureKey announced availability of its cloud-based briidge.net identity and authentication platform.

• ID Analytics introduces fraud detection solutions for online retailers.

• The Globe and Mail lists Expensify as 1 of 5 apps that take the bumps out of business travel.

• Petter Made, co-founder and COO of SumUp, talks about the advantages of Dublin as a base for business.

• Credit Union Times reports: Fiserv launches SpotPay.

• Finextra reports G&D and PayPal team on pre-paid mobile top-ups in Brazil.

• Practical eCommerce takes a look at Klarna Invoice for OSC programs.

• CSI's globalVCard wins top entrepreneurial prize at 2013 Innovation Project.

• Newfination interviews CurrencyFair's Brett Meyers.

• Fenergo releases enhanced compliance and customer onboarding support solution for FIs.

• Hedge Fund Alert highlights QuantConnect.

• FIS announces seven-year agreement with FirstBank Puerto Rico for outsourcing services.

• Fortnoff Financial reviews TradeKing.

• The Valley Girl Show interviews Locaid CEO, Rip Gerber.

• Creative Huddle takes a look at TransferWise as a disruptive force in banking.

• BillGuard launches early, limited MVP testing version of iPhone app.

• Expensify bolsters SalesForce integration by supporting FinancialForce.

• American Banker reports Backbase launches Portal 5.4,  enhancing digital marketing to include better targeting & more.

• Cortera launches Cortera Lookalikes to seek out new customers  that look and act like a company's existing customer base.

• rPlan launches "rplan University", an online course to provide crucial education on investing.

• ID Analytics launches ID Network Attributes, targeted consumer behavior insights that provide visibility into identity or transaction risk.

• Lend Academy reports LendingClub loans being snatched up quickly (within hours).

• PaySimple partners with CheckAlt to provide suite of payments and receivables tools to SMBs.

• Taulia to guarantee $1 million saved within first year.

• Validata to provide test case content for Temenos T24 German Banking Suite.

• Compare Broker takes a look at TradeKing.

• Mistral Mobile announces partnership with Alaric.

• GMC Software Technology reports user community growth of more than 700% since inception.

• Opportunity International expands partnership with Temenos.

• Communication Federal Credit Union rolls out Tyfone mobile banking tech.

• CNBC features Renaud Lamplache, Lending Club CEO Renaud Laplanche.

• BostInno features Cartera Commerce on what innovation means to them.

• SC Magazine readers select Check Point for best enterprise firewall and best IPS solution in 2013.

• Mint.com launches Android update.

• QuantConnect partners with Battle-Fin.com in $20 million seed-capital trading tournament.

• Prosper announces new API for lenders.

• American Banker reports: Union Bank signs up for Fiserv's Bill Pay.

• Bolstr featured on MSNBC's Your Business.

• Backbase gives a glimpse of the Digital Marketing Module it showed at FinovateEurope.

• Triple Pundit looks at how the SEC is holding SoMoLend and other debt/equity crowdfunding platforms hostage.

• USA Today considers Lending Club's success.

• CIO lists Expensify as 1 of 3 apps to help at tax time.

• BellaDati releases updates to its platform.

• Credit Karma launches app for Android.

• Med Gadget interviews Diversinet CEO, Dr. Hon Pak.

• Finextra reports Geezeo signs 1st United Services Credit Union.

• CashStar announces availability of tablet gifting.

• Android, iOS updates now provide card-to-card payments with Pageonce.

• Dough Roller blog names PocketSmith one of the best calendar-based personal finance apps.

• Continuity Control to partner with cbanc Network to provide regulatory briefing via RegAdvisor.

• Koolspan and DeviceFidelity team up to build TrustSleeve, bringing microSD-based voice encryption to the iPhone.

• Locaid and Life360 join forces to help parents stay in touch with their kids.

• The Financial Brand highlights 50 of the most spectacular website designs in banking: Simple (formerly BankSimple), Standard Chartered, Mint, & Moven. See Netbanker's take on the list here.

• Online Broker Review takes a look at the TradeKing iPhone app.

• Ayondo's investing and trading app TradeHub available on the iPhone.

• Entrepreneur interviews Candance Klein, CEO of SoMoLend.

• Brr Media interviews Kiboo founder and CEO Lisa Halpern.

• TechCrunch chats with Simple CEO and co-founder Josh Reich to find out why Simple is better than your bank.

• Lend Academy reports: Lending Club Issues $120 Million in New Loans in February.

• American Banker reports: Bank of Zachary Selects Andera's Account Opening System.

• Check Point positioned as leader for 16th consecutive year in 2013 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Network Firewall.

• The WSJ reports: SecondMarket to Launch Student-Loan Securities Platform.

• Blippy for iPad available at the iTunes App store.

• Comarch announced as a sponsor of Loyalty Expo 2013 in Orlando, Florida.

• Prepaid Resources announces partnership with IDology.

SocietyOne, a FinovateAsia Best of Show winner, announced last week that it has reached $1 million in loan originations on its P2P lending platform, ClearMatch.

The Australia-based startup launched the ClearMatch platform, which allows investors to bid together at different interest rates and amounts against a single loan, six months ago in August of 2012.

In the six months since its launch:

• Has originated over $1.1 million in loans
• Borrowers faced an average interest rate of 14.4%
• Investors earned average interest rate of 11.3% per annum
• Investors have received $15,600 in interest payments

The following graph charts the growth of the loan amount originated since its inception.

For comparison, SocietyOne charted the growth of LendingClub's originations over time.

Matt Symons, SocietyOne CEO, states that he plans to replicate the success of Lending Club in Australia.

To check out SocietyOne's award-winning platform, watch its FinovateAsia 2012 demo.

• Silicon Valley Business Journal interviews BillFloat CEO and co-founder Ryan Gilbert.

• Commercial Bank of Qatar to deploy latest version of TSYS card and merchant management platform.

• TransferWise wins "Best Middleweight Startup" at The Europas.  See them demo at FinovateEurope in February!

• Concur rolls out new datacenters in France and the Netherlands.

• Santander receives 2012 Banking Technology Award for Best Security Initiative for its SIM swapping solution, developed with ValidSoft.

• Portland's KATU.com features Simple.

• UK's KashFlow integrates with Tradeshift to enable SMBs who use its cloud-based accounting software.

• The Paypers reports: Geezeo enters 2 new partnerships.

• VatorNews considers what's next for Lending Club.

• Cachet Financial Solutions partners with Volunteer Corporate to provide mobile RDC to their 325 member CUs.

• Android Does takes a look at the latest update to Pageonce Money & Bills app.

• ACI Wordwide announces winners of its Excellence Award for 2013.

• Bazaarvoice featured in Salon.com.

• iOSnoops reviews TradeHero Mobile.

• 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.

• ACI Worldwide launches ACI Money Transfer System 5.0.

• Suncorp Bank chooses FIS to manage ATM and POS transactions

• 500Friends to integrate LoyaltyPlus platform with Bazaarvoice.

• Xendpay featured in Forbes India.

• Financial Edge Community CU partners with SaveUp.

• Mitek issued new patent for "Methods for Mobile Image Capture and Processing of Documents".

• The Financial Brand checks out the "Simple" way of banking.

• The New York Times looks at SoMoLend's take on crowdfunding, seeking out institutions to serve as lenders.

• New York Times looks at Enloop's hassle free business plan writing service.

• The Economist features Lending Club.

• The Telegraph highlights TransferWise as a cost-saving option for overseas money transfers.

• Luxembourg's Nordea Bank picks Temenos to standardize IT infrastructure.

• GMC Software Technology helps Gala Bingo move to "third generation" bingo tickets.

• Compare Broker reviews the new mobile app from TradeKing.

• MyBankTracker reviews how BillGuard protects from unwanted charges.

• San Francisco Business Times reports: Giftly lets givers put 'heart' into gift cards.

• Capital Access Network relocates Headquarters to NYC, adds Scott Blum as CMO.

• Fiserv partners with TOPS Software to improve payment processing for property managers.

• The Washington Post looks at SoMoLend's community-focused lending.

• Forbes names Lending Club one of the top five fintech companies of 2012.

• Chicago donut chain "Glazed and Infused" now using ShopKeep POS software.

• Wired.co.uk names Holvi startup of the week.

• Credit Sesame unveils free credit monitoring service.

In a statement accompanying the announcement, Summers noted that "rapid adoption of technology and innovation" that was creating opportunities for companies like Lending Club.  Summers will join such notable as former Morgan Stanley CEO, John Mack, and legendary tech stock analyst, Mary Meeker.

Lending Club is a San Francisco-based peer-to-peer consumer lender.  The company recently surpassed $1 billion in total loans issued, and has doubled the volume of its monthly loans over the past eight months.  As of December 2012, the average loan amount is $12,300.

This comes even as Lending Club maintains fairly high standards. The typical Lending Club borrower has:

• FICO score of more than 700
• 15% debt-to-income ratio (excluding mortgage)
• Personal income of more than $69,000
• 14 years of credit history

Watch Lending Club's Finovate demonstration here.

• Fiserv launches mobile app for UChoose Rewards.

• Paypal is now a payment option for Office Depot online shoppers.

• Affinity Solutions brings "Big Data" capability to card-linked offers.

• StockTwits launches a new app for HootSuite.

• Business Insider looks at Expensify's team building trip overseas.

• HelloWallet launches financial wellness workforce assessment for employers.

• Des Moines Register considers Giftly's remote gift card giving app.

• American Banker reports Lawrence Summers, formerly one of President Obama's top economic advisors, joins Lending Club's board of directors.

• Tyfone is expanding into Latin America through a deal with Protege Sistemas of Brazil.

• Gesa Credit Union chooses Andera's oFlows platform.

• Reuters recommends visiting Betterment, Personal Capital, and LearnVest for year-end money advice.

• BellaDati now runs on Amazon Cloud.

• Bill.com launches new application platform powered by open APIs for third-party developers to integrate native apps with Bill.com's software.

• New miiCard DirectID Check allows SMBs & professionals to perform bank-level ID proofing online.

• With Dwolla, sending money via Twitter just got a lot easier.

• VentureBeat talks with PayPal's Dan Schatt about its integration with Coinstar kiosks.

• Philly.com interviews VirtualPiggy CEO, Dr. Jo Webber.

• The Australian reports: Cloud computing firm Xero could give Reckon a run for its money.

• Union State Bank of Fargo chooses Andera's oFlows platform for online account opening and lending.

• Credit Union Journal reports KBR Heritage FCU To Offer Geezeo.

• AndKeepGoing.com reviews TradeKing.

• Renaud Laplanche, Lending Club CEO, hints at IPO.

• International Adviser features The Currency Cloud.

• Time Magazine looks at P2P lending strategies with Prosper and Lending Club.

• ThreatMetrix Wins Bronze for the Enterprise Product of the Year in Best in Biz Awards 2012.

• Blackhawk Network reaches multiyear agreement with Facebook gifting app, Wrapp.

• Vestas Wind Systems signs with Tradeshift.

• Bazaarvoice appoints CFO Steven Collins to CEO.

Late last week online loan institution, E-Loan, made public that it has partnered with Credit Karma, Lending Club, and SimpleTuition after rebranding itself.

Here's what the integrations look like on E-Loan's site:

Credit Karma demoed at FinovateStartup 2009, Lending Club demoed at FinovateStartup 2009, and SimpleTution demoed at FinovateStartup 2008.