• IDentity Theft 911 to offer Humana members ID management & credit monitoring services.

• ThreatMetrix honored as bronze winner in the 4th annual 2012 Golden Bridge Awards.

• Euromoney looks at SoMoLend as a funding alternative.

• ReadyForZero answers questions about debt on Lifehacker.

• Geezeo opens API to third party developers.

• Monitise CFO John Brougham retires.

• Finsphere issued 4th patent.

• TIO transforms bill pay options for growing Hispanic marketplace through partnership with Progreso Financiero.

• Arroweye Solutions' digital tech powers growth at GiftCard.com.

• Allied Wallet partners with Swedish e-commerce payment services provider Klarna.

• Finance 2030 profiles Currensee.

• Janrain and Bazaarvoice team to enhance social shopping experience via social login.

• Pageonce and Blackstone Tech Group partner to bring utility companies a mobile payment option for customers.

• Idaho Central CU launches RDC powered by MShift.

• MyBankTracker reports Fifth Third Bank Statements Now Available on Manilla.

• CU Times reports Ensenta & MShift partner in joint mobile banking & RDC deployment at 5 CUs.

• Pacific Daily News recommends Mint.com Buxfer, or Budgetpulse for new grads to keep track of spending.

• BankNXT looks at FinovateSpring Best of Show demos and Simple's new app.

• Taulia & SAP partner for dynamic discounting services.

• Seattle's KOMO News covers BillGuard.

• Wall Street Journal suggests Mint, Credit Karma, HelloWallet & LearnVest as tools for financial novices.

• Bank Technology news highlights T8 Webware's internship program.

• Arroweye Solutions patents digital on-demand technology.

• Ensenta & MShift extend the reach of mobile banking with mobile deposit.

• P2P-Banking reports Zopa to add more loan terms.

• Celent publishes FinovateEurope 2012 report that looks at innovative payment startups.

• Acculynk announces Digital River World Payments as a new PaySecure client.

• Corporate Insight looks at FutureAdvisor. Come see their new tech at FinovateSpring 2012 in two weeks.

• BancVue's MoneyIsland wins Eifle Award for Instructional Game of the Year.

More than 60 leading fintech innovators, both startups and established companies, are gearing up to present at the annual FinovateSpring conference in San Francisco May 8 and 9.

Each company provided a sneak peek of what they'll demo on stage next month. Below is the first installment of these teasers. We'll have more next week.

Don't miss your chance to see the live demo from each company and meet the execs responsible. Get your FinovateSpring ticket here.

Balance Street

The premier direct marketplace between consumers and creditors for the purpose of debt settlement, Balance Street, provides consumers the opportunity to relieve their debt burden without fees. Consumers use its web-based automated system to negotiate with creditors directly, avoiding debt settlement companies who charge exorbitant fees (up to 20% of total debt owed).

Eliminating this 20% market inefficiency makes for a better financial outcome for consumers and creditors. With over $780 billion in credit card debt in the U.S., the Balance Street technology will revolutionize the way debt is settled.

Innovation type: Cards, marketing, PFM

Bazaarvoice

See how leading brands are harnessing the power of online word-of-mouth to boost customer referrals, sales, retention, advocacy, and company innovation while building the world's most powerful social data asset.

Innovation type: Communications, marketing, sales and customer service

BehavioSec

No one wants a complicated process for logging in to online or mobile banking. European banks have been forced to go down this route with hardware tokens and smart cards.

So now when U.S. banks will be rolling out new multi-layered security on the front-end following FFIEC, will we see the same thing here?

With BehavioSec's solution there is a better choice. They add multilayered security through the use of behavioral biometrics. So when the user connects via mobile or online, the technology helps verify that they are who they say they are. Learn more at FinovateSpring 2012.

Innovation type: Identity, mobile, security

BillGuard

BillGuard identifies deceptive, erroneous and unauthorized charges on consumer payment cards using advanced crowdsourcing and big-data mining techniques that harness the collective knowledge of millions of consumers reporting billing complaints online and to their banks. 

• Fox Business News advises using BillShrink to review your mobile phone bill.

• T8 Webware to receive $120k in incentives & $200k in job training to help it expand to Des Moines.

• BetaBeat plants rumor that Dwolla landed $10 million in Series B funding from Union Square Ventures.

• MShift reaffirms strategic relationship & rights to MShift software & technologies.

• Finsphere raises $11.3 million, adds Vodafone board member.

• The New York Times Buck blog details Dwolla's payments approach.

• PayNearMe to launch mobile cash payment application in mid-February.

• FiPath (formerly eRollover) launches FiPath for Advisors, online marketing solution for advisor leads.

• Reuters discusses the benefits of BillGuard.

• TSYS signs largest private bank in Azerbaijan.

• MShift to power AmeriCU's mobile banking platform.

• StockTwits & Gnip partner to cater to traders.

• StockTwits goes International with its real-time financial platform.

• Mitek doubles clients, plans to enter insurance vertical.

• PayPal relaunches Facebook app for friend-to-friend payments.

• Expensify launches lite iPhone app for mileage support.

• Credit Karma is giving away free credit-monitoring service to first 12,500 readers.

• HelloWallet opens a second office in San Francisco.

• FreeMonee tells AOL Daily Finance that it is to launch a merchant-reward plan with a major U.S. bank on Nov 17.

• Credit Union Times reports that mShift is one of the three largest providers of mobile banking tools to credit unions.

• ABC News looks at BankSimple's alternative banking approach.

• Auto insurance & finance providers The General, Mark One Holdings, &  Freeway Insurance add BillFloat as a payment option.

• Continuity Control endorsed by Western Independent Bankers.

• Expensify launches an app for the Windows phone.

• Mlive.com recommends using BillShrink (Truaxis) to avoid an outrageous mobile bill.

• Mint.com and Budgettracker.com are recommended as two tools for mitigating financial mistakes.

• BankFutura.com profiles Offermatic.

• Bank of America will use Yodlee's FinApp Platform.

• The Future of Media blog refers to CLOVR Media as a disrupter in the industry.

• Mindful Money lists Zopa as an alternative to receiving bank funding.

• Josh Reich, CEO of BankSimple, speaks up on why he thinks traditional banks suck.

• ProfitStars introduces Gladiator Enterprise Security Monitoring Module for NetTeller online banking clients.

• Wonga CEO named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year for eCommerce, UK.

• CU Times reports MShift helps Alaska CU provide iPhone and Android Apps to its customers.

• PayPal to Open a brick-and-mortar pop-up store in Manhattan.

• edo Interactive is awarded DMA Innovation Award.

• Lendio's partnership with Prosper will facilitate small business funding.

• ACI: Elkhorn, NE 
• MShift: Fremont, CA