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  • Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Finovate-F-Logo.jpgForbes.com takes a look at the competition between Square and Flint Mobile.
  • Compass Plus presents instant card issuance in debut appearance at CARTES America conference.
  • SAGE SA names Amir Suleman as Head of Sales for Middle East.
  • Striata receives PCI compliance for its Grade 1 infrastructure in the UK.
  • New Europe Online interviews eToro's Head of Product Marketing, Alon Levitan, about how eToro is changing online trading.
  • PEHub interviews Drew Sievers, who led mFoundry to an acquisition by FIS.
  • Fraternity and Sorority Political Action Committee leverages Billhighway Give to Reach Fundraising Goals.
  • Perfectsen selected as a semi-finalist for the Innotribe Startup Challenge 2013.
  • OneID wins 2013 North America Frost & Sullivan Award for New Product Innovation. Come see their presentation at FinovateSpring next week.
  • Locaid earns extended relationship with LaaS company Timesheet Mobile. See Locaid demo at FinovateSpring in San Francisco.
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.

Finovate Alumni News-- February 27, 2013

  • Thumbnail image for Finovate-F-Logo.jpgappPicker reviews Pageonce - Money & Bills app.
  • BrightScope announces top finance, insurance companies with the best 401(k) plans.
  • Device Fidelity announces Incipio partnership, new line of NFC enabled cases for iPhone.
  • NerdWallet interviews Bolstr co-founders, Larry Baker and Charlie Tribbett.
  • The Monitise-powered mobile wallet from Blackberry, BBM Money, launches pilot in Indonesia.
  • Cortera Pulse wins Gold Stevie Award for new version of business intelligence solution.
  • Lighter Capital appoints Molly Greg as VP.
  • SaveUp's CEO & Co-founder Priya Haji awarded a Social Innovation Leadership Award by the World CSR Congress.
  • US News Money looks at LearnVest, FutureAdvisor, and Personal Capital.
  • Forbes speaks with Actiance CEO to learn how Socialite helps companies overcome challenges using social media.
  • Prepaid Resources adds FraudGuard security services to their BenefitsDirect Direct Deposit management solution.
  • MasterCard wins Mobile Money Innovation award at the GSMA World Congress in Barcelona, along with partners Etisalat and Oberthur Technologies.
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.
  • Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Finovate-F-Logo.jpgAmerican Banker reports: ImpulseSave Launches Chrome Plugin to Encourage Savings.
  • SaveUp allows users to vote for potential prizes.
  • SmartyPig introduces the SmartyPig OneClick Chrome extension.
  • Get Rich Slowly blog features Tuition.io.
  • Forbes covers Virtual Piggy, calling it PayPal for Kids. Come see Virtual Piggy demo at FinovateEurope.
  • Springwise features Movenbank. Come to FinovateEurope and see Movenbank's live demo of its new platform.
  • American Banker reports: STAR Financial Bank Rolls Out PFM Software from MoneyDesktop.
  • Virgin Mobile, C Spire test BillFloat as financing option.
  • Mastercard moves to ease EMV migration within U.S.
  • Azimo announces £300,000 ($480,000 USD) angel investment round. Come see their demo at FinovateEurope in February!
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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Gamified-savings and rewards platform, SaveUp, is holding a contest allowing users to vote for prizes they want to see on the platform to increase engagement.

As of right now, users have three and a half more days to vote for prizes or submit one of their own. If a user suggests the prize that receives the highest number of votes, they earn 1,000 credits in their SaveUp account.

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Users can vote once per day on the prize of their choice. All prizes are valued around $100. Popular ones include:

    • Emergency fund
    • Victoria's Secret gift card
    • $100 toward Nest Thermostat
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To learn more about SaveUp, watch its FinovateSpring 2012 demo.

Finovate Alumni News-- January 7, 2013

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  • 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.
  • 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 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.
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.
  • Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Finovate-F-Logo.jpgBremer Bank to implement Fiserv's mobile banking and payment technology.
  • Boeing Helicopters Credit Union moves to Andera's oFlows for online account opening.
  • SaveUp launches a no spend challenge: a financial detox.
  • Pageonce featured in Gentle9.com's Top 10 Apps of the week.
  • Jwaala helps Michigan First Credit Union improve remote deposit capture services.
  • The Swedish Wire lists Klarna as one of Sweden's more popular employers among young professionals. 
  • Nomis Solutions announces Global Pricing Forum in April.
  • Monitise appoints Brad Petzer as new CFO, Executive Director.
  • Alior Bank to deploy Comarch Smart Finance.
  • AllAfrica.com interviews CR2 CEO, Martin Dolan about Nigeria's Cashless Lagos Project.
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.
Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Finovate-F-Logo.jpgHere is a list of all the funding Finovate alumni received over the course of 2012.  

After an impressive 2011, where more than $423 million was raised, 2012 was even better, with more than $450 raised.

A few stand-out metrics for the year:

  • 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
Here is a month-by-month breakdown of funding received.

January -- $25 million raised by 3 companies
Currensee: $2 million -- blog post
Finsphere: $11.3 million -- blog post
HelloWallet: $12 million -- blog post

February -- $57 million raised by 5 companies
Capital Access Network: $30 million -- blog post
Dwolla: $5 million -- blog post
Jemstep: $6 million -- blog post
Kabbage: undisclosed -- blog post
Xero: $16.6 million -- blog post

March -- $68 million raised by 3 companies
Boku: $35 million -- blog post
eToro: $15 million -- blog post
ThreatMetrix: $18 million -- blog post

April -- $2.5 million raised by 1 company
miiCard: $2.5 million -- blog post

May -- $55.5 million raised by 5 companies
Kony: $15 million - blog post
Pindrop Security: $1 million -- blog post
SecureKey: $30 million -- blog post
SoMoLend: $1.17 million -- blog post
Yodlee: $8.3 million -- blog post

June -- More than $62 million raised by 8 companies
Affinity Solutions: $14.5 million -- blog post
Arroweye Solutions: $3 million -- blog post
Cartera Commerce: $12.2 million -- blog post
Credit Sesame: $12 million -- blog post
Doughmain: undisclosed -- blog post
Lending Club: $15 million -- blog post
Nutmeg: $5.3 million -- blog post
Planwise: $200,000 -- blog post

July -- $6 million raised by 2 companies
Continuity Control: $1 million -- press release
SaveUp: $5 million -- blog post

August -- More than $49 million raised by 6 companies*
DemystData: undisclosed -- blog post
FutureAdvisor: $5 million -- blog post
FreeMonee: $34 million -- blog post
The Currency Cloud: $3.1 million -- blog post
CashStar: $5 million -- blog post
Continuity Control: $2.25 million -- blog post

September -- More than $59 million raised by 5 companies
Banno: $2 million -- press release
Betterment: $10 million -- press release
Edo Interactive: $15 million -- press release
Fuze Network: $2.5 million -- press release
Kabbage: $30 million -- blog post

October -- $37 million raised by 2 companies
The Currency Cloud: $1.9 million -- blog post
Braintree: $35 million -- blog post

November -- More than $23 raised by 4 companies
ActivePath: $10 million -- blog post
Jingit: $7 million -- blog post
Bazaarvoice: $6.7 million -- blog post
Xero: $49 million -- blog post

December -- More than $16 million raised by 4 companies
Waspit: $3 million -- blog post
Controlabill: $570,000 (A$600,000) -- blog post
Zopa: undisclosed -- blog post
ShopKeep POS: $10 million - blog post
Clover Networks: $3.3 million - blog post

*In addition to the companies listed for August, On Deck Capital raised $100 million in credit facility commitments.

Note: Funding that companies received before they demonstrated at Finovate was not counted. Questions? Comments? E-mail us at Julie@Finovate.com or David@Finovate.com.
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August was the biggest funding month of the third quarter. Six companies raised more than $49 million, led by FreeMonee, which alone raised $34 million.

In addition to the eight companies listed below, On Deck Capital raised $100 million in credit facility commitments in late August. 

Here's the Q3 summary for 2012:

July -- $6 million raised by 2 companies

August -- More than $49 million raised by 6 companies

Note: Funding that companies received before they demonstrated at Finovate was not counted. Questions? Comments? E-mail us at Julie@Finovate.com or David@Finovate.com.

  • Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Finovate-F-Logo.jpgBazaarvoice 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.
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  • mFoundry announces cloud-based Fin.X solution.
  • Taulia featured on Start-ups and Technology: Real Game-Changers presented by SAP.
  • Kashoo CEO, Jim Secord, gives company update.
  • AOL Daily Finance reports Dynamics and UMB increase experience provider rate to 0.5% for ePlate payment system.
  • Business Insider goes behind the scenes of LearnVest's latest product launch.
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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  • InComm celebrates 21 years in the payments industry.
  • Backbase introduces My Backbase, a platform supporting integrators, partners, professionals, prospects and customers.
  • ID Analytics and iovation partner to fight online fraud.
  • Yodlee strengthens management team with three key executives.
  • The Financial Brand features SaveUp's saving gamification model.
  • Monitise announces partnership with eMerit Solutions.
  • Fenergo enhances FATCA Compliance Solution with auto-classification.
  • Cortera appoints Gary Brooks as Chief Marketing Officer.
  • Entrepreneur Magazine features the success of a business recieving financing through Lighter Capital.
  • Geezeo signs Riverside Community CU.
  • TechCrunch reports: Braintree eases signup process for developers
  • Money Marketing takes an in-depth look at FinovateFall demos.
  • MyBankTracker reports MoneyDesktop launches Sleek Mobile Apps.
  • New Dutch bank uses Figlo Platform to offer online financial overview.
  • Citi using Statement Rewards from Truaxis to bring card linked offers to cardholders.
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.
  • Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Finovate-F-Logo.jpgJP Nicols, CEO of Clientific advisory firm, mentions Personal Capital, MoneyDesktop, and Actiance as 3 companies to watch at FinovateFall.
  • Former E*TRADE General Counsel joins Lending Club as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer.
  • SecureKey teams up with Dell for private cloud expansion.
  • Safeway announces preparations for Blackhawk IPO. Come check out Blackhawk at FinovateFall.
  • Acculynk announces acquisition of PayLeap Gateway & Merchant Services.
  • Mootwin partners with Progress to build mobile apps.
  • Sacramento's Fox40 interviews Priya Haji, SaveUp CEO.
  • South Metro FCU offers members mobile deposits through Cachet Financial Services. Come see Cachet at FinovateFall.
  • InComm announces minority investment by Warburg Pincus.
  • Tradeshift selected by UK-based strategic outsourcing & energy corp to implement e-invoicing 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.
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SaveUp, a free rewards program to help consumers get out of debt, announced a $5 million round of financing yesterday, which comes after the initial $2 million seed round from Blue Run Ventures and True Ventures it closed in November of last year.

Existing investors participated in the new round, and the remaining contributors are undisclosed. So far, SaveUp has closed $4 million of the $5 million, and is looking for prominent angel investors to close out the round.

Along with covering the announcement, TechCrunch disclosed the following stats:

    • 20% of users sign in daily
    • 45% of users sign in weekly
    • 68% of users sign in once a month
    • Users have registered over half a billion dollars in debt in the system, including:

- $317 million in mortgage debt
- $45 million in credit card debt- $148 million in loan debt

    • Since launching, its helped users pay down $74 million in debt and save $93 million

SaveUp will use the funding to increase distribution of the product and expand to new platforms.

To learn more about SaveUp, watch its FinovateSpring 2012 demo.

  • Fiserv launches mobile app for debit and credit card rewards program.
  • TIO Networks signs deal with MAPCO Express to deploy bill pay kiosks across Tennessee.
  • Wipit enables e-commerce websites to accept cash payments.
  • ActivePath's ActiveMail reaches major milestone with 500,000 downloads.
  • SaveUp raises $5 million, voices usage stats.
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.
  • Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Finovate-F-Logo.jpgDynamics certified as payment card production vendor on MasterCard network.
  • Lighter Capital hires BJ Lackland as new CEO.
  • Netbanker reports: BillGuard Puts Extra Effort into Contacting Customers.
  • Lazy Man and Money blog features SaveUp.
  • TechCrunch reports Credit Karma app becomes #1 Financial app in Apple App Store and #22 overall, only 1 day after debut.
  • TSYS signs 6 year agreement to provide BofA processing services for consumer credit card portfolios in the U.S.
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.

  • Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Finovate-F-Logo.jpgCheck out VC funding trends in financial services startups.
  • Cartera Commerce raises $12.2 Million in growth equity.
  • Braintree expands payments gateway to merchants in 30 countries.
  • Lending Club receives $15 mil from Kleiner, Mary Meeker joins board.
  • ThreatMetrix positioned as a "Visionary" in the Magic Quadrant for Web Fraud Detection.
  • Clairmail awarded 2012 Best Mobile Application or Service.
  • mFoundry launches mobile banking solution for Eli Lilly Federal Credit Union.
  • City National Bank partners with Cachet Financial Solutions and Panini to deliver RDC to Mac users.
  • Bill.com receivables wins ninth annual Tax and Accounting Technology Innovation Awards.
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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  • Quid puts FinovateSpring companies through its Big Data algorithm.
  • Netbanker reports Doxo Provides the Missing Login at Small Billers.
  • TIO Networks named to PROFIT Mag's list of Fastest-Growing Companies in Canada.
  • GigaOM reports Wonga readies $1.5 billion IPO.
  • Wall Street Journal reviews FutureAdvisor.
  • ThreeThriftyGuys.com reviews SaveUp.com.
  • American Banker reports Computer Services Inc. (CSI) adds Geezeo's PFM tools to its online banking suite.
  • Business Insider recommends using Credit Karma and ReadyForZero to get out of debt and raise your credit score.
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.
  • Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Finovate-F-Logo.jpgSoMoLend raises $1.17 in Seed Funding.
  • TradeKing and Zecco announce agreement to merge.
  • The Economist names CurrencyFair as an option for transferring money abroad.
  • The Economist looks at how Wonga, Mint, SaveUp, and ReadyForZero use Big Data.
  • Xconomy reports Kony Solutions receives $15 mil in Series C financing.
  • Finextra reports SafetyPay takes e-commerce cash payment service global.
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.

Earlier this week, we attended the Future of Money conference in San Francisco. Over 20 Finovate Alumni companies were represented in the audience, and many of them presented or were included on panels.

During the conference, we gathered tidbits from some of the companies. Here are a few highlights:

Personal Capital
Bill Harris, CEO, (pictured below) spoke about how wealth management needs to be more virtual, secure, and personal. He provided some stats 
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about the wealth-management platform:

    • Average account size nearly $500,000
    • Operates on a freemium model with $100,000 minimum account size
Mike Alfred, Co-founder and CEO, (pictured right) commented on BrightScope's role in the advisor business:

    • Seeks to bring transparency to the market
    • Helps consumers steer away from "funds that suck"
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Bo Lu, Co-founder and CEO, (pictured right) commented on FutureAdvisor's platform:

    • Makes the advisor process more convenient than traditional advisors
    • Scales the advisor process to take less of a percentage than traditional advisors
Bertram Meyer, CEO, (pictured below) discussed how Taulia helps small businesses 
get paid faster:

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    • Charges corporations (buyers) for either:
      1. A license subscription
      2. A gain share from the additional discounts earned against the target rate
Tradeshift
Christian Lanng, CEO and Founder, (pictured right) described Tradeshift's platform:

    • It differs from banks because it has the ability to sift through the data that backs both the buyers and suppliers
    • The platform is free for suppliers
    • It sells connectivity to buyers as a SAAS platform to connect with supply chain
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Priya Haji, CEO and Co-founder spoke about SaveUp's user base:

    • Skews towards users in their 20s and 30s
    • Half male, half female
    • Middle to upper-middle class
    • Average income ranges from $75,000 to $125,000
    • 30% of users are on the site every day
    • 60% of users are on the site every week
To learn more about these companies check out their demos:

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Here's part 2 of the sneak peek of the companies that will demoing at FinovateSpring May 8 and 9 in San Francisco. Each company provided a short summary of the innovation they will debut on stage. We published 23 last week and we will complete the preview next week.

Don't miss the opportunity to experience the hottest innovations in financial technology. Get your FinovateSpring ticket here.
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InvestorBee puts data at consumers' fingertips so they can make smart, confident investments.

  • It's fact, not opinion. Users can tap into the database to learn from the experiences of nearly 1.5 million investors.
  • It's an investment health check. Users can compare their portfolios and multi-asset products with fact-based, relevant benchmarks to understand whether they receive fair value.
  • It's simple investing without guesswork. Users can choose an objective risk-based strategy to track that's right for them in a few easy steps.
Users extract wisdom from the crowd to make better, simpler investment decisions - all for free at InvestorBee.

Innovation type: Investing, marketing, PFM


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iQuantifi takes you way beyond budgeting! It helps you reach all your financial goals and tells you exactly how you can do it. No estimates. No calculators. Just solid advice and the power to do it all online.

Innovation type: Banking products, investing, PFM


Historically, investing in securities has been 
a difficult proposition for retail investors, 
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mainly due to the lack of access to competitive products and the absence of user-friendly financial education tools.

This problem is exacerbated in emerging markets, where financial markets tend to be less developed.

Kuspit offers retail investors an online platform to learn about investing, apply what they've learned, and invest in the same platform. All of this is available in an easy and progressive manner, while sharing ideas with the community.

Innovation type: Investing, online, PFM


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The current infrastructure to deliver capital to Main Street businesses is broken. It's simply too expensive for banks to manually analyze and underwrite a small loan - whether it is $10,000 or $100,000. As a result, banks make fewer loans, and creditworthy small businesses are denied the capital they need to grow. 

On Deck has created an efficient, effective and proven solution to this fundamental problem. By leveraging new digital sources of data, any institution can increase its small business lending through the On Deck platform, delivering funding decisions in minutes rather than weeks.

Innovation type: Lending, payments, small business


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PaySimple is launching an innovative platform for banks to set up their own private-labeled version of cloud-based receivables automation. With this platform, banks of all sizes can easily bring to market a sticky value-added offering to attract and retain small business members, while adding a new revenue stream. 

PaySimple will demonstrate how banks can set up custom-branded software in a few simple steps and how small businesses can immediately benefit from a system that combines payment acceptance across channels integrated with customer management.

Innovation type: Online, payments, small business


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Portfolio Football is a first-of-a-kind application that addresses the need for financial planning and literacy through gamification. Portfolio Football plays on the popularity of American Football and the adoption of fantasy sports into the lives millions. It makes financial management competitive, fun and easy to understand, while providing users with a powerful tool for personal finance and portfolio management. It's a true "game changer."

Innovation type: Investing, Online, PFM


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With 80% of Americans between the ages 20-40 now using social media and playing social games, how can financial institutions reach their customers in new ways?

Introducing SaveUp - an innovative program that uses game mechanics to reward good financial behavior. When users save money and reduce debt, they earn credits to play for prizes like cars, travel, and cash up to $2 million.

Financial institutions can use a customized SaveUp experience to help their customers make better financial decisions, increase engagement, and cross-sell products. Current FI partner campaigns have conversion rates of up to 44%.

Build a deeper relationship with your customers while helping them succeed.

Innovation type: Marketing, rewards


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SoMoLend makes investing in your online community simple, affordable, and social. SoMo is an online platform that uses patent-pending lending technology executed within a hyper-localized geographic scope to connect small business borrowers with individual and organizational investors.  

SoMo's user-friendly technology allows business borrowers to raise capital from friends and family, customers and community supporters as well as from Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn connections. Investors lend money directly to borrowers through the SoMo platform, which then packages the loans and sells them as notes, bypassing banks and credit-card issuers.

Innovation type: Investing, lending, small business


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Thomson Reuters is pleased to introduce their new App Store solution that enables access to the latest innovative capabilities and tools for use across the digital enterprise. Thomson Reuters' solution makes it easy for financial institutions and third-party developers to create and integrate pioneering market monitoring and investing apps. 

By seamlessly enabling the combination of Thomson Reuters content, firm's customer account data and firm's internal and other data sources, Thompson Reuters is helping institutions leverage the providers of financial content. This delivers a differentiated experience for their customers while lowering both development costs and time to market.

Innovation type: Investing, marketing, mobile, online, PFM


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Approximately half of the world's population are cash-preferred consumers (unbanked, underbanked, teens or privacy-concerned) and have no bank account or limited access to traditional financial services. eCommerce merchants have not had a way, until now, to monetize this segment of consumers simply missing out on the substantial revenues they represent.

ZipZap will unveil the latest innovations in global cash transaction solutions for eCommerce merchants. CashCade ensures no more lost revenue from card-based transactions being declined, while CashPayment enables consumers worldwide to make payments for online purchases at offline locations using cash.

Innovation type: Back office, payments
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  • Armada Data Solutions adds Check Point Software Technologies' firewall services to security practice.
  • TSYS signs payment services agreement with Pivotal Payments.
  • AOL UK lists CurrencyFair as 1 of 5 ways to transfer money abroad.
  • The Washington Post lists Expensify as an app that can make life at work a bit easier. Come see their new tech at FinovateSpring.
  • Blaze Mobile awarded another patent for NFC payments. See its live demo at FinovateSpring.
  • Credit Union Times looks at Filene-backed SaveUp. Come see its live demo at FinovateSpring.
  • Chicago Sun-Times highlights Authentify's technology.
  • The Wall Street Journal discusses P2P lending networks Prosper & Lending Club.
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.
  • Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Finovate-F-Logo.jpgCashSherpa.com reviews FutureAdvisor.
  • SuccessStories.com features Alexa Von Tobel, LearnVest CEO.
  • MyBankTracker reports TIO Networks gives underbanked a mobile wallet. See TIO Networks demo live at FinovateSpring next month.
  • Wisconsin State Journal features TASCET, who will demo its Financial Iconn technology at FinovateSpring in San Fran, May 8-9.
  • Northwest Credit Union Association reports Oregon Employees FCU is piloting SaveUp's prize-linked savings alternative. See them at FinovateSpring.
  • Business Insider names Yodlee and Andera as 2 of 5 faceless companies that control your money.
  • MSNBC consults BillGuard to determine the validity of certain questionable charges. See them demo at FinovateSpring.
  • Financial Planning takes a closer look at Balance Financial.
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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  • CUinsight reports Credit Union of the Rockies joins SaveUp.
  • VentureBeat looks at PayPal's new pricing model and suite of mobile products.
  • Money One FCU of Maryland introduces BancVue's Kasasa.
  • Yodlee launches MoneyMovement, partners with Zoho.
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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San Francisco-based SaveUp announced today that it will launch a pilot of its rewards platform, a program that incents users to save more by enticing them with prizes and a jackpot, at 20 credit unions in 15 states to gauge how effectively the prizes and rewards motivate users to save.

The 20 credit unions, with 1.2 million combined accounts, will provide their members a tailored version of SaveUp for free to increase deposits and enhance customer relationships.

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The Filene Research Institute has been contracted to monitor usage and feedback, and compile results.

To learn more about SaveUp, come to FinovateSpring 2012 next month and see its live demo.

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  • Striata partners with Tricubes, an ID authentication specialist, to provide Malaysian clients with secure document delivery.
  • Forbes discusses Dwolla's location-based payments service.
  • Thomson Reuters named one of Ethisphere's 2012 "World's Most Ethical Companies" for fourth successive year.
  • HelloWallet announces V2 of its iPhone app with account setup, budget creation, & manual transactions.
  • SaveUp launches pilot program at 20 credit unions.
  • Utiba takes on ValidSoft's security solution.
  • Ping Identity educates consultants to better serve end users.
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  • Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Finovate-F-Logo.jpgFiserv wins Celent's XCelent Award for enterprise-wide compliance solutions.
  • USA Today Money columnist recommends TradeKing & Zecco as platforms for investing in stock.
  • Productive Web Apps features CoverHound.
  • The Seattle Times discusses the benefits of BillGuard.
  • Braintree's payment gateway available for Magneto users.
  • Prosper adds 13 new loan categories for borrowers.
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  • Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Finovate-F-Logo.jpgeMudhra partners with Monitise to help launch mobile payments service.
  • Credit Karma profiles SaveUp. Come see SaveUp at FinovateSpring in May.
  • David Stone, CashStar CEO, named business leader of the year.
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  • ChargeSmart blog looks at what's behind Dynamics smart cards.
  • AcceptEmail and PostNL enter into a strategic partnership.
  • Meniga takes its PFM to Australia.
  • Lighter Capital makes borrowing even easier by launching Design-A-Loan.
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