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 Yesterday, SimpleTuition, a site designed to help students find an ideal student loan, debuted SmarterBank, a student-friendly online bank account that's powered by The Bancorp Bank.  The Bank SmarterBank, which offers a free checking account that features online banking, bill pay, and a Visa debit card, is designed to help account holders pay back their student loans. It does this by enabling users to set up payments (one-time or recurring) that feed directly to their student loans. It also features a friends and family contribution function that directly pays down the loan with micropayments.  The Rewards Another student-friendly aspect of SmarterBank is SmarterBucks, its free rewards program. Through a partnership with merchant rewards program, RewardsNOW, SmarterBucks enables users to accumulate rewards on everyday purchases that are automatically used to make extra payments on their students loans. This summer, it plans to offer special rewards targeted toward students. A linked savings account is currently in development and is slated for later this year. To learn more about SimpleTuition, watch its FinovateStartup 2008 demo.
 - SimpleTuition's PayBackSmarter.com now used by over 40 colleges & universities.
- Meniga's PFM goes live within Skandibanken's online bank in Norway.
- Mobile Enterprise Strategies interviews Kony's VP of Mobile Strategies, Sam Lakkundi.
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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
- SimpleTuition wins the BostInno Insider Award for best higher education blog in Boston.
- TechCrunch reports TradeShift launches instant payment solution.
- Boston Business Journal covers Cartera Commerce card-linked offers.
- Cartera Commerce Card-Linked advertising network generates over $1 bil in merchant sales in 2011, more than previous 4 years combined.
- Tech.li looks at how Expensify takes control of expense reports with less "suck."
- InvestorBee launches Compare Investments tool.
- BOKU works with MasterCard to launch mobile payment platform.
This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You
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.
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Expensify The Wall Street Journal listed Expensify as a must-have mobile tech tool for entrepreneurs. Link
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Kony Solutions  The American Business Awards selected Kony Solutions as the Most Innovative Company of the Year. Link
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Profit Stars Profit Stars introduced its new Remote Deposit Anywhere solution. Link
Prosper - Former Lending Club director Joseph Toms joined Prosper as its Chief Investment Officer. Link
- The San Francisco Times reported on Prosper's growth. Link
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SimpleTuition SimpleTuition expanded its student loan payment options by partnering with Discover Card. Link
SmartyPig SmartyPig was recommended by Mint.com as a way to save for impulse purchases. Link
TradeKing TradeKing implemented SunGard's MarketMap to deliver market data to its active trading platform. Link
UBank Mashable highlighted UBank's feedback forum. Link
Voice Commerce Voice Commerce launched a payment solution for the iPhone. Link
Wikinvest  PC mag reviewed Wikinvest's mobile app. Link
Xero Tech Day assessed Xero's Debtor Daddy service. Link
Betterment Medill Reports discussed the benefits of Betterment and Currensee, claiming that the social networking craze changes the way some people invest. Link
BrightScope BrightScope announced the top 10 treasury inflation protected securities funds in America's 401ks. Link
ChargeSmart  Fox News' Studio 10 reviewed ChargeSmart, PlasticJungle, and Bills.com and found a number of money saving tools and ideas. Link
Check Point Software Technologies Check Point Software Technologies won The Ten Best Web Support Sites of 2011 Award from The Association of Support Professionals for its exceptional web support design, implementation, and customer experience. Link
ClairMail ClairMail announced record customer expansion with a 300% year-over-year growth in users. Link
Corduro  The New York Times reported that Corduro's cloud platform challenges PayPal and Square's mobile payment services. Link
Credit Sesame The Wisdom Journal depicted Credit Sesame's services as more than just credit scores. Link
Currensee See Betterment above.
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- TheFinancialBrand.com discussed Oregon Federal Credit Union's use of doxo and discussed other usage ideas such as uploading a scan of your passport prior to travelling. Link
Dwolla - Credit Union Times listed Dwolla as a contender in the P2P payment space. Link
- Dwolla rallied community efforts to gather donations for the tornado-stricken town of Joplin by selling its t-shirts and accepting donations. Link
- Omaha World-Herald covered Dwolla's arrival into Nebraska. Link
Enloop  - About.com highlighted Enloop's business plan creation service. Link
- Forbes blog discussed "How Not to Fail" by using Enloop to assess the potential success of a business plan. Link
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HelloWallet  San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom urged residents to improve their money management by using HelloWallet. For every five subscriptions purchased, HelloWallet will give away one subscription to a family in need. Link
Hidden Levers Financial Advisor Blog discussed using Hidden Levers to build better portfolios, highlighting risk management and accuracy of the service. Link
Lending Club - Lending Club exceeded a quarter million dollars in cumulative loans and is offering cash bonuses. Link
- Wall Street Journal blog discussed growth of P2P Lending sites Prosper and Lending Club. Link
Lendio  Lendio raised $2 million in debt financing. Link
PayNearMe PayNearMe founder Danny Shader, in an interview with Vator News, revealed the service is used beyond the unbanked population, including teens who prefer to pay with cash and consumers who would like to keep their online transactions private. Link
Prosper See Lending Club above.
RobotDough  Dow Jones Financial reports that a UCLA professor backed RobotDough. Link
SecondMarket The Washington Business Journal discussed SecondMarket's recent popularity. Link
Sybase  Sybase launched the M-Commerce Guide, a publication for examining global market opportunities for mobile network operators, advisors, and FIs. Link
TradeKing TradeKing CIO Dan Raju discussed security issues that may arise with the NYSE cloud community, citing its security. Link
Tyfone Tyfone contracted with Star One Credit Union to use its NFC technology. Link
UBank  CEO of UBank examined security concerns and competitors during an interview with ZDNet. Link
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