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 - 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.
- American Banker considers On Deck Capital's growth.
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.
 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: First place: Pangea Payments- 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
Silver - 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
Bronze - 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
 We recently returned from the Bank Innovation conference in San Francisco, where the 2013 Bank Innovation awards were presented on Monday afternoon. A panel of judges selected BBVA and Fidor Bank AG as 2 of 4 companies whose innovations made a difference in 2012. BBVA
BBVA won for its BBVA Game that uses gamification to incent clients to use its banking services. Elements of the game include points, badges, and a leaderboard that come together in a virtual economy. In the 6 months since its launch, more than 100k customers have signed up. Watch the demo video of BBVA debuting its new Stockbuzz program at FinovateEurope 2013.   Fidor Bank AG
Fidor Bank AG won for Like-Zins, a user-generated interest rate program. For every 2,000 Facebook likes that Fidor receives, it raises the interest rate on FidorPay checking accounts by 10 basis points per year (with a cap of 15% per year). So far, the Facebook community has increased the accounts by 50-70 basis points. Fidor demoed at FinovateEurope 2011.  Also among the winners are: - Long-time Finovate sponsor The Bancorp Bank, which is the financial institution that backs both Moven and Simple.
- SaverNation, a company that helps users fund their retirement by saving small percentages of their normal purchases.
See Bank Innovation's full coverage of all of the winners here.
- 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.
- CIO lists Expensify as 1 of 3 apps to help at tax time.
- BellaDati releases updates to its platform.
- 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.
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.
 - 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.
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.
 Looking for the best in fintech innovation? According to American Banker, there's a Finovate alum (or three) for that.
 How did these three make American Banker's short list? According to the reviewers, "account application features, design, and ease of use" were among the main factors that helped distinguish the top ten (including these three Finovate alumni) from the rest of the mobile banking app field.
Watch Simple's most recent Finovate demo here. And Pageonce's presentation at FinovateSpring 2010 is here.
 BBVA debuted stockbuzz.es on the Finovate stage in London at FinovateEurope in February. Take a look at our Live Blog post from the event here.
- Metaforic's self-defending software immune system named the Gold winner by Info Security Products Guide's 2013 Global Excellence Awards.
- Worldwide Insure names Expensify the February Travel App of the Month.
- TIO Networks expands Services with First Data's Money Network Prepaid Services.
- Bloomberg Television interviews Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski.
- CashStar co-founder, CEO David Stone to lead panel on mobile shopping and gifting at Prepaid Expo.
- AEGON Turkey insurance sales processes go mobile with Figlo tablet solution.
- Lending Club appoints former Visa President as Director.
- Apps from BBVA Compass, Pageonce, and Simple highlighted in American Banker's list of the top ten, most progressive mobile banking apps.
- My Money Blog reviews Jemstep Portfolio Manager.
- Co-founder and CEO of Birdback, Nicolai Watzenig named guest speaker at eDeal Summit.
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.
- TSYS reaches long-term deal with MLS Direct Network.
- ProfitStars launches Gladiator Managed IT Services.
- Expensify now available for BlackBerry 10 and the BlackBerry PlayBook.
- Bank Innovation reports: New Banno President Charles E. Potts says Grip Will Triple User Base in 2013.
- MyBankTracker lists Expensify as 1 of 3 finance apps that is way better than Mint.
- ThreatMetrix introduces Behavioral Analysis in the ThreatMetrix Cybercrime Defender Platform.
- Monitise triples value of payments and transfers over its technology platform from $10bn to $31bn.
- Segodnya.ua features Liqpay in its review of the advantages and disadvantages of electronic money.
- Coast Capital Savings Credit Union in Canada to deploy Temenos T24 core banking app.
- Pockets United among the startups presenting at TechCrunch Mobile Barcelona this week.
- Xconomy's "Innovations in Financial Technology" features TradeKing.
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.
- CommunityLend grows FinanceIt team.
- Cartera Commerce appoints Brian Michon as CTO.
- Mitek granted new patent for its mobile photo bill pay capabilities.
- Geezeo partners with OSG Statement Services to develop a statement option that will allow PFM data to be leveraged in eStatements and printed statements.
- GoBankingRates reviews Simple's banking service.
- American Banker reports: Maine's Katahdin Trust Company selects Fiserv's core banking platform.
- MoneyDesktop reports record year with customer growth of nearly 80% from 2011 to 2012 and a 4.5X increase in recurring monthly revenue.
- Hallmark chooses Taulia to provide e-invoicing, dynamic discounting and supplier self-services.
- FamZoo's prepaid card family pack featured in TIME.
- Torsion Mobile integrates with Dwolla's payment network.
- Dallas Business Journal reports that Device Fidelity has raised $1 million in debt financing.
- TSYS to begin processing ATM transactions through the LINK network in the UK.
- Azimo CEO Michael Kent explains the social remittance business in Pymnts.com Q&A.
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.
 Cachet Financial Solutions integrates with CU Mobile Apps, a provider of mobile banking solutions.
- Finextra reports SafetyPay opens up to German-speaking markets.
- Lendio reports 2012 growth metrics.
- Expensify listed as 1 of 4 apps to helps save and manage your money.
- TechFaster interviews BillGuard CMO Mary Anne Keegan.
- Business Insider interviews Josh Reich, Simple founder and CEO.
- Xero makes Bank Reconciliation available to Android users.
- edo Interactive's new Marketplace platform targets small, local businesses.
- Check out Finovate's infographic of FinovateEurope 2013 innovation themes.
- Billhighway named as finalist in the 2013 Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service.
- SigFig-powered USA Today Money Portfolio Tracker launches
in app store.
- CashStar reports record holiday season; 800% increase in mobile eGift Card purchases.
- Continuity Control partners with Community BancService Corporation.
- TSYS technology at work in Visa's Saral Money program in India.
- Rabobank launches Figlo-powered widgets for online banking homepage.
- BrightScope ranks top 25 law firms with highest-rated 401(k) plans.
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.
 - Jemstep launches new Portfolio Manager service.
- Aite Group names ACI Worldwide "Vendor to Watch" in 2013.
- Acculynk's PayLeap now features API developer integration tools.
- Figlo is 1 of 16 companies to join a global alliance with Microsoft.
- American Banker reports Simple Enacts New Security Features.
- All Things D lists Tuition.io as 1 of 2 companies to help college grads with empty pockets.
- Netbanker reports: Movenbank Provides a Peek at its User Interface. Come check it out at FinovateEurope, less than 2 weeks away.
- Experian extends Precise ID fraud prevention to online Social Security related services.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
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.
Alternative banking platform, Simple announced the launch of its Android app yesterday. Simple notes that designing the app was "an opportunity to reimagine the Simple mobile experience." It has a noticeably different feel than the iOS app. Here are some screenshots:
The free app is available on GooglePlay for Android 2.3.3 and higher. To learn more about Simple, watch its FinovateFall 2011 demo.
 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.
- 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.
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.
- Gartner highlights Comarch Commission & Incentive in recent report.
- FIS announces expanded relationship with Modern Woodmen Bank.
- TomTom uses Keynote DeviceAnywhere for real-time performance monitoring in Paris.
- The New York Times features Simple's approach to customer service.
- Check Point Software Technologies introduces new ZoneAlarm 2013 security product line, integrates Facebook Privacy Scan.
- MyBankTracker looks at Movenbank's new site layout. Come see Movenbank's live demo at FinovateEurope Feb 12 and 13.
- Daily Tekk interviews Brendon McQueen, CEO of Tuition.io.
- eToro launches new version of its WebTrader platform.
- Dwolla introduces new look, allows users to apply for higher transaction limits.
- Cardlytics opens office in San Fran, appoints new SVP of Marketing. Come see Cardlytics demo at FinovateEurope next month.
- CNBC interviews Barry Silbert, SecondMarket CEO, to understand why entreprenuers avoid IPOs.
- Bank Systems & Technology considers how NICE's newest solution uses voice recognition to prevent fraud. Come see NICE demo its new tech live at FinovateEurope in London February 12 and 13.
- Biometric Update highlights a year of new customers and pilot projects from VoiceTrust.
- TechCrunch features a video interview with Betterment CEO and founder, Jon Stein.
- Experian announces deal to provide address and mortality screening services to Guardian Financial Services.
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.
- 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.
 As part of its mandate to develop innovation and entrepreneurship in the consumer financial marketplace, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is calling on the help of three Finovate alumni. BillGuard, Plastyc, and Simple are taking part in the first phase of the CFPB's Project Catalyst, which has three goals: - Establish firm lines of communication with innovators
- Understand new and emerging products in the market
- Engage with innovators
In a statement, the CFPB noted that the "data-driven agency ... always wants to learn more about what innovators are discovering about consumer wants, needs, and practices." To that end, here's a quick key to what each company does and how each will contribute to the project. Bill Guard Bill Guard provides consumers with email alerts to warn of questionable activity in their debit or credit accounts. As part of Project Catalyst, BillGuard will be providing data on customer complaints and dispute resolution. Watch BillGuard's most recent Finovate demo here. Plastyc Plastyc provides an online-based, prepaid card that serves as an alternative to traditional checking accounts. Here, the CFPB is hoping to learn more about how consumers are using remote mobile check deposit, as well as the importance of immediate access to deposited funds. To see Plastyc in action, watch their Finovate demo here. Simple Simple is a virtual bank that provides checking, savings and debit-card functions via a state-of-the-art user interface. Simple's Goals savings program, which allows customers to make daily, set-aside contributions toward an eventual purchase, is largely what the CFPB is looking to study. Simple debuted at FinovateFall 2011. Watch their demo here. Note that while all three companies are sharing data with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, no personally identifiable information will be included.
- Cardlytics platform deployed by America FCU to provide targeted rewards to its members.
- Vermilian's bancapp technology to power EECU's mobile banking and marketing smartphone app.
- Dwolla promotes its platform by giving $10 in waived transaction fees for every friend you refer through the end of the year.
- Xconomy looks at what SoMoLend discussed at the recent New York Enterprise Technology meetup.
- Bank Innovation takes a look at what PayPal's P2P for Financial Institutions means for the payments world.
- AppShopper highlights a new app from Billhighway, Give, now available for the iPhone.
- Netbanker looks at how Simple makes banking interesting.
- Merger mechanics continue as Zecco accounts move to TradeKing.
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.
- Dwolla launches the ability to send money over Twitter.
- Planwise launches free online tool that's like Google Maps for your money to visualize your future spending.
- Intuit-owned Mint to collaborate with Monitise to enhance banks' mobile apps with Mint functionality.
- InComm buys majority stake in Adility. Financial terms have yet to be announced.
- Equity Administration Solutions collaborates with SecondMarket so clients can more easily manage shareholder information.
- PaySimple named Red Herring Global Top 100 winner.
- Wonga launches PayLater, a service that offers users financing deals on online purchases with certain retailers.
- BellaDati opens first international office in Seoul.
- Experian announces IntelliView, a web-based query, analysis and reporting tool that gives 24-7 access to quarterly consumer credit data.
- Diversinet's mobiSecure SDK to power ultra-secure messaging in AirStrip Technology's mHealth application.
- Acculynk's Payzur heads west as Washington credit union offers P2P service to members.
- Long-term payments agreement announced between TSYS and Merrick Bank.
- Bible Money Matters takes a closer look at the merger between Zecco and TradeKing.
- BillFloat to provide handset financing options for MetroPCS customers.
- Virtual Piggy signs agreement with CardinalCommerce to integrate its youth payment tech into their Centinel Universal Merchant Platform through Cardinal.
- TechCrunch reports Concur to use Nor1's eStandby Upgrade tech to make hotel offers available to their business travel customers via TripIt.
- Simple shows off Android app teaser on Twitter and Facebook. The app to launch early next year.
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.
- BellaDati opens its first international office in Seoul.
- Klarna co-founder and deputy CEO talks Square and the business of payment processing.
- Sparkroom wins Readers' Choice Top Product award.
- Simple doubles per-transaction limit on its debit cards.
- Investors Business Daily profiles FIS chairman and CEO Frank Martire.
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.
- Finextra features Simple (formerly BankSimple).
- HID Global and BehavioSec join forces to add new layer of protection to fraud detection system.
- Entrepreneurial Finance Lab reflects on FinovateAsia.
- Personal Capital working with Pershing Advisor Solutions to make the sign-up process for investment clients even easier.
- Lending Club debuts low-interest, fixed-rate personal loan platform to Indiana residents.
- CashStar partners with Punchbowl to provide eGift-enabled digital greeting cards.
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.
- American Banker looks at how UMB is implementing Dynamics' ePlate card technology.
- peerTransfer rolls out international payment solution to the K-12 (kindergarten through twelfth grade) education market.
- InComm Canada launches No-Fee Vanilla Prepaid Product Line.
- The CUNA Technology Council presents MoneyDesktop with Best of Show Award at the 17th Annual CUNA Technology Council Conference.
- Cachet Financial Solutions powers Simple's Remote Deposit Capture.
- STL Beacon reports SoMoLend blazes new funding path in St. Louis through loans.
- Expensify launches new feature: Commercial Card Reconciliation.
- Desert News reports Virtual Piggy helps parents control children's online spending.
- VentureBeat reports Equifax buying CSC's credit-services biz for $1B in cash.
- Banno partners with ProfitStars to offer remote deposit, integrated bill pay.
- Thomson Reuters upgrades user interface, functionality for FX Matching platform.
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.
- Expensify now lets users submit employee expense reports to bill.com.
- Simple (Formerly BankSimple) Rolls Out Mobile Check Deposit.
- Virtual Piggy appoints Joseph Dwyer, former software executive as CFO.
- VentureBeat reports Kabbage wins CloudBeat's Innovation Showdown.
- Acculynk announces full integration of recent acquisition, PayLeap.
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.
Yesterday, Simple (formerly BankSimple) announced on its blog that it has added a remote deposit capture (RDC) feature. Customers can use the Simple App on their iPhone to deposit checks. All they need is an endorsed check and their account number, which Simple provides within the app itself.  Depending on how long you've been a Simple customer, up to $200 of the check will be deposited into your account the next day. Users can deposit a maximum of $5,000 total, up to 10 checks per week, and 15 checks per 30 days. There is still no word as to when Simple will roll out an app for Android. To learn more about Simple, watch its FinovateFall 2011 demo.
- American Banker reports MoneyDesktop aims to make PFM more appealing.
- Bass Pro Shops and Zappos.com added to Virtual Piggy's digital distribution channel.
- The Austin Statesman reports: Workers Praise Q2ebanking's "Family-Type Environment".
- TransCard to use DeviceFidelity's NFC tech to offer a new white-label mobile wallet.
- Kashoo Accounting version 2.0 for iPad now available on iTunes.
- Tech in Asia calls TradeHero "probably one of the best startup ideas in Singapore."
- Ian McKenna takes a detailed look at innovations demoed at FinovateAsia.
- Shamir Karkal, Simple CFO, explains where Simple's ideas came from and how the project got off the ground.
- The Banker interviews Bailey Klinger, Co-founder and CEO of EFL.
- BancBox to set up a development center in Chandigarh, India.
- Greedful.com features WeSeed: "The Stock Market Game that Pays Off".
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.
- HelloWallet launches new design for web app.
- TIO Networks signs 5 yr agreement with City Utilities of Springfield to provide financial services.
- TechCrunch reports Tradeshift Lands Huge Global Client For Its New CloudScan Product.
- FutureAdvisor wins Bronze in Best in Biz Awards 2012.
- Finextra reports Artisans' Bank chooses Andera oFlows for online deposits.
- American Banker reports CFPB to Collaborate with Startups BillGuard, Plastyc and Simple.
- Ping Identity ranked Number 166 Fastest Growing Company in North America on Deloitte's 2012 Technology Fast 500.
- Braintree expands to Australia, Providing Sophisticated Payment Tools for Australian Merchants.
- Kony Solutions opens Brazilian office, announces Itau Unibanco as a client.
- Allfiled today announced the addition of miiCard verified identities to its personal data service platform.
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.
- SimpleTuition acquires textbook marketplace ValoreBooks to help college students save
- Virtual Piggy partners with skateboard brand, GoldCoast. Come see Virtual Piggy's live demo at FinovateFall.
- Acculynk wins Lion's Den competition at the ATPS Latinoamerica in Miami.
- Planwise gives a sneak peek demo of platform upgrades.
- The Sydney Morning Herald reports UBank wins 2012 Financial Review Smart Investor Blue Ribbon Award for its variable home loan. Come see UBank at FinovateAsia in Singapore.
- Digital Trends looks at how (Bank)Simple is jumping through regulatory hoops.
- NY Times suggests FamZoo to help children & parents manage allowance.
- Millennial Vision and Cachet Financial Solutions partner to remarket mobile remote deposit solution. Come check out Cachet Financial at FinovateFall this week in New York.
- Huff Post reports: Andera CEO Charlie Kroll Builds Business To 'Help Small Banks Compete Against The Big Guys'.
- TechCrunch reports: Doxo Uses QR Codes To Bridge The Gap Between Paper Bills And Mobile Payments.
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.
- American Banker reports Spreedly partners with Dwolla to let merchant clients accept the alt payments system.
- Ping Identity opens new Canadian offices.
- Check Point IPS recognized for outstanding security by NSS Labs.
- TIO Networks partners with BAF Global Group to bring its bill pay technology to the Bahamas.
- Fast Company explains how ReadyForZero helps users out of debt.
- Netbanker looks at Simple's messaging center.
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.
- Maybank Singapore launches mobile banking services on Tagit's mobile platform.
- Simple (formerly BankSimple) launches goals feature.
- Global Enterprise selects Tradeshift to roll out e-invoicing to 36k suppliers.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
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.
- Virtual Piggy integrates its youth payment system into Arbor Collective's ecommerce operations.
- AcceptEmail featured in The E-invoicing Market Guide 2012.
- BOKU receives A+Trust rating from the Better Business Bureau.
- Barnard College partners with peerTransfer to streamline international education payments.
- Simple begins on-boarding customers, loses CTO Alex Payne.
- Xero reaches 100k paying customers, discloses additional metrics.
- Tinkoff Credit Systems launches new online banking on Backbase.
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.
Finance startup, Simple (formerly BankSimple), quietly made a couple of announcements today. First, a few weeks ago it began the process of on-boarding the 125k customers on its wait list. To give you a reference of how long that is expected to take, TechCrunch reports that those who request an invite today can expect to receive their card in the mail sometime this Fall.  In addition to this, it announced one of its co-founders and CTO, Alex Payne, is leaving the company to pursue his interest in programming languages and developer tools. He will, however, fill the role as the startup's advisor.  To learn more about Simple, watch its FinovateFall 2011 demo.
- American Banker looks at how Simple (@Simplify) is using open source technology.
- Bloomberg Businessweek features SigFig CEO, Mike Sha, discussing SigFig's business model.
- Social Lending Network reports Lending Club breaks $50 million in loans, Prosper issues a record $13.6 million in new P2P loans In June.
- Southwest Airlines' Spirit magazine features FutureAdvisor.
- ABA Subsidiary and Mortgagebot agree to extend Alliance Agreement.
- American Banker explains how SecondMarket is helping a privately-held bank in Texas find buyers for its stock.
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- Netbanker highlights Simple's Safe to Spend balance feature.
- Money Week discusses non-traditional banking methods such as Zopa and Wonga.
- Radware and Check Point Software Technologies form partnership.
- miiCard wins "Technology Innovation in Financial Services" at the 2012 Digital Technology Awards.
- Mint.com partners with Zillow to give users home valuation reports.
- Monitise seeks Bankers for possible LSE switch.
- Mobile Payments Today reports Dwolla is out to change the way money moves.
- Bill.com wins Stevie Award for customer service.
- Russian NOMOS-BANK launches Figlo Platform for its premium banking 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.
- Simple sends out a wave of new beta invites, including one to Square's co-founder.
- The Financial Services Club explores how Fidor Bank is innovating in the traditional banking space.
- Wall Street Journal looks at Doxo's role in the bill payment space.
- Barrons examines how SigFig's portfolio managers work.
- American Banker reports BankSimple Aims to Simplify Opening Online Accounts using Andera's SDK.
- The Wall Street Journal examines innovation in fintech.
- Dwolla's FiSync goes live.
- Geezeo signs Missouri Credit Union.
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.
- BillGuard adds premium fee-based options.
- National Journal examines how Simple (formerly BankSimple) is disrupting traditional banking.
- USA Today considers whether the Zecco/TradeKing deal could bring changes to online investing.
- Spectrum explains how ZipZap enables customers to pay online transactions using cash.
- Holvi reveals beta account activity.
- Planwise lands $200K in seed funding.
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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