• Woopra, the customer analytics blog, profiles BillFloat. 

• BBVA Compass picks Keynote's DeviceAnywhere platform for mobile app testing. 

• Kashoo announces "flash sale" for its iPad accounting app. 

• Mobile Payments Today highlights the Pay Anyone app from Pageonce. 

• Comarch invests PLN 1 million in a bid to strengthen its customer support services.

• Wired magazine features Acuity Systems' Harlan Hutson talking about authentication and moving beyond the digital wallet.

• Efigence-implemented Alior Currency Exchange wins best innovation of the year award for 2012 from Polish Academy of Sciences and editors of Business Forum magazine.

• BBVA named Model Bank of the Year by Celent.

• ShopKeep POS wins Stevie Award for Best customer service.

• Fortune 100 company chooses Taulia to provide extensive invoicing capabilities.

• PaySimple launches starter promotional pricing to help newer companies grow and manage their businesses.

• TESOBE's Open Bank Project organizes FinTech hackathon in London on the 19th of March at Level39.

• Doxo introduces provider online bill pay and view.

• PayPal expands relationship with Coinstar to add coins or dollars into or withdraw money from their PayPal accounts.

• CommunityLend grows FinanceIt team.

• Cartera Commerce appoints Brian Michon as CTO.

• Expensify integrates with Sage 50.

• 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.

• Mashable features ReadyForZero.

• 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.

• Dallas Business Journal reports PayTap helps split bills among friends, family.

• Taulia to provide e-invoicing and supplier self-services to real estate market.

• Ping Identity announces annual bookings grew more than 50% for the third consecutive year, cites other growth metrics.

• Locaid to provide geofencing, location authentication for GTECH.

• Nationwide shares pointers on how to use eDeposit.

• ACI Worldwide announces winners of its 2013 Excellence Award.

• Bazaarvoice to help UK furniture retailer Harveys execute social media strategy.

• CurrencyFair wins "Start up of the Year" in The Next Web's Irish Startup Awards competition.  See them demo at FinovateEurope in London!

• In this Forbes piece, BankersLab CEO and Co-Founder Michelle Katics gives a crash course on what it's like to take a startup global.

• Bazaarvoice unveils newest edition of its Bazaarvoice Connections offering.

• Yodlee Interactive doubles annual growth in its API business.

• New-Startups.com profiles Giftly.

• Filene conducts independent review of SaveUp program.

• PCMag highlights CSI globalVCard.

• GigaOM reports PayPal offers small businesses simple Bill Me Later financing option.

• American Banker profiles ImpulseSave.

• 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.

• CU Insight reports CU Solutions Group partners with SaveUp.

• mFoundry announces cloud-based Fin.X solution.

• Virtual Piggy integrates with Demandware.

• 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.

• The Currency Cloud short listed in the Smarta 100/O2 list. Vote for them here.

• ThreatMetrix announces availability of the latest ThreatMetrix Cybercrime Defender Platform.

• Dashlane wins Two Awards for Innovation in Data Privacy and Personal Data at DataWeek. Come to FinovateFall to see Dashlane's demo.

• PaySimple appoints Sue Heilbronner as Chief Revenue Officer. See PaySimple's demo at FinvoateFall next month.

• Taulia provides e-invoicing & supplier self-service capabilities to a select group of suppliers for large enterprises, free of charge.

• Credit Union Times reports Geezeo reaches 100 clients.

• 2 Minute Finance interviews TASCET at FinovateSpring 2012.

• E-Loan partners with Credit Karma, Lending Club, and SimpleTuition.

• PayPal, Kabbage top PYMNTS.com's Slate of Innovator Award Winners.

• Aria Assistance chooses Affinity Solutions to provide legal services.

• Toy News reports Kids' online payment tool Virtual Piggy grows. Come to FinovateFall to check out Virtual Piggy.

• Taulia featured on SAP's In the Cloud with Game-Changers to discuss how startups are "changing the game".

• Gamify For The Win features PlayMoolah. Come see PlayMoolah's live demo at FinovateFall.

• Forbes explains how Candace Klein, SoMoLend CEO, succeeds at 5 minute pitches.

• Cortera launches B2B Purchase Insights solution to enable sales, marketing & finance execs to research & understand customers.

• American Banker reports: Guardian Analytics Offers Behavior-Based Fraud Prevention. Come to FinovateFall to check out its new technology.

• miiCard joins Open Identity Exchange to help develop online trust standards.

• Spa & wellness eGift cards by Spa Week available through CashStar's B2B Partner Network.

• Verallia North America chooses Taulia to provide dynamic discounting to supplier network.

• Commercial Business Systems & RC Olmstead partner with MoneyDesktop. Come see MoneyDesktop's live demo at FinovateFall.

• SoMoLend launches small business competition.

• Mashable features LearnVest. Check out their live demo at FinovateFall.

• Virtual Piggy adds security service for parental consent of website use.

• Cincinnati.com reports how SoMoLend helped a local business receive funding.

• CU Times examines how Northwest FCU is using Digital Mailer's web-based deposit box solution. Come see Digital Mailer at FinovateFall.

• Barron's looks at TradeKing's post-merger plan.

• ZDNet considers Taulia's innovation.

• Huffington Post examines how BillGuard uses crowdsourcing.

• Fins Technology interviews Dwolla CEO, Ben Milne.

• CU Times reports: Kasasa Bids to Go Nationwide.

• Taulia provides Dynamic Discounting platform to Northgate Information Solutions.

• OANDA's trading app integrates StockTwits social commentary on currency & forex markets.

• TMC reports Locaid aids enterprises with secure location needs.

• Daily Disruption profiles BOKU.

• HelloWallet improves its web app.

• Forbes publishes facts and stats about payment gateway, Braintree.

• Kashoo signs accountant.org to its MVP program.

• The WSJ looks at SecondMarket's life after the Facebook IPO.

• 2 Minute Finance gets a personalized demo from Cardlytics.

• Virtual Piggy moves headquarters to Hermosa Beach.

• ReadyForZero announces product updates.

• Taulia and Cloud Trade join forces to ease invoice process for buyers and suppliers.

• peerTransfer partners with Educational Computer Systems (ECSI) to broaden its reach.

• Tradeshift to Offer Taulia's Dynamic Discounting.

• Startup Beat interviews CoverHound CEO, Basil Enan.

• Acculynk and National Payments Corporation of India Announce Internet PIN Debit Partnership.

• miiCard Launches Twitter Trust Campaign By Verifying Real Identities.

• PaySimple Named Red Herring Americas Top 100 Winner.

• Financial Post discusses Kashoo's mobile distribution strategy.

• High Beam Research reports on DoughMain's financial education pointers.

• TechCrunch reports BOKU Scales Up, Will Power Carrier Billing For In-App Payments In The T-Mobile Mall.

• CU Times reports MoneyDesktop Adds 17 Credit Unions as PFM Users.

• Check Point Introduces New Security Acceleration Module with Advanced SecurityCore Technology for High Performance in Low Latency Environments.

• CNN Money Launches New Investing Home Page with StockTwits Trending Tickers.

• Advocate's Studio recommends Enloop for when you need a fast business plan.

• 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.

• DoughMain launches savings tool for kids.

• Actiance expands platform with vantage for Microsoft SharePoint. Come see Actiance at FinovateSpring next week.

• The Des Moines Register reports Social Money is set to more than double its workforce, hiring 35. Check out Social Money's live demo at FinovateSpring.

• Spend Matters covers Taulia (part 2). Watch Taulia demo at FinovateSpring.

• Your Finances Simplified blog lists the top 11 reasons you should use Yodlee MoneyCenter.

• Gamification of Work blog explains how Bobber Interactive makes personal finance engaging.

• Credit Union Times reports Q2ebanking Integrates Trusteer Malware Protection.

• HiddenLevers updates features.

• TIME features BillGuard.

• Average account size nearly $500,000
• Operates on a freemium model with $100,000 minimum account size

• Seeks to bring transparency to the market
• Helps consumers steer away from "funds that suck"

• Makes the advisor process more convenient than traditional advisors
• Scales the advisor process to take less of a percentage than traditional advisors

• The platform is free for suppliers
• Charges corporations (buyers) for either:
1. A license subscription
2. A gain share from the additional discounts earned against the target rate

• 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

• TIO Networks named one of Canada's leading tech companies, placed in Canada's Branham25. See TIO Networks new tech at FinovateSpring.

• SecureKey named  one of the top 25 up and comers in the Branham300 list of top tech companies in Canada.

• Guardian Analytics launches fraud detection software for mobiles.

• The Brainyard reports Bazaarvoice adds SAP, Salesforce.com integration.

• Mortgagebot's online lending tech supports 25% increase in loan production for Bank of Colorado.

• DoughMain launches new savings tool for kids.

• KeyBank launches new mobile banking solution with mFoundry.

• StockTwits launches Heatmaps.

• SpendMatters covers Taulia. Come see Taulia's demo at FinovateSpring 2012.

• WSJ looks at US Bank's implementation of FreeMonee.

• Figlo expands Asia Pacific focus.

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.