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 Investors Business Daily interviews Barry Silbert, SecondMarket CEO, who says the stock market is broken.
- Xero opening new LA office for Southern California team.
- Bank Innovation reports: Fiserv Tops 1 Million Mobile Deposit Capture Users, 7 Million Mobile Users.
- Radio New Zealand reports: Xero to launch fully into U.S. market in July.
- Candace Klein, SoMoLend CEO, discusses the hardship that the SEC's delay of the JOBS Act has caused.
- Yodlee receives 2013 Honorable Mention in Industry Partner category for the Barlow Research Associates' Monarch Innovation Awards.
- Virtual Piggy integrates with Oracle ATG Web Commerce, expands reach of network to more than 390,000 brands.
- Mitek's Mobile Deposit solution receives top award for Overall Most Innovative from Barlow Research Associates.
- Management Today interviews Zopa CEO, Giles Andrews.
- TechCrunch looks at Realty Mogul and its recent win at the Founder Showcase pitch competition. See them in action at FinovateSpring in May.
- GreenDot and UniRush launch reloadable prepaid Visa card. Join GreenDot for FinovateSpring in San Francisco.
- Allied Payment Network bill payment technology integrates with CSPI's Aurora online banking platform.
- Zooz announces partnership with ChronoPay. Join Zooz in San Francisco for FinovateSpring in May.
- Identity Theft 911 CEO to lead discussion on social media and insurer risk at upcoming NAMIC seminar.
- Roadtrip Nation interviews Dan Reed of Bazaarvoice.
- Money Street Smart reviews TradeKing.
- Hard Assets Alliance features an interview with Gold Bullion International CEO Steven Feldman.
- Newfination interviews Taavet Hinrikus of TransferWise.
- Engine talks about rewarding risk-takers with GoodApril founder Benny Joseph.
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.
- Forbes looks at Open Bank Project's open API, interviews TESOBE founder and CEO, Simon Redfern.
- ChicagoBusiness.com features Bolstr, calls it a new crowdfunding twist.
- Major Italian bank invests more than $300k to expand its use of Kofax software to branches in EU, the Middle East and North Africa. Come see Kofax demo its new technology at FinovateSpring next month.
- UK-based global application software and services company, Misys launches new suite of online, mobile banking products powered by IND Group.
- Mobile Payment Power features Flint mobile payment app.
- The Seattle Times takes a look at the launch of Realty Mogul. Join them in San Francisco for FinovateSpring.
- TSYS renews long-term payment processing agreement with Columbia State Bank.
- TradeKing analyst to speak at annual options industry conference.
- Pando Daily reports on Quantopian's new feature, which allows traders to import external data. See them demo at FinovateSpring.
- Gold Bullion International teams with Envestnet to facilitate precious metals trading for independent advisors.
- BancVue acquires BancLeasing to allow Community FIs to strengthen commercial lending.
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.
 - Atlanta Business Chronicle takes a look inside the TSYS/NetSpend merger.
- TradeHero reaches $5 billion in virtual currency traded over 350,000 trades in the first three months.
- Washington Trust Bank to deploy Jack Henry & Associates' SilverLake System core processing platform.
- The Options Insider interviews TradeKing CEO Don Montanaro.
- Leading U.S. healthcare insurer invested more than $250k to implement a Kofax-based solution. See Kofax demo at FinovateSpring.
- Bill.com announces it enables more than 175k businesses to pay and get paid.
- Fargo bank adds Fiserv mobile banking, payment tools.
- Dwolla site back up after DDoS attack.
- BBC Easy launches C & I Loan Management Software for businesses looking to save time on cumbersome BBCs. Check out BBC's demo at FinovateSpring.
- Keynote DeviceAnywhere platform now integrated with Worksoft Certif.
- AH Capital raises more than $100,000 using Realty Mogul's real estate crowd funding platform. Join Realty Mogul in San Francisco this May at FinovateSpring.
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.
- Fathead launches Virtual Piggy youth friendly payment system.
- Fiserv processed more than 10 mil loan applications in 2012.
- CNN Money lists Personal Capital as 1 of 5 best apps to invest smarter.
- Temenos announces acquisition of compliance technology firm, TriNovus.
- IRA Reviews
takes a look at the fee and commission structure of TradeKing after the merger with Zecco.
- VoiceTrust brings voice biometrics technology to USoft.
- TSYS executive wins award at CPI Global Awards for Excellence in Commercial Cards and Payments.
- Crackberry.com highlights Pageonce for BlackBerry 10.
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.
- Fenergo releases enhanced compliance and customer onboarding support solution for FIs.
- FIS announces seven-year agreement with FirstBank Puerto Rico for outsourcing services.
- Fortnoff Financial reviews TradeKing.
- The Valley Girl Show interviews Locaid CEO, Rip Gerber.
- Creative Huddle takes a look at TransferWise as a disruptive force in banking.
- BillGuard launches early, limited MVP testing version of iPhone app.
- Expensify bolsters SalesForce integration by supporting FinancialForce.
- American Banker reports Backbase launches Portal 5.4, enhancing digital marketing to include better targeting & more.
- Cortera launches Cortera Lookalikes to seek out new customers that look and act like a company's existing customer base.
- rPlan launches "rplan University", an online course to provide crucial education on investing.
- ID Analytics launches ID Network Attributes, targeted consumer behavior insights that provide visibility into identity or transaction risk.
- Lend Academy reports LendingClub loans being snatched up quickly (within hours).
- PaySimple partners with CheckAlt to provide suite of payments and receivables tools to SMBs.
- Validata to provide test case content for Temenos T24 German Banking Suite.
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.
- Mistral Mobile announces partnership with Alaric.
- GMC Software Technology reports user community growth of more than 700% since inception.
- Opportunity International expands partnership with Temenos.
- Communication Federal Credit Union rolls out Tyfone mobile banking tech.
- CNBC features Renaud Lamplache, Lending Club CEO Renaud Laplanche.
- BostInno features Cartera Commerce on what innovation means to them.
- SC Magazine readers select Check Point for best enterprise firewall and best IPS solution in 2013.
- QuantConnect partners with Battle-Fin.com in $20 million seed-capital trading tournament.
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.
- rplan has launched an online course providing education on the fundamentals of investing.
- Tuition.io scores a 9 out of 10 in AppStorm's review.
- Virtual Piggy receives Frost & Sullivan Excellence in Best Practices Award.
- IDT & Fiserv partner to expand availability of International calling services and walk-in bill payments.
- ABC News reviews student banking service Waspit.
- PaySimple launches redesigned mobile app and credit card reader.
- Ping Identity names Michael J. Sullivan CFO.
- TradeKing wins seventh consecutive, four-star rating in Barron's Online Broker Survey.
- Cloud Squads reflects on the Bazaarvoice Summit 2013.
- TechCrunch reports PayPal acquires mobile app development Studio Duff Research to work on its mobile and digital wallet.
- Aptys Solutions chosen by Texas-based Mainstay Group as payment exchange provider.
- Manilla adds more than 54,000 small businesses to its network.
- Identity Theft 911 talks with Reuters about identity protection during tax time.
- TSYS scheduled to present at Barclays Emerging Payments forum in Boston.
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.
- 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.
 SaveUp begins Stamp Card rewards program. Collect 10 stamps and redeem card for reward.
- Chargebee blog features Braintree as a payment gateway integration optionin the U.K.
- Firmology reports on new Dwolla features: Send Money to Non-Dwolla Users and Split Payments for Multiple Facilitators.
- eToro launches YouTube channel for free trading lessons.
- The M Report features BankersLab's Banc-it: Scoring Edition app.
- Dexter Credit Union implements Q2ebanking's full suite of eBanking solutions.
- Locaid partners with CAMS to provide solutions for mobile gaming industry.
- Jingit chooses Direct Source as its preferred systems integration partner.
- Compare Broker reviews the latest developments in the Zecco/TradeKing merger.
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.
 When TradeKing met Zecco, and the two online brokerages merged last year, the big question was whether or not the whole would be more than merely the sum of its parts. Based on a review of where the "new" TradeKing stands at the beginning of 2013, the answer seems to be an ever-less-qualified "yes." The combined entity now boasts more than 500,000 total accounts, making TradeKing the sixth largest online brokerage. And once known primarily for its "disruptive" approach to the industry due to its low and transparent pricing strategy, TradeKing now has the opportunity to impress a whole new cohort of traders and investors with its customer service and investor education resources, as well. Here's a look at what TradeKing has accomplished as of the end of 2012: - Earned a four-star ranking for six years in a row in Barron's Online Broker Survey
- Voted #1 for customer service for the fourth time in the SmartMoney annual broker survey
- The number of daily users of TradeKing LIVE has doubled since the Zecco acquisition
- More than 49% of TradeKing's registered representatives have FINRA Series 4 licenses
- More than 50% of TradeKing's registered reps have Series 24 licenses
- TradeKing has hosted more than 60 live educational events for accountholders, with more than 8,000 total attendees
To that last point, TradeKing clients have watched more than 280 of the brokerage's educational videos for more than 15,000 hours of watching and more than 57,000 total views. TradeKing also announced that its trading platform now includes streaming charts, enhanced options functionality (including strategy recognition) and real-time, intraday updates. The company has also unveiled TradeKing Forex, which allows clients to trade more than 50 currency pairs, plus gold and silver, as well as provides access to charting tools, trader education, and actionable research. Both TradeKing and Zecco made their Finvoate debuts back in 2008 at FinovateSpring.
- Temenos wins praise as "top advisor solution" from Aite Group. Come see their demo at FinovateEurope in February!
- Pageonce reaches $1 million mark in daily mobile bill payments processed.
- A look at TradeKing after the merger.
- ACI Worldwide's Money Transfer System helps FIs with Dodd-Frank compliance.
- EZBOB forms partnership with ChannelGrabber. Watch EZBOB in action at FinovateEurope!
- Monitise and CGI Logica form mobile FS alliance to target European retail banks.
- Tradeshift partners with Intuit to bring its social invoicing platform to more than 5m QuickBooks users.
- American Banker reports: Fiserv extends relationship with BofA. Come to FinovateEurope in London to see its live demo.
- CNBC talks with Alexa Von Tobel, LearnVest CEO.
- Bill.com and Expensify announce product integration.
- GrowthBusiness profiles Holvi. Comes see Holvi's new tech at FinovateEurope next month.
- Fast Company reports you can now pay taxes in Iowa using Dwolla.
- SimpleTuition reports 2012 success metrics for SmarterBucks program.
- DemystData a finalist in AWS Global Startup Challenge.
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.
- Cortera rated higher than competitors in perceived value according to industry survey.
- Al Rajhi Bank launches online banking platform built with Backbase Portal. Come see Backbase at FinovateEurope Feb. 12 & 13.
- Brian Madden touts Metaforic's app immune system.
- TechCrunch reports: SigFig Crosses $50 Billion In Assets Managed Through The Platform.
- Bloomberg reports: Fiserv Buys Open Solutions to Grow Financial Services. Come to FinovateEurope to see Fiserv's live demo.
- Zapsibcombank launches loyalty program with technology from Compass Plus.
- Locaid adds Cricket Wireless devices to platform.
- Promo Codes 2013 features the top six promotions at TradeKing.
- Visa in India deploys TSYS technologies to assist in account holder authentication.
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.
- Compare Broker reviews the new mobile app from TradeKing.
- MyBankTracker reviews how BillGuard protects from unwanted charges.
- San Francisco Business Times reports: Giftly lets givers put 'heart' into gift cards.
- Capital Access Network relocates Headquarters to NYC, adds Scott Blum as CMO.
- Fiserv partners with TOPS Software to improve payment processing for property managers.
- The Washington Post looks at SoMoLend's community-focused lending.
- Forbes names Lending Club one of the top five fintech companies of 2012.
- Chicago donut chain "Glazed and Infused" now using ShopKeep POS software.
- Wired.co.uk names Holvi startup of the week.
- Credit Sesame unveils free credit monitoring service.
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.
- 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.
- VentureBeat talks with PayPal's Dan Schatt about its integration with Coinstar kiosks.
- Philly.com interviews VirtualPiggy CEO, Dr. Jo Webber.
- The Australian reports: Cloud computing firm Xero could give Reckon a run for its money.
- Union State Bank of Fargo chooses Andera's oFlows platform for online account opening and lending.
- Credit Union Journal reports KBR Heritage FCU To Offer Geezeo.
- AndKeepGoing.com reviews TradeKing.
- Renaud Laplanche, Lending Club CEO, hints at IPO.
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 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.
- Huffington Post examines how BillGuard uses crowdsourcing.
- CU Times reports: Kasasa Bids to Go Nationwide.
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, online broker TradeKing announced that the BrokerLink service from SmartStops.net is now available for its clients.  Using TradeKing's API, SmartStops has made it possible for clients to synchronize their SmartStops portfolio with their TradeKing brokerage account. TradeKing clients interested in the service can create an account by visiting the special offer page on SmartStops.net. TradeKing demoed at FinovateStartup 2008. Check out the demo here.
- Huffington Post features ImpulseSave. Come see their live demo at FinovateFall September 12 and 13.
- SmartStops BrokerLink Service available to TradeKing Clients.
- The Currency Cloud closes $3.1 million in funding. Come see its live demo at FinovateFall in New York.
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.
- SoMoLend 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.
- Financial services and Big-Data executive Mary Anne Keegan joins rapidly growing BillGuard as CMO.
- CBS News recommends BillShrink for recent college grads.
- Cachet Financial Solutions expanding, relocates to new facility.
- Cartera Commerce links Offers to US Airways Dividend Miles members.
- The Miami Herald reports Kony Solutions to Power Aetna's Mobile Application Platform.
- Ping Identity named a winner of the Midsize Enterprise Summit East 2012 XCellence Awards.
- Plastyc launches Kindle Fire app for UPside Visa.
- TradeKing ranked top in customer service for 3 consecutive year in SmartMoney Magazine's annual broker survey.
- YuuPay and Virtual Piggy partner to provide secure online and mobile payments for under-18 users.
- Xconomy reports Yodlee secures $8,309,780 new financing.
- Farmington Bank selects Q2ebanking's online banking 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.
- Fiserv 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.
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.
- The Paypers reports Google selects MoBank as vendor for its GetMo initiative in the UK.
- VentureBeat receives an insider demo on PayPal's new digital wallet interface.
- TradeKing earns 4-star rating for 6 years in a row in Barron's 2012 Online Broker Survey.
- RTN Federal CU selects Tyfone for m-banking.
- Personal Capital launches new version of iPad app.
- Nine Lives Media Inc. names ProfitStars to the MSPmentor 100 Global List.
- BancVue launches Kasasa360 to help compete with megabanks.
- Geezeo launches effort to build awareness of PFMs within online banking platforms.
This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You
- WorkLight launches special program for enterprise mobile and ISV developers.
- TRUSTe certifies miiCard's website to display the TRUSTe Web Privacy Seal.
- Clifford Change law firm deploys Check Point software for a network security solution.
- Bill.com helps banks offer business customers a more powerful payment, invoicing, and cash management platform.
- SC Magazine considers ValidSoft's view of voice biometrics. Come see ValidSoft at FinovateEurope Feb. 7.
- Huffington Post recommends Mint.com, HelloWallet, Credit Karma, TradeKing, ReadyForZero, & Betterment for college students.
- Q2ebanking selects Matt Flake as new CEO.
- Doxo looks back at 2011 achievements.
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.
- Contra Costa Times describes how PayNearMe works for the underbanked.
- The Motley Fool examines how Dwolla compares to credit card payment options.
- Banking Technology interviews Jonathan Assia, eToro CEO.
- Business Weekly reports Voice Commerce plans to expand with more staff and a larger office building.
- The CBS Early Show recommends using BillShrink to help you calculate how much RAM, storage, & data you need.
- Cartera Commerce powers Navy FCU's card-linked offer program.
- cbanc Network partners with HEIT, a Computer Services company, to survey FI strategies.
- eToro Partners reaches out for regional partnership applications.
- My Peer-to-Peer Lending Site's blog profiles LendingKarma.
- Failsafe Payments adds SafetyPay to CertoConnect.
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.
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.
- South Florida Business Journal covers Weemba's borrower-lender matching service.
- Deutsche Well World profiles eToro and also highlights Currensee and Zecco.
- Expensify launches a lite version of its iPhone app.
- RobotDough announces its Portfolio Monitoring Tool & discusses its FinovateFall experience.
- NBC 12 in Virginia reports InComm named Leading Prepaid Organization and Best Prepaid Product Distributor at 2011 Prepaid Awards.
- FierceFinanceIT looks at how Zecco and TradeKing are using social media.
- On Deck Capital reviews its experience at BAI.
- Fox Business News looks at PayNearMe's quest to assist consumers without credit cards.
- HelloWallet launches feature that allows users to manually add transactions.
- Spectrem's Millionaire Corner blog profiles Bills.com.
- Pageonce launches Mobile Bill Pay Service that allows consumers to "Tap to Pay."
- American Banker on how four Finovate alums unwrap the payments genome.
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.
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.
 - Hastings Mutual Insurance Company selects Identity Theft 911 to offer Security Breach Response Coverage.
- Andera acquires oFlows to "deliver the whole enchilada."
- mFoundry opens office in San Francisco.
- Backbase announces Netherlands insurance co-op Univé, has chosen Backbase software.
- USA Today lists TradeKing as an option to help beginner investors.
- Clairmail enhances adoption-services program with new benchmarking service.
- Q2ebanking enhances mobile banking solution, supports clients' mobile strategies.
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.
Bobber Interactive  Tech Flash interviewed Eric Eastman, Bobber Interactive's CEO, on how the gamification of money management aims to help Generation Y better manage their money. Link
BrightScope BrightScope released a report detailing the top 12 small-cap funds in America's 401k plans. This report is part of a series that provides insight into the top funds and managers in the retirement marketplace. Link
ChargeSmart Discover is offering an instant rebate to customers who pay their utility bills using a Discover Card on ChargeSmart's website. Link
Check Point Software Technologies - Check Point enhanced its Software Blade Architecture by releasing R75.20, a comprehensive approach to security that includes a URL filtering Software Blade, SSL inspection, and data loss prevention. Link
- The Wall Street Journal discussed Check Point's ZoneAlarm SocialGuard that helps parents protect children on Facebook in a non-intrusive manner. Link
Clairmail Clairmail announced record growth this quarter, with more than a 60% increase in bookings from last quarter. Link
Clovr Media  - BostInnovation stated that Clovr Media is changing the way consumers collect loyalty rewards through its Card-Linked Ads that allow consumers to access rewards by clicking on an advertisement. Link
- Mass High Tech's weekly Startup Watch listed Clovr Media as one of five startups to follow. Link
Credit.com EQuicknews listed Credit.com as a free way to check your credit score with no strings attached and highlighed the Credit Report Card feature. Link
doxo The Appvita blog profiled doxo, noting insider tips and practical uses, such as comparing bills on a month-to-month basis. Link
Dwolla Bank Technology News looked at the players in the mobile payments space and listed Dwolla as a formidable competitor. Link
EDO Interactive  EDO Interactive received $20 million in Series B funding to grow its Prewards platform that enables advertisers to offer digital deals and incentives that consumers redeem by using their existing credit, debit, or prepaid cards. Link
eToro eToro began a trading contest for users with both demo and live trading accounts. Traders who accumulate the greatest gains will win each round. Link
eWise eWise added Renasant Bank to its customer base, providing Renasant customers access to Secure Vault Payments, an alternative payment method. Link
Expensify - Expensify added a new feature that provides QuickBooks users a way to easily identify billable expenses to add to invoices. Link
- The Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal listed Expensify as one of ten business apps for empowering your inner geek. Link
Kony Solutions  Tower Group, in its Review of North American Consumer Mobile Banking Technology Vendors, ranked Kony Solutions among the top mobile banking technology vendors. Kony excelled in the feature/function and customization categories. Link
Lending Club TechCrunch highlighted Lending Club's announcement of $25 million in Series D financing from Union Square Ventures and other existing investors. Link
Lendio Lendio added Cardinal Bank to its network of lenders providing clients with more options in finding equipment loans, business lines of credit, acquisition financing, commercial real estate, SBA 7(a) and SBA 504 loans. Link
Mitek Systems Mitek Systems launched Mobile Imaging Cloud Service that captures, extracts, and routes information contained in documents. The service helps app developers create smartphone and tablet apps that use a camera input function. Link
Monitise Monitise Asia Pacific launched its mobile banking, payments, and commerce services in Indonesia and signed a joint venture agreement with PT Astra Graphia Information Technology, an information and communication business. Link
On Deck Capital  On Deck Capital raised $19 million of its own in a Series C round of funding. Link
RobotDough RobotDough founder, Wilton Risenhoover, revealed why he started RobotDough and how it works. Link
SafetyPay SafetyPay received a Payment Services Directive License to provide cross-border payments throughout Europe strengthening its position in that market. Link
SecondMarket BostInnovation used SecondMarket's alternative investments platform to discover top Boston companies. Link
Striata  Baton Rouge Water Company selected Striata, along with payment services company Western Union, to provide email billing with integrated electronic payment service. Link
The Receivables Exchange Treasury & Risk profiled The Receivables Exchange, describing the process companies use to sell their receivables on the online platform. Link
TradeKing TradeKing launched a $100 bonus for new customers who open an account by August 31, 2011. Link
Wonga Smarta interviewed Wonga director, John Moorwood, about Wonga's growth over the past 12 months. Wonga is now issuing over 1.5 million short-term loans. Link
Xero Xero released Xero Touch, its new accounting app for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch. Link
ChargeSmart AOL's Daily Finance highlighted Chargesmart's secondary gift card market that allows  consumers to pay for bills in exchange for gift cards. Link
CheckFree Family Wealth Report stated that CheckFree is leading the way in UMA processing. Link
Credit Karma - CBS Money Watch discussed Credit Karma's data on America's debt. Link
- Fox Business News listed Credit Karma's credit score simulator tool as a 15-minute fix for your credit score. Link
doxo Practical Ecommerce listed doxo as one of 17 apps for productivity. Link
Dwolla - Dwolla hit $1 million in payments per day and Ben Milne, CEO, shared a sneak peak of future plans. Link
- Ace Community Credit Union provided customers with access to Dwolla through its site.
- Dwolla CEO Ben Milne explained why starting a business in Iowa isn't hard. Link
- Dwolla introduced a new Autoload feature. Link
- Dwolla was listed on The Next Web as one of eight awesome ways to pay with your phone. Link
eToro eToro Partners began testing a new foreign exchange affiliate tool called Custom Links. Link
Expensify - The Info.rmatics blog testified to Expensify's ease of use. Link
- ipCommerce showcased Expensify's innovation. Link
GoalMine  Mango Money added GoalMine to its list of services. Link
HelpMyCash HelpMyCash revamped its website to be more consumer-friendly. Link
IDTheft 911 Barnstable County Mutual Insurance Company selected Identity Theft 911 for its LifeStages service. Link
iPay Technologies TechCrunch reported that Bill Ready, former President of iPay Technologies, joined Accel Partners as an Executive in Residence. Link
Lending Club - ATM Options discussed seven good reasons to invest through Lending Club. Link
- Netbanker discussed Lending Club's record high growth. Link
Lendio - Lendio added TAB Bank to its network of lenders. Link
- Reuters reported that Swift Capital and Lendio partnered to help small businesses. Link
mFoundry  - American Banker considered Bank of America's recent investment in mFoundry. Link
- Credit Union Journal discussed Colombia Credit Union's adoption of mFoundry's mobile banking. Link
Mint.com - Mint.com introduced a manual transactions feature for its iPhone app. Link
- TechCrunch reported Mint.com's debut of a new feature that tracks bills and sends reminders. Link
Monitise - Monitise signed over 6,000 users in Nigeria to a mobile payments trial. Link
- TechMarketView discussed Monitise's financial success. Link
peerTransfer Yahoo! Finance reported peerTransfer's growth in international student payment processing. Link
Prosper - Netbanker discussed Prosper's record high growth. Link
- Prosper raised its interest rates by 2.5 percent. Link
SmartyPig SmartyPig introduced its back-to-school cash giveaway contest. Link
ThreatMetrix ThreatMetrix announced its upcoming user conference October 9th through 10th. Link
TradeKing TradeKing launched a new video series to help consumers understand options trading. Link
Tyfone  Oregonlive.com described Tyfone as a major player in mobile payments. Link
Wikinvest Forex Promos shared an interview with Mike Sha, Wikinvest CEO. Link
Xero Reuters reported that Xero agreed to acquire Paycycle, a payroll company. Link
Zecco Wealth Building Tips and Strategies blog shared Zecco's options trading video series. Link
ZimpleMoney ZimpleMoney adjusted its services in response to the Dodd-Frank reform. Link
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- Bling Nation
- Boku
- Cardlytics
- ClairMail
- Expensify
- IDAnalytics
- Lending Club
- SecondMarket
- Wikinvest
- Wonga
- Yodlee
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Aptys Solutions  Aptys Solutions announced that the ACH functionality in its PayLogics payment platform provides same-day settlement. Link
Balance Financial - Balance Financial launched Balance Certified Pro, a new software that is geared toward professionals. Link
- Balance Financial released an iPhone App. Link
BillGuard TechCrunch reported that BillGuard's "Anti-virus for Bills" is now completely free for users. Link
BrightScope CNNMoney's article, Simplify Your Retirement Savings, pointed to BrightScope to provide a clear understanding of retirement savings. Link
ChargeSmart ChargeSmart announced that its Bill Payments customers can now pay many of their utility bills with an American Express card. Link
Continuity Control Continuity Control raised $1.1 million in financing from convertible promissory notes and warrants. Link
Cortera  The Miami Herald reported that Cortera's Risk Data and Reporting is now an SAP-endorsed business solution. Link
Cortal Consors Institutional Investor ranked Oliver Le Grand, CEO of Cortal Consors, number 13 of 50 in its Tech 50 ranking of financial tech leaders and innovators. Link
Credit Karma Credit Karma's new feature, Credit Alerts is available for free to the first 200 people to click the link. Link
Credit Sesame The Hands On Home Buyer blog recommended Credit Sesame for its interactive property taxes tool. Link
Currensee The Business Insider reported that Currensee plans to launch its Trade Leaders program in China. Link
Dwolla - The E-News publication, Business Record, commented on Dwolla's positive impact on Iowa's startup culture. Link
- Financial Plus Credit Union adopted Dwolla's FiSync integration. Link
Dynamics Dynamics revealed its angel investors in Series A and Series B funding rounds. Link
Guardian Analytics - American Banker reported that Guardian Analytics is planning to launch an outsourced fraud prevention service that will help financial institutions meet new FFIEC guidelines. Link
- Guardian Analytics introduced its FraudDESK service to provide fraud analytics support to financial institutions. Link
- Guardian Analytics is hosting a free webinar on Tuesday that will explore FFIEC guidance. Link
iPay Technologies iPay Technologies helped Generations Community Federal Credit Union increase bill pay adoption and its number of transactions. Link
Lending Club - San Francisco ABC News Channel 7 explained the benefits of P2P loans from Lending Club. Link
- Finextra news blog discussed Lending Club's success. Link
- American Banker reported that, in June, Lending Club saw an increase of 7% in loans originated that totaled a record $20 million. Link
Lodo Software The Silicon Prairie News reported that Lodo Software is seeking to raise $5 million in a round of Series D funding. Link
mFoundry Columbia Credit Union announced that it deployed mFoundry's mBanking, a mobile banking platform. Link
Mitek  MSN Money reported that Mitek Systems began a NASDAQ market listing on July 14th, and is trading under the symbol MITK. Link
Monitise - CNBC reported that Monitise's ReliaCard will be offered to U.S. Bank's Visa cardholders in some states. Link
- Monitise, US Bank, and FIS announced that they are planning to offer a mobile app for Visa's ReliaCard users. Link
Prosper - San Francisco's ABC News Channel 7 explained the benefits of P2P loans from Prosper. Link
- Finextra news blog discussed Prosper's success with its P2P lending service. Link
Q2ebanking Q2ebanking's director of security solutions, Ward Howell, published an article detailing a Credit Union's perspective of the FFIEC guidelines in The Credit Union Times. Link
Receivables Exchange Institutional Investor ranked Justin Brownhill and Nicolas Perkin, Co-Founders of The Receivables Exchange, as number 42 of 50 in its Tech 50 ranking of financial tech leaders and innovators. Link
Standard Chartered Institutional Investor ranked Jan Verplancke, CIO of Standard Chartered, as number 37 of 50 in its Tech 50 ranking of financial tech leaders and innovators. Link
TILE Financial  Daily Finance interviewed Amy Butte, CEO of TILE Financial. Link
TradeKing TradeKing announced the public availability of its API. Link
Tyfone CoVantage Credit Union chose to implement Tyfone's mobile wallet solution. Link
Zopa - Zopa founder Giles Andrews was interviewed on BBC's The Bottom Line. Link
- Finextra news blog discussed Zopa's success as a P2P lending service. Link
Boku  CNNMoney examined Zong's competition with Boku. Link
BrightScope - The Forbes blog recommended BrightScope as a tool to check your financial advisor's history. Link
- The Washington Examiner discussed how BrightScope helps consumers make informed decisions about their 401(k) plan. Link
Clairmail Clairmail increased its security by using authentication from the RSA Secured Partner Program. Link
Credit Karma The Forbes blog recommended Credit Karma as a tool to track and monitor your credit score. Link
Credit Sesame  The Forbes blog recommended Credit Sesame as a tool to track and monitor your credit score. Link
Dwolla Dwolla updated its iPhone app to allow customers to send money via email. Link
Dynamics American Banker discussed Dynamics' adaptability to the mobile payment world. Link
Enloop Small Biz Technology outlined three of Enloop's features. Link
eToro AlphaTrade Finance discussed eToro's CopyTrader network. Link
Expensify Expensify's app was listed as Gearburn's A pp of the Week. Link
Finsphere  GeekWire reviewed Finsphere's new round of $1.75 million funding. Link
Geezeo American Banker reported that Geezeo's partnership with Sharetec Systems will help Geezeo reach more credit unions. Link
Guardian Analytics The Street reported that Guardian Analytics' Anomaly Detection & Fraud Monitoring will help financial institutions meet updated FFIEC guidelines. Link
Kony Solutions Kony Solutions announced a partnership with Donriver for the delivery of multi-channel mobile apps. Link
Mint.com The Quickbooks blog examined Mint.com's PFM tool. Link
Monitise Americas  Monitise developed two banking apps designed for the iPad for NatWest and RBS. Link
PayNearMe The Paypers interviewed Avangate and PayNearMe regarding their partnership and various future endeavors. Link
PayPal TechCrunch speculated that eBay's acquisition of Zong will advance PayPal's mobile payments. Link
ProfitStars Credit Union Times discussed ProfitStars' partnership with Corporate One Credit Union. Link
Prosper The Social Lending Network reviewed Prosper's new Quick Invest feature. Link
Q2ebanking  Q2ebanking commented on the security implications of the new FFIEC guidelines. Link
RobotDough The Motley Fool highlighted RobotDough as a powerful new tool for individual investors. Link
SilverTail Systems - Credit Union Times reported that SilverTail Systems' capabilities enable financial institutions to comply with FFIEC guidelines. Link
- Homeland Security Television profiled SilverTail Systems. Link
ThreatMetrix ThreatMetrix enhanced its security in anticipation of FFIEC guidelines. Link
TradeKing Stockbrokers4u.com analyzed TradeKing's services. Link
Xero Xero hired a CFO onto to its team. Link
Yodlee - Yodlee released its new MoneyCenter app. Link
- Quickbooks' blog examined Yodlee's PFM tool. Link
- TechCrunch reported that Yodlee reached 30M users. Link
ActivePath A top Brazilian card issuer implemented an ActivePath solution. Link
AlphaClone AlphaClone incorporated new sentiment scores into its stock view pages. Link
Bills.com Bills.com released the results from its Consumer Money Survey that gauges money attitudes and behaviors. Link
Blaze Mobile Blaze Mobile was awarded a patent for NFC on stickers. Link
BOKU BOKU released 1-Tap Mobile Billing for the Android and took it live in 56 countries. Link
Braintree Braintree received $34M in Series A funding from Accel. Link
Currensee  Reuters outlined the benefits of Currensee. Link
Credit Karma Credit Karma CEO Ken Lin advised consumers how they should deal with credit card offers. Link
doxo doxo won the Stevie Award for New Product of the Year for financial services in the 2011 American Business Awards. Link
Dwolla Dwolla said its Grid payment network is more secure than Visa and MasterCard's card networks. Link
Dynamics Dynamics raised $35M for computerized smartcards and payment systems. Link
eToro  Reuters outlined the benefits of eToro. Link
eWise gotoBilling, Inc. added eWise's Secure Vault Payments as another payment platform. Link
Expensify The Wall Street Journal listed Expensify as a must-have mobile tech tool for entrepreneurs. Link
Fiserv Fiserv entered into an agreement to acquire CashEdge for $465 million to advance its digital payments and channel strategies. Link
Guardian Analytics  Yahoo! Finance reported that Guardian Analytics' FraudMAP is helping financial institutions meet FFIEC guidelines. Link
HelloWallet HelloWallet was added to Mercer's Outsourcing business benefits administration. Link
Intuit Intuit purchased Mobile Money Ventures' web banking technology to augment its mobile banking capabilities. Link
Kony Solutions  The American Business Awards selected Kony Solutions as the Most Innovative Company of the Year. Link
Lendio The Launch blog highlighted Lendio. Link
Outright Outright rolled out a new report function allowing clients to view sales by state. Link
PayPal PayPal reached 100 million active users. Link
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
Q2ebanking  Q2ebanking was noted as a service to help community financial institutions meet FFIEC Guidance. Link
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
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