So what do fintech innovators, and Finovate alumni, like Mint, Manilla, and Dashlane have in common with the likes of the Chrome Web Lab, Tom Hanks' Electric City, and Cracked.com?

How about earning honors from the esteemed judges of the 2013 Webby Awards?

Manilla made the most of its showing at the 17th Annual Webby Awards, picking up honors in three categories (Utilities & Services, Web Services & Applications, and Financial Services/Banking). But the biggest winner among the Finovate-affiliated nominees was Mint. Mint won the Webby People's Voice award in the Financial Services/Banking category, along with earning an honor in the Best User Experience category.

Also representing well at the Webby Awards was Dashlane, coming in for Web Services & Applications honors, and a trio of Finovate alumnus that impressed judges in the Financial Services/Banking category: LearnVest, UBank's PeopleLikeU, and Kapitall.

The Webby Awards have been given out every year since 1996 by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS). The Academy includes among its members such luminaries as David Bowie, Vint Cerf, and Arianna Huffington. 

The Webbys provide two major awards per category: the Webby Award and the Webby People's Voice Award. The latter award is determined by an online vote.

• American Banker lists Andera, Banno, BillFloat, BillGuard, Mortgage Harmony, and Lighter Capital as top 10 tech companies to watch in 2013.

• ZDNet reports UBank gears up for mobile banking site with beta program.

• Frost & Sullivan recognizes Virtual Piggy with the 2012 Global Frost & Sullivan Award for Entrepreneurial Company of the Year.

• ProfitStars adds new protections against malware.

• Sybase 365 and Globe Telecom partner to launch LTE roaming service with China Mobile.

• Bill.com Featured in USA Today.

• Billcom adds open APIs to banking platform.

• Blackhawk Network Announces New Financial Service Products in Canada.

• Startup Central looks at Heckyl, Clari5 and BankBazaar at FinovateAsia.

• VentureBeat considers SecondMarket's partnership with Angellist.

• M.O. interviews Constancio Larguia, CEO & founder of Weemba.

• SiliconBeat looks at Personal Capital's 401(k) product.

• Kabbage Becomes Exclusive Funding Provider for Bonanza Sellers.

• Entrepreneur features SigFig.

• American Banker reports: Bill.com Ties Cash-Flow Tools to Banks' Small Business Software.

• Finextra reports UBank gathers transaction data for spending comparison site.

• Xero to dual list on ASX and NZX.

• ShopKeep POS announces entry into the quick serve market with full kitchen printing capabilities.

• Mashable lists SimpleTuition, ReadyForZero, and Tuition.io as tools to help minimize student loan debt.

• Capital Access Network moves Headquarters to NYC.

• Crowdfund Insider reports SoMoLend Announces New York Expansion.

"Econography is the study of spending profiles of a population of a region and the culture of its people, down to the postcode level, including consumer and business spending by age, location, family status, income, and spend. Econographic trends describe the historical changes in spending (for example, the average spending in a category such as "Eating Out" may increase or decrease over time). People Like U is an econographic tool that gives consumers the ability, for the first time, to compare their own spending to the actual spending habits of other Australians."

Just a quick reminder that the early-bird ticket prices for FinovateSpring 2010 (May 11, San Francisco) will expire at the end of March (less than 2 days from now). If you register by March 31, you'll save $100 on your ticket and lock in your spot to see debuts and demos of dozens of new financial and banking technological innovations. 

We've handpicked an amazing list of companies to demo their latest including:

Tickets are selling well with hundreds of registered attendees from great organizations like: 

FinovateSpring is one of our twice-yearly showcases of the best new ideas in banking and financial technology. The show is built around a unique blend of fast-paced demos of actual technology (no slides!) and high-quality networking with an audience of senior FI executives, fintech entrepreneurs, VCs, press, industry analysts and bloggers. It's an awesome environment to find your next competitive edge.

Don't miss out on the early-bird price on your ticket to this great show. Register now!

P.S. Online Banking Report subscribers are entitled to an extra discount to our Finovate conferences. Email me to get it.

We're very pleased to announce the lineup for the upcoming FinovateSpring 2010 conference. Taking place on Tuesday May 11 in San Francisco, the conference will showcase dozens of handpicked companies debuting and demoing their latest and greatest fintech innovations. The quality of the new ideas that will be demoed on stage is very high this year and we're incredibly excited to showcase them to you.

The demoing companies selected (that we can reveal so far) are:

These companies will be showcased to an audience of senior financial/banking/credit union executives, influential press, industry analysts, venture capitalists, bloggers, tech companies and entrepreneurs.

A sampling of the great organizations already registered to attend includes: AARP, Aite, Alliant Credit Union, BNP Paribas, Capital One, Celent, Discover, Experian, Fidelity, Filene, Forrester Research, Google, Highland Capital, Intuit, Javelin Strategy, Jack Henry, Mechanics Bank, Motley Fool, NY Times, PayPal, Tower Group, USAA, US Bank, Venrock, Wells Fargo, and Wired Magazine.

We'd love to have you join us at the spring event and watch the future of finance/banking unfold onstage. If you register today you'll save $100 via the early-bird ticket discount. Please note that the early-bird prices expire at the end of this month and space is limited so lock in your spot now!