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VirtualPiggyHiLogo.jpgThis is a part of our live coverage of FinovateSpring 2013.

Third up to the stage this afternoon, Virtual Piggy showcased its mobile app:

"Virtual Piggy's new mobile app will bring an innovative new technology to the market that will have a disruptive impact on global m-commerce. With over a billion U18's worldwide shopping online at an earlier age and becoming more proficient than any previous generation with internet enabled devices, Virtual Piggy noticed that there was no easy mechanism for this group to transact online. All existing methods involved friction and often resulted in undesirable outcomes, such as fraud. 

Virtual Piggy's technology allows merchants to sell to U18s in a COPPA compliant, parent approved manner, unlocking an estimated $211B in annual spending power for online retailers."

Product Launch: May 2013

HQ: Hermosa Beach, CA
Founded: February 2008
Metrics: Public Company (OTC: VPIG)
Twitter: @followpiggy

Presenting Jo Webber (CEO & Founder) and Pradeep Ittycheria (CTO & Co-Founder)

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  • Finovate-F-Logo.jpgPalo Alto Software and Ping Identity partner to provide single sign-on.
  • PC World features Virtual Piggy. Come see its live demo at FinovateSpring next week.
  • Bolstr launches in Chicago neighborhoods.
  • ForexThink takes a look at QuantConnect and the rise of algorithm-based trading.
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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  • Pymnts.com features TipRanks Financial Accountability Engine. Join TipRans in San Francisco for FinovateSpring.
  • Klarna co-founder Niklas Adalberth talks about hyper growth in Europe.
  • InvestmentNews columnist takes a look at Finect. See them demo at FinovateSpring in May.
  • Yodlee forms partnership with London fintech incubator Level39.
  • Virtual Piggy wins The National Parenting Center's 2013 Seal of Approval under the Websites category. See it demo live at FinovateSpring.
  • Signifyd receives the Merchant Risk Council's 2013 Emerging Technology Award in the startup company category. Come see it demo live at FinovateSpring.
  • Engadget reports: PayPal and Discover expand partnership, will reach 2 million stores by year-end.
  • PandoDaily looks at Xero's stealth period.
  • Billhighway partners with the Automation Alley Fund organization.
  • Braintree hires Google Wallet co-creator & former Square employee Rob von Behren as lead software engineer.
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.

Finovate Alumni News-- April 29, 2013

  • Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Finovate-F-Logo.jpgNerdWallet profiles GoodApril. See them demo at FinovateSpring in May in San Francisco.
  • CSI Enterprises launches globalVCard for Travel mobile app.
  • Cairo Amman Bank to deploy Temenos T24.
  • Kashoo announces updates to its cloud accounting web app.
  • Cardlytics named a Best Workplace by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution for second consecutive year.
  • Virtual Piggy sees 100,000 new active users sign-up since March for its youth wallet solution. Come check out their demo at FinovateSpring.
  • Gartner names Metaforic as a 2013 Cool Vendor in the Security Infrastructure Protection category.
  • Arxan Mobile Application Integrity Protection for IBM Worklight Apps enables IBM Worklight customers to protect their mobile apps against hacking. Come check out Arxan's new technology at FinovateSpring.
  • ID Analytics introduces new version of Credit Optics Credit Score for more intelligent insight into consumer behavior.
  • Newfination talks to BankBazaar about how it works.
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.
  • Finovate-F-Logo.jpgInvestors 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.
  • Finovate-F-Logo.jpgKabbage brings in $75 million in debt financing.
  • Finextra reports: eToro launches social alerts app.
  • PaymentEye features Virtual Piggy. Come see its live demo at FinovateSpring next month. http://bit.ly/Zaunjl
  • Business Solutions speaks with Jason Richelson, ShopKeep POS CEO, who debunks the myth that cloud POS fails when the internet shuts down. 
  • TechCrunch TV interviews Nick Hungerford, Nutmeg CEO on how he aims to disrupt the financial investment world.
  • Verity CU features FamZoo, makes it available to members. Come see FamZoo's latest development at FinovateSpring.
  • Kashoo releases new version of iPad app.
  • Monitise Executive Vice President Lisa Stanton interviewed by Bdaily.
  • Jack Henry & Associates's Symitar platform to be deployed by Kitsap 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.

Finovate Alumni News-- March 25, 2013

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  • Innovations in gamification help True Office win Computerworld Honors Program award.
  • Aiming for the enterprise: Mobile Payments Today features Corduro.
  • American Banker reports: Randolph-Brooks chooses Andera's online account opening platform.
  • The gamification revolution interviews Michelle Katics, CEO of BankersLab.
  • Kabbage takes home first place for Top B2B Innovation from PYMNTS.com.
  • Virtual Piggy taps into $10Bn Annual Market with epay Partnership.
  • eToro placed on the 2013 FinTech50 Watchlist, a shortlist of 50 companies in Europe that are redefining financial services through technology.
  • Macgasm features Tuition.io as 1 of 5 apps of the week.
  • Tradeshift features Intuit's Eric Dunn to talk about the recent partnership.
  • TechCrunch reports: Yodlee Interactive now powers financial data for 300 apps and businesses; on pace to surpass 500 in 2013.
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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  • 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.
  • Finovate-F-Logo.jpgrplan 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.
  • Finovate-F-Logo.jpgTechCrunch reports: PayPal separates developer platform from X.commerce, launches Simpler mobile APIs.
  • Springwise considers the open source nature of TESOBE's OpenBankProject.
  • Pindrop Security named the Best Rookie Security Company at the 2013 SC Awards.
  • Servant of Chaos reports: SocietyOne eyes off disruption in personal lending.
  • Intuit Small Business blog lists Mint and Expensify as 2 of 4 apps to help manage your small business.
  • UK Wired Magazine reports BehavioSec invents alternative to passwords using biometric fingerprints.
  • Edison Investment Research publishes report covering Virtual Piggy.
  • Founder and CEO of Fuze Network, Dave Wilkes, to speak at the 2013 BAI Payments Connect Conference & Expo.
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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Paying for everything from virtual furniture for your Gaia House to virtual auto parts for your Gaia Car just got easier for the under-18 set on Gaia Online.

Virtual Piggy announced today that its payment system could now be used to make purchases within Gaia Online, one of the world's largest online communities. Now members will be able to use Virtual Piggy to buy Gaia Cash, the coin of the realm in this Internet community that claims more than 26 million registered users.

A few facts about Gaia Online:

  • Gaia Online was founded in 2003
  • Over one million posts are made to Gaia Online daily
  • Gaia Online has 7 million unique users each month
  • The company was awarded the Mashable Best User Experience Award in 2010

Founded in 2008, Virtual Piggy presented at FinovateEurope 2013 in February, earning a "Best in Show" award. Video of Virtual Piggy's award-winning demo will be available soon.

  • Finovate-F-Logo.jpgVoiceTrust and Finantix partner to provide voice-driven, secure mobile solutions.
  • Upstart Business Journal reports ShopKeep and LevelUp partner to keep up with the competition.
  • FamZoo introduces Family Pack of prepaid cards through partnership with TransCard.
  • Monitise collaborates with Blackberry & Permatabank to launch mobile payments service on Blackberry Messenger in Indonesia.
  • Lend Academy features Interview with New Prosper CEO Stephan Vermut.
  • SafetyPay partners with Computop to offer SafetyPay as part of its Paygate payment platform.
  • EnStream to enable the support of SecureKey's authentication, identity & online payment solutions on mobile phones in Canada.
  • Virtual Piggy & WorldPay integrate to deliver youth payment solution internationally.
  • Luminous partners with Nihilent Technologies to sell Luminous' solutions in India.
  • Tuition.io featured in this week's Venture Capital program.
  • Mortgagebot expands space in Mequon with lease for new building.
  • PayPal to stop personal payments in Singapore on February 20 due to regulatory instructions.
  • iMore.com interviews Kashoo CEO Jim Secord at MacWorld|iWorld 2013.
  • TSYS announces acquisition of NetSpend in deal worth more than $1 billion.
  • ProfitStars announces year-over-year growth in P2P users, payments for its iPay Solutions service.
  • Metaforic's product line now available for mobile apps written in Objective-C, the most commonly used language on iOS platform.
  • Delaware Online hails eDeposit as a boon for small businesses.
  • ACI Worldwide launches ACI Proactive Risk Manager to help FIs detect payment fraud.
  • Bazaarvoice builds new research and development unit, Bazaarvoice Media Labs.
  • Jack Henry & Associates add remote deposit capture to Android and iPhone versions of goDough app.
  • Opencart announces full integration of Klarna invoice and partial payment system.
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.

FinovateEurope 2013 Best of Show Winners

Our third FinovateEurope wrapped up a few hours ago. At the end of each of the two jam-packed days, the London audience voted for their favorite three demos. The top eight overall were named Best of Show (see notes).

The winners (in alphabetic order):

  • Credit-Agricole for its app store where it is wooing outside developers
  • ETRONIKA for its BANKTRON e-channel management platform
  • mBank with Efigence for their Facebook & social platform 
  • Meniga for its PFM platform, including "buy" vs "not buy" feature
  • Moven (Movenbank) for the worldwide launch of its mobile-optimized bank
  • Pockets United for its group purchasing mobile solution
  • SumUp for its mobile point-of-sale system
  • Virtual Piggy for its kids' payment system with parental controls

We'll have videos of all 64 demos posted at Finovate.com within a few weeks.

Congratulations to the presenters for our first Finovate with zero demo fails (sure their where a few glitches here and there). And thanks to everyone who attended, tweeted, networked, blogged, and set up an enormous number of post-show meetings. You are pushing fintech forward, and consumers everywhere will benefit.

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Notes on methodology:  
1. Only audience members NOT associated with demoing companies were eligible to vote. Finovate employees did not vote.     
2. Attendees were encouraged to note their favorites during each day. At the end of the last demo, they chose their three favorites.    
3. The exact written instructions given to attendees: "Please rate (the companies) on the basis of demo quality and potential impact of the innovation demoed."  
4. The eight companies appearing on the highest percentage of submitted ballots were named Best of Show.  
5. Go here for a list of previous Best of Show winners.

This post is a part of our live coverage of FinovateEurope 2013.

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Wrapping up FinovateEurope 2013, Virtual Piggy demonstrated how kids can use its online payment platform to safely make online purchases:

"Virtual Piggy is the first e-commerce solution that enables kids to manage and spend money within a parent-controlled environment. 

The technology delivers online security platforms designed for the under-18 age group in the global online market, and also enables online businesses the ability to function in a manner consistent with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and similar international children's privacy laws. Virtual Piggy enables the U-18 audience to play, transact and socialize in a secure online environment guided by parental permission, oversight and control."

Product Launch: March 2012

HQ: Hermosa Beach, CA, USA
Founded: February 2008
Metrics: Public Company (OTC:VPIG)
Twitter: @followpiggy

Presenting Dr. Jo Webber (CEO & Founder) and Pradeep Ittycheria (CTO & Co-Founder)
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Finovate Alumni News-- February 4, 2013

  • Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Finovate-F-Logo.jpgThe Economist highlights TransferWise. See them demo at FinovateEurope next week.
  • Strategic Shopping blog, November Sunflower, features Jingit.
  • Top Technology News takes a look at the Flint mobile payment system.
  • Linkable Networks now offers deals at Lunds and Byerly's Minnesota Grocery stores.
  • Virtual Piggy opens London office. Come watch its live demo at FinovateEurope next week.
  • Xero's Report Packs go live for Australian partners.
  • Bloomberg looks at how StockTwits is adjusting to Twitter changes.
  • eToro updates Trader for iOS to allow for native and social registration.
  • SMC Securities, Global Capital to integrate Heckyl Technologies platform. See them demo next week at FinovateEurope.
  • Finovate Alumni abound in Payment Source's list of 11 major mergers in payments technology.
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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  • SaveUp allows users to vote for potential prizes.
  • SmartyPig introduces the SmartyPig OneClick Chrome extension.
  • Get Rich Slowly blog features Tuition.io.
  • Forbes covers Virtual Piggy, calling it PayPal for Kids. Come see Virtual Piggy demo at FinovateEurope.
  • Springwise features Movenbank. Come to FinovateEurope and see Movenbank's live demo of its new platform.
  • American Banker reports: STAR Financial Bank Rolls Out PFM Software from MoneyDesktop.
  • Virgin Mobile, C Spire test BillFloat as financing option.
  • Mastercard moves to ease EMV migration within U.S.
  • Azimo announces £300,000 ($480,000 USD) angel investment round. Come see their demo at FinovateEurope in February!
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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For our first ever two day FinovateEurope conference, we've selected 64 of the most innovative companies in fintech to demo their newest technology to an audience packed full of banking executives, press, analysts, bloggers, and more.

Each company provided a sneak peek of what they'll demo 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 be a part of our FinovateEurope conference at Old Billingsgate Market Hall in London on February 12 and 13. Get your ticket here.
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Mobile devices are rapidly taking place of credit cards and visits to the bank. How can you have confidence that the user on the other end of that high value transaction is who they say they are? TraitWareID

So why not learn more about a comprehensive authentication solution specifically configured for applications with mobile users that offers a versatile, single, integrated approach that does not require additional hardware?

Innovation type: Identity, payments, security

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Everyone knows the importance of social networks in the financial world. Millions publicly discuss their experiences with the different brands they interact with throughout the day. It also applies to the financial markets. Investors, large or small, share their views on the main market securities and how emerging news influences their trading. 

And of all the social networks, Twitter is probably the most widely used for this type of analysis. But, is there any chance to analyse the conversations about stocks and to obtain a sentiment? We will show you that is possible.

Innovation type: Online

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Biletu is the new way to organise events and share expenses between friends, family and colleagues.

Innovation type: Mobile, PFM, Rewards

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Cardlytics is a real-time marketing and analytics platform that enables over 350 banks globally to bring profitable, targeted rewards to their consumers. Cardlytics' latest innovation is an integrated Facebook app, containing a rewards summary page showing a customer their available offers. Launching in 2013, this will allow banks to have a meaningful and valuable customer conversation in social. 

Watch as we demo creating the Facebook-to-Customer relationship, preserving customer privacy through our patent-pending OPS & OMS systems. Once the link is made we will demonstrate the targeted rewards and savings earned for a customer through the Facebook interface.

Innovation type: Mobile, online, rewards

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Comarch will showcase two solutions, which work together guiding customers from the interpretation of their transactions to suggestions of products and services that can really help them improve their financial standing. Comarch solutions use multiple motivation techniques to help customers achieve financial fitness through sound personal finance management.

Innovation type: Investing & asset management, mobile, PFM

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Dashlane, winner of Best of Show at FinovateFall in NYC 2012, will demo their core technology: a consumer app (desktop and mobile) that enables users to instantly checkout, login and fill forms in a flash universally on every website and every device, without the need for any site-side integration with merchants whatsoever. 

In addition to being a secure personal data management tool and the "point of payment choice" for users, Dashlane offers financial services and ecommerce partners a privileged seat next to the user during all their online transactions.

Innovation type: Payments, security

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Big Data. Pretty much the two words that are on everyone's lips, but much harder to actually put into action... until now, that is. 

ERN will show you how our unique, big data technology platform brings together card payment and merchant data in real time. Using that data and insight, we'll show you how (at last) you can intelligently target loyalty programs and marketing campaigns effectively. Better still, there's even a smartphone app to deliver your customers eReceipts and mCoupons.

We look forward to showing you how you can close the loop on payment Big Data and create value from every single transaction.

Innovation type: Mobile, payments, rewards

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eyeOpen is launching the world's first digital mortgage advisor. The digital mortgage advisor provides consumers with best-in-class mortgage advice. It provides banks and insurance companies with a leading user interface in conversions, advice algorithms and a management information dashboard on consumer behavior.

eyeOpen tested the digital mortgage advisor in The Netherlands with leading banks such as Rabobank, ING and ABN AMRO. The company sells the consumer advice software in Europe from its Amsterdam office and in the USA from its San Francisco office. 

Innovation type: Back office, banking, marketing

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EZBOB offers real-time financing for e-commerce businesses in the UK. The company has developed a web-based lending platform which gathers data, in real-time, allowing for instant lending decisions. 

An e-commerce business is analysed based on data pulled through API connections to data sources such as Amazon, eBay and PayPal, as well as strategic partners such as Channel Grabber, EKM and others. 

EZBOB's proprietary algorithm allows the company to look beyond a traditional credit score. 

Innovation type: Banking, identity, lending, PFM, small business

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Learn how Financial Simplicity's portfolio business management infrastructure enables wealth firms to operate thousands of individually tailored investment portfolios efficiently and compliantly. 

It will reveal how portfolio management can blend new world social relevance with operational excellence. Specifically, Financial Simplicity will demonstrate:

    1. Whole of firm portfolio mandate and compliance monitoring in a single screen
    2. On-demand portfolio analysis within a socially relevant context
    3. Investor-tailored portfolio modelling at the click of a button
    4. Implement pre-compliant portfolio decision-making across a Centralised Investment Proposition in a matter of seconds
Innovation type: Investing & asset management

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Story of My Finances is an entirely new approach in digital financial customer service. It takes online banking and PFM to the next level of mass retail financial planning and advice. 

Stories are customer-driven financial life processes, such as How to spend less, Prepare for a rainy day, Buy a home or Retirement planning. Stories help end-customers to get financially fit and to have a peace of mind. Stories are the missing link between everyday people and financial products. 

We believe that we can improve people's financial life by licensing our white-label technology to financial institutions.

Innovation type: Online, PFM, sales

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You're seated comfortably watching TV, and suddenly you're notified that a bank deposit was made into your account. Good news! Simply click, and you can see the details.

The Home Shopping Network presents the set of cooking pans that you have had your eye on for ages. With the press of a button, the pans are on their way to your house!

Innovation type: Marketing, online, sales

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Kalixa believes that today, payments simply don't meet the real needs of consumers and businesses. For businesses payments are expensive, fragmented and leave them exposed. 

Ed Chandler, CEO of Kalixa, will showcase how next-generation technology that underpins a total payment journey can transform payments from a source of cost, complexity and confusion into a sustainable competitive advantage that stimulates innovation and fuels business growth.

Innovation type: Cards, payments

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We truly believe that the financial industry needs a radical rethink and that innovative financial services offering fair prices, transparency and creating no systemic risk are more important than ever.

Based on these conclusions, we developed an alternative to traditional FX products and services offered by banks and brokers. Kantox is a marketplace where companies can look for and find others companies - their counterparties - to exchange foreign currencies spot and forward without the intermediation of banks.

Innovation type: Payments

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Luminous' BankFiling loan origination solution enables financial institutions to increase lending to banking customers, while reducing risk.

Innovation type: Banking, lending, small business

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mBank & Efigence present the first European comprehensive Bank 3.0 revolution in a large bank with a full financial product portfolio. 

mBank, an online bank, has successfully leveraged the internet to organically become the third largest in Poland. Now, it's re-inventing itself by bridging startup-grade innovation on a mass scale. It will implement a wave of next-gen services: transactional banking, transactional/real-time marketing, PFM, social, gamification, video banking, mobility and more. 

It will show its innovative transactional site and the first European implementation of transactional marketing, highlighting a creative take on Facebook, social platforms and real-time consumer gratification.

Innovation type: Banking, online, rewards

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Movenbank will be the first consumer banking experience centered around mobile and enabling a consumer's everyday financial wellness. We combine mobile banking, mobile payments, and real time financial health and spending insight to help customers spend, save and live smarter. 

Consumers pay with their mobile phones and receive insight on their spending behaviors at the point of sale when it matters most. When was the last time your checking account did that?

Innovation type: Banking, payments, PFM

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Your customers want a mobile service that is as smart as their device. Are you delivering? When customers use your mobile service, they often require assistance beyond self-service to resolve their needs. Having them realize they now need to call your contact center and start from scratch with the IVR causes disappointment and frustration. 

NICE Mobile Reach complements mobile self-service to bridge it with assisted-service channels. It lets companies intelligently engage their mobile customers, seamlessly connect them to the right representative with full context transfer, and then powerfully collaborate with them during the interaction. That's smart customer service that creates value!

Innovation type: Communications, mobile, sales

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The Open Bank Project (OBP) is an open source-powered API for banks that enables account holders to access their transaction data using a wider range of applications and services. 

The OBP API supports transparency options (enabling account holders to share configurable views of their transaction data with trusted individuals and even the public), data blurring (to preserve sensitive information) and data enrichment (enabling users to add tags, comments and images to transactions). The OBP App Store enables banks and developers to showcase supported apps.

Innovation type: Back office, communications

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The new, highly volatile market order that's been prevailing for the last few years is raising the pressure on you to come up with asset allocations that are precisely fitted to your clients' profile. Clients increasingly challenge the proposed investment strategies' ability generate performance while preserving wealth. 

The BlackSwan Financial Platform lets you engage your clients in an interactive analysis of their risk. Explore investment options together with your clients and guide them through an informed process in selecting the most optimal asset allocation for their profile using clever quantitative finance algorithms.

Innovation type: Investing & asset management

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EdgeConnect is the industry's most dynamic user experience platform (UXP). EdgeConnect provides a single, consistent platform that enables superior user experiences to be delivered across multiple distribution channels, for any product, any user, in any language and optimised for each device.

A major new editor within edgeConnect, LiveDesigner, is a game-changer in application design. It allows designers to change the look and feel, layout and behaviour while an application is executing, so that they can make changes and see the effects on dynamic application pages prior to live deployment.

Innovation type: Mobile, online, sales

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The Currency Cloud transforms the way businesses make international payments.
 
We inject cost savings, transparency and productivity enhancements into the payment process to deliver a service businesses deserve. Our platform connects to a host of exchange rate providers and payment networks to optimise the conversion, sending and receiving of international payments. 

Businesses access our service directly online, through our API, or via the multitude of firms such as banks, brokers, remittance agents, IFAs, and accounting solutions providers that extend our capabilities through their own services.

We will be showcasing the power of integrated international payments within treasury solutions.

Innovation type: Back office, payments

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Could the banks have avoided over $1 billion in fines for anti money laundering violations with this True Office game?

By playing the True Office | Thomson Reuters Anti Money Laundering desktop and mobile app, financial services employees are exposed to the regulatory risks they confront, and learn how to comply with anti money laundering laws and company policies. 

The data generated from this app provides financial services institutions with compliance analytics that help identify and reduce instances of anti money laundering risk.

Innovation type: Mobile, security

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TSYS Spend Controls puts control over card usage into the hands of the business owner or program administrator. It provides businesses a means to implement upfront transaction controls to ensure cardholder compliance with purchasing guidelines. 

Administrators manage parameters using a simple Web-based user interface, establishing guidelines according to business, department or individual needs. Each transaction is reviewed at the point of sale based on the pre-established parameters.

Innovation type: Banking, cards, marketing

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Virtual Piggy is the first e-commerce solution that enables kids to manage and spend money within a parent-controlled environment. 

We deliver online security platforms designed for the Under 18 age group in the global online market, and also enable online businesses the ability to function in a manner consistent with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act ("COPPA") and similar international children's privacy laws.

Innovation type: Payments, PFM

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VoiceTrust inTalk increases customer convenience, reduces call times, and provides enhanced security at financial institutions' call centers. It does this by verifying a customer's identity through passive listening to the conversation between the agent and the customer. 

Independent of the language spoken or the words uttered, inTalk is able to compare the speaker's voice against the account holder's voiceprint and indicate whether the speaker is the account holder or an imposter. The agent is alerted with a graphical indicator on their monitor.

Innovation type: Identity, sales, security

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Yseop will present several intelligent text-generating financial solutions. We will demo a prep-to-meeting report written in two seconds, an automatically generated two-page financial executive summary based on the latest market data and a personalized retirement planning application. 

Yseop is artificial intelligence that writes (and speaks) non-repetitive intelligent text, just like a human being, but at a speed of thousands of pages per second. Yseop analyzes a company's business data, dialogs intelligently with its customers to understand their goals and then generates written comments and recommendations following the best practices of the company's top experts.

Innovation type: Communications, sales, marketing
  • Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Finovate-F-Logo.jpgDwolla 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.
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  • Xero's new release includes new features: email templates, payments terms & outstanding statements.
  • Purchasing Insight blog features Taulia.
  • Financial Advisor Magazine considers EFL's approach to determining risk in entrepreneurs.
  • Business Insider recommends using Enloop to help draft business plans.
  • Expensify gets a shout-out on NBC.
  • Intern Match blog suggests using planwise.
  • PC Mag recommends keeping Dashlane in your security toolkit.
  • Wipro announces launch of SmartOffers solution demoed at FinovateAsia.
  • Virtual Piggy enters into Partnership with WorldPay to further expand Virtual Piggy eCommerce service in the international marketplace.
  • Tyfone and IQT sign strategic investment and tech development deal.
  • Fenergo wins Best Customer Onboarding Solution award.
  • DeviceFidelity extends Good Vault identity and access management system to iPhones. 
  • Experian to help media giant Sky optimize customer prospect-marketing data.
  • Compass Plus earns high marks in annual PayX report.
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  • Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Finovate-F-Logo.jpgVentureBeat 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.
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  • Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Finovate-F-Logo.jpgAmerican 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.
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  • 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.
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Finovate Alumni News-- November 30, 2012

  • 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.
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  • 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". 
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  • Backbase introduces My Backbase Academy, online training program.
  • Virtual Piggy signs agreement with Active Ride Shop to bring its youth payments technology to their online store.
  • Bank Innovation reports: MoneyDesktop Officially Releases Its MoneyMobile PFM App.
  • Billhighway honored with 2 workplace awards.
  • Compass Plus launches instant issuance solution on TranzAxis.  

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  • Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Finovate-F-Logo.jpgHelloWallet 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.
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  • mFoundry announces cloud-based Fin.X solution.
  • 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.
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  • Upstart Business Journal mentions Virtual Piggy, Waspit, & Kiboo as catering to young customers.
  • On Deck reaches 1 million daily debit payments.
  • Communication FCU enlists Tyfone to provide customers with mobile banking solution.
  • TRADESHIFT increases language support to 190 countries.
  • TIO hits $100M mark for mobile bill payments.
  • Boston Business Journal reports Linkable Networks raises $3.2M.
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Then, Virtual Piggy showed the audience how kids under the age of 18 can purchase safely online:

"Virtual Piggy allows youth to purchase directly from merchants with a process that is safe, fully COPPA compliant, PCI compliant, and controlled by their parents. 

The parent provides all personal information from the billing account, including credit card numbers and home shipping address. This then allows a child to make a purchase on an integrated merchant site by logging into their account at the shopping cart. If the parent has allowed sufficient funds, and the merchant has been approved, then the transaction is completed."

Product Launched: March 2012

HQ Location: Hermosa Beach, CA
Company Founded: February 2008
Twitter: @followpiggy
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Introducing Jo Webber (CEO & Founder) and Pradeep Ittycheria (CTO & Co-Founder)
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  • Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Finovate-F-Logo.jpgSimpleTuition 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.
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  • Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Finovate-F-Logo.jpgVirtual Piggy and Unity Technologies unite to bring seamless game development monetization. Check out Virtual Piggy at FinovateFall.
  • Optus launches direct billing service with Boku, RIM.
  • Des Moines blog looks at Social Money's success.
  • WSJ considers how HelloWallet can help you manage your finances.
  • Dashlane launches app for Android. Check out Dashlane at FinovateFall in New York.
  • FXCM deploys Check Point's 12000 and 4000 series appliances.
  • Times of Malta reports Ixaris to move office, eyes new markets.
  • Dwolla introduces reddit Donate, a new platform to give.
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  • Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Finovate-F-Logo.jpgFor the second consecutive year, CashStar named 1 of the 2012 Best Places to Work in Maine.
  • The WSJ compares The Currency Cloud, Currency Fair, Wonga & Nutmeg with Britain's traditional banks. Come check out The Currency Cloud at FinovateFall in NYC September 12 & 13.
  • My Bank Tracker reports on a Dwolla integration at a Pittsburgh-based supermarket chain.
  • Virtual Piggy service will be integrated into Girly Stuff's e-commerce launch. Check out Virtual Piggy at FinovateFall.
  • FutureAdvisor raises $5 mil, launches 401(k) fee analyzer tool.
  • Currensee and Direct FX form partnership.
  • Jwaala and Truaxis team up to provide credit unions with StatementRewards platform. Come to FinovateFall to check out Truaxis' live demo.
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  • Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Finovate-F-Logo.jpgPayPal, 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.
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  • MyBankTracker lists Mint, LearnVest, and HelloWallet as the best PFM tools. Come to FinovateFall to check out LearnVest.
  • PYMNTS.com recognizes Mitek as 1 of the "most innovative" companies in payments space.
  • Google Product Alum, Joe Wolf, joins FreeMonee as VP of Product.
  • Payment solutions provider, Payvision, partners with Virtual Piggy. Check out Virtual Piggy at FinovateFall in NYC next month.
  • Outright now integrates with Etsy Direct Checkout.
  • BehavioSec selected by military research organization DARPA to provide IT security.
  • Truaxis to provide ORCC with StatementRewards Loyalty Program. Check out Truaxis at FinovateFall September 12 and 13.
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  • MyBankTracker.com profiles Virtual Piggy.
  • FreeMonee brings in $34 mil in series B funding.
  • Bazaarvoice partners with consulting firm Booz & Company.
  • InComm partners with Galaxia Communications to distribute gift cards to Korean retailers.
  • Citywire's WealthManager interviews Nick Hungerford CEO of Nutmeg.
  • Information Week profiles Franck Fatras of Capital Access Network.
  • Virtual Piggy to provide child-safe e-commerce solution for Under-18's to The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
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  • Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Finovate-F-Logo.jpgVirtual 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.
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