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 Credit Karma is moving its headquarters to San Francisco's financial district.
- Linkable Networks is listed as 1 of 5 startups you should follow.
- Tablet PC review lists Wikinvest Portfolio as one of the best iPad apps for tracking Wall Street stocks.
- AOL Daily Finance names HelloWallet as 1 of 5 money-smart apps for business travelers.
- UNC's Kenan-Flagler Business School turns to Ping Identity to solve identity management complexity.
- Daily Herald looks at Credit Sesame.
- Kony Solutions appoints Harold Goldberg as CMO.
- The Bellingham Herald recommends using Expensify to organize your expenses for tax time. Come see the live demo at FinovateSpring next month in San Francisco.
- Scotsman covers UK P2P company, Zopa.
- CNN Money lists SecondMarket as 1 of 8 crowdfunding sites to watch.
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.
 We recently looked back at Finovate's Best of Show Awards archives and wanted to share the list of the 41 award-winning companies. Here's the Best of Show history that stretches back to 2007, the inception of Finovate:
Held October 2, 2007
Mint: Online PFM for individuals
Held April 29, 2008
First ROI (now BancVue): Develops products and services for community financial institutions
Jwaala: Provides software solutions to help financial institutions compete
Zecco: Online stock and options trading
Zopa: P2P lending network
Held October 14, 2008
Credit Karma: Provides a free and easy way for consumers to understand, monitor and monetize their credit profile
Mint: Online PFM for individuals
Neosaej's MoneyAisle: Platform where banks compete in live auctions for an individual consumer's business
Held April 28, 2009
BillShrink (now Truaxis): Provides a free cost-savings tool that saves consumers money on everyday bills
SimpliFi: A web service that allows anyone to create and update their own financial plan
Held September 29, 2009
BancVue's Kasasa: national checking/ savings account brand for community financial institutions
Credit.com: Provides free interactive tools, education, and unbiased comparisons of quality financial products and services
Yodlee: Provides personalized financial solutions to financial institutions
Held May 11, 2010
Expensify: Online and mobile expense report platform
oFlows (Purchased by Andera in 2011): Multichannel paperless solutions for account openings
Wikinvest: A platform for investors to share trading tips
Held October 4-5, 2010
Betterment: Investment account for savings management
BillShrink (now Truaxis): Loyalty rewards provider
Bundle: Provides socially informed money management for individuals
Dynamics: Produces and manufactures intelligent powered cards
oFlows (Purchased by Andera in 2011): Multichannel paperless solutions for account openings
PayNearMe: Cash transaction network for the underbanked
SecureKey: Token-based authentication technology
Held February 1, 2011
eToro: Social investment network
Finantix: Provides sales and advice solutions for financial services
Meniga: Online PFM for financial institutions
Held May 10-11, 2011
BancVue: Develops products and services for community financial institutions
BankOns: Mobile app offering consumers real-time savings at local merchants
Dwolla: Online, mobile, and social peer-to-peer payment platform
oFlows (Purchased by Andera in 2011): Multichannel paperless solutions for account openings
Mitek Systems: Provides apps for smartphones that allow users to deposit checks and pay bills via their devices' cameras
PayNearMe: Cash transaction network for the underbanked
Wikinvest: A platform for investors to share trading tips
Held September 20-21, 2011
BillGuard: People-powered antivirus for bills
Dynamics: produces and manufactures intelligent powered cards
eToro: Social investment network
FamZoo: Online "virtual family Bank"
FeeFighters: Platform that simplifies the process of choosing a merchant account provider
oFlows (Purchased by Andera in 2011): Multichannel paperless solutions for account openings
Personal Capital: Online financial advisor helping people manage their investments
Held February 2, 2011
Dynamics: produces and manufactures intelligent powered cards
eToro: Social investment network
Nutmeg: Online investment manager that democratizes saving and investing
- BillGuard CEO, Yaron Samid, shares lessons learned as a startup entrepreneur.
- Expensify listed as 1 of 7 software makers to bring integrated, cheaper add-ons to Google Apps.
- The Globe and Mail lists Wikinvest as a tool to help ordinary investors dig through the data.
- Investors.com explains the benefits of using Yodlee to track your finances.
- Fast Company examines Betterment and BillGuard's #occupywallstreet event.
- Dwolla alters its registration process into a more pleasant experience.
- VentureBeat explains how Prosper is helping to support the #occupywallstreet protesters.
- peerTransfer partners with 30 new universities.
- Bill.com receives "Awesome Add-On" award.
- Social Lending Network provides details on Prosper's recent round of funding.
- Balance Financial launches professional 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.
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.
- Kashoo's small business iPad accounting app hits 5,000 downloads on iTunes.
- CarryQuote named аѕ a winner οf the European Bully Awards.
- Investment News examines how Personal Capital plays into the online-advice space.
- The Washington Post surveys HelloWallet's business model.
- RobotDough.com announces its student financial writing competition.
- Silicon Angle compares the 3 iPad apps launched last week: Wikinvest, Pageonce, & Mint.
- Q2ebanking discusses mobile-banking security in Credit Union Times.
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.
 Today, Wikinvest launched Wikinvest Portfolio HD, an iPad version of its portfolio tracker. The app aggregates accounts from more than 60 of the largest U.S. brokerage firms.
The app features: - Visual analytics to provide insight into metrics
- True asset allocation
- Geographic allocation (shown below)
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.
Each month we survey the Web-traffic performance of Finovate alums using data from Web-analytics company Compete.
Out of 255 alumni, 59 (23%) had more than 10,000 unique U.S. visitors in July 2011 (see tables below). Of those, 19 (32%) had more visitors than in the previous month and 25 (42%) were flat. Year-over-year, 26 (44%) had an increase, 10 (17%) were flat, and 23 (39%) were down.
Private Companies Notable successes: - Seeking Alpha had the most traffic in July with more than 2 million unique visitors.
- eToro saw the highest monthly growth percentage with 3 times the number of unique visitors in July compared to June.
- Bundle had the highest increase in number of unique month-over-month visits, with 450,000 more visitors in July than in June.
- eRollover had the highest percent year-over-year traffic increase, with 260,000 more visitors from last July.
Source: Compete.com retrieved week of August 15, 2011 1. The previous month recorded was May 2011 2. Sears Credit Score is powered by CreditKarma.com 3. Kasasa is powered by BancVue
Public Companies Notable successes: - PayPal had the highest number of U.S. visitors in July, with more than 30 million visitors.
- Jack Henry & Associates saw the highest monthly growth with twice as many visitors in July than June.
- Wipro Technologies had the highest year-over-year growth, with 3 times as many visitors this year compared to last year.
- FIS Global and Online Resources also doubled their traffic compared to last year.
Source: Compete.com retrieved the week of August 15, 2011 1. The previous month recorded was May 2011. _______________________________________________________ Notes: 1. We reviewed 255 Finovate alumni. Only those with at least 10,000 unique visitors in July are listed. 3. NM = Not measurable 4. 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.
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
 - BillFloat
- Bling Nation
- Boku
- Cardlytics
- ClairMail
- Expensify
- IDAnalytics
- Lending Club
- SecondMarket
- Wikinvest
- Wonga
- Yodlee
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In other Alumni News:
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
Each month we survey the Web-traffic performance of our alums, using data from Web-analytics company Compete to review the sites they operate. Out of 255 alumni, 62 (24%) had more than 10,000 unique U.S. visitors in May 2011 (see tables below). Of the 62 reviewed, 25 (40%) had fewer visitors than in the previous month and 28 (45%) saw a decline year-over-year. Private Companies
The 44 private companies are as follows: Notable successes: - Cortera saw the highest number of unique U.S. visitors in May, with almost 2 million hits.
- HelloWallet experienced the greatest month-over-month growth, with more than four times as many visitors.
- Betterment saw its traffic increase an impressive 38 times from May of last year.
Private Finovate Alumni With More Than 10,000 Unique Visitors in May 2011 
Source: Compete.com retrieved June 29, 2011
Public Companies
The 18 public companies are as follows: Notable successes: - PayPal experienced the highest number of U.S. visitors in May, with over 32 million visitors.
- TransUnion Interactive saw the highest month-over-month growth with more than two times the number of visitors in May than in April.
- Sybase 365 experienced the highest year-over-year growth, with its traffic up almost 80% from last year.
Public Finovate Alumni With More Than 10,000 Unique Visitors in May 2011
 Source: Compete.com retrieved June 29, 2011 _____________________________________________________________________________ Notes: 1. We reviewed 255 unique sites. Data was unavailable or irrelevant for 201 sites because: - They had been acquired.
- They were no longer available online.
- They were not covered by Compete for various reasons (including some that were not U.S. domestic companies).
- The number of unique visits was too small to be considered accurate.
- They were subdomains of larger websites.
2. Numbers have been rounded to three significant digits. 3. The charts include companies that did not have measurable traffic in May 2011, indicated by "N/A." 4. Compete draws its information from the online 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.
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
Aptys Solutions
Aptys Solutions signed with Banker's Bank, a top check depositor with the Federal Reserve Link
Backbase
Backbase to host webinar on how to use social media in financial services Link
Betterment  - Betterment announced a growth of over $10M under management and over 4000 customers in first year Link
- Betterment celebrated its first birthday Link
Bill.com
Bill.com is working to improve its mobile offering for small and midsized businesses Link
Boku
Mobile Entertainment explained how Boku will revolutionize pay-by-mobile for digital goods Link
Capital Access Network
CNBC explained how Capital Access Network solves the need to use financial creativity Link
Credit Karma
WiseBread Blog interviewed Credit Karma CEO Link
doxo  - doxo's first fan video was posted online Link
- Oregon employees were the first to give its members doxo's online file cabinet Link
- TechFlash highlighted the benefits of using doxo to achieve paperless business Link
- 2Minute Finance interviewed doxo at FinovateSpring Link
Dwolla
- Dwolla was listed by inc Tech as one of three startups you must know from Big Omaha Link
- Credit Union Times listed Dwolla as a new P2P service rivaling 'bank giants' Link
edo Interactive
MyBankTracker interviewed edo Interactive COO about its Prewards service Link
Expensify
Slate explained how Expensify will help the 'frequent flier' Link 
Kabbage
Technorati described how Kabbage works with eBay Link
Lending Club
- Mint.com's blog covered what you need to know about Lending Club Link
- San Francisco Business Times commented on Lending Club's strong backing from both investors and lenders Link
- San Francisco Times reported that Lending Club stated it is not planning to go public for several years Link
LendingKarma
Entrepreneur featured LendingKarma as a good tool to use when borrowing money from family or friends Link
Lendio
San Francisco Chronicle reported that Lendio offers funding opportunities for new grads Link
Lodo Software
Lodo Software was described as a startup providing jobs in the "Silicon Prairie" region, a.k.a. Omaha Link 
Monitise
Monitise released a report predicting that the majority of consumers will use mobile money services within the next three years Link
Mortgagebot
Mortgagebot reached 1000 clients, one of its goals from the beginning Link
PayDivvy
2MinuteFinanced interviewed PayDivvy about its services Link 
PayNearMe
BillShrink examined PayNearMe's cash payment service Link
peerTransfer
Mass High Tech interviewed Iker Marcaide from peerTransfer about becoming an entrepreneur Link 
ProfitStars
ProfitStars announced a new version of Margin Maximizer that's now available as a hosted solution Link Robot Dough
2MiniuteFinance toured RobotDough's demo during interview at Finovate Spring Link
SecondMarket
- Wall Street Journal stated that SecondMarket helped fuel the tech boom Link
- CNBC interviewed SecondMarket for an explanation of the change in trading numbers Link and Link
Smarty Pig
Smarty Pig launched new sharing features, including activity sharing and goal sharing Link Striata
Striata will host a June 2 webinar for implementing successful ebilling strategies Link
ThreatMetrix
San Francisco Chronicle covered ThreatMetrix's research around mobile transaction activity Link
TILE Financial
TILE Financial released a Financial Identity Profile to strengthen the connection between advisors and under-30 consumers Link 
TradeKing
TradeKing divulged the lineup of its free webinars in June Link
Tyfone
Tyfone won 2010 Asia Pacific Smart Card Association Award for its NFC innovation and implementation Link
Wikinvest
Dow Jones Advisor highlighted Wikinvest as a way to analyze portfolios Link
Wonga
- Wonga won 2011 Red Herring Top 100 Europe Award for exceptional accomplishments Link
- Wonga won the Media Momentum Awards, a coveted award for digital media companies in Europe Link
- Wonga's Errol Damelin discussed consumer-centric credit Link
Xero  - Diversity Limited commented on Xero's move to the US markets Link
- Xero and Keebo teamed up to help you manage and process receipts Link
- New Zealand Herald commented on Xero's surging revenue Link
Zecco
- The Wall Street Journal reviewed Zecco's new Facebook app Link
- Zecco launched an app for stock trades & viewing realtime market data on Facebook Link
Zopa
Zopa shows how it helps consumers protect against inflation Link
FIS launches innovative new mobile banking product. -- Users can establish mobile account management with their debit card, no online banking signup needed. http://bit.ly/finovate1291
Y Combinator and Yodlee cooperate to provide financial data services to startups.
To see Finovate news updates in real-time, follow our feed on Twitter.
GoalMine launches with $25 reward to users who establish a $25 per month investment plan. -- The program not only encourages ongoing investment, but highlights the convenience of the company's online GoalPack gift card system. http://bit.ly/finovate11152
Ixaris launches Secret Path Developer Challenge. -- Secret Path rewards developers who build payment applications on Ixaris Opn for social media networks, mobile devices and ecommerce. http://bit.ly/finovate11172
PayNearMe garners $16 million in venture capital. -- Khosla Ventures led the funding round. The company will also be launching a mobile payments application. http://bit.ly/finovate11161
SmartyPig adds 21 new "Best in Class Retailers" just in time for holiday shopping. -- Retail partners boost users' savings by up to 14% when the savings goal is withdrawn via their gift card. http://bit.ly/finovate11155
Tempo Payments powers reward card for Sheetz convenience stores. -- The decoupled affinity debit cards are independently-branded rewards debit cards, which link to the customer's checking account. http://bit.ly/finovate11151
Here are the news updates for the week of August 22, 2010. To view in real-time, follow us here.
Check out Geezeo's summer growth spurt--wow! More than a half million new credit union members now have access to Geezeo's unique engagement-banking tools. http://bit.ly/finovate8222
 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:
- AARP
- BNP Paribas
- CBS
- Experian
- Google
- Intuit
- Kaiser Permanente
- Mechanics Bank
- Tower Group
- USAA
- Visa
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- Aite
- Capital One
- Celent
- Filene
- H&R Block
- Jack Henry
- Motley Fool
- Target
- PayPal
- US Bank
- Wells Fargo
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- Alliant Credit Union
- Canaan Partners
- Discover
- Forrester Research
- ING DIRECT
- Highland Capital
- Javelin Research
- NY Times
- TransUnion
- Venrock
- Wired Magazine
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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!
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 Eric Mattson is CEO of Online Financial Innovations, the parent company of NetBanker, Online Banking Report and the Finovate Conference Series. He can be reached at eric@netbanker.com.
 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!
Eric Mattson is CEO of Online Financial Innovations, the parent company of NetBanker, Online Banking Report and the Finovate Conference Series. He can be reached at eric@netbanker.com.
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