Author: David Penn

Finovate Alumni News

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Categories: Coinbase, Ephesoft, Finastra, Fortytwo Data, Infosys, MasterCard, Moneyhub, ThreatMetrix

On Finovate.com

  • Ephesoft Unveils Mortgage Document Capture Solution.
  • Coinbase Acquires Earn.com; Adds Balaji Srinivasan as First CTO.

Around the web

  • ThreatMetrix introduces its first product integration with LexisNexis since the company was acquired in February.
  • Finastra makes its mortgage lending solutions available via the cloud courtesy of partnership with Microsoft.
  • Ambassador Michael Froman joins Mastercard as vice chairman and president of strategic growth.
  • Moneyhub opens its API to U.K. challenger banks Monzo and Starling.
  • Coinbase acquires Cipher Browser to support its decentralized mobile browser offering.
  • Fortytwo Data appoints Luca Primerano as chief AI officer.
  • Coindesk: Mastercard Eyes Blockchain for Fighting Fake Identities.
  • Infosys to acquire Creative and Consumer Insight Agency, WONGDOODY.

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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Finovate Global: Fintech News from Around the World

Finovate Global: Fintech News from Around the World
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Categories: ACI Worldwide, Efigence, Finovate Global, Sberbank

As Finovate goes increasingly global, so does our coverage of financial technology. Finovate Global: Fintech News from Around the World is our weekly look at fintech innovation in developing economies in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, and Central and Eastern Europe.

Africa

  • Block Commodities, Walla, Dala, and FinComEco partner in new initiative to leverage cryptocurrencies to fund loans to African farmers.
  • Standard Chartered opens fully licensed bank in Côte d’Ivoire.
  • Nigerian fintech startups to compete for annual mCash Prize for Innovation in Fintech, sponsored by the Nigeria Interbank Settlement System (NBSS).

LATAM

  • Santander unveils new blockchain-based international wire transfer service for Brazilian consumers.
  • Digital bank Wanap goes live in Argentina (in Spanish).
  • El Financiero looks at the potential impact of a Mexico-like fintech law on fintech innovation in Costa Rica (in Spanish).

CEE

  • OTP Bank in Hungary partners with ACI Worldwide to power its digital transformation.
  • Sberbank and SAP team up to complete cloud-based digital transformation project.
  • Efigence powers concept, UX, and design for BGŻOptima Bank’s new portal.

Asia

  • Fintech Malaysia lists its 14 Names You Should Know to “highlight some of the movers and shakers within the fintech space in Malaysia.”
  • Ernest & Young executive predicts sharp rise in number of Vietnamese fintechs and “heightened investor interest.”
  • Research agency BMI says infrastructure, growing affluence, and high mobile and broadband use suggest Malaysia could be world leader in Islamic financial technology.

MENA

  • MENA Research Partners estimates the value of the MENA Fintech market at $2 billion, with an annual growth of $125 million over the next four years.
  • Daily News Egypt discussed Egypt’s commitment to digitize its economy with Visa CEO Alfred Kelly.
  • Emirates NBD integrates blockchain technology into cheques to fight fraud and forgery.

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PeoplesBank Partners with Gro Solutions to Enhance Mobile and Online Customer Experience

PeoplesBank Partners with Gro Solutions to Enhance Mobile and Online Customer Experience
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Categories: Gro Solutions

Pennsylvania-based PeoplesBank will rely on the Digital Sales Platform from Gro Solutions to implement its new online banking strategy. The bank sees the fintech’s digital platform as key to helping it provide a streamlined and mobile onboarding experience, reduce application abandonment, and provide a better overall mobile and online experience for customers.

Putting speed and simplicity at the top of the bank’s list, Communications and Digital Marketing Specialist for PeoplesBank Heather Noll said, “We really like the fact that with Gro our clients can open an account online in under five minutes. We want to give our clients the best experience possible, and we’re excited to be able to provide that extra ease of use for them.”  PeoplesBank plans to make the new Gro services available later this year.

Gro Solutions CEO David Eads underscored both factors in his statement on the partnership. “Reaching today’s bank customers requires not only a fast, easier digital process, but also the ability to fine-tune the details of their product offerings and risk profile,” Eads said. “We welcome the opportunity to help PeoplesBank fulfill that need for its customers and look forward to collaborating with the bank to support its digital banking growth initiatives.”

PeoplesBank is a Codorus Valley Company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Codorus Valley Bancorp Inc. the largest independent FI based in York County, Pennsylvania. Serving customers in South Central Pennsylvania and Central Maryland, PeoplesBank has more than $1.7 billion in assets and provides consumer, business, wealth management, and mortgage services.

Gro Solutions demonstrated an extension of its Gro Digital Sales Platform at FinovateFall 2017. More recently, the Atlanta, Georgia-based company, founded in 2015, announced a partnership with Congressional FCU ($900 million in assets) that will bring its Digital Sales Platform to the 47,000-member institution. Also this year, Gro Solutions teamed up with Michigan-area 4Front CU ($488 million in assets) to deploy its Gro Checkout solution. The company began the year with another Gro Checkout deployment, this time with $106 million Surety Bank based in Florida.

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FinovateSpring Sneak Peek: NuData Security

FinovateSpring Sneak Peek: NuData Security
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Categories: FinovateSpring 2018, FinovateSpring 2018 Sneak Peek, NuData Security

A look at the companies demoing live at FinovateSpring on May 8 through 11, 2018 in Santa Clara, California. Register today and save your spot.

End friction on all legitimate customers that share one account. Come see how NuData Security’s solution analyzes device intelligence and passive biometrics to build a single entity of one or more legitimate users.

Features

  • Build a trusted entity with one or more customers who access the same account
  • Recognize customers invisibly, wherever and however they log in
  • Remove unnecessary friction on all legitimate customers

Why it’s great
Offers a frictionless experience to all authorized users of one account

Presenter

Ryan Wilk, VP, Delivery
Wilk has a wealth of experience in fraud detection, prevention, trust, and safety with globally recognized organizations such as StubHub and Universal Parks and Resorts and, currently, NuData Security.
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FinovateSpring Sneak Peek: Baker Hill

FinovateSpring Sneak Peek: Baker Hill
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Categories: Baker Hill, FinovateSpring 2018, FinovateSpring 2018 Sneak Peek

A look at the companies demoing live at FinovateSpring on May 8 through 11, 2018 in Santa Clara, California. Register today and save your spot.

Baker Hill’s online loan application and auto decisioning solutions are powered by Baker Hill NextGen, the expert solution for lending, risk management, and analytics.

Features

  • Ensures financial institutions meet customer expectations for convenience, speed, and transparency
  • Supports profitable loan growth
  • Optimizes the lending process

Why it’s great
With Baker Hill’s online loan application and auto decisioning solutions, financial institutions can deliver a faster, more convenient lending experience while driving portfolio profitability.

Presenters

Mike Horrocks, Vice President of Marketing 
With 20+ years of industry experience, Horrocks boasts an extensive blend of financial and technology expertise. At Baker Hill, he guides the development and marketing of the company’s solutions.
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Eric LaPlante, Sr. Product Manager 
With nearly 20+ years of industry experience, LaPlante builds client relationships at Baker Hill by researching consumer needs and crafting optimally designed products around them.
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FinovateSpring Sneak Peek: Kyndi

FinovateSpring Sneak Peek: Kyndi
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Categories: FinovateSpring 2018, FinovateSpring 2018 Sneak Peek, Kyndi

A look at the companies demoing live at FinovateSpring on May 8 through 11, 2018 in Santa Clara, California. Register today and save your spot.

Kyndi is building the first Explainable AI platform for financial services, government, and healthcare.

Features

  • Structures unstructured internal text data with proprietary artificial intelligence technology
  • Provides fully explainable automated reasoning
  • Is a software product, not a consulting project

Why it’s great
Because Kyndi’s software logs every step of its reasoning process, you can transform regulated business functions with AI, and rest assured that you will also be able to justify decisions when necessary.

Presenters

Ryan Welsh, Founder and CEO 
Welsh is founder and CEO of Kyndi, an artificial intelligence company that builds Explainable AI products for critical government and commercial institutions.
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Lorne Kligerman, Senior Product Manager 
Kligerman is Kyndi’s Senior Product Manager with 10+ years of experience designing, building, and releasing products. He was previously a product leader on the Google Cloud Platform.
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FinovateSpring Sneak Peek: Wealthucate

FinovateSpring Sneak Peek: Wealthucate
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Categories: FinovateSpring 2018, FinovateSpring 2018 Sneak Peek, Wealthucate

A look at the companies demoing live at FinovateSpring on May 8 through 11, 2018 in Santa Clara, California. Register today and save your spot.

Whether you want to improve the participation rate of benefits, help employees solve financial challenges, or personalize benefit offerings, Wealthucate is your automated solution.

Features

  • Employer dashboard provides insights and metrics
  • Personalized and actionable advice in under one minute
  • Financial wellness score to inspire and track progress

Why it’s great
Wealthucate is a game changer. Because the approach is data-driven, it not only significantly reduces the time to provide actionable advice, it also increases engagement with company resources.

Presenter

Faruk Jaffer, CFP, ChFC, Founder
Jaffer brings two decades of financial wellness and fintech experience from companies like Google, Edward Jones, and Intuit.
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FinovateSpring Sneak Peek: Status Money

FinovateSpring Sneak Peek: Status Money
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Categories: FinovateSpring 2018, FinovateSpring 2018 Sneak Peek, Status Money

A look at the companies demoing live at FinovateSpring on May 8 through 11, 2018 in Santa Clara, California. Register today and save your spot.

Status Money is the first platform that gives everyone the power to anonymously compare their spending, interest rates, and all other aspects of their finances.

Features

  • See how your finances compare with your peers
  • Get personalized insights and offers
  • Track your credit report, interest rates, and all your accounts

Why it’s great
Status is shattering the money taboo and giving everyone the power to compare their finances and make smarter financial decisions.

Presenters

Majd Maksad, Founder and CEO 
Maksad is the founder and CEO of Status Money, and was previously the head of decision management for Citi Global Digital Payments in New York.
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Korash Hernandez, Co-Founder and COO
Hernandez is the co-founder and COO of Status Money, and was previously an executive at Citi Cards and Goldman Sachs.
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FinovateSpring Sneak Peek: Mr. Cooper

FinovateSpring Sneak Peek: Mr. Cooper
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Categories: FinovateSpring 2018, FinovateSpring 2018 Sneak Peek, Mr. Cooper

A look at the companies demoing live at FinovateSpring on May 8 through 11, 2018 in Santa Clara, California. Register today and save your spot.

Mr. Cooper, a leading home loan company servicing more than three million customers, is reimagining the homeownership experience with a mobile app to help consumers optimize debt.

Features

  • Gain insight into home value and home equity
  • Automatically analyze debt and discover savings opportunities
  • Connect live via video with a Mr. Cooper Expert

Why it’s great
The Mr. Cooper app helps homeowners optimize their debt and realize savings opportunities that would otherwise require tons of manual work and deep expertise.

Presenters

Kevin Dahlstrom, Chief Innovation and Marketing Officer
During his 20-year career, Dahlstrom, Chief Marketing Officer at Mr. Cooper, has led major marketing, product development, and e-commerce initiatives for major financial organizations.
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Ryan LaMountain, Product Manager, Mobile
LaMountain is the Mobile Product Manager at Mr. Cooper. He leads a lean team of developers to deliver best-in-class iOS and Android digital experiences.
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FinovateSpring Sneak Peek: Fiserv and Samsung SDS

FinovateSpring Sneak Peek: Fiserv and Samsung SDS
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Categories: FinovateSpring 2018, FinovateSpring 2018 Sneak Peek, Fiserv

A look at the companies demoing live at FinovateSpring on May 8 through 11, 2018 in Santa Clara, California. Register today and save your spot.

Fiserv has teamed up with Samsung SDS to integrate biometric authentication and digital collaboration tools in its award-winning Commercial Center: Security.

Features

  • A simpler and faster authentication experience that eliminates the need to remember complicated passwords
  • FIDO-certified Public Key Biometrics
  • Real-time collaboration for enhanced productivity

Why it’s great
Samsung SDS biometric authentication and digital collaboration solutions improve security and user experience for Fiserv Commercial Center: Security customers.

Presenters

Scott Graf, VP Technology
Graf is an experienced technologist with a demonstrated history of working in the financial services industry to develop innovative software solutions.
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Richard Lobovsky, VP Enterprise Solutions
Lobovsky is a senior business development executive with extensive wireless industry experience focused on secure mobility in financial services.
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FinovateSpring Sneak Peek: Averon

FinovateSpring Sneak Peek: Averon
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Categories: Averon, FinovateSpring 2018, FinovateSpring 2018 Sneak Peek

A look at the companies demoing live at FinovateSpring on May 8 through 11, 2018 in Santa Clara, California. Register today and save your spot.

Averon is the world’s first fully automatic and ultra-secure mobile identity authentication standard. Averon MagicFill provides magically easy, conversion-increasing form fill solutions.

Features

  • Averon’s MagicFill converts prospects using real-time mobile data
  • The ultra-secure technology breezes users through signup and checkout
  • The solution confirms user identity in real-time, increasing lead quality

Why it’s great
Averon’s MagicFill provides a seamless boost to conversion funnels, which can otherwise be like obstacle courses with lengthy, difficult forms to populate, especially on mobile.

Presenters

Tom Green, EVP
Green has deep experience in financial services and technology. He has worked with numerous technology companies ranging from startups to the Fortune 100. Currently, he is EVP at Averon.
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Low-Code Development Platform OutSystems Forges Strategic Partnership with Atos

Low-Code Development Platform OutSystems Forges Strategic Partnership with Atos
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Categories: Outsystems

Low-code development platform for rapid application development OutSystems announced a strategic partnership in Ireland and the U.K. with digital transformation specialist, Atos. The companies will leverage their working relationships in other regions to provide a platform that will enable customers to “accelerat(e) their digital transformation initiatives.”

Atos’ Head of Technology  for the U.K. and Ireland, Howard Willliams, said OutSystems’ platform will enable Atos to “offer agile and innovative products and solutions that are delivered to our clients in weeks, rather than in months or years.” He pointed to the combination of low-code and DevOps in the cloud as an ideal way to deliver web-based mobile solutions that are both “enterprise-ready and customer-focused.” Atos will host Digital Transformation Now, OutSystems’ upcoming event focused on low-code development, as part of the agreement.

For OutSystems, the agreement helps broaden its reach into overseas markets. Bob Wilson, VP of Global Alliances and Channels at OutSystems, said, “We see this partnership with Atos as an opportunity to help our customers in the U.K. and Ireland rapidly develop enterprise-ready web and mobile applications that solve their business challenges in new and innovative ways.”

Recognized for its leadership in mobile application development platforms (MADP) and low-code development platforms by Gartner and Forrester, respectively, OutSystems helps firms build and manage better apps. With full-stack visual development – including drag-and-drop functionality for UI – and single-click deployment and updating, OutSystems serves customers in verticals ranging from banking and insurance to healthcare and retail.

Last year, OutSystems presented a talk titled Low-Code: The Next Evolution in App Dev Platforms (Oh, and 5x Faster) at our developers conference, FinDEVr New York. At the event, OutSystems’ Nuno Silveira (IT Architect) and Joao Miranda (IT Manager) discussed how the company was able to assist a European retail bank in a major digital transformation including mobile banking, internet banking, branch, and contact center solutions.

In March, OutSystems unveiled its Digital Transformation Hub, an online educational resource for IT leaders that features original research and analyst reports from Gartner, Forrester, and others on the topic of digital transformation. Also last month, the company announced the completion of a low-code development project with BlueVest. The project enabled the U.K.-based company to launch a digital underwriting app that provides initial loan quotes as fast as 15 minutes and confirmed offers in 30 minutes.

Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, OutSystems has raised more than $62 million in funding. The company includes North Bridge Venture Capital and Armilar Venture Partners among its investors. Paulo Rosado is CEO.

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