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Alumni News– October 6, 2014

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Categories: ACI Worldwide, Insuritas, Klarna, MasterCard, PayStand, SmartyPig, Social Money, Yodlee
  • Klarna partners with Digital River; brings Klarna Invoice’s online payment solutions to 7 European countries.
  • ACI Worldwide enters strategic partnership with Shaw Systems.
  • PayStand launches API to empower one-click payment acceptance of Bitcoin, eCheck and credit cards.
  • MasterCard teams up with Newgen to digitize Procure-to-Pay and Order-to-Cash services.
  • Infomilo lists 12 Finovate alums among its top 25 hottest fintech startups.
  • SmartyPig’s Social Money collaborates with TMG to provide prepaid payment options for millennials and underbanked.
  • Union Square FCU hires Insuritas to launch insurance agency.
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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FinDEVr San Francisco 2014: Telling the Tale on Twitter

FinDEVr San Francisco 2014: Telling the Tale on Twitter
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Categories: FinDEVr San Francisco 2014
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Wherever there are technology people talking, you can be sure that Twitter is one of the ways they are doing it.

And the first FinDEVr held this week at the Mission Bay Conference Center at the University of California San Francisco was no exception. 

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See for yourself. From sponsors and presenters tweeting word of their innovations to attendees weighing in on what impressed them most, the first FinDEVr Live Twitter feed was as much a success as the show itself.
We’ve sampled a tweet or two from our presenters to give you a sense of what this historic opportunity for fintech developers was all about. Enjoy!
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Thanks again to all the presenting companies and developers who came out to support the very first FinDEVr. We saw a lot of old friends and met some great new connections – and hope you did, as well. We’ll see you in 2015 for the second annual FinDEVr!

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Alumni News– October 3, 2014

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Categories: Avoka, BehavioSec, Boku, FIS, PayPal, Yodlee
  • Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Finovate-F-Logo.jpgFinDEVr award winner Yodlee launches IPO; raises $75 million in Thursday debut.
  • It’s a wrap – FIS announces completed acquisition of Clear2Pay.
  • Boku partners with O2, EE, and Vodafone in bid to boost non-digital e-commerce.
  • Congratulations to the first FinDEVr award winners: Avoka, BehavioSec, PayPal, and Yodlee.
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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FinDEVr 2014: Thinknum Provides Developers with a Platform for Empowering Financial Analysts

FinDEVr 2014: Thinknum Provides Developers with a Platform for Empowering Financial Analysts
By David Penn Posted on
Categories: FinDEVr San Francisco 2014, Thinknum
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This post is part of our live coverage of FinDEVr San Francisco 2014.

Thinknum presented its platform for financial analysts.

Thinknum: A Powerful Web Platform for Financial Analysis
Learn about Thinknum, the web platform that is changing the way that financial analysts work. Find our more about our unique data and technology that enhances the financial research process.
Presenter: Justin Zhen, Co-Founder
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About:
Thinknum is a powerful web platform to value companies. Thinknum leverages the web’s resources in data and technology for financial analysts to host their financial models on the cloud.
Website: thinknum.com
Twitter: @thinknum

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FinDEVr 2014: Kiind Shows How Easy it is to Create Custom Gift Cards with its API

FinDEVr 2014: Kiind Shows How Easy it is to Create Custom Gift Cards with its API
By David Penn Posted on
Categories: FinDEVr San Francisco 2014, Kiind
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This post is part of our live coverage of FinDEVr San Francisco 2014.

Kiind showed how developers can use its platform to create personalized gift cards and custom rewards.

Making Gifting Easy
We’ll touch on Kiind’s API and where it is headed as well as our marketplace.
Presenter: Leif Baradoy, CEO & Founder
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About:
Kiind helps businesses reward their employees and customers with gift cards. With Kiind, you can easily send personalized offers to multiple contacts, and Kiind’s technology allows you to defer when you pay for rewards and gifts, thereby saving you money.
Website: kiind.me
Twitter: @kiind

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FinDEVr 2014: Security Specialist Sekur Me Turns Smartphones into Digital Identifiers

FinDEVr 2014: Security Specialist Sekur Me Turns Smartphones into Digital Identifiers
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Categories: FinDEVr San Francisco 2014, Sekur.me
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This post is part of our live coverage of FinDEVr San Francisco 2014.

Sekur Me presented its approach to security that leverages smartphones as authentication devices.

Want to be secure: Eliminate passwords!
If you don’t have a password, it cannot be stolen. See a live demo of a patented disruptive technology taking security to the next level, while making login safer and simpler. And see how it can be used to secure payments and reduce shopping cart abandonment for eCommerce and mCommerce.
Presenter: Jack Bicer, CEO
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Sekur.me eliminates user IDs and passwords securely by turning your phone into your digital identity. It also brings the convenience of Single-Click eCommerce purchases to smartphones, where tiny keyboards make it hard to type. Checkout and pay in 9 seconds.
Website: sekur.me
Twitter: @sekurme

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FinDEVr 2014: GreenAddressIT Shows the Way Toward a More Secure Bitcoin Wallet

FinDEVr 2014: GreenAddressIT Shows the Way Toward a More Secure Bitcoin Wallet
By David Penn Posted on
Categories: FinDEVr San Francisco 2014, Green Address IT
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This post is part of our live coverage of FinDEVr San Francisco 2014.

GreenAddressIT showed how developers can make their bitcoin wallets more secure.

GreenAddress: Instant and Secure Bitcoin
The presentation is introducing bitcoin’s multisignature features. These features allow users to radically improve the security of bitcoin wallets, as well as create new services like instant confirmation allowing for faster arbitration between exchanges.
Presenter: Lawrence Nahum, CEO & Founder
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About:
GreenAddress is a leader in securing bit coins and providing instant clearing confirmations. It supports desktop, mobile, and web apps and offers a very featureful and secure wallet as well as APIs to enable third party developers.
Blog: blog.greenaddress.it
Twitter: @greenaddress

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FinDEVr 2014: PayStand Shows How its Multi-Payment Network Technology Helps Developers Build Commerce Apps

FinDEVr 2014: PayStand Shows How its Multi-Payment Network Technology Helps Developers Build Commerce Apps
By David Penn Posted on
Categories: FinDEVr San Francisco 2014, PayStand
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This post is part of our live coverage of FinDEVr San Francisco 2014.

PayStand introduces its multi-payment network to help build e-commerce applications.

Comparing the Strengths and Weaknesses of Different Payment Types
Card Networks (Visa/MasterCard/Amex), eCheck (ACH/Bank Network/Check21), and Digital Currency (Bitcoin/Ripple/Altcoins) all have unique advantages and disadvantages. Explore the different use cases of why each are valuable and learn how to use PayStand’s unique multi-payment network technology to build the next generation of commerce applications.
Presenter: Jeremy Almond, CEO
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About:
PayStand is a next-generation payment solution enabling no fee transactions online. By offering payments as a service, PayStand is revolutionizing commerce. One low monthly subscription allows organizations to accept eCash (Bitcoin), eCheck, & credit cards through PayStand’s all-in-one solution.
Website: paystand.com
Blog: paystand.com/blog
Twitter: @paystand

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FinDEVr 2014: CrowdCurity Provides White-Hat Hackers to Stress Test Your Website’s Security

FinDEVr 2014: CrowdCurity Provides White-Hat Hackers to Stress Test Your Website’s Security
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Categories: CrowdCurity, FinDEVr San Francisco 2014
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This post is part of our live coverage of FinDEVr San Francisco 2014.

CrowdCurity demonstrated its white hat hacker service to promote better, more secure apps.

How to Invite Hacker to Your Website
Too many websites are being exploited, and we need to rethink web security. The best way to stay secure and ahead of the bad guys is to invite good white-hat hackers to test your security. We have made it easy to connect businesses to a crowd of security researchers.
Presenter: Jacob Hansen, CEO
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About:
CrowdCurity is a web security marketplace. We connect businesses with security testers. We do bug bounty programs as-a-service. Bitcoin First.
Blog: blog.crowdcurity.com
Twitter: @crowdcurity

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FinDEVr 2014: Trulioo Shows How its Global Gateway Provides Instant ID Verification

FinDEVr 2014: Trulioo Shows How its Global Gateway Provides Instant ID Verification
By David Penn Posted on
Categories: FinDEVr San Francisco 2014, Trulioo
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This post is part of our live coverage of FinDEVr San Francisco 2014.

Trulioo introduced its Global Gateway to speed ID verification.

Trulioo’s Global Gateway
Demonstrating how Trulioo’s Global Gateway verifies a consumer’s identity within a single, unique portal. We will input a person’s first name, last name, date of birth, and address to show how Trulioo verifies these attributes from our 130+ data sources.
Presenter: Anatoly Kvitnitsky, Director of Corporate Development
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About:
Trulioo is a global ID verification conpany focused on building trust online, best privacy practices, and financial inclusion. As the pioneer in cyber identity verification, Trulioo’s new Global Gateway product enables businesses to perform instant ID Verification for 3 billion people in over 30 countries.
Website: trulioo.com
Blog: trulioo.com/blog
Twitter: @trulioo

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FinDEVr 2014: The TxPUSH Initiative Introduces the Evented Financial Web to Deliver Real-time Financial Transaction Data

FinDEVr 2014: The TxPUSH Initiative Introduces the Evented Financial Web to Deliver Real-time Financial Transaction Data
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Categories: FinDEVr San Francisco 2014, TxPUSH
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This post is part of our live coverage of FinDEVr San Francisco 2014.

The TxPUSH Initiative presented its technology for securing and improving the delivery of financial transaction data.

Aggregation 2.0 – TxPUSH and the Evented Financial Web
TxPUSH technology is focused on aligning app user experience and FinTech industry players around the Evented Financial Web. The TxPUSH technology will improve the security model of the existing account aggregation ecosystem and promote the delivery of real-time financial transaction data to account holders in the apps they choose.
Presenter: Nick Thomas, President & Co-Founder
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About:
TxPUSH is a global industry group tasked with overseeing the development of TxPUSH technology. The group is dedicated to making real-time financial account events available to any third party app while improving login credential security.
Website: txpush.org

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FinDEVr 2014: Knox Revolutionizes Payments with its New Approach to ACH

FinDEVr 2014: Knox Revolutionizes Payments with its New Approach to ACH
By David Penn Posted on
Categories: FinDEVr San Francisco 2014, Knox
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This post is part of our live coverage of FinDEVr San Francisco 2014.

Knox Payments demoed its technology that leverages ACH rails to make transactions cheaper for merchants.

ACH That Doesn’t Suck: No Account and Routing Numbers Needed
Developing ACH processing the traditional way is horrible. Your users don’t know their account and routing numbers and you don’t know if they actually have the money. Knox has solved these problems with the ease of just logging into your online banking, making ACH cheaper, safer, and easier.
Presenter: Tommy Nicholas, Co-Founder
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About:
Knox allows people to make ACH payments using only their online banking login information, providing the cheapest, safest, and easiest way to accept payments.
Twitter: @knoxpayments

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