What’s the only thing better than getting to know 18 of the companies that will demoing at FinovateSpring 2014 less than a month from now?
Meeting six more.
Here’s the fourth installment of our FinovateSpring 2014 Sneak Peek series. In today’s edition, we’ll introduce you to a sextet of innovators in fields ranging from loan origination and in-store offers to mobile data capture, mobile banking, and mobile security.
If you missed any of our previous editions, the links below are a great way to get caught up.
In the meanwhile, get ready to meet
defi Solutions,
Digital Retail Apps,
Kofax,
StrategyCorps,
Rippleshot, and
Vorstack. And to save your spot at FinovateSpring, April 29-30 in San Jose, California,
click here to buy your ticket today.
defi Solutions takes auto lending to the next level with its SaaS Loan Origination System that can be configured and launched within days not months.
Features:
- Affordable, enterprise system completely configurable for auto lenders of all sizes
- Accesible from mobile devices
- Browser-based solution allowing lenders to focus on lending v.s. technology
Why it’s great:
defy Solutions SaaS Loan Origination System allows auto lenders to configure the system to meet market demands without costly development time.
Presenters:
Stephanie Alsbrooks, Founder
Founded defi Solutions with the mission to overcome the auto lender challenge of choosing between dated, inefficient, out-of-the-box systems and costly, long-to-implement custom solutions.
Chris Holt, Senior Engineer, Automation
Digital Retail Apps‘ SelfPay is a platform to engage in-store shoppers. Shoppers scan items, view product details, and pay for their purchases on their own mobile devices.
Features:
- Locates and welcomes the shopper using Beacon technology
- Integrates with POS and merchant account
- Offers lineup-free payments via shopper’s own device
Why it’s great:
We give in-store shoppers a natural shop + pay flow and merchants a way to engage in-moment while collecting deep insights into shopper in-store activity.
Presenter:
Wendy MacKinnon-Keith, CEO/Founder
Innovating by pushing payments into the background. Speaker at events such as SXSW and CNP; consulted to IBM, Nokia, Safeway, and others.
Kofax’s Mobile Capture Platform is helping consumers better connect with retailers by automating the process of checking balances on their gift cards through the use of their smart phone or tablet.
Features:
- Use mobile devices to automatically detect retail gift cards
- Eliminate the process of manually entering accounts numbers
- Give customers immediate access to account balances and other information
Why it’s great:
The solution makes gaining access to gift card information more convenient for gift card issuers. It gives vendors a cost effective tool that helps them deliver better service and faster transactions.
Presenter:
Drew Hyatt, Senior Vice President of Mobile Applications
His team is responsible for driving the company’s mobile capture business on a worldwide basis.
StrategyCorps’ BaZing expands basic mobile and online banking, connecting them closer to the way consumers use mobile and online financial services in their everyday lives.
Features:
- Hundreds of thousands of local merchant discounts at your fingertips
- Location-aware coupons and targeted notifications
- A mobile financial services customer experience beyond basic mobile banking
Why it’s great:
BaZing boldly goes beyond basic mobile banking, delivering in-demand services that connect better with consumers and how they use their mobile phones every day.
Presenter:
Mike Branton, Managing Partner
RippleShot detects credit card data breaches. Our cloud-based solution helps merchants and banks proactively stop fraud before it occurs.
Features:
- Next Gen fraud prevention – stopping fraud before it occurs
- 24/7 monitoring – detecting breaches faster
- Early warning alerts – proactively protects merchants, consumers and credit card issuers
Why it’s great:
It’s not if you are going to be breached, it’s when. Rippleshot’s 24/7 monitoring proactively detects, mitigates and stops fraud before it occurs.
Presenters:
Canh Tran, Co-Founder and CEO
Has over 25 years of experience focused on big data and predictive analytics to solve sales, marketing, fraud and credit problems.
Lucas Ward, Co-Founder and COO
Is a proven technology leader. At Fundspire, Lucas created an innovative product to change the way hedge funds viewed and analyzed their data.
Vorstack combats cyber threats with automated and collaborative threat intelligence. Brand-conscious organizations will lower risk, save money and protect intellectual property.
Features:
- Automated analysis and correlation of disparate cyber threat information
- Coordinated threat intelligence with industry and peers
- Fine-tuned configurable control over shared threat info
Why it’s great:
Vorstach lowers the probability and cost of a cyber attack through automation and coordination. You’ll save time and money, and protect your brand.
Presenters:
Joe Eandi, JD, CEO and Co-Founder
Has served on executive management teams and boards, and was an attorney with Wilson Sonsini.
Mark Manning, VP Technical Services
Has founded and advised numerous startups, and held management roles at Trust Digital, ORBID, Phoenix Technologies, and British Telecom.
Be sure to join us next week for another installment of our FinovateSpring 2014 Sneak Peek series.
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