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Full FinovateEurope 2011 Demo Roster Finally Revealed

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With FinovateEurope only 11 days away, it’s finally time to reveal the full roster of 36 companies that will be demoing their latest financial technology innovations on stage in London.

The companies are geographically diverse (coming from across Europe, North America and Asia) as well as diverse in their areas of innovation (everything from online banking to security to marketing to online identity to ecommerce to investing to PFM to payments).

On February 1, 2011, the following companies (HQ locations in parentheses) will take the stage in London along with our guest host Chris Skinner:

These companies will be showcasing their innovations to an audience of more than 400 executives from companies like Santander, AXA, RBS, RBC, Lloyds, Deutsche Bank, PayPal, Forrester, CIBC, TSYS, Microsoft, Accel Partners, Rabobank, ING, Barclays, BBVA, Standard Chartered, PostFinance, Raiffeisenbank, Yahoo!Finance, WSJ Europe and Celent.

Sadly, the conference is now sold out. If you’d like to be added to the wait list, please email us at info@finovate.com. If you’d like to follow our live twitter stream of the action on the day of the event, please follow @NetBanker and @Finovate.

FinovateEurope 2011 is sponsored by: BlueRock Consulting, Microsoft, Sapient, Santander, The Bancorp & Walker Morris

FinovateEurope 2011 is partners with: 154 Consulting, BankerStuff, BankInnovation.net, CardWeb, Banking Automation Bulletin, Finance on Windows, The Financial Services Innovation Centre, Mercator Advisory Group, PYMNTS.com & theStartup.eu.

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Alumni News — Week of January 9, 2011

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Categories: Backbase, Blippy, CashEdge, iBearSoft, Jwaala, Kabbage, Kashoo, Lending Club, Plastyc, PopMoney, SafetyPay, SmartyPig, TransFS, Tyfone, Yodlee
To see Finovate alumni company news in real-time, follow our feed on Twitter here. 
Backbase is holding an engagement banking seminar on January 27. — Attendance is free, but pre-registration is required. http://bit.ly/finovate114111
Blippy has been nominated for a Crunchie award. — The awards, given in a number of startup  categories, are a joint effort by three tech blogs: TechCrunch. VentureBeat and GigaOM. http://tcrn.ch/finovate113114
FeeFighters (formerly TransFS) has raised an additional $1.6 million in funding. — FeeFighters helps businesses comparison shop for credit card processing services. http://tcrn.ch/finovate113112
Fifth Third Bank will offer Popmoney from CashEdge. — Popmoney, an e-mail based money transfer system, will be available to Fifth Third customers in mid-2011. http://bit.ly/finovate110113
Firstmark Credit Union selects Geezeo for PFM platform. — The credit union, with  90,000 members with $700 million in assets, will use Geezeo’s white label platform . http://bit.ly/finovate1101
iBearSoft releases Money 5.0 mobile app. — The new release includes several speedups and new features. http://bit.ly/finovate1112
Jwaala offers free trials of the Better Online Banking (BOB) platform for credit unions. — The trial platform can be launched within two days of the request and allows prospective clients to see all of the available features. http://bit.ly/finovate113113
Kabbage raises an additional $6.5 million to support its loan business targeted to eBay and other online sellers. — This round was led by BlueRun Ventures and UPS Strategic Enterprise Fund. http://tcrn.ch/finovate113111
Kashoo users get a 30% discount on electronic tax filing with eSmart Tax. http://bit.ly/finovate114112
PerkStreet and Lending Club offer cash prizes for creatively shredding credit cards. http://bit.ly/finovate111113 or shredyourcreditcard.com
Plastyc and eBillMe launch a new banking system for self-employed users. — The platform allows users to receive clients’ electronic payments directly. http://bit.ly/finovate112112
SafetyPay signs deal with Brazil’s Banrisul. — This will allow Banrisul Bank’s three million customers to make purchases in their own currency by way of SafetyPay’s service. http://bit.ly/finovate111111
SmartyPig launches its first iPhone app. — Users can add to their savings,  manage goals and even contribute to another user’s goal. The app also includes a location-based tool to find participating merchants.  An Android app is planned for February. http://bit.ly/finovate110112
Tyfone receives a fourth patent for mobile e-wallet technology. — This newest patent, is entitled, “Asymmetric cryptography with user authentication.” http://bit.ly/finovate112111
The Mii card, powered by Yodlee, becomes a digital passport for online authentication. — See the Mii card in Action at FinovateEurope. http://www.miicard.com/

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Alumni News — Week of January 2, 2011

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Categories: Blippy, Credit Karma, Expensify, Lending Club, Prosper
To see updates on Finovate alumni companies follow our live feed on Twitter. 
Finovate alums Blippy and Expensify land on Robert Scoble’s list of 25 startups to watch for 2011. http://scoble.it/finovate13114
Credit Karma now offers free insurance scoring tools in addition to free credit scores. http://bit.ly/finovate13113
Expensify launches iPhone/iPod app version 2.6. – The upgrade includes support for 100 currencies. http://bit.ly/finovate14114
Lending Club mentioned in CNN Living – Borrowing from the family bank? http://bit.ly/finovate13112
Prosper alters the way its loan prices are set, switches to preset loan rates based on risk profile. http://bit.ly/finovate14113

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Early-Bird Ticket Deadline for FinovateEurope Extended — Register by January 7 to Save £100!

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Categories: FinovateEurope 2011
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Due to a number of requests for an extension of early-bird pricing on tickets to FinovateEurope because of the holidays, we’ve extended the early-registration discount deadline to this Friday January 7th. 

The conference (February 1 in London) is going to be great with three dozen innovative fintech companies scheduled to demo their latest Fintech innovations on stage. By registering, you’ll join hundreds of executives from companies such as:

  • Accel Partners
  • AXA
  • BarclayCard
  • BBVA
  • Celent
  • CIBC
  • Deutsche Bank
  • Experian
  • FIS
  • Forbes Magazine
  • Forrester Research
  • Gartner
  • Google
  • ING Netherlands
  • Microsoft
  • Nordea
  • PostFinance
  • RaboDirect
  • Santander
  • Skandiabanken
  • Standard Chartered
  • The Gates Foundation
  • TSYS International
  • Yahoo! Finance

Buying your ticket
before the end of this week will get you the £100 early-registration
discount and it will also reserve your seat at the conference. We’ve
sold out at the last two Finovate events and ticket sales are strong for
this show as well. We hope to see you in London!

FinovateEurope 2011 is sponsored by: BlueRock Consulting, Microsoft, Santander, Sapient & The Bancorp

FinovateEurope 2011 is partners with: 154 Consulting, BankerStuff, BankInnovation.net, Banking Automation Bulletin, CardWeb, Filene, Finance on Windows, The Financial Services Innovation Centre, PYMNTS.com & theStartup.eu.

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Early-Bird Ticket Deadline for FinovateEurope Extended — Register by Friday January 7 to Save £100!

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Categories: FinovateEurope 2011
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Due to a number of requests for an extension of early-bird pricing on tickets to FinovateEurope because of the holidays, we’ve extended the early-registration discount deadline to this Friday January 7th. 

The conference (February 1 in London) is going to be great with three dozen innovative fintech companies scheduled to demo their latest Fintech innovations on stage. By registering, you’ll join hundreds of executives from companies such as:

  • Accel Partners
  • AXA
  • BarclayCard
  • BBVA
  • Celent
  • CIBC
  • Deutsche Bank
  • Experian
  • FIS
  • Forbes Magazine
  • Forrester Research
  • Gartner
  • Google
  • ING Netherlands
  • Microsoft
  • Nordea
  • PostFinance
  • RaboDirect
  • Santander
  • Skandiabanken
  • Standard Chartered
  • The Gates Foundation
  • TSYS International
  • Yahoo! Finance

Buying your ticket
before the end of this week will get you the £100 early-registration
discount and it will also reserve your seat at the conference. We’ve
sold out at the last two Finovate events and ticket sales are strong for
this show as well. We hope to see you in London!

FinovateEurope 2011 is sponsored by: BlueRock Consulting, Microsoft, Santander, Sapient & The Bancorp

FinovateEurope 2011 is partners with: 154 Consulting, BankerStuff, BankInnovation.net, Banking Automation Bulletin, CardWeb, Filene, Finance on Windows, The Financial Services Innovation Centre, PYMNTS.com & theStartup.eu.

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Alumni News — Week of December 29, 2010

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Categories: Bill.com, Expensify, Kapitall, Kasasa, Lending Club, Mint.com, Second Market
To see updates on Finovate alumni companies follow our live feed on Twitter. 
Bill.com now offers receivable tracking. — The new module, still in Beta, allows users to invoice, and track receivables and even receive payments electronically.   http://bit.ly/finovate12282
Check out the new branding at Bancvue’s Kasasa. — The company has implemented a new, edgier corporate identity, to better blend with the slam-poetry marketing campaign. http://bit.ly/finovate12283
Expensify unveiled a new reporting system. http://tcrn.ch/finovate12292
Kapitall launches new tools for 2011. —  New features include dynamic lists of what’s hot, the most popular trades, and watch lists in every sector.  http://bit.ly/finovate12302
Mint.com goes to school with a new, free financial curriculum for middle schools. — The program, a partnership with Scholastic, will be expanded to 30,000 schools in early 2011. http://tcrn.ch/finovate12281
See Lending Club‘s list of top 100 financial micro-bloggers. http://bit.ly/finovate12284
Congratulations Lending Club on reaching $200 million in funded loans. http://bit.ly/finovate12301
TechCrunch explains why the SEC need not tighten regulation of SecondMarket and other secondary market trading sites. http://tcrn.ch/finovate12303

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Alumni News — Weeks of December 13 and 20, 2010

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Categories: Backbase, Blaze Mobile, BrightScope, Capital Access Network, CashEdge, Expensify, FIS, Geezeo, GoalMine, Kapitall, Kasasa, Lending Club, mFoundry, Mint.com, Mozo, SmartyPig, Victrio

To see Finovate news updates in real-time, follow our feed on Twitter. 

Backbase explores mobile banking in its fall webinar series. http://bit.ly/finovate1293

BlazeMobile creates smart payments sticker.http://bit.ly/finovate12133

BrightScope releases top 30 retirement plans. http://bit.ly/finovate12143

Capital Access special report on “Black Friday” and small business sales data. http://bit.ly/finovate1282   

SunTrust has added the “Transfer Now” product suite from CashEdge including person-to-person and me-to-me transfers. http://bit.ly/finovate12165

ClairMail and Cardlytics partner to provide transaction marketing opportunities. http://bit.ly/finovate1281 

Expensify is hiring for multiple positions. – The company is currently looking for Web developers and computer engineers at several levels. http://bit.ly/finovate1216

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

Geezeo selected by University Federal Credit Union as PFM provider. http://bit.ly/finovate12151

GoalMine hosting cash contest via Facebook to spread the word. http://bit.ly/finovate1292

Kapitall closes series A funding round. — The company did not release funding amounts or sources. http://bit.ly/finovate12163

Kasasa on “green” community banking. — See what a green bank looks like. http://bit.ly/finovate12132

Seventy percent of US Airlines have migrated to Kony Mobile-powered travel apps. http://bit.ly/finovate12142

Lending Club featured in San Fransisco Chronicle, Black Enterprise, and PBS. http://bit.ly/finovate12131

mFoundry deploys Washington Trust Bank’s mobile banking app. — This makes 260 customers so far using the mFoundry mobile applications. http://bit.ly/finovate12161

Congratulations to Mint founder, Aaron Patzer, winner of a TechFellow Award for General Management. http://tcrn.ch/finovate1296

Mozo powering new “Compare, Ditch and Switch” campaign. — The services allows Australians to shop around for better banking services.  http://bit.ly/finovate1283

Just in time for the Holidays, PopMoney gift cards at www.giftcardmall.com. 

SmartyPig launches cash rewards card with only a one-time activation fee of $4.95. http://bit.ly/finovate12134

Victrio receives $5 million investment for voice-printing technology. http://bit.ly/finovate12141

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Last Chance for Early Registration Tickets to FinovateEurope — Act Now to Save £100!

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Categories: FinovateEurope 2011
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The deadline to get your early registration ticket to the upcoming FinovateEurope is this Wednesday, December 22nd.

Buying your ticket
before the end of December 22nd will get you a £100 discount and it will also ensure your attendance
at the event. We had capacity crowds at the last two Finovate
conferences and ticket sales are strong for this event as well.

The conference (February 1 in London) is shaping up phenomenally with three dozen great fintech companies scheduled to demo their latest fintech innovations on stage:

If you’d like to attend the event and watch the future of European fintech debut on stage, you’ll be joining executives from organizations like Santander, Deutsche Bank, PayPal, Forrester, CIBC, TSYS, Microsoft, Accel Partners, Rabobank, ING, BBVA, Standard Chartered, PostFinance, Raiffeisenbank, Celent and many more.

We hope to see you in February in London!

FinovateEurope 2011 is sponsored by: BlueRock Consulting, Microsoft, Santander, Sapient & The Bancorp

FinovateEurope 2011 is partners with: 154 Consulting, BankerStuff, BankInnovation.net, Banking Automation Bulletin, CardWeb, Filene, Finance on Windows, The Financial Services Innovation Centre, PYMNTS.com & theStartup.eu.

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Last Chance for Early Registration Tickets to FinovateEurope — Act Now to Save £100!

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Categories: Finovate, FinovateEurope 2011
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The deadline to get your early registration ticket to the upcoming FinovateEurope is this Wednesday, December 22nd.

Buying your ticket
before the end of December 22nd will get you a £100 discount and it will also ensure your attendance
at the event. We had capacity crowds at the last two Finovate
conferences and ticket sales are strong for this event as well.

The conference (February 1 in London) is shaping up phenomenally with three dozen great fintech companies scheduled to demo their latest Fintech innovations on stage:

If you’d like to attend the event and watch the future of European fintech debut on stage, you’ll be joining executives from organizations like Santander, Deutsche Bank, PayPal, Forrester, CIBC, TSYS, Microsoft, Accel Partners, Rabobank, ING, BBVA, Standard Chartered, PostFinance, Raiffeisenbank, Celent and many more.

We hope to see you in February in London!

FinovateEurope 2011 is sponsored by: BlueRock Consulting, Microsoft, Santander, Sapient & The Bancorp

FinovateEurope 2011 is partners with: 154 Consulting, BankerStuff, BankInnovation.net, Banking Automation Bulletin, CardWeb, Filene, Finance on Windows, The Financial Services Innovation Centre, PYMNTS.com & theStartup.eu.

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Thanks to our December NetBanker Sponsors

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We’d like to take a quick break in our usual monthly blogging activities to thank the sponsors that help keep NetBanker free and
high-quality. It’s been a great year on NetBanker and these companies’ support made it possible.

Please take a moment to check out our sponsors (listed below, in alphabetical order):

  • Backbase — They’re promoting their fall series of webinars about their fast-to-implement portal software for financial companies including Web 2.0 personalization and online marketing functionality. Sign up here.

  • Guardian Analytics — Promoting a complimentary whitepaper about building a holistic security practice. Grab a copy!

  • IntelliResponse — Get a complimentary whitepaper on how self-service via the mobile channel can improve your customer service and benefit your business. Download it now!

  • Intuit — Intuit is promoting their FinanceWorks platform. They’ve got a number of on-demand webinars that are worth checking out. 

  • Murphy & Company — We’re excited to welcome Murphy & Company back as a sponsor in just a few days. Earlier this year, they supported us and promoted their new series of tools
    to help financial institutions comply with the recent changes to
    Regulation E that require “opt-in” consent from consumers before
    charging overdraft fees on certain transactions.

  • MyBankTracker — MBT is a new financial community built by avid fans of the banking world. Check out how they’re innovating at MyBankTracker.com. 

  • WorkLight — Offering (complimentary) results of a new survey on consumer satisfaction and concerns regarding banking applications for the iPhone, BlackBerry and Android.

  • Yodlee — They’re promoting their recent participation at BAI and the launch of the Yodlee FinApp Store. And wishing you all a happy holiday!

Thanks for taking a moment to check out our sponsors. Please let us know if you ever have any feedback on these companies or our blogging.

P.S. If you want to join these companies in supporting NetBanker, please drop me an email at eric@netbanker.com.

ericphoto.jpgEric 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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Announcing FinovateSpring 2011 — May 10 & 11 in San Francisco! Come See the Future!

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We’re very excited to be announcing the dates for FinovateSpring 2011. The spring conference will return to San Francisco on May 10 & 11 with an expanded 2-day format and a new, larger location (since the show last year sold out after growing 50%).

There is a tremendous amount of innovation happening in fintech right now, a lot of it in the Bay Area / Silicon Valley region, and the two-day format will enable us to showcase more of it. We’re getting inquiries from interesting new companies on a daily basis and expect to feature an array of exciting, fast-paced 7-minute demos (no slides allowed!) on stage next May. 

If you’re a startup, established company, or financial institution innovating in financial or banking technology, we’d love to have you apply to demo your latest and greatest at the conference. To get more details, please email us at demo@finovate.com.

If you’re interested in watching the future of financial and banking technology unfold live on stage (and can’t make it to FinovateEurope in February) then get your pre-sale ticket today for FinovateSpring 2011 and save $400 off the list price. Tickets have already started to sell strongly before this formal announcement and we don’t want you to miss out! We’ll see you in May! 

FinovateSpring 2011 is sponsored by: The Bancorp and more great companies to be announced.

FinovateSpring 2011 is partners with: 154 Consulting, BankInnovation.net, BankerStuff, CardWeb, Finance on Windows, PYMNTS.com and more great orgs to be announced.

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Announcing FinovateSpring 2011 — May 10th & 11th in San Francisco! Come See the Future of FinTech!

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Categories: Finovate, FinovateSpring 2011

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We’re very excited to be announcing the dates for FinovateSpring 2011. The spring conference will return to San Francisco on May 10 & 11 with an expanded 2-day format and a new, larger location (since the show last year sold out after growing 50%).

There is a tremendous amount of innovation happening in fintech right now, a lot of it in the Bay Area / Silicon Valley region, and the two-day format will enable us to showcase more of it. We’re getting inquiries from interesting new companies on a daily basis and expect to feature an array of exciting, fast-paced 7-minute demos (no slides allowed!) on stage next May. 

If you’re a startup, established company, or financial institution innovating in financial or banking technology, we’d love to have you apply to demo your latest and greatest at the conference. To get more details, please email us at demo@finovate.com.

If you’re interested in watching the future of financial and banking technology unfold live on stage (and can’t make it to FinovateEurope in February) then get your pre-sale ticket today for FinovateSpring 2011 and save $400 off the list price. Tickets have already started to sell strongly before this formal announcement and we don’t want you to miss out! We’ll see you in May! 

FinovateSpring 2011 is sponsored by: The Bancorp and more great companies to be announced.

FinovateSpring 2011 is partners with: 154 Consulting, BankInnovation.net, BankerStuff, CardWeb, Finance on Windows, PYMNTS.com and more great orgs to be announced.

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