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Practicing Perfection Before FinovateEurope 2017

Practicing Perfection Before FinovateEurope 2017
By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: FinovateEurope 2017

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FinovateEurope 2017 is just hours away and that means we’re busy preparing the demos for the 71 presenting companies that will demo their newest technologies over the course of the next two days.

If you don’t have your ticket, there’s still time to register. If you do, here are a few last-minute items to help you prepare.

Here’s what you need to know:

  1. Arrive early to get the perfect seat.
  2. Registration opens at 8:00 AM and the first demo will begin at 8:45 AM in the demo hall at the Old Billingsgate Market (directions).
  3. We’re returning to Old Billingsgate Market Hall in London: 1 Old Billingsgate Walk, London EC3R 6DX, UK

Agenda

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For specific questions, visit our FAQ at the bottom of the event site or email europe@finovate.com.

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Cartera Commerce Acquired by Ebates

Cartera Commerce Acquired by Ebates
By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Cartera Commerce, Mergers & Acquisitions

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Card-linked offers (CLO) solutions company Cartera Commerce announced this week it has been acquired by loyalty marketplace, Ebates. San Francisco-based Ebates anticipates the acquisition will bolster its loyalty marketing offerings and will offer new loyalty programs to its existing clients.

This announcement further demonstrates consolidation in the CLO/rewards space that peaked in 2012. Last month, CLO company edo Interactive was acquired by Auego.

Massachusetts-based Cartera Commerce partners with companies who use loyalty programs to reward their customer base. The company works with 5 of the top 10 U.S. credit card issuers and 5 of the 6 largest U.S. airlines. Since it was founded in 2005, Cartera has distributed 20+ billion points and miles. At FinovateFall 2011, the company debuted its Local Offers solution which aimed to help banks compete with daily deals sites.

In the press release announcing the acquisition, Cartera Commerce CEO Tom Beecher said, “We are excited to leverage Ebates’ expertise and solutions to enhance the loyalty marketing services we provide to our clients – and to work together on new and exciting offerings for our customers.” Beecher will remain CEO of Cartera Commerce, which will continue operations in its Massachusetts office.

Ebates launched in 1999 and was acquired by Rakuten in 2014. The company has distributed almost $1 billion in rewards to its user base of 20 million shoppers.

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FinovateEurope Sneak Peek: Moven

FinovateEurope Sneak Peek: Moven
By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: FinovateEurope 2017, FinovateEurope 2017 Sneak Peek, Moven

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Screen Shot 2017-01-23 at 4.27.53 PMA look at the companies demoing live at FinovateEurope on the 7 and 8 of February 2017 in London. Pick up your tickets today and save your spot.

Moven is an engagement platform that brings value to customers while driving positive, measurable business outcomes for banks.

Features

  • Innovation to prepare for PSD2
  • Moving from history to advice through Impulse Savings
  • Surprise – trust Moven, it’ll be exciting!

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Brett King, Founder & CEO
King is a five time Amazon bestselling author, a renowned commentator, a globally respected speaker on the future of business, and the CEO of a $100m startup called Moven.

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Midtbo has 30 years of experience helping global financial institutions transition through disruption. He is currently responsible for the Enterprise line of business at Moven.

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FinovateEurope Sneak Peek: Five Degrees

FinovateEurope Sneak Peek: Five Degrees
By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: FinovateEurope 2017, FinovateEurope 2017 Sneak Peek, Five Degrees

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Five Degrees, the Dutch fintech company, is proud to present their new robo advisory solution.

Features

  • Offers an open API; digital customer platform
  • Provides a seamless integration with any available service needed
  • Powers a shift towards customer centricity, delivering a more relevant service

Why it’s great
New digital financial services are emerging with an automated, compliant core and a connection layer for all kinds of third parties to tap into. This is the new digital marketplace banking.

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FinovateEurope Sneak Peek: Signicat

FinovateEurope Sneak Peek: Signicat
By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: FinovateEurope 2017, FinovateEurope 2017 Sneak Peek, Signicat

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Screen Shot 2017-01-23 at 4.27.53 PMA look at the companies demoing live at FinovateEurope on the 7 and 8 of February 2017 in London. Pick up your tickets today and save your spot.

Signicat is the leading innovator in the provision of digital identity assurance services in the cloud, offering regulated markets the technology to create frictionless customer onboarding experiences.

Features

  • Offers a flexible solution for integrating eID-methods into the customer onboarding journey
  • Provides eID and digital signing of documents in one integrated process
  • Enables organizations to gain speed to market

Why it’s great
Signicat offers a readily deployable solution for leveraging e-identity in digital customer onboarding which satisfies demanding customer onboarding expectations, and provides real competitive advantage.Screen Shot 2017-01-31 at 1.44.12 PM

Presenters

Robert Kotlarz, International Business Development Director
Kotlarz is responsible to the founding members of Signicat to establish the business out of the foundation markets of the Nordics where the company underpins the digital customer onboarding strategies of many large banks.Screen Shot 2017-01-31 at 1.44.36 PM
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Kåre Indrøy, Product Expert
Indrøy is a product expert for Signicat’s products and services.
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Haug is a specialist in the fields of international business development and planning. He’s in charge of building strategic alliances and innovation initiatives.
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FinovateEurope Sneak Peek: collectAI

FinovateEurope Sneak Peek: collectAI
By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: collectAI, FinovateEurope 2017, FinovateEurope 2017 Sneak Peek

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Screen Shot 2017-01-23 at 4.27.53 PMA look at the companies demoing live at FinovateEurope on the 7 and 8 of February 2017 in London. Pick up your tickets today and save your spot.

collectAI leverages AI, digital communication channels and integrated payments to improve collections rates and customer satisfaction.

Features

  • Full digital communication, if meaningful
  • AI-supported communication for best results
  • Integrated payments for high conversion rates

Why it’s great
It can be easily integrated and is able to improve both collection rates and customer satisfaction at the same time.Screen Shot 2017-01-30 at 4.33.19 PM

Presenters

Mirko Krauel, CEO
Krauel has 15+ years of experience in financial services and works as a CEO for collectAI. Before joining collectAI, Mirko worked for several startups and consulting companies.
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Daniel Colomer, Product Owner
Colomer works as a product owner for collectAI and is responsible for customer interaction and payments. Prior to joining collectAI, he was a lead developer with Project Collins at the Otto Group.
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FinovateEurope Sneak Peek: ebankIT

FinovateEurope Sneak Peek: ebankIT
By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: ebankIT, FinovateEurope 2017, FinovateEurope 2017 Sneak Peek

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Screen Shot 2017-01-23 at 4.27.53 PMA look at the companies demoing live at FinovateEurope on the 7 and 8 of February 2017 in London. Pick up your tickets today and save your spot.

ebankIT provides a future-proofing banking platform that allows full autonomy when addressing whatever challenges come next. The future is always changing and adaptation is paramount.

Features

  • PSD2-ready platform
  • Integration with next generation fintech and third-parties
  • Bank in the cloud with an omnichannel platform with fully featured front-end

Why it’s great
Whatever the future is, the ebankIT platform will be there to help you to embrace change.

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Diana Winstanley, Business Developer at ebankIT
Winstanley coordinated several projects on business analysis and international business development, with experience showcasing the latest technological innovations to financial institutions throughout the globe.
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Atkinson is currently Vice President in the U.K. and Ireland for omnichannel banking software provider ebankIT. He has spent much of his career operating at the convergent point of technology and consumers.
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FinovateEurope Sneak Peek: Veridium

FinovateEurope Sneak Peek: Veridium
By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: FinovateEurope 2017, FinovateEurope 2017 Sneak Peek, Veridium

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Screen Shot 2017-01-23 at 4.27.53 PMA look at the companies demoing live at FinovateEurope on the 7 and 8 of February 2017 in London. Pick up your tickets today and save your spot.

Veridium’s end-to-end, biometrics-based authentication software makes it easy and cost-effective to eliminate passwords, PINs, and security tokens. It has many enterprise-ready use cases to share.

Features

  • Reduce financial fraud
  • Convenient for customers to use
  • Cost-effective solution

Why it’s great
2016 was a banner year for cyber attacks and data breaches. You don’t want your company to be the headline in 2017. Protect your employees, customers, and data with biometric authentication.

Presenter

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James Stickland, CEO
A seasoned executive in the financial technology space, Stickland is tasked with driving business revenue and investment growth, as well as leading the company’s global go-to-market strategy.
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FinovateEurope Sneak Peek: ING Bank Śląski

FinovateEurope Sneak Peek: ING Bank Śląski
By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: FinovateEurope 2017, FinovateEurope 2017 Sneak Peek, ING Bank Śląski

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ING Bank Śląski, one of the largest universal banks in Poland, is proud to present the most complete internet banking system focused on communication and customer experience leading to towards sale.

Features

  • Created with customers to answer their real needs
  • Helps understand financial position and provides proactive actionable advice
  • Offers a new, unified, seamless experience regardless of the interaction channel

Why it’s great
Moje ING merges real customer needs, best UX, technology and business appetite for sales to offer the best online banking experience.

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Przemysław Furlepa, Bank Executive Director
Furlepa is the head of digital transformation and entrepreneurs for ING Bank Poland. He is responsible for building retail strategy.

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Mitoraj is the head of digital for ING Bank Poland. He leads teams responsible for web development and online and mobile banking.
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All News is Good News from 2016 FinovateEurope Best of Show Winners

All News is Good News from 2016 FinovateEurope Best of Show Winners
By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Capitali.se, DriveWealth, EyeVerify, FinovateEurope 2017, IDscan Biometrics, Swipestox

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At FinovateEurope 2016, six companies took home Best of Show trophies after an audience vote favored their seven minute demos on the Finovate stage in London. FinovateEurope returns to London in less than two weeks, on February 7 and 8, where we’ll see 55 companies debut their newest technology and vie for a chance to win the audience’s vote for Best of Show. Tickets are still available. Register to save your spot today.

Today, we’re taking a look at the successes from the six Best of Show-winning companies from last year.

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Offers natural language trade automation for automatically managed investment portfolios
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What’s new:

  • Recognized by PYMNTS.com as representing fintech innovation in Israel
  • Cited as a top B2B wealth tech player
  • Listed by The Next Web as 1 of 6 fintech startups to help you make the most of your money

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Enables real-time fractional share investing and trading in U.S. equities for mass retail investors
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What’s new:

  • Brought Roboadvisory to Latin America in new partnership with Alkanza
  • Added a new real-time margin feature
  • Expanded APIs for wealth managers
  • Brought robo advisory to China in new partnership with CreditEase
  • Inked new partnership with Stoxs

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Offers a scalable biometric authentication solution
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What’s new:

  • Acquired by Ant Financial
  • Partnered with Bioconnect to boost payment security
  • Selected by Wells Fargo for its biometric authentication technology

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Offers a digital onboarding suite with facial recognition technology
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What’s new:

  • Acquired by GBG Group
  • Included in Mercator Advisory Group’s biometric authentication report

 

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Offers a mobile, social trading 25082834042_60b88fc576_kapp that enables users to copy single trades of other users
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What’s new:

  • Won Digital Top 50 Award
  • Won Wolves Summit 2016
  • Launched WebTrader to expand beyond mobile
  • Launched Live Trading on its app

The sixth Best of Show winner, Valuto, shut down in August of 2016. Its parent company Currency One cited “an unsatisfactory pace of development” as the reason for the closure.

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Wipro Agrees to Acquire InfoSERVER for $8.7 Million

Wipro Agrees to Acquire InfoSERVER for $8.7 Million
By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Mergers & Acquisitions, wipro

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Information technology company Wipro announced today it has agreed to acquire Brazil-based InfoSERVER for $8.7 million. In the press release, India-based Wipro noted that it sees Brazil as a strategic “growth and investment region.”

Today’s deal marks the company’s 11th acquisition. Wipro expects that IT services provider InfoSERVER will help it “[expand] its presence in the country’s highly traditional and competitive banking, financial services and insurance market” as well as add “invaluable domain and process knowledge on the sector.” Wipro’s presence in Latin America already spans Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Mexico. The company is hoping today’s partnership will help it expand in the LATAM market. InfoSERVER has been working with Brazilian banks for 20 years and counts some of the largest banks in Brazil as its clients.

InfoSERVER’s VP and head of sales, Fabiano Funari, said that he is excited about the deal. Funari anticipates that Wipro’s “global client base, delivery expertise and scale” will help the company expand its global reach as well as the breadth of its offerings.

Founded in 1945, Wipro went public in 2000. Wipro demoed at FinovateEurope 2015 where it debuted ngGenie MyAdvisor. MyAdvisor is a natural language chatbot that uses machine learning to learn consumers’ spending patterns and transactions to provide personalized assistance. Most recently the company was positioned as a “Leader” in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for application testing services.

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Insuritas’ Growth Scales with the Popularity of Insurtech

Insuritas’ Growth Scales with the Popularity of Insurtech
By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Insuritas

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Insurance marketplace solutions company Insuritas released some key growth metrics this week. The Connecticut-based company announced that 2016 marked its third consecutive year of growth.

Below are the company’s 2016 metrics:

  • Its total addressable market with bank and credit union partners grew by 42.4%
  • Policy sales grew by 33.7% in 2016
  • Its platform is now available to 7.4+ million retail households and 1.2+ million small businesses
  • Clients include banks and credit unions ranging in size from $25 million to $70+ billion

In the release, Insuritas COO Matt Chesky said, “as the traditional brick and mortar agency system continues to decline, we are relentlessly focused on enabling our clients to capture an increasing share of that business.” The company attributes its success to its three main offerings:

  1. LoanINSURE, which enables banks to offer insurance quotes with every loan transaction
  2. InsureNOW, which helps customers quote their insurance at their policy’s renewal
  3. E-InsuranceAISLE, an online insurance agency that allows customers to shop, compare and buy policies within their bank’s website

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Above: Insuritas CEO Jeffrey Chesky and then-SVP Matt Chesky debut SmartCART at FinovateSpring 2014

At FinovateSpring 2014, the company’s CEO Jeffrey Chesky, and then-SVP Matt Chesky debuted SmartCART, a technology that allows banks to host an online market for financial products within its own website. The marketplace lets consumers shop, compare and buy consumer and small business insurance products from multiple carriers.

Founded in 1998, Insuritas most recently teamed up with Kentucky-based Paducah Bank. Through the partnership, Insuritas will power the bank’s Paducah Insurance Agency, which is expected to drive fee income.

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