CardFlight Adds Global Payments as EMV Processor

CardFlight Adds Global Payments as EMV Processor

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Mobile payments and point-of-sale solutions provider CardFlight announced this week it has added Global Payments as an EMV-enabled processor after receiving certification from the payment technology services provider.

This move enables merchants who process payments using Global Payments to accept EMV payments on CardFlight’s software and card readers. Along with the new certification, the company announced that more than 50% of merchants using CardFlight are EMV-enabled, a metric that surpasses industry averages and represents a 13% increase from the 37% of merchants enabled four months ago. This high percentage is due in part to today’s global payments certification, as well as past certifications with First Data, Stripe, and TSYS.

CardFlight’s payment infrastructure boasts a number of certifications, including:

  • Visa Acquirer Device Validation Toolkit (ADVT)
  • MasterCard Terminal Integration Process (M-TIP)
  • American Express Integrated Circuit Card Payment Specification (AEIPS)
  • Discover Payment Application Specification (D-PAS)

Founded in 2013, CardFlight closed on $4 million in Series A funding just after the October 1 liability shift for EMV in the United States. That installment brought the company’s total funding to $6 million.

CardFlight launched at FinovateSpring 2013 to offer a transparent approach to payment processing. What makes the company unique is that it focuses on offline, in-store transactions. However, CardFlight also offers online payment processing capabilities. At FinDEVr San Francisco 2014, Cardflight’s CEO Derek Webster and Elie Toubiana, VP engineering, presented CardFlight’s SDK for mobile payments.

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  • “CardFlight Adds Global Payments as EMV Processor”
  • “Revolut Receives FCA License, Announces $1 Billion Annual Run Rate”

Around the web

  • Drawbridge to use Cardlytics’ purchase intelligence to measure the purchase impact of campaigns.
  • Bank of Montreal Asia Pacific selects Temenos as core banking provider.
  • Larky adds Sunshine Coast Credit Union, its first foray into Canada.

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.

Zopa to Offer Auto Loan Refinancing

Zopa to Offer Auto Loan Refinancing

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U.K.-based P2P lender Zopa has expanded its loan offerings to tap into the used-car financing market worth an estimated £12 billion in annual loan originations in the United Kingdom. The company’s new auto loan refinancing product, Zopa CarReFi, enables U.K. consumers to pay off expensive car-financing deals with a loan that’s a better value and has a more flexible agreement.

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The direct-to-consumer offering maintains transparency by offering a free, instant, personalized savings quote. The platform, which was built in-house, uses Zopa’s API to tap into the company’s credit-risk algorithms and combines the data with vehicle information to help users decide if it’s worth refinancing. Similar to traditional auto lending, the ownership of the vehicle remains with Zopa’s lenders until the consumer makes the final payment.

Zopa CEO Jaidev Janardana talked about the motive behind the launch: “Buying a car is by far the most common reason for a customer to take a personal loan from Zopa, so we are proud to now also offer a product that can help customers that already have a car on a finance agreement. With an outstanding team and a deep understanding of technology, it is possible to combine longstanding history and credit excellence with lean, design-led innovation.”

The move comes at a time when P2P lenders in the U.S. are facing a lot of heat. Check out Jim Bruene’s take on the recent news in his piece, Lending Club’s Stock Price is Not a Leading Indicator for Fintech.

Since its launch in 2005, Zopa has matched borrowers with £1.5 billion in P2P-funded loans. The company, which demoed at FinovateSpring 2008, was recently voted MoneySuperMarket’s Best Personal Loans Provider of 2016.

TSYS to Leverage Featurespace’s Machine Learning Fraud Capabilities

TSYS to Leverage Featurespace’s Machine Learning Fraud Capabilities

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FeaturespaceHomepagePayments service provider TSYS and behavioral analytics company Featurespace have today formed a partnership in which TSYS will leverage Featurespace’s ARIC Engine, software that uses machine learning to monitor online customer behavior in real time to deliver instant fraud decisions.

TSYS, which prides itself on providing faster payments capabilities, can now offer actionable fraud insights to clients in real time. Andrew Mathieson, a group executive for the company, elaborated on plans for the enhanced fraud protection: “We will incorporate these capabilities across the credit risk lifecycle, enabling our issuers to catch more fraudulent transactions while dramatically reducing false-positive alerts for genuine transactions—a sharp contrast to the industry paradigm of blocking more valid transactions in order to detect actual fraudulent activity.”

TSYS has often taken a partner-centric approach, especially when it comes to security. In February. the Georgia-based company partnered with Finovate alum Ethoca (FinovateEurope 2016 demo) to launch the TSYS Transaction Recovery Network, an offering that reduces CNP fraud and minimize chargebacks.

Earlier this month TSYS, which debuted its Authorization Controls at FinovateAsia 2013 in Singapore, appointed Pamela Joseph as new president and COO.

After its debut at FinovateEurope 2016, Featurespace was named a Top 100 company by Red Herring Europe. We covered the U.K.-based company’s launch of its ARIC Sandbox earlier this year.

Tink Pulls in $10 Million to Launch Virtual Bank

Tink Pulls in $10 Million to Launch Virtual Bank

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The creators of Swedish PFM app Tink, Daniel Kjellén and Fredrik Hedberg (pictured below), have just closed on $10 million to launch a virtual bank. The Series B roundDaniel och Fredrik_Tink was led by Creades and SEB; ABN AMRO and Sunstone Capital also contributed. Combined with its Series A round in 2014, the company’s total funding is $14 million.

Tink will use the funds to expand internationally and launch a virtual bank, Tink 2.0. The virtual bank will allow users to transfer money, make payments, scan and approve bills, and manage their money across any account directly from within the Tink app. These new capabilities are made possible by Europe’s new Payment Service Directive (PSD2), approved in January, that opens Europe’s banking infrastructure by making their APIs available to third parties.

Fredrik Hedberg, founder and CTO of Tink, comments on the coming launch: “Ultimately, it’s about building a virtual bank, helping people with banking without being a bank. The consumer will not only get a better understanding, tips and advice on her finances, but also the ability to take action on it.” Founder and CEO Daniel Kjellén chimes says, “We think it should be easy to make smart financial decisions, and we want to contribute to a greater transparency in the industry, which will benefit both the consumer and the best banks. To get investors with such solid experience and the ability to develop partnerships with traditional banks is of course a huge asset for a company like Tink.”

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Tink differentiates itself in the PFM space by collecting two years of historical account data across all of a user’s bank accounts and payment cards. The company uses hands-off spending categorization and simplifies the user’s view of their income and expenses. The app suggests budget options, sends alerts, and offers a feed of the user’s own personal finance highlights.

Since launching the app in Sweden at FinovateEurope 2014, Tink now boasts more than 300,000 users and is currently running beta tests in 10 different European markets to prepare for the international launch later this year.

Finovate Alumni News

On Finovate.com

  • “Tink Pulls in $10 Million to Launch Virtual Bank”
  • “TSYS to Leverage Featurespace’s Machine Learning Fraud Capabilities”
  • “Narrative Science Teams Up with Vermilion, Bringing Advanced NLG to Portfolio Commentary”
  • “New Investment for Personal Capital Takes Valuation to $500 Million”
  • “Zopa to Offer Auto Loan Refinancing”

Around the web

  • TIBCO introduces integration-software solution, Project Flogo and translytical database for big data, TIBCO Graph Database.
  • InFakt accounting system integrates with Valuto open API.
  • Micronotes launches downloadable trial version of Micronotes Cross-Sell Basic.
  • eToro appoints Robert Brown as new non-executive director in the U.K.
  • Socure expands coverage for global watchlist filtering and sanctions compliance.
  • Philippine-based credit union groups to build payments and banking platform based on technology from Temenos.
  • Robotic automation technology from NICE Systems helps prevent credit card fraud at Italian bank, Banca Popolare di Sondrio.
  • Finovate newcomer Student Loan Genius adds Honest Dollar co-founder Henry Yoshida as vice president of partnerships and product strategy.

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.

NICE Systems Acquires inContact for $940 Million

NICE Systems Acquires inContact for $940 Million

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Israel-based NICE Systems, a company that uses data to improve customer experience, has agreed to acquire inContact, a provider of contact center optimization tools.

The deal is expected to close in the second half of 2016 for $940 million. inContact stockholders will receive $14 per share  in cash. This represents a 55% premium from inContact’s closing price on May 17 and a 49% premium to the 30-day volume-weighted average price.

NICE is funding the deal with a combination of cash on hand and debt financing of up to $475 million from JPMorgan Chase and Royal Bank of Canada.

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NICE—known for its solutions that improve customer experience by guiding customers to the next best action—will combine its Workforce Optimization and Analytics offerings with inContact’s cloud-based services, offering a fully integrated cloud-contact-center solution.

NICE’s CEO Barak Eilam says the integration “creates the deepest and most talented R&D, services and support organization in our industry, allowing us to accelerate our roadmaps and deliver even greater value to our customers.”

NICE demoed its Real Time Authentication solution at FinovateEurope 2015 in London. Real Time Authentication uses voice biometrics to authenticate consumers in a natural conversation with an agent with minimal disruption to the customer experience.

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FinDEVrSV16-LogoV2(wdate)Our FinDEVr New York developer showcase last week was a success! FinDEVr Silicon Valley will be held October 18 & 19 in Santa Clara. Register today and save.

Developer news

  • The Financial Brand considers what is open banking and why does it matter?

On FinDEVr.com

  • “PIMCO Selects Markit and KYC.com to Bolster Onboarding”
  • “Symbiont to Help Delaware Embrace the Blockchain”

The latest from FinDEVr New York 2016 presenters

  • PYMNTS breaks down its discussion with PayPal CEO Dan Schulman.
  • “OutsideIQ Launches Real-Time Risk Monitoring Tool”
  • i-exceed Technology celebrates its fifth anniversary.
  • Technology from Fidor Bank to drive new mobile banking service from Telefonica Germany.

Alumni updates

  • Dallas Area Rapid Transit partners with PayNearMe to reduce cash handling by transit operators.
  • Entrepreneur profiles TD Ameritrade in a look at finalists for the Benzinga Fintech Awards 2016.
  • “Fiona Tee Takes the Helm as Currency Cloud’s New CFO”

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TIO Networks Rebrands Consumer-Facing Billpay Site Chargesmart.com to TIO.com

TIO Networks Rebrands Consumer-Facing Billpay Site Chargesmart.com to TIO.com

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Cloud-based bill payment processing company TIO Networks this week announced the rebranding of its consumer-facing billpay-site Chargesmart.com to TIO.com.

The new site marks the company’s first TIO-branded web payments site for consumers, enabling them to pay 9,000 U.S. household billers with credit, debit, or prepaid cards without needing to register. Additionally, users have the option to register to store their account information and payment history in the cloud.

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TIO acquired Chargesmart in 2014 and Jake Cunningham, VP of consumer payments, describes the rebrand as a “natural progression” to improve the user experience across touchpoints. Since launching in 2008, Chargesmart has processed more than $1.2 billion in online payments. When coupled with TIO’s walk-in billpay service, which processes in excess of $8 billion annually, TIO expects to serve a significant number of people who pay bills outside of mainstream banking channels.

The Vancouver, B.C.-based company’s CEO Hamed Shahbazi highlighted his vision for TIO.com to “evolve into a direct-to-consumer financial leader with bill pay serving as a primary and fundamental service offering.” To further implement that vision, Shahbazi says the plan is “to add incremental and contextually relevant services and to expand to new geographies in the future.”

This news comes on the heels of TIO’s acquisition of Softgate Systems in April which expanded the company’s geographical footprint from 15 U.S. states to 46. The company launched TIO Mobile Pay at FinovateSpring 2012.

Finovate Alumni News

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  • “TIO Networks Rebrands Consumer-Facing Billpay Site Chargesmart.com to TIO.com”
  • Check out today’s FinDEVr APIntelligence.
  • “Hip Money Launches Kickstarter Campaign”
  • “Finovate Debuts: Scalable Capital Brings Advanced Risk Management to Robo-Advisory.

Around the web

  • PYMNTS breaks down its discussion with PayPal CEO Dan Schulman.
  • Dallas Area Rapid Transit partners with PayNearMe to reduce cash handling by transit operators.
  • CSI globalVCard partners with MacNair Travel Management to bring virtual card payment solution to travel managers and procurement professionals.
  • Bangkok Bank’s mobile P2P service is powered by Mobiliti Edge from Fiserv.
  • FIS earns top honors at 2016 PYMNTS Innovator Awards and 2016 Pay Awards.
  • Credit Karma to deploy Anodot’s automated analytics and anomaly-detection technology.
  • Capriza names Lance Walter as its new chief marketing officer.
  • Payments Journal features Jorgen Nordin, CIO of Fastacash.
  • The Maven’s SME column interviews Ben Geoghegan, Currency Fair co-founder.

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.

Fenergo Moves into Middle Eastern Market

Fenergo Moves into Middle Eastern Market

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Ireland-based Fenergo has opened up a new office in Abu Dhabi as a foothold to begin offering its regulatory onboarding and client lifecycle management software solutions to the Middle Eastern market.

During an event celebrating the new opening, Fenergo CEO Marc Murphy referred to a “perfect storm” in which stringent regulations have increased the time and cost of onboarding clients, leading to a poor client experience and increased cost for banks. Murphy says Fenergo’s solution presents “a unified approach to solving regulation across the world, delivering enhanced operational efficiencies and an improved client onboarding experience.”

Fenergo was founded in 2009 and for the past four years has grown 100% YOY on average. Last year the company pulled in $96 million in funding which it has used to expand to Singapore, Japan, and now the Middle East.

At FinovateEurope 2012 the company launched Deal Manager, a solution for client onboarding and account opening that integrates policy, document and regulatory requirements. Earlier this month Fenergo won Best Compliance Product at the Sell-Side Technology Awards in New York.

Finovate Alumni News

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  • “SuiteBox Teams Up with Midwinter to Ease Compliance Burdens for Investment Advisers”
  • “SigFig Partnership with UBS Features Equity Investment, Tools for Wealth Managers”

On FinDEVr.com

  • “PIMCO Selects Markit and KYC.com to Bolster Onboarding”

Around the web

  • PaymentEye interviews Azimo CEO Michael Kent in discussion with Ricky Knox, Tandem CEO.
  • Sberbank introduces fundraising function in mobile application.
  • Guardian Analytics partners with the Norman Group.
  • WePay unveils its white-label mPOS solution.
  • Misys wins awards for its work with Bank of Beijing and Vietnam Technological & Commercial Joint Stock Bank.
  • Green Dot announces plans to divide chairman and CEO roles.
  • Michigan First FCU leverages Insuritas to power Michigan First Insurance Agency for its members.
  • Bleu selected for VC Fintech Accelerator in Little Rock, Arkansas.

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.