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Finovate Alumni News

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Categories: AnalytixInsight, Avalara, Clarify, Flint Mobile, FutureAdvisor, Klarna, Moven, Nous.net, ShopKeep POS, SnoopWall, Spreedly, StockViews, The Beast Apps, Trulioo, Urban FT, Wallaby Financial, Wipit, Xignite, Yodlee

On Finovate.com

  • “Banking Suite Provider Urban FT Acquires Wipit” Come see Urban FT at FinovateFall September 16 & 17.

Around the web

  • Niklas Adalberth steps down as Klarna’s deputy CEO.
  • ShopKeep to offer discounts to members of the MasterCard Easy Savings program.
  • Yodlee partners with Salesforce to offer advisers a comprehensive view of their clients’ financial accounts. Come see Yodlee’s presentation at FinDEVr, 6/7 October.
  • Monex to incorporate corporate-actions data from Markit. See Markit at FinDEVr 2015 in San Francisco.
  • Bank Innovation takes note of the Moven approach to displaying transaction histories.
  • Tech Vibes features Trulioo in a look at Vancouver, British Columbia, as a home for fintech innovation. See Trulioo at FinovateFall 2015 in New York.
  • Investment News looks for the next robo-adviser acquisition in the wake of BlackRock’s deal with FutureAdvisor.
  • Waters Technology highlights Nous, StockViews, AnalytixInsight, and Xignite in a review of how innovators are using market data. See Xignite at FinDEVr 2015 in San Francisco.
  • Flint enhances Android app to include immediate electronic receipts via SMS.

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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FinovateFall Sneak Peek: Ldger

FinovateFall Sneak Peek: Ldger
By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: FinovateFall 2015 Sneak Peek, Ldger

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The Sneak Peek series looks at the innovators demoing live on stage at FinovateFall 2015. Be sure to pick up your tickets to our annual autumn conference, and we’ll see you in New York!

LdgerLogoLdger offers a user-driven marketplace within a credit-structured finance platform to power data-rich modeling, automated transaction execution, inventory discovery and aggregation.

Features:

  • Dynamic, real-time structuring and modeling
  • Normalized deal structures
  • Inventory discovery and aggregation

Why it’s great

Ldger extends the innovation associated with marketplace-lending post-origination, facilitating efficient and transparent access for multilateral participants to sophisticated capital markets.

LdgerPresenter1Presenters

Miles Cowan, CEO, Founder
Cowan leverages his prior experience as a tech-centric securities and M&A attorney to craft technology-driven solutions to structural and process deficiencies in today’s financial infrastructure.
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LdgerPresenter2Hyung Kim, Co-founder, Financial Markets
Kim has more than 20 years’ experience in NYC’s finance industry-trading and risk-managing of structured derivatives at Credit Suisse, Barclays and JPMorgan Chase.
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FinovateFall Sneak Peek: Tranwall

FinovateFall Sneak Peek: Tranwall
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Categories: FinovateFall 2015 Sneak Peek, Tranwall

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The Sneak Peek series looks at the innovators demoing live on stage at FinovateFall 2015. Be sure to pick up your tickets to our annual autumn conference, and we’ll see you in New York!

TranwallLogo Tranwall helps banks give secure transaction control to their customers.

Features:

  • Rules-based transaction authorization: peace of mind and fraud prevention
  • Change authorization parameters: real-time interaction with customers
  • Design your own card program: e.g., prepaid, business

Why it’s great
Tranwall will change the way card authorizations will be handled. Customers will now be able to control the authorization settings of their own cards.

TranwallPresenter1Presenters

Gerard van de Par, Director
Van de Par has a sound background at technology and international banks. He heads up the commercial operations within Tranwall with a focus on Europe and the United States.
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TranwallPresenter2Diederik Bruggink, Business Development Manager
Bruggink is an internationally renowned cards-and-payment expert. He is acting as business development manager for Tranwall and brings a broad network with him.
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FinovateFall Sneak Peek: Bleu

FinovateFall Sneak Peek: Bleu
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Categories: Bleu, FinovateFall 2015 Sneak Peek

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The Sneak Peek series looks at the innovators demoing live on stage at FinovateFall 2015. Be sure to pick up your tickets to our annual autumn conference, and we’ll see you in New York!

BleuLogoBleu facilitates mobile transactions utilizing Bluetooth low-energy beacons. Bleu has developed a proprietary mobile point-of-sale and consumer application.

Features:

  • Supports any payment type
  • Can process a transaction up to 250 feet away from the terminal
  • Uses Bluetooth low-energy beacons

Why it’s great
This first-time-ever revolutionary solution moves payment over Bluetooth supported on any iOS or android device.

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Sesie Bonsi, President and CEO
Graduate of Pepperdine School of Law and founder of Bleu, Bonsi is dedicated to using his background and knowledge in the areas of mobile payment and infrastructure to transform financial technology.
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BleuPresenter2Brett Howell, Senior VP Business Development
A graduate of Auburn University, Howell has more than 10 years’ experience in multiple business environments from a small-family business to a multinational corporation.
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FinovateFall Sneak Peek: Urban FT

FinovateFall Sneak Peek: Urban FT
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Categories: FinovateFall 2015 Sneak Peek, Urban FT

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The Sneak Peek series looks at the innovators demoing live on stage at FinovateFall 2015. Be sure to pick up your tickets to our annual autumn conference, and we’ll see you in New York!

UrbanFTLogoUrban FT (UFT) delivers an enterprise-grade platform to both financial and non-financial issuers to give their customers industry-leading digital banking products.

Features:

  • Comprehensive financial tools, local discovery, and social features
  • Increased revenue through featured ad space and targeted deals
  • Powerful management tools for custom branding and functionality

Why it’s great

The UFT platform drives customer loyalty through profound digital experiences that combine the social and financial life of the customer into a meaningful lifestyle product.

UrbanFTPresenter1Presenters

Kasey Kaplan, Chief Operating Officer
Kaplan oversees all company operations at Urban FT. He has a strong passion for product, technology, and innovation.
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UrbanFTPresenter2Mark Kilpatrick, Chief Product and Brand Officer
Kilpatrick oversees all design, UI, and UX initiatives. He applies his creative and design background to technology and product development.
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FinovateFall Sneak Peek: D3 Banking

FinovateFall Sneak Peek: D3 Banking
By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: D3 Banking, FinovateFall 2015 Sneak Peek

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The Sneak Peek series looks at the innovators demoing live on stage at FinovateFall 2015. Be sure to pick up your tickets to our annual autumn conference, and we’ll see you in New York!

D3BankingLogoD3 Banking provides data-driven digital banking solutions designed to meet the needs of consumers and small businesses by delivering innovative services and a consistent UX to any digital device.

Features:

D3 Small Business Banking allows financial institutions to provide services tailored to small businesses, including auto-categorization, intelligent reporting and innovative money-movement services.

Why it’s great

D3 Small Business Banking’s innovative services and digital analytics allow financial institutions to deliver services to their small business, which means the difference between success and failure.

D3BankingPresenter1Presenters

Michael Carter, CMO
Carter has worked in fintech for more than 30 years. He has worked with startups, early stage and public companies in the U.S. and abroad.
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D3BankingPresenter2Andy Holdt, Director, Sales Support
Holdt has more than 15 years’ experience in financial services, including retail bank and payment card marketing as well as product, portfolio and client-relationship management.
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FinovateFall Sneak Peek: IDmission

FinovateFall Sneak Peek: IDmission
By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: FinovateFall 2015 Sneak Peek, IDmission

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The Sneak Peek series looks at the innovators demoing live on stage at FinovateFall 2015. Be sure to pick up your tickets to our annual autumn conference, and we’ll see you in New York!

IDMissionLogoIDmission utilizes a cloud-based platform that enables identity-initiated customer onboarding and engagement for financial services companies.

Features:

  • Fully configurable application-builder for creating unique customer-engagement experiences
  • Built using HTML5 for device-agnostic support
  • Know your customer (KYC) services, including biometrics

Why it’s great

IDmission solutions allow you to grow and change with the world around you. We haven’t built a product; it’s a platform that will help you solve problems now and into the future.

Presenters

Ashim Banerjee, CEO
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Sandeep Gandhi, CTO
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FinovateFall Sneak Peek: AcceptEmail

FinovateFall Sneak Peek: AcceptEmail
By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: AcceptEmail, FinovateFall 2015 Sneak Peek

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The Sneak Peek series looks at the innovators demoing live on stage at FinovateFall 2015. Be sure to pick up your tickets to our annual autumn conference, and we’ll see you in New York!

AcceptEmailLogoAcceptEmail lets you make a payment or settle an outstanding bill, anytime from anywhere. Pay on-the-go, right from your mobile phone’s inbox.

Features:

  • Everything’s filled in; just confirm payment and hit “send”
  • Real-time confirmations; subject line changes from blue (due) to green (received)
  • Simple and secure, no paperwork

Why it’s great
Pay bills in a few clicks. No manual data (re)entry. Consumers love the convenience. Companies get paid 50% faster and can reduce costs by 70%.

Acceptemailpresenter1Presenters

Peter Kwakernaak, CEO
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AcceptEmailPresenter2Geerten Oelering, CTO
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FinovateFall Sneak Peek: Alfa-Bank

FinovateFall Sneak Peek: Alfa-Bank
By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Alfa-Bank, FinovateFall 2015 Sneak Peek

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The Sneak Peek series looks at the innovators demoing live on stage at FinovateFall 2015. Be sure to pick up your tickets to our annual autumn conference, and we’ll see you in New York!

AlfaBankLogoAlfa-Bank will introduce the concept and demonstrate the performance of future universal banks. They call it Sense.

Features:

  • Behavioral analytics helps predict what the customer needs next
  • Material design and totally reinvented UX for bank apps
  • Smart customer support and financial messaging

Why it’s great
Banks can use behavioral analytics and material design to offer a personal and empathic customer approach, with a single mobile bank app.

AlfaBankPresenter1Presenters

Nikita Filippov, CEO of Octoberry.net
Filippov (pictured) worked as an IT process and product consultant for seven years. Two years ago he landed Octoberry, a product and service design company. Octoberry helps large enterprises innovate using lean startup principles.
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Vladimir Urbanskiy, CEO of Alfa-Lab
Urbanskiy leads Alfa-Lab, a subdivision of Alfa-Bank, responsible for all digital business, as well as innovations management and digital transformation of financial services.
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Artem Molchanov, Project Manager at Alfa-Lab (Sense Project)
Molchanov leads Alfa-Lab’s mobile department. He is responsible for the technical side of innovative mobile products and team organization.

 

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Finovate Alumni News

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: AcceptEmail, Akamai, Alfa-Bank, Bleu, D3 Banking, Dwolla, IDmission, Ldger, Lending Club, Market Prophit, PsychSignal, Revolut, Sedicii, Segmint, SizeUp, Token, Top Image Systems, Tradeshift, Tranwall, Trustly, Urban FT, Yodlee

On Finovate.com

Around the web

  • Yodlee’s startup incubator contributes to “Startup Fever.”
  • Revolut, Sedicii, SizeUp, & Token named Innotribe Startup finalists.
  • TIS signs deal to process school exams in Chile.
  • Trustly appoints Jonas Palmquist as chief financial officer.
  • FT.com features PsychSignal and Market Prophit in a discussion on market signals and social media.
  • Dwolla launches its white-label service to make it easier for FIs to use its FiSync transfer platform.
  • Segmint launches new marketing solution, Segmint Reach.
  • RetailWeek features TradeShift as startup of the week.
  • Lending Club celebrates surpassing $11 billion in loans.

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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What Will Be Trending at FinovateFall?

What Will Be Trending at FinovateFall?
By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: FinovateFall 2015

FF2015LogoRevLargeEven if you’ve just worked in fintech for a year, you know that some trends in the industry seem to rise and fall more quickly than back-to-school fashion, while others have never faded out.

We compiled the word-cloud below based on the themes we’ll see at FinovateFall in New York on 16/17 September. This year’s show promises a wide range of topics:

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While none of this year’s themes are technically new, almost all of them have shifted since FinovateFall last year. Trends that have spiked since last year include:

  • Natural language intelligence
  • Digital currency
  • Big data

Not surprisingly, two trends we usually see, mobility and security, appear most frequently. With both the spike in popularity and capability of mobile devices, and the increased need for security as hackers become more advanced, we don’t expect these trends to fade any time soon.

Don’t miss out on being the first to see the live demos at FinovateFall—register today.

FinovateFall is sponsored by The Bancorp, CapitalSource, Envestment, Financial Technology Partners, Hudson Cook, KPMG, and Zions SBIC.

FinovateFall is partners with Aite, American Bankers Association, Bank Innovators Council,BankersHub, bobsguide, Breaking Banks, California Bankers Association, Canadian Trade Commissioner Service, Celent, CoinTelegraph, Crowdfund Beat, Ebanking News, Hotwire, IDC Financial Insights, Javelin,Let’s Talk Payments, Mapa Research, Mercator Advisory Group, MergerMarket, The New Economy, NYPAY, The Paypers, SME Finance Forum, and World Finance.

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Save £400 When You Register for FinovateEurope

Save £400 When You Register for FinovateEurope
By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: FinovateEurope 2016

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Barclay’s announcement today that it is the first major bank in Europe or the U.S. to accept bitcoin is more evidence that Europe is leading the way in many fintech areas.

The announcement serves as a reminder that at FinovateEurope, on 9/10 February in London, we’ll host companies as they show off the newest and brightest ideas in fintech. Companies from Europe and across the globe will demo their brand-new technology on stage over the course of the two-day show.

The ticket-presale deadline for FinovateEurope is this Friday, 4 September 2015. Register this week and save £400. Be sure to lock in your spot early! FinovateEurope sold out last year with a crowd of 1,000.

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If you want to apply to demo at FinovateEurope, there’s still time to submit your application. Email europe@finovate.com for more details, and watch a few live demo videos from last year’s presenters to get an idea of what to expect.

FinovateEurope is sponsored by KPMG.

FinovateEurope is partnered with bobsguide, CoinTelegraph, Let’s Talk Payments, Mapa Research, The New Economy, PLUS Journal, and World Finance.

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