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FinDEVr 2014: Xignite Shows How Its APIs Can Help Businesses Succeed

FinDEVr 2014: Xignite Shows How Its APIs Can Help Businesses Succeed
By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: FinDEVr San Francisco 2014, Xignite
This post is part of our live coverage of FinDEVr San Francisco 2014.
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Then, Xignite presented its market data APIs.

Kick-Start Your FinTech Business with Xignite Market Data APIs
Xignite powers hundreds of breakthrough FinTech apps and platforms – touching millions of investors & finance professionals each day. Learn how Xignite can help you kick-start your FinTech business, fuel your growth, and power your success with our easy-to-integrate financial data APIs.
Presenter: Stephane DuBois (CEO & Founder) and Anand Viswanathan (Software Engineer)
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About:
Xignite is the pioneer of cloud-based market data APIs & the data provider for leading FinTech innovators Betterment, FutureAdvisor, JemStep, Motif Investing, Personal Capital, Robinhood, SigFig, Stocktwits, The Currency Cloud, Wealthfront, Yodlee and more. From end-of-day stock quotes to spot rates on currencies, our APIs cover every asset class, market and data type available and are ideal for integrating data into FinTech mobile apps, websites, and platforms. 
Website: xignite.com
Twitter: @xignite

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FinDEVr 2014: PayPal Looks at How Wearables are Changing the Payments Landscape

FinDEVr 2014: PayPal Looks at How Wearables are Changing the Payments Landscape
By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Braintree, FinDEVr San Francisco 2014, PayPal
This post is a part of FinDEVr’s live coverage of FinDEVr San Francisco 2014.
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Next, PayPal’s presentation focused on how wearables are changing the mobile payment space: 

The Future of Payment Identity

PayPal explored how new identification techniques around wearables, biometrics, and mobile are vastly changing the payment space.

Presenter: Justin Woo, Developer Evangelist

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About: The PayPal / Braintree Developer program is the face of technology innovation for the companies. Using an open source technology stack foundation, we are constructing new breeds of payment platforms, API standards, and identity systems to support the next generation of disruptive technology.

Twitter: @PayPalDev

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FinDEVr 2014: TD Ameritrade Institutional Encourages Collaboration Among Advisors

FinDEVr 2014: TD Ameritrade Institutional Encourages Collaboration Among Advisors
By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: FinDEVr San Francisco 2014, TD Ameritrade
This post is part of our live coverage of FinDEVr San Francisco 2014.
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TD Ameritrade Institutional shows how it encourages collaboration among advisors:

The Power of Together = Better
The open-source world seizes opportunities with new and divergent technologies. Learn how TD Ameritrade Institutional has taken a game changing approach that is not just propelling advisors forward, but is also fostering a collaborative community of third-party technology providers.

Presenter: Chris Valleley (Director, Technology Solutions)

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About:
TD Ameritrade Institutional is a leading provider of comprehensive brokerage and custody services to more than 4,500 fee-based, independent Registered Investment Advisors and their clients. Our advanced technology and personal support allow investment advisors to grow their businesses more effectively. TD Ameritrade Institutional, Division of TD Ameritrade, Inc., member FINRA/SIPC.
Twitter: @TDA4advisors

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FinDEVr 2014: Xero Discusses Integration Exasperation

FinDEVr 2014: Xero Discusses Integration Exasperation
By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: FinDEVr San Francisco 2014, Xero
This post is part of our live coverage of FinDEVr San Francisco 2014.
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Xero showed off its open platform for developers:

Xero highlighted its 300+ integrated applications. It laid out some benefits of integrating with Xero:
    1. Add non-core features
    2. Increase product utility
    3. Give time back to your customers
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Presenter: David Pollock, Head of US Partnerships
About:
Xero is a beautiful, easy-to-use online accounting software for small businesses and their advisors. The company has over 300,000 paying customers in more than 100 countries around the world. Xero ranks No. 1 by Forbes as the World’s Most Innovative Growth Company.
Website: xero.com
Twitter: @Xero

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FinDEVr 2014: InComm’s Cashtie API Provides Rails for Cash Payments

FinDEVr 2014: InComm’s Cashtie API Provides Rails for Cash Payments
By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: FinDEVr San Francisco 2014, InComm
This post is part of our live coverage of FinDEVr San Francisco 2014.
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InComm showed how its Cashtie API can enable customers to pay their bills using cash:


Cashtie API – Rails for Cash Payments
Cashtie is an API that enables cash payments for bill pay, funding an account and money transfer at InComm’s retail network. The Cashtie API connects to a transaction-processing platform and is the rails for cash payments from its partners.

Presenter: Thomas Cornelius, President Adility/Cashtie, InComm, and SVP, InStore Solutions

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About:
InComm is the leading provider of prepaid and transaction technologies with 400,000 points of distribution, nearly $30 billion annual transaction volume and reaching over 1 billion customers weekly.
Website: cashtie.com | incomm.com 
Twitter: @cashtieapi | @incomm

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FinDEVr 2014: Yodlee Shows Interactive APIs, Looks at What’s Next for Developers

FinDEVr 2014: Yodlee Shows Interactive APIs, Looks at What’s Next for Developers
By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: FinDEVr San Francisco 2014, Yodlee
This post is part of our live coverage of FinDEVr San Francisco 2014.
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Yodlee announced its new Geolocation API and showed how developers can benefit from its entire library of Interactive APIs:


Demystifying the Yodlee Data
What is the Yodlee platform and what value do the Yodlee Interactive APIs open up to developers? What are the use cases and killer solutions built with the APIs, and what data does it enable? What is coming next for developers? We’ll cover categorization, wealth, and future enhancements.
Presenter: Joe Polverari (Chief Strategist & Dev. Officer, Yodlee; and Founder & GM, Yodlee Interactive) and Cheung Tam (Director API Product Management, Yodlee)
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About:
Yodlee Interactive is a driving force behind today’s FinDat revolution with APIs that empower entrepreneurs, partners, and developers to power the latest digital financial innovations around the world. Yodlee Interactive APIs support independent and partner FinApps by providing authorized access to real-time data for customers’ current bank, credit card, investment, and loan accounts, as well as bills, insurance, and rewards programs. Yodlee Interactive APIs are behind hundreds of today’s coolest and most personalized digital experiences, including Credit Karma, LearnVest, miiCard, PowerWallet, SavvyMoney, SelfWealth, Xero, and Wave.
Twitter: @YIDeveloper 

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Alumni News– September 29, 2014

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Billhighway, Birdback, LendingRobot, MiiCard, peerTransfer, Wallaby Financial
  • Finovate-F-Logo.jpgCreditCards.com and Wallaby launch the WalletUp mobile app to help consumers maximize credit card rewards.
  • LendingRobot will now manage up to $10,000 for free.
  • Billhighway debuts at #1 on Detroit Free Press Top Workplaces List in Small Business category.
  • miiCard participates in NSTIC Pilot for State of North Carolina eID Program.
  • Birdback brings card-linked offers to US and Brazil.
  • Smart Tuition and peerTransfer partner to help International tuition payers.
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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FinDEVr San Francisco 2014: Are You Ready?

FinDEVr San Francisco 2014: Are You Ready?
By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: FinDEVr San Francisco 2014
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We’ll be kicking off the first FinDEVr conference on Tuesday, September 30. There you’ll meet the developers and builders behind fintech companies such as Yodlee and Visa, and have the opportunity to code with them and others during several workshop sessions.

Haven’t got your ticket yet? There’s still time to pick yours up.
Here are some last minute details to help you prepare:
UCSF

Venue

We’ll be meeting up at the UCSF Mission Bay Conference Center:
UCSF Mission Bay Conference Center
1675 Owens Street Suite 251
San Francisco, CA 94143-3008
Agenda

Day One
On Tuesday, September 30, registration begins at 8AM and we’ll serve a light breakfast until 9AM, at which point the presentations will begin. We’ll have a single-track schedule featuring presentations and intermittent networking sessions.
Day Two
On Wednesday, October 1, registration and a light breakfast will run from 8AM to 8:30 AM, and the first workshop will begin at 8:30AM. We’ll have workshops throughout the day, running alongside separate presentation sessions in the afternoon.
For a detailed view of the agenda, check out our website or download the mobile app.
Don’t forget
    • Remember to pack plenty of business cards and wear comfortable shoes
    • Download the Bizzabo app before the show to get a glimpse of who you’ll be rubbing elbows with
    • Contribute to the conversation on Twitter using #FinDEVr, and follow @FinDEVr to stay updated on news about the companies on stage 
    • Check out the blog (Finovate.com) to watch the live coverage of each company’s presentation
    • If you have any last minute issues or questions, please email SanFran@FinDEVr.com and our team will be happy to help. We can’t wait to see you all in San Francisco!

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Fifty Nifty Companies Presenting at FinDEVr Next Week

Fifty Nifty Companies Presenting at FinDEVr Next Week
By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: FinDEVr San Francisco 2014

Ahead of the FinDEVr conference next Tuesday and Wednesday, 50 companies will make their way to the UCSF Mission Bay Conference Center in San Francisco.

While 14 of the companies are local to the bay area, others will travel from all over the U.S. and even the globe to present their APIs, SDKs, and other tools at the first ever FinDEVr conference.

Here’s what the spread looks like (click to enlarge):

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Still don’t have your ticket to FinDEVr? There’s still time to pick one up before the show next week.

If you’re already registered, be sure to join the community of other developers on the Bizzabo app. Just download Bizzabo from the app store and search “FinDEVr”.

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See you in San Francisco!

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Taulia Closes $13 Million in Funding from Singapore-based Economic Development Board and BBVA Ventures

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Uncategorized

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In the calm between the FinovateFall and FinDEVr conference storms, we’ve received news of three recent fundings from Finovate alums. Along with BillGuard and Bionym, one more Finovate alum announced funding this week. 

Taulia, a company that provides e-invoicing services and other supplier services, such as financing, added $13 million to its round of Series D funding. New investors in the San Francisco-based company include EDBI (Singapore-based Economic Development Board) and BBVA Ventures.

Taulia has raised a total of almost $76 million since its 2009 launch. Previous funding includes:

Seed

  • Amount: $6 million/ Undisclosed
  • Closed: Unknown
  • Investor: Trinity Ventures

Series A
    • Amount: $3.2 million
    • Closed: December 6, 2010
    • Investors: Trinity Ventures, Matrix Partners, and David Wu

Series B 

    • Amount: $8.5 million
    • Closed: July 1, 2011
    • Investors: Trinity Ventures Matrix Partners DAG Ventures
Series C
    • Amount: $18 million
    • Closed: August 23, 2013
    • Investors: TELUS Ventures, Matrix Partners, Trinity Ventures, DAG Ventures, Lakestar

Series D

    • Amount: $27 million
    • Closed: July 22, 2014
    • Investors: SEB Private Equity, DAG Ventures, Lakestar, Matrix Partners, Trinity Ventures, QuestMark Partners
The new $13 million installment is the second part of its Series D round, bringing the total Series D round to $40 million. 
According to TechCrunch, Taulia will use the new funding to continue expansion into new markets.

Taulia demonstrated at FinovateSpring 2012, where it debuted its Early Payment Network.

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FinDEVr Preview: Who’s Who on Day Two

FinDEVr Preview: Who’s Who on Day Two
By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: FinDEVr San Francisco 2014, PayStand, Plaid, Prudena, SecureKey, Sekur.me, SimplyTapp, Tagcash, Thinknum, Trulioo, TxPUSH
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There will be a lot going on over the course of the two day FinDEVr conference in San Francisco next Tuesday and Wednesday. You can still pick up your ticket here.

Each of the companies below will have 6 minutes on stage to show off what their tools are all about:

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PayStand, an online payment solution that offers zero transaction fees

Presentation: Comparing the Strengths and Weaknesses of Different Payment Types
Card Networks (Visa/MasterCard/Amex), eCheck (ACH/Bank Network/Check21), and Digital Currency (Bitcoin/Ripple/Altcoins) all have unique advantages and disadvantages. Explore the different use cases of why each are valuable and learn how to use PayStand’s unique multi-payment network technology to build the next generation of commerce applications.
Why it’s great for developers:
 
    • Payments as a service
    • Enables merchants to accept eCash, eCheck, and credit card payments
    • Allows for no transaction fees
PayStand is an online payment solution that enables organizations to accept credit cards, eChecks, and digital currency without transaction fees.
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Plaid, an API that powers fintech applications

Presentation: Plaid: API for Financial Infrastructure
Learn all about Plaid, the problems we’re solving, and the companies we power.
Why it’s great for developers: 
    • Access detailed account and transaction data from financial institutions
    • Authorize accounts for ACH and Wire transfers in seconds
    • Verify account holder information

Plaid is an API for financial infrastructure – we give developers the tools they need to build applications that interface with banks.

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Prudena is a subscription-based online community that provides value analysis to developers.

Presentation: Prudena: Automating Financial Statement Analysis
Charlie Strout founded Prudena when – after graduating from Columbia Business School – he decided performing fundamental equity analysis was too labor intensive. The presentation discusses how he was able to leverage existing APIs to develop Prudena’s analysis tools and publish his own API.

Why it’s great for developers: 

    • Allows you to reduce the time required to perform financial statement analysis
    • Better understand risk by running simulations
    • Aggregate your investments accounts
Prudena automates the process of performing high-quality financial statement analysis–saving investors time and improving their decision-making processes.

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SecureKey Technologies delivers authentication solutions for online consumer services

Presentation: Moving Away from Passwords: The Future of Digital Identity
We are first exploring some of the traditional ways to secure online access. We will then look at a more innovative approach via device anchoring and dynamic authentication that will show the audience how to strongly and uniquely identify customers with a unified solution across devices.
Why it’s great for developers: 

    • Every authentication event provides unique proof of their customer’s identity
    • Simple access with a better, more secure user experience
    • Eliminates password frustration
briidge.net Connect can provide users with the opportunity to use simpler methods that are actually far stronger than passwords and better secured.
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Sekur.me eliminates passwords by turning your phone into your digital identity. 

Presentation: Want to be secure? Eliminate passwords!
If you don’t have a password, it cannot be stolen. See a live demo of a patented disruptive technology taking security to the next level, while making login safer and simpler. And see how it can be used to secure payments and reduce shopping cart abandonment for eCommerce and mCommerce.
Why it’s great for developers: 

    • Eliminate passwords
    • Single-Click payments
    • Checkout and pay in 9 seconds
If you don’t have a password, it cannot be stolen.
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SimplyTapp provides host card emulation

Presentation: Host Card Emulation
Overview of SimplyTapp’s HCE solution and offering.
Why it’s great for developers: 

Host Card Emulation (HCE) is the presentation of a virtual and exact representation of a card using only software.
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Tagcash, a digital payments and rewards company

Presentation: TAGCASH
The importance and benefits of a platform for both users and merchants that makes use of these key features: digital wallet usage, merchant payments integration, remittance capabilities, and built-in rewards program (which includes marketing modules and advertising).
Why it’s great for developers: 

    • Digital Wallet Usage (including Remittance)
    • Rewards Program
    • Practical Advertising
Cash, Rewards, and Advertising can all be found on a single (yet multi-featured) and safe /secure platform.
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The TxPUSH Initiative makes real time account events available to third party apps.

Presentation: Aggregation 2.0 – TxPUSH and the Evented Financial Web
TxPUSH technology is focused on aligning app user experience and FinTech industry players around the Evented Financial Web. The TxPUSH technology will improve the security model of the existing account aggregation ecosystem and promote the delivery of real-time financial transaction data to account holders in the apps they choose.
Why it’s great for developers: 

    • Eliminate third party interactions with user credentials
    • Push real time transactions to your app
    • See the launch of TxPUSH and the Evented Financial Web
TxPUSH and the Evented Financial Web deliver the framework to build secure, event driven, real-time apps for the Evented Financial Web ecosystem.
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Thinknum provides technology for financial analysts to host their financial data in the cloud.

Presentation: Thinknum: A Powerful Web Platform for Financial Analysis
Learn about Thinknum, the web platform that is changing the way that financial analysts work. Find out more about our unique data and technology that enhances the financial research process.
Why it’s great for developers: 

    • Utilize unique web data to value companies
    • Leverage web technology to enhance the research process
    • Manage user generated content
Thinknum is changing the way that financial analysts work, enabling them to manage their own content while enhancing their research processes.
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Trulioo a cyber identification company.

Presentation: Trulioo’s Global Gateway
Demonstrating how Trulioo’s Global Gateway verifies a consumer’s identity within a single, unique portal. We will input a person’s first name, last name, date of birth and address to show how Trulioo verifies these attributes from our 130+ data sources.
Why it’s great for developers: 

    • Anti-Money Laundering and Know Your Customer compliant electronic ID Verification
    • Instant global address verification for ecommerce and P2P
    • Access over 3B identities
Global Gateway is the leading identity verification solution with the largest coverage in the market.

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FinovateFall 2014 Best of Show Winners

FinovateFall 2014 Best of Show Winners
By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: AnchorID, Best of Show, blooom, CrowdFlower, FinovateFall 2014, LOYAL3, MoneyDesktop, NICE Systems, Toopher
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After a busy two days at FinovateFall packed with people, some of the most innovative new technology we’ve seen, and some rather entertaining demos, the audience has spoken. 

A huge thanks to everyone who came out to be a part of our record breaking audience and cast their votes. Each attendee was able to vote for their top three favorite company demos both days, and the top seven were crowned Best of Show winners.
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Here they are in alphabetical order:

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AnchorID for its new way to log into websites and apps. One universal username logs you in with unique security.

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blooom for its simple tool built to fix the millions of mis-invested 401(k) allocations for individual clients.

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CrowdFlower for its leading data enrichment platform to help data scientists, analysts, and engineers collect, clean, and label data to make it useful.

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Loyal3 for its use of social technologies to democratize the markets, making investing in IPOs and stocks easy and affordable for everyone.

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MX/MoneyDesktop for its WideNet Technology to help FIs expand their market reach, and its Helios cross-platform digital banking app.

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NICE Systems for its real-time authentication that strengthens and streamlines the authentication process in real-time, while customers converse with an agent.

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Toopher for its multi-factor authentication platform that uses the location awareness of your smartphone to automate authentication for logins and critical actions.

Again, thanks to everyone who came out to the show. We’ll see you next year!

Notes on methodology:  

1. Only audience members NOT associated with demoing companies were eligible to vote. Finovate employees did not vote.     
2. Attendees were encouraged to note their favorites during each day. At the end of the last demo, they chose their three favorites.    
3. The exact written instructions given to attendees: “Please rate (the companies) on the basis of demo quality and potential impact of the innovation demoed.”  
4. The seven companies appearing on the highest percentage of submitted ballots were named Best of Show.  
5. Go here for a list of previous Best of Show winners. 

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