Author: Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz)

Narrative Science Unveils Quill Portfolio Solutions

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: FinovateSpring 2013, Narrative Science
This is a part of our live coverage of FinovateSpring 2013.

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Fourth up on stage today, Narrative Science showcased Quill Financial Services:
“Narrative Science presents Quill for Financial Services, a suite of solutions that enables financial institutions to automatically analyze, interpret and gain human insight from data at a speed and scale never before possible.
    • A leading credit analytics firm is leveraging Quill to transform its data and risk assessment models into an investment report that combines both text and visualizations.
    • Quill is automatically creating attribution summaries that provide internal stakeholders and their clients with insight into the reasons behind portfolio performance.
    • Quill is creating personalized portfolio reviews for financial advisors and their clients. Advisors get the talking points they need for client conversations while their clients get clearly written account performance summaries.”
Product Launch: Quill Investment Research: Fall 2012, Quill Portfolio Solutions: Summer 2013
HQ: Chicago, IL
Founded: January 2010
Twitter: @narrativesci
Presenting Kris Hammond (CTO) and Katy De Leon (Director, Marketing)

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What to Expect When You’re Expecting….

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: FinovateSpring 2013

…To come to FinovateSpring tomorrow?  We’re here at the Concourse Exhibition Center (635 8th Street at Brannan), watching presenters place the final touches on their live demos.

We’ve seen all types of fintech solutions from companies ranging from 1 employee to more than 35,000. These companies are coming to us from across the globe, with a heavy concentration in the bay area. 
Here’s the complete picture (click to enlarge):
finovate_reportmap_US13_PRESS.jpgDon’t miss your opportunity to meet executives from fintech startups and established companies and see their brand new technology demonstrated live. Get your ticket here.
Our new in-conference networking tool, FinovateConnect, is now available in beta and will be debuted to the audience tomorrow. This makes it even easier to introduce yourself to individual presenters and attendees in a crowd of 1,200+ people. Attendees will receive an email detailing the sign-up process and instructions.

If you have last-minute questions about FinovateSpring, please see our FAQ. We’re looking forward to seeing all of you tomorrow!

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Finovate Alumni News– May 10, 2013

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Bolstr, Palo Alto Software, Ping Identity, QuantConnect, Virtual Piggy
  • Finovate-F-Logo.jpgPalo Alto Software and Ping Identity partner to provide single sign-on.
  • PC World features Virtual Piggy. Come see its live demo at FinovateSpring next week.
  • Bolstr launches in Chicago neighborhoods.
  • ForexThink takes a look at QuantConnect and the rise of algorithm-based trading.
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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Palo Alto Software and Ping Identity Partner to Provide Single Sign-On

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Palo Alto Software, Ping Identity

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Cloud-based security company, Ping Identity announced earlier this week that it has partnered with Palo Alto Software, creator of LivePlan small business software. 

As a part of the partnership, Palo Alto Software will use Ping Identity’s single sign-on (SSO) technology. This will benefit:

1) Palo Alto Software employees: Employees can access frequently-used internal applications by using SSO.

2) Palo Alto Software customers: Many of Palo Alto’s sites require customers to log in multiple times per day. Palo Alto has already begun to roll out SSO capability to 6,000 of its customers and will continue to scale usage.

To learn more about Ping Identity, watch its FinovateEurope 2012 demo. Palo Alto Software will demo its LivePlan software at FinovateSpring next week in San Francisco.

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Finovate Alumni News– May 7, 2013

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: CashStar, Expensify, Kabbage, Kalixa, Kashoo, PayNearMe

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  • Expensify adds corporate card reconciliation for more banks, including Wells BofA, and Citi. See Expensify’s demo at FinovateSpring.
  • Forbes interviews Marc Gorlin, co-founder of Kabbage. See Kabbage’s new tech next week at FinovateSpring.
  • PayNearMe hires Billy Robbins, former VP of PFM at Wells, as its VP of business development. Come see PayNearMe’s demo at Finovate.
  • Kashoo tops 100,000 registered users and more than 50,000 iPad downloads of its cloud accounting app.
  • PaymentsSource interviews CashStar chief marketing officer Gene Cornfield on mobile commerce.
  • Kalixa to become its own company, separating from Bwin.
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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FinovateSpring 2013 Sneak Peek: Part 5

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: authenticID, FinovateSpring 2013, Finovera, Kofax, NICE Systems, Quantopian, Trusted Knight

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For our final sneak peek of FinovateSpring demoing companies, seven companies have provided some insight into the products they will demo next week at FinovateSpring in San Francisco.

Don’t miss the previous sneak peek posts:

If you haven’t already, be sure to get your ticket for FinovateSpring. It’s happening May 14 & 15 in San Francisco.

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authenticID’s True Identity Made Simple identity proofing solutions work worldwide and our pictureID tool is 100% accurate – a claim no other identity company can make.
Features:
    • pictureID can eliminate ID fraud
    • Fraudsters can’t beat pictureID – without a costume
    • Better customer service & compliance
Why it’s great: pictureID is the only 100% accurate identity proofing solution and it provides added security by producing a picture of the true ID owner.
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Finovera is reinventing how people manage their bills, accounts and financial documents at home. It is a perfect complement to Online Banking and Bill Pay service.
Features:
    • Automatic delivery of all Bills in one file cabinet
    • Alerts when a bill is unusually high
    • Organize your life in under 10 minutes
Why it’s great: Now households can go paperless and manage all their bills and financial documents in one secure place from anywhere.
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Kofax enables customer acquisition directly from the mobile device and recognizing the importance of consumer engagement, Kofax will demonstrate on-boarding for an impactful customer experience.
Features:
    • Meet and service customers via mobile channel 
    • Reduce operating costs and minimize drop-off rates
    • Increase growth and profits
Why it’s great: Kofax Customer Onboarding improves the agility and profitability of your bank’s customer on boarding processes by engaging customers via mobile devices.

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LendUp is the creator of the LendUp Ladder, an innovative program that uses small dollar loans to provide a path out of the payday lending debt trap and help borrowers build credit.
Features:
    • LendUp Ladder: Rehabilitate Declined Credit Applications
    • LendUp Education Program
    • Gamification Credit Building
Why it’s great: The LendUp Ladder helps create better credit customers
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NICE Mobile Reach complements mobile banking to redefine mobile customer service. Capitalize on mobile opportunities: engage, connect, Collaborate!
Features:
    • Intelligently engage customers
    • Seamlessly transition to the right channel with context
    • Effectively collaborate for resolution
Why it’s great: The ultimate mobile customer experience: ensuring every customer need is resolved, even when mobile self-service is not enough!

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Trusted Knight’s Protector software defeats key-logging and web-inject (MITB) attacks against employee and customer devices so that online transactions are safe from malware.
Features:
    • Quick and easy customer install — no impacts/issues.
    • Effective against even zero-day exploits.
    • 70% customer opt-in rate in
Why it’s great: Allows business to safely interact with malware-infected devices.
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Zooz is the people-first payment platform that will boost your conversion.
Features:
    • Optimized native checkout for m-commerce apps 
    • One tap payment across different apps
    • Multiple payment methods in one SDK
Why it’s great: Payments are for people and we’re here to give the human touch. When your users feel happy and secure they’re more likely to make it to the “Thank You” page.
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For more information on attending, see our FAQ. To register, visit our FinovateSpring page here.

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What’s New in the FinovateSpring 2013 Mobile App?

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: FinovateSpring 2013

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We’ve updated our mobile app just in time for FinovateSpring. If you haven’t downloaded it already, use the links below or search Finovate in the Apple App Store or Google Play Store. It’s available for free on iPhone, iPad, and Android devices.

Before the show, attendees and followers of FinovateSpring 2013 have access to:

    • Agenda
    • Presenting companies previews
    • Ability to manage your Finovate schedule with calendar integration

On the first day of the event, the app will update to unveil the complete details of all 72 new products. Use the app to:

    • Contact presenters by email or phone using the integrated contact feature
    • Take notes on each company
    • Save your personal rating for each company
    • Bookmark presenters for quick reference
    • Search within the app

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Lending Club Lands $125 Million Investment from Google and Foundation Capital, Is Now Valued at $1.6 Billion

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Lending Club

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Google and Foundation Capital made a $125 million investment in online P2P lending platform, Lending Club at a valuation of $1.6 billion. Google executive David Lawee now sits as an observer on the Lending Club board.

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The $125 million was used entirely to buy out existing investors, who sold 15% to 20% of their shares. No net new funds were added.

Lending Club CEO Renaud Laplanche confirmed that Lending Club is readying for an IPO in 2014.

Lending Club demoed at Finovate three times, most recently at Finovate Startup 2009. Check out Finovate’s 2012 CEO interview with Laplanche here.

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miiCard Partners with Bitcoin Exchange Platform, Tradehill

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

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Yesterday, online identity verification service miiCard announced a partnership with Tradehill, the first U.S.-based Bitcoin exchange platform.

Through the partnership, Tradehill is using miiCard’s identity-as-a-service platform to verify users’ identities online, which helps it comply with AML and KYC compliance standards.

Tradehill has already integrated, tested and deployed miiCard for its first product Prime.The whole process took fewer than 3 days.

To learn more about miiCard, watch its FinovateEurope 2012 demo.

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Finovate Alumni News– May 3, 2013

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Bazaarvoice, CoverHound, Dwolla, Entrepreneurial Finance Lab, HelloWallet, Innovation Agency, Pageonce, Realty Mogul, TipRanks
  • Newfination hosts Coverhound CEO Basil Enan who talks about its online insurance service.
  • ProgrammableWeb interviews Michael Sconfield, Developer Evangelist of Dwolla API.
  • Caribbean360 reports that the Inter-American Development Bank is testing Entrepreneurial Finance Lab’s psychometric method of testing creditworthiness.
  • Fort Mill Times takes a look at TipRanks. See them demo at FinovateSpring in San Francisco.
  • Bazaarvoice appoints former Convio Inc. CEO Gene Austin as president.
  • PayMobl reviews Pageonce mobile bill payment app.
  • Innovation Agency launches new features for Innovation Café to make it easier to manage and keep users up to date
  • Realty Mogul wins top honors at Founder Showcase pitch competition.
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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Dwolla Receives $16.5 Million in Series C Funding, Its Biggest Investment Yet

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

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Yesterday, payment network Dwolla announced it received its largest investment so far, $16.5 million in funding.

This Series C round was led by Andreessen Horowitz who’s Partner, Scott Weiss, has joined Dwolla’s board. 

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Additional investors include:

    • Village Ventures
    • Thrive Capital
    • Union Square Ventures

The new installment brings Dwolla’s total funding to just under $23 million. The Iowa-based startup plans to use the new round to grow business development to larger customers.

Four previous rounds include:

    • Angel, November 2009: $250k
    • Grant, March 2010: $55k
    • Series A November 2010: $1 million
    • Series B February 2012: $5 million

In its coverage, TechCrunch reports some of Dwolla’s recent growth figures:

    • Annual transaction processing run rate is a billion dollars
    • It has 250k account holders. This is up from 80k in early 2012.
    • It has more than 100 large customers
    • It will open its fifth office, located in San Francisco, this June

To learn more about Dwolla, check out its live demo from FinovateSpring 2012.

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Finovate Alumni News– May 1, 2013

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Dashlane, Finect, IntelliResponse, Kashoo, Locaid, OneID, Prosper, Waspit, Yodlee
  • Finovate-F-Logo.jpgNewfination interviews Waspit’s CMO, Kasey Kaplan, to discuss how the service is helping students manage their money.
  • The National Business Review looks at Yodlee’s aggregation.
  • Prosper sees best month for loan originations, reaching $20.2M in loans for April, & $500M since inception.
  • PC Mag recommends using Dashlane as a password manager.
  • StreetInsider takes a look at Finect’s public beta launch. Join them for FinovateSpring in San Francisco.
  • Directions Magazine interviews Locaid CEO Rip Gerber on geofencing. See Locaid demo at FinovateSpring in May.
  • IntelliResponse wins 2013 CRM Excellence Award from CUSTOMER magazine. See them demo at FinovateSpring.
  • OneID chief security officer Jim Fenton weighs in on two-factor authentication. See them demo at FinovateSpring.
  • ASTD.org puts Kashoo at the top of its list of “must-have” small business apps.
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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