Finovate Alumni News– February 20, 2013

  • Finovate-F-Logo.jpgVoiceTrust and Finantix partner to provide voice-driven, secure mobile solutions.
  • Upstart Business Journal reports ShopKeep and LevelUp partner to keep up with the competition.
  • FamZoo introduces Family Pack of prepaid cards through partnership with TransCard.
  • Monitise collaborates with Blackberry & Permatabank to launch mobile payments service on Blackberry Messenger in Indonesia.
  • Lend Academy features Interview with New Prosper CEO Stephan Vermut.
  • SafetyPay partners with Computop to offer SafetyPay as part of its Paygate payment platform.
  • EnStream to enable the support of SecureKey’s authentication, identity & online payment solutions on mobile phones in Canada.
  • Virtual Piggy & WorldPay integrate to deliver youth payment solution internationally.
  • Luminous partners with Nihilent Technologies to sell Luminous’ solutions in India.
  • Tuition.io featured in this week’s Venture Capital program.
  • Mortgagebot expands space in Mequon with lease for new building.
  • PayPal to stop personal payments in Singapore on February 20 due to regulatory instructions.
  • iMore.com interviews Kashoo CEO Jim Secord at MacWorld|iWorld 2013.
  • TSYS announces acquisition of NetSpend in deal worth more than $1 billion.
  • ProfitStars announces year-over-year growth in P2P users, payments for its iPay Solutions service.
  • Metaforic’s product line now available for mobile apps written in Objective-C, the most commonly used language on iOS platform.
  • Delaware Online hails eDeposit as a boon for small businesses.
  • ACI Worldwide launches ACI Proactive Risk Manager to help FIs detect payment fraud.
  • Bazaarvoice builds new research and development unit, Bazaarvoice Media Labs.
  • Jack Henry & Associates add remote deposit capture to Android and iPhone versions of goDough app.
  • Opencart announces full integration of Klarna invoice and partial payment system.
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.

On Deck Brings in $42 Million Series D Financing

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Last week small businesses borrowing solutions company, On Deck Capital, announced that it has secured $42 million in funding.

On Deck’s Series D financing round was led by a new investor, Institutional Venture Partners. Existing investors also participated:

    • RRE Ventures
    • SAP Ventures
    • First Round Capital 

This recent round brings the company’s total funding to $96 million.

The New York-based company also released some stats:

    • Deployed $400 million in loans to date
    • Tripled its distribution partners to 1,500 nationwide
    • From 2008 to 2011, the company saw 12X revenue growth

In conjunction with this financing, Sandy Miller, IVP General Partner will join On Deck’s board of directors.

On Deck Capital demoed at FinovateSpring 2012.

Virtual Piggy Lets Kids Under 18 Safely Spend Money Online

This post is a part of our live coverage of FinovateEurope 2013.

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Wrapping up FinovateEurope 2013, Virtual Piggy demonstrated how kids can use its online payment platform to safely make online purchases:
“Virtual Piggy is the first e-commerce solution that enables kids to manage and spend money within a parent-controlled environment. 
The technology delivers online security platforms designed for the under-18 age group in the global online market, and also enables online businesses the ability to function in a manner consistent with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and similar international children’s privacy laws. Virtual Piggy enables the U-18 audience to play, transact and socialize in a secure online environment guided by parental permission, oversight and control.”
Product Launch: March 2012
HQ: Hermosa Beach, CA, USA
Founded: February 2008
Metrics: Public Company (OTC:VPIG)
Twitter: @followpiggy
Presenting Dr. Jo Webber (CEO & Founder) and Pradeep Ittycheria (CTO & Co-Founder)
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Finantix Debuts Banking Assistant, a Smart Banker in Your Pocket

This post is a part of our live coverage of FinovateEurope 2013.

Next, Finantix showcased Banking Assistant:

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“Banking Assistant is a smart banker in your pocket. It runs on mobile phones and tablets, and can understand commands and questions in natural language, written or spoken.
The app allows a bank’s customer to access intelligent information, launch transactions and receive useful advice in the most intuitive and effective way.
Banks can easily integrate the underlying engine in their existing apps and systems.
Banking Assistant is part of Finantix Sharp, a multi-channel platform for digital banking that introduces a fresh and engaging approach to customer interactions.”
Product Launch: February, 2013
HQ: Venice, Italy
Founded: January 1994
Website: finantix.com
Twitter: @finantix
Presenting Alessandro Tonchia (Founder & Director)
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ITSector’s SmartBank TV Offers a Different Way to Access Your Financial Services and Information

This post is a part of our live coverage of FinovateEurope 2013.
Then, ITSector (Sistemas de Informação) 

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launched SmartBank TV:

“SmartBank TV is a product that offers financial services based on the Google TV platform. It is intended to use the global widespread of sales in smart TVs. 

The solution offers a channel for bank customers to access financial services from their TV. The solution offers a different way to receive notifications from their financial provider on the TV, and to access financial services, such as account balance, movements, credit cards and services payments from the TV. It provides a new sales channel for the financial institution with easy process of sale.”

Product Launched: February 2013
HQ: Porto, Portugal with offices in Lisbon (Portugal), Luanda (Angola) and Maputo (Mozambique)
Founded: April 2005
Metrics: €9M in 2012 revenues, 200 employees in 2012
Website: itsector.pt
Presenting João Lima Pinto (Director) and Ricardo Osorio (Senior Software Developer)
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Metaforic’s New Solution Protects Mobile Apps from Unauthorized Changes in Code

This post is a part of our live coverage of FinovateEurope 2013.

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Then, Metaforic showcased its security technology that protects mobile apps from unauthorized code changes:

“We have a product that protects mobile applications from unauthorized changes and subversion of the existing code. In effect, by using our solution, the financial institution has control over what the application does if it is compromised. It can quit, display a message, send a silent security alert to bank servers or any other behavior the developer cares to define. 

Critically, for financial institutions that have a lot of mobile developments underway, it can be integrated with existing developments at the end of the software development lifecycle, and it is an automatic process not requiring significant developer time or security expertise.”
Product Launch: FinovateEurope 2013
HQ: Glasgow, Scotland
Founded: 2006
Metrics: Metaforic is a 35-person company that has raised over $12M, primarily from VC groups such as SEP, Pentech and the Scottish Government.
Website: metaforic.com
Twitter: @MetaforicLtd
Presenting Douglas Kinloch (VP Business Development) and Ewan Dennis (Sr. Engineer)
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Kalypton Launches Tereon Payment System

This post is a part of our live coverage of FinovateEurope 2013.

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Then, Kalypton debuted its Tereon payment system:
“Tereon was developed for, and proven at scale by, an African bank. 
Tereon is a complete payment ecosystem that can use EMV, operate a closed loop, or support interoperability. It provides flexible instruction processing, and can use existing core systems and settlement processes, for a secure, end-to-end, business process.
It provides payment service providers with a powerful toolkit for rapid innovation to create stream-of-payment services.
All Tereon services meet stringent standards for regulatory compliance and security. We will demonstrate a four-party deployment, supporting payments from phone to phone, phone to card terminal, card to terminal and online.”

Product Launch: February 2013
HQ: London, UK
Founded: 2006
Metrics: Self-funded to date. Still small with <10 staff
Website: kalypton.com
Presenting Lars Davies (CEO) and Alun Thomas (Head of Business Development)
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eyeOpen Debuts Digital Mortgage Advisor

This post is a part of our live coverage of FinovateEurope 2013.

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Afterwards, eyeOpen launched its Digital Mortgage Advisor:

“eyeOpen launches world’s first digital mortgage advisor. In an age when banks and insurers strive for consumers’ trust, digital leadership and true customer centricity are the weapons of this service. 

The personal advice algorithms are ‘the crème de la crème’ of personal mortgage advice. eyeOpen offers its service as a SaaS-solution to banks, insurers and advisor companies in Europe and the United States. The benefit: extreme cost reductions, smarter targeting and incredible NPS-improvements.”

Product Launch: February 11, 2013
HQ: Amsterdam, The Netherlands & San Francisco, CA, USA
Founded: December 24, 2009
Metrics: eyeOpen raised €10M funding to scale up its European activities. The company serves the European markets from its Amsterdam office with 35 employees. eyeOpen serves the U.S. market from its San Francisco office. The website eyeOpen.nl is the Netherlands’ leading independent financial portal serving over 1M customers last year. On the B2B side the company licenses its technology platforms on digital advise, ratings, reviews and budgeting apps.
Website: eyeOpen.nl
Presenting Diederick van Thiel (CEO) and Rosali Waleson (CCO)
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ERN Launches Looop, a Transaction Analytics Engine

This post is a part of our live coverage of FinovateEurope 2013.

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ERN took the stage next to launch Looop, a platform that uses big data technology to leverage transactional data to send customers targeted offers:
“Looop is a unique, big data technology platform that brings together card payment and merchant data in real time to create value from every single transaction.
It provides transactional payment data analytics, insights, integrated and intelligent mCoupons, eReceipts and campaign management and tracking. All delivered through a smart phone app and cloud-based solution, to ensure rapid and secure global deployment across multiple jurisdictions.”
Product Launch: February 2013
HQ: London, UK
Founded: August 2011
Metrics: Funded by private high net worth individuals from the sector. 12 employees.
Website: ernglobal.com
Twitter: @ernltd
Presenting Dan Brassington (CEO), Andrew Rush (Head of Global Sales), and Anant Patel (Head of UK Sales)
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Holvi’s Online Banking Service Connects Retail Customers with Banking Product Providers

This post is a part of our live coverage of FinovateEurope 2013.

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Next, Holvi demonstrated how users can take advantage of its partner ecosystem:

“Holvi connects retail customers and providers of banking and payments products in a seamless ecosystem. Holvi partners have created current accounts, among other uses, for election candidates to run their campaigns (Kokoomus, largest political party in Finland), entrepreneurship education (local chapter of Junior Achievement), and crowdfunding for cultural projects (Mesenaatti.me). 

Holvi online banking service is easy to tailor for specific verticals, by partners or the customers themselves. For providers of banking and payments products Holvi offers access to the long tail of retail customers.”
Product Launch: September 2012
HQ: Helsinki, Finland
Founded: 2011
Website: holvi.com
Twitter: @Holvi

Presenting Kristoffer Lawson (Co-Founder)
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Luminous’ BankFiling Helps FIs Increase Business Lending

This post is a part of our live coverage of FinovateEurope 2013.

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Afterwards, Luminous launched its loan origination solution:

BankFiling loan origination solution enables financial institutions to increase lending to business banking customers, while reducing risk.”

Product Launch: February 2013
HQ: Johannesburg, South Africa
Founded: 2009
Metrics: Luminous was the first to release a ground breaking solution to deliver in-depth, financial management reports for both the banks and their customers.
Twitter: @luminousbanking
Presenting Andrew Teversham (CTO) and Andrew Buchanan (Global Head of Sales)
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Meniga’s New PFM Module Helps Users Decide if They Can Afford Certain Purchases

This post is a part of our live coverage of FinovateEurope 2013.

Thumbnail image for MenigaLogo.jpgWrapping up the first session this morning, Meniga demonstrated its platform that helps users make smart purchasing decisions:

To buy or Not to buy is a white-label module for mobile banking applications, that uses PFM functionality to empower and influence consumers at the point of sale or when considering buying something. 
It allows users to check if they can afford what they are about to purchase or see how much closer to their savings goals they would get if they save the money and use it to feed their goal instead.
One unique aspect of this innovation is allowing users to leverage their social networks and direct messages to crowd-source the decision and instantly collect feedback before making the purchase. This fun and simple feature uses gamification to engage users and their network of friends.”
Product Launch: December 2009
HQ: Stockholm, Sweden
Founded: 2009
Metrics: $1.3M raised, 35 employees, cash-flow positive. European market leaders in white-label PFM solutions for retail banks with 10 implementations and with retail banks in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Germany, Poland, S. Africa, Russia and Iceland.
Website: meniga.com
Twitter: @meniga
Presenting Georg Ludviksson (CEO & Co-Founder) and Einar Gustafsson (VP Product Management)
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