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Finovate Alumni News– September 6, 2012

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Categories: CREALOGIX, Kashoo, Stocktwits, Yodlee, ZipZap
  • Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Finovate-F-Logo.jpgWilliamPaid.com partners with ZipZap to give tenants the option to pay rent with cash.
  • Crealogix ships two-factor mobile authentication device.
  • Business Insider lists Kashoo as a cloud accounting application that provides a new way to streamline financial operations.
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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Finovate Alumni News– September 5, 2012

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Acculynk, Actiance, Blackhawk Network, Cachet Financial Solutions, InComm, Lending Club, MoneyDesktop, MOOTWIN, Personal Capital, SaveUp, SecureKey, Tradeshift
  • Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Finovate-F-Logo.jpgJP Nicols, CEO of Clientific advisory firm, mentions Personal Capital, MoneyDesktop, and Actiance as 3 companies to watch at FinovateFall.
  • Former E*TRADE General Counsel joins Lending Club as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer.
  • SecureKey teams up with Dell for private cloud expansion.
  • Safeway announces preparations for Blackhawk IPO. Come check out Blackhawk at FinovateFall.
  • Acculynk announces acquisition of PayLeap Gateway & Merchant Services.
  • Mootwin partners with Progress to build mobile apps.
  • Sacramento’s Fox40 interviews Priya Haji, SaveUp CEO.
  • South Metro FCU offers members mobile deposits through Cachet Financial Services. Come see Cachet at FinovateFall.
  • InComm announces minority investment by Warburg Pincus.
  • Tradeshift selected by UK-based strategic outsourcing & energy corp to implement e-invoicing solution.
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 Demo Themes and Company Locations

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: FinovateFall 2012

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Next week, 64 companies travel to FinovateFall in New York to demo their cutting-edge financial technology. The map below shows the geographic distribution of each company’s headquarters (click to enlarge).

In the U.S., 50 companies represent 18 states, while internationally, 14 companies will be coming in from nine different countries.

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While the companies have been busy preparing their 7-minute demos, we took some time to analyze what they’ll be showing the audience. Here’s a look at the themes of the technology that will be demonstrated on stage at FinovateFall next week.

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Interested in seeing these themes and more demonstrated live? Get your ticket to FinovateFall 2012 and we’ll see you in New York.

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Finovate Alumni News– September 4, 2012

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Fenergo, Fidor Bank, Geezeo, Guardian Analytics, Leadfusion, LearnVest, Lending Club, mFoundry, Monitise, Prosper, Q2ebanking
  • Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Finovate-F-Logo.jpgFenergo launches new online FATCA Self-Certification Tool for W-8 and W-9 form collection.
  • ABABanking Journal profiles Guardian Analytics.
  • Geezeo signs Commonwealth and General.
  • Bank of China (Hong Kong) and Monitise form partnership.
  • Visible Banking interviews Matthias Kroener, Fidor Founder and CEO.
  • Social Lending Network reports: Lending Club cracks $70 mil, Prosper has a down month.
  • North Bay Business Journal lists mFoundry and Monitise as fast growing tech companies in 2012.
  • American Banker reports Pacific Continental switches to Q2ebanking as business app provider.
  • Tykoon and LearnVest host contest to help families get money smart.
  • Leadfusion extends aid to financial institutions struggling to respond to the latest serious Java security threat.
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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On Deck Lands $100 Million

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: On Deck Capital

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On Deck Capital, a company making it easier for small businesses to get loans, announced today it raised almost $100 million.

Investors include:

    • Goldman Sachs 
    • Fortress Credit
    • SF Capital
    • Lighthouse Capital Partners

The funding will be used to make more loans, since demand has been increasing as of late. TechCrunch reports:

“On Deck has doled out $275 million in capital to SMBs and expects to cross $300 million early next month. What’s more, loan originations have increased by 50 percent in just the last four months.”

To learn more about On Deck, watch its FinovateSpring 2012 demo.

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Finovate Alumni News– August 31, 2012

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Dwolla, On Deck Capital, Ping Identity, SimpleTuition, SoMoLend, Xero
  • Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Finovate-F-Logo.jpgReadWriteWeb seeks advice from Candace Klein, SoMoLend CEO, on winning startup competitions.
  • Dwolla wins Startup of the Year, CEO Ben Milne wins Startup Exec of the Year in Silicon Prairie Awards.
  • Xero Touch wins a Mobie Award at the 2012 Australian Mobile Awards.
  • PC World interviews Ping Identity CTO, Patrick Harding.
  • SimpleTuition lands $5 million from Horizon Technology Finance Corp.
  • On Deck lands $100 mil.
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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Mint.com Surpasses 10 Million Registered Users, May be Planning Debit Card

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Mint.com

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Mint.com, who had the industry debut of its PFM at the first Finovate conference in 2007, announced yesterday that it has surpassed 10 million registered users. It also released some growth figures:

    • Tracks over $80 billion in credit and debit transactions
    • Tracks almost $1 trillion in loans and assets
    • After being acquired by Intuit in 2009, the number of banks it integrates with has increased from around 8,000 to 15,000
    • 70% of users access Mint using a mobile device

In unrelated news, TechCrunch discovered the code today for an advertisement of a Mint-branded debit card. The yet-to-be-announced card appears to be in direct competition with Simple, who just debuted a spending reports feature yesterday.

To learn more about Simple, watch its FinovateFall 2011 demo.

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Seven Finovate Alum Selected as Innotribe Semi-finalists

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: DemystData, LendStreet, MiiCard, PlayMoolah, Tagit, The Currency Cloud, ValidSoft

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Each year, SWIFT’s Innotribe holds a Startup Challenge to determine the most promising startups poised to transform the financial services industry.

The winners, selected by the Innotribe community, will present their technology in front of top financial institutions. Six Finovate alums were chosen as semi-finalists and one was chosen as a finalist.

The 2012 list of selected companies includes two categories, growth-stage and early-stage:

Growth-stage

Vote for two growth-stage semi-finalists you think should present at Sibos here.

Early-stage:

Vote for seven early-stage semi-finalists you think should present at Sibos here.

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DemystData Locks in Series A Funding

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Categories: DemystData

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DemystData, a company that helps FIs tap into the power of data, announced a Series A investment today.

The investment, lead by Accion and Arbor Partners Asia, was for an undisclosed amount. The New York-based company plans to use the new funding to grow its team of engineers and data scientists to support a rising global demand.

Along with this release, it announced that Melissa Guzy from Arbor and Paul Breloff from Accion will join its board.

To learn more about DemystData, watch its FinovateFall 2011 demo.

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Finovate Alumni News– August 30, 2012

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Cardlytics, DemystData, Expensify, mFoundry, TIO Networks
  • Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Finovate-F-Logo.jpgCU Journal reports Minnesota’s Postal CU unveils mFoundry’s M-Banking.
  • Payments News reports Cardlytics’ System Uses ‘Big Data’ to Deliver Targeted Rewards.
  • TIO Networks launches TIO Connect to simplify onboarding for bill issuers and to open new markets.
  • DemystData locks in Series A funding. 
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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Who Will You Sit Next to at FinovateFall 2012?

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: FinovateFall 2012
With FinovateFall just two weeks away, we’ve been seeing a buzz of excitement on Twitter about who’s coming to New York for the conference.
Since you might want to check out who will be in the audience, we compiled a word cloud of all the titles of registered attendees.

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Additionally, here’s a small sample of some of the organizations that will be attending:
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  • A+ FCU
  • AA Credit Union 
  • ACI Worldwide
  • Acxiom Corporation
  • Adams Street
  • ADP
  • Aite Group
  • Alliance Data
  • Alliant Credit Union
  • American Airlines Federal Credit Union
  • American Banker
  • American Express
  • Andera
  • Arion Banki
  • ASB Bank
  • Ascent Venture Partners
  • Bain Capital Ventures
  • Baird Venture Partners 
  • BancVue 
  • Bank Hapoalim 
  • Bank of Queensland 
  • Bank of the West 
  • Bank Systems & Technology 
  • Barclays 
  • Barlow Research Associates 
  • Battery Ventures 
  • Baxter Credit Union 
  • BB&T 
  • BBVA 
  • Benchmark Capital 
  • Bethpage FCU 
  • Birchmere Ventures 
  • Brown Brothers Harriman 
  • Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 
  • CAP COM FCU 
  • Capital One 
  • CFSI 
  • CIBC
  • Cisco Systems
  • Citi
  • Columbia Business School 
  • CommunityAmerica 
  • Credit Union 
  • comScore, Inc. 
  • Consumer Reports 
  • Cornerstone Advisors 
  • CP FCU 
  • Credit.com 
  • CUNA Mutual Group 
  • D.A. Davidson & Co. 
  • DailyWorth.com 
  • Discover 
  • E*TRADE 
  • E&A Credit Union 
  • Ernst & Young 
  • Evangelical Christian Credit Union 
  • EverBank 
  • Evercore Partners 
  • Experian 
  • Farm Credit Financial Partners 
  • Fidelity Investments 
  • First National Bank of Omaha 
  • FIS Global 
  • Fiserv/CashEdge 
  • Flybridge Capital Partners 
  • Forrester Research 
  • Frost Bank 
  • Frumtak 
  • FTV Capital 
  • Gartner Industry Advisory Services 
  • GE Capital Retail Finance 
  • Glenbrook Partners 
  • Goldman Sachs 
  • Google 
  • GRP Partners 
  • H&R Block Canada 
  • Hartford Ventures 
  • Heartland Payment Systems 
  • Highland Capital Partners
  • Hudson Valley FCU 
  • IDC Financial Insights 
  • Intuit 
  • Iowa Credit Union League 
  • iPay Technologies 
  • Islandsbanki 
  • Jack Henry & Associates 
  • Javelin Strategy & Research 
  • JPMorgan Chase 
  • Key Bank 
  • LGFCU 
  • Liberty Mutual 
  • MassMutual 
  • MasterCard 
  • McKinsey & Company 
  • Menlo Ventures 
  • Mercator Advisory Group 
  • Mid-Atlantic Corp. FCU 
  • Mobile Payments Today 
  • MONEY Magazine 
  • Montecito Bank & Trust 
  • Morningstar 
  • Mountain America Credit Union
  • Nationwide Bank 
  • Navy Federal Credit Union 
  • Nedbank 
  • Neighbors FCU 
  • New York Life Investments 
  • New York Times 
  • Northwest FCU 
  • Norwest Venture Partner 
  • NTT DATA 
  • Ohio Valley Bank 
  • Ovum 
  • PayPal 
  • Primerica 
  • Principal Bank 
  • ProfitStars 
  • Provident Bank
  • PSCU
  • PSECU
  • QED Investors 
  • Quorum FCU 
  • Rabobank 
  • RBS Citizens, NA 
  • Redstar Ventures 
  • Rockland Trust 
  • RushCard 
  • Sberbank 
  • Scottrade 
  • Seasons FCU 
  • SEFCU 
  • Silicon Valley Bank 
  • Smart Financial Credit Union 
  • Square 1 Bank 
  • Standard Bank 
  • Sun Trust Bank 
  • Susquehanna Growth Equity 
  • TCV 
  • TD Ameritrade 
  • The Bancorp Bank 
  • The Boston Consulting Group
  • The Huffington Post 
  • Thomson Reuters 
  • Time Inc. 
  • Tribeca Venture Partners 
  • TTV Capital 
  • Tudor Growth Equity 
  • UBS Investment Bank 
  • University of Michigan CU 
  • USAA 
  • Vanguard 
  • Visa 
  • VRL Financial News 
  • Wall Street Journal 
  • Wells Fargo 
  • Western Union 
  • Yapital 
  •  Zions Bancorporation

If you’d like to be part of this audience, get your ticket now to join us at FinovateFall.

If you have any questions about the event, check out our FAQ or reach out to info@finovate.com. We’re looking forward to seeing you in New York!

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Finovate Alumni News– August 29, 2012

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: BillFloat, Compass Plus, Mint.com, Prosper, SecureKey
  • Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Finovate-F-Logo.jpgSecureKey ranked #2 in PROFIT HOT 50, the ranking of Canada’s top new growth companies.
  • TechCrunch reports: Mint.com tops 10 mil registered users, 70% use mobile.
  • Fox Business names Prosper.com & BillFloat as cutting edge bank alternatives.
  • PYMNTS News reports Compass Plus Releases White Paper on Payment Fraud. Come see its live demo at FinovateFall.
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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