The Receivables Exchange Provides Over $1 Billion in Funding to Businesses

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The Receivables Exchange, an online platform for selling accounts receivables, announced a major milestone today. It has provided $1 billion in funding to small and mid-sized businesses since its inception:

“Since the marketplace launched, nearly 2,000 small and mid-sized businesses have signed up to sell accounts receivable on The Receivables Exchange. The largest single receivable sold to date is in the millions of dollars and the smallest is 30 cents.”

Companies using The Receivables Exchange can be found in all 50 states and span across 50 industries.

To learn more about The Receivables Exchange, watch its FinovateFall 2010 demo.

Finovate Alumni News– January 6, 2012

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  • Kony Solutions partners with Independence Blue Cross to power its mobile app.
  • Fiserv announces patent infringement lawsuit.
  • The Receivables Exchange provides over $1 billion in funding to businesses.
  • Intuit works with Visa to launch prepaid card.
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.

Kony Solutions Partners with Independence Blue Cross to Power its Mobile App

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Yesterday Kony Solutions announced it partnered with Independence Blue Cross (IBC), a Pennsylvania-based health insurance company, to power its mobile app strategy:

“IBC chose Kony for its ability to reach more than 9,000 mobile smartphones/tablets/kiosks and operating systems using its cross-platform mobile development platform, allowing IBC to develop robust mobile solutions for members, providers, and business partners regardless of what type of device they use.”

IBC selected Kony because it enabled the reach of a wider customer audience.

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

Check Point Software Technologies Works with Amazon Web Services Secure the Cloud

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Security company Check Point Software Technologies announced today that it is working with Amazon Web Services to bring security to the cloud:

“Its security gateways are now available to customers through Amazon Web Services, enabling organizations to extend their security to the cloud with a full range of protections, or Check Point software blades, such as Firewall, Intrusion Prevention, Application Control, URL Filtering and many more.” 

In a separate release, Check Point announced it won the encryption product of the year award for its Check Point Full Disk Encryption product at U.K.’s Computing Security Magazine’s 2011 Computing Security Awards.

To learn more about Check Point, watch its Finovate 2008 demo.

Finovate Alumni News– January 5, 2012

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  • American Banker describes how T8 Webware, Micronotes, and FreeMonee predicts what customers will buy.
  • Seattle’s King 5 News highlights Linkable Networks’ digital coupons.
  • TechCrunch reports Credit Karma enrolls 100,000 users for its credit monitoring service in one day.
  • Business Insider recommends using BillGuard to prevent credit and debit card fraud.
  • BetaBeat looks at what LearnVest is doing with its $19 million round of funding.
  • ReadyForZero introduces its New Year’s challenge.
  • TechCrunch reports John Donahue, Ebay CEO will serve as PayPal’s interim president since PayPal President Scott Thompson left for Yahoo.
  • ProfitStars reaches milestone of providing image & data conversions for 1,000 FIs over the past 5 years.
  • Check Point Software Technologies works with Amazon Web Services secure the cloud.
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.

Cortal Consors Announces New Version and Expansion of Hopee

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Earlier today France-based Cortal Consors announced the expansion of Hopee, its platform for an online community that exchanges recommendations, analyses, and tips on investments.

“The Community’s new version, launched this October, includes a range of new features such as theScreener, an independent risk assessing indicator for stocks.” 

The free platform has 50,000 members in France and 60,000 members in Germany and recently launched in Spain, where it was positively received.

To learn more about Cortal Consors and Hopee, watch the FinovateEurope 2011 demo.

Geezeo Signs 5 Credit Unions During the Last Week of 2011

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In the final week of 2011, financial management platform provider Geezeo announced that five credit unions signed on to provide its white-label PFM solution and engagement banking platform to their clients.

The credit unions include:

    • NavyArmy Federal Credit Union, Texas
    • Chesterfield Federal Credit Union, Virginia
    • Ascentra Credit Union, Iowa
    • Kohlr Credit Union, Wisconsin
    • Hiway Credit Union, Minnesota

To learn more about Geezeo, watch its Finovate 2007 demo.

Expensify Gives Users 10 Free Scans Per Month

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Yesterday, San Francisco-based Expensify announced that it gave the name SmartScan to the scanning system it launched in May. The startup states it has since fixed a lot of errors and has already scanned hundreds of thousands of SmartScan items.

On the Expensify blog, it also announced a couple of other changes:

  1. Users now receive 10 free SmartScans per month, instead of the one-time installment of 10 free scans.
  2. All receipts scanned in excess of the 10 free monthly receipt scans will be charged at the end of the month instead of before.

Other than those changes, the platform and price remain the same. To learn more about Expensify’s pricing structure, check out my post from last November.

To learn more about Expensify, watch its FinovateSpring 2011 demo.

Finovate Alumni News– January 4, 2012

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  • Forbes recommends Budgetpulse, Mint.com, Buxfer, and Yodlee as PFMs to help keep track of your money.
  • Fox News advocates ReadyForZero to help pay down debt.
  • Prosper launches Kindle Fire sweepstakes.
  • Fast Company breaks down how ReadyForZero works.
  • Tamebay shares how miiCard is helping to increase trust online.
  • P2P Lending News reports that Prosper and Lending Club facilitated $40 million in loans in December.
  • Expensify gives users 10 free scans per month.
  • Geezeo signs 5 credit unions during the last week of 2011.
  • Cortal Consors announces new version and expansion of Hopee.
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.

Lending Club Removes Service Fee on Large Loans

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Last week Lending Club announced that, for a limited time, it will forgo the 1% lender service fee on loans in excess of $20,000 for the entire life of the loan. 

P2P Lending News reports:

“Lending Club is likely dropping its service fee on a test basis to increase investor demand in larger notes. Because borrowers with larger loan sizes have much larger payments, investors tend to see them as riskier investment options.”

Lending Club has not yet disclosed how long the fee waiver will last.

To learn more about Lending Club, watch its FinovateStartup09 demo.

The Receivables Exchange Announces Strategic Alliance with Insperity Investment

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Last week, The Receivables Exchange announced a strategic alliance with Insperity Investment, a human resources and business performance solutions company.

“This venture will enable The Receivables Exchange’s working capital solution to be offered to small and medium-sized U.S. businesses, including more than 100,000 businesses supported by Insperity.”

In addition, Insperity invested capital in The Receivables Exchange. The amount of capital and terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

To learn more about the Receivables Exchange, watch its FinovateFall 2010 demo.

Credit Karma Launches Free Credit Monitoring Service

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Today, Credit Karma launched a free credit monitoring service for all U.S. consumers. The service will monitor a consumer’s credit file on a daily basis and notify them of significant changes.

Here’s how it works:

    • The consumer visits CreditKarma.com and begins the free, two-minute registration process.
    • Every day, Credit Karma monitors the consumer’s credit report.
    • After a new credit inquiry, missed payment, or improved payment status hits the consumer’s credit file, Credit Karma alerts the consumer via email.

Credit Karma is the first company to provide this service for free and existing Credit Karma members need only to opt-in to take advantage of the service.

To learn more about Credit Karma, watch its FinovateStartup09 demo.