“Grip presents users with a consolidated view of their finances, including a dashboard of available cash and credit, across all aggregated accounts. It also mines aggregated transaction data for possible bank cross-sell opportunities.”
Author: Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz)
Expensify Develops Two New Features
Earlier this week, Expensify rolled out two new developments. One of these developments, called the Odometer Reading, helps users more efficiently record vehicle miles travelled:
“Now you can enter your start odometer reading before you go on a trip, save that value, and then after you get there, enter the end odometer reading, and we’ll calculatethe distance and add that mileage expense.”
Finovate Alumni News– October 14, 2011
- AlphaClone launches “Alternative Alpha” index.
- Forbes discusses Cardlytics and Offermatic’s approach & how they rival GroupOn.
- Smart Money Mag details how FeeFighters can help cut costs in small businesses.
- Jack Henry ProfitStars announces availability of the Gladiator NetTeller Enterprise Security Monitoring solution.
- MyCyberTwin launches DIY Intelligent Virtual Agents.
- Tyfone Introduces iCashe Mobile Wallet That Combines Mobile Banking With Digital Commerce.
- UseMyServices partners with SafetyPay for mutual network expansion.
- NYConvergence reports BankSimple prepares for its New York debut.
- Business Insider recommends using BillGuard and Mint.com.
- 24/7 Wall St looks at the P2P opportunity that Prosper brings.
- McGuireWoods consulting is lobbying to Congress for the use of Dynamics smart cards.
- Business Insider mentions Xero as a “great Web-based accounting tool.”
BancVue Cracks the American Banker FinTech 100
The FinTech 100, a list of the top revenue-grossing fintech firms, was announced Wednesday at BAI Retail Delivery.
PayPal Announces New Deals with BancVue, mFoundry, USAA, & More
This morning at the BAI Retail Delivery conference, I met with Dan Schatt from PayPal to get the inside scoop on its financial innovations. Here’s what I found out:
1) It is introducing P2P payment capability with financial institutions. It is now live with USAA and will soon be developed for BancVue’s network of nearly 1300 community banks.
2) It has reached an agreement with mFoundry to bring mobile solutions that bring a native app experience to customers located all over the globe.
3) It has teamed with NCR and S1 to allow customers to send real-time P2P payments directly from ATMs to another individual with a PayPal account.
4) It is partnering with MeridianLink to allow new bank customers to fund their online bank accounts by transferring funds directly from their PayPal account.5) It has formed a relationship with ezRez Software that, starting next year, will allow consumers to use rewards points and travel miles as a “fluid currency” and deposit that money into their PayPal account. United Airlines customers will be the first to have access to this service through the MileagePlus program.
PayPal will be publishing the details about these exciting developments tomorrow, Thursday, October 13, and I will link to it here.
Finovate Alumni News– October 11, 2011
- Hastings Mutual Insurance Company selects Identity Theft 911 to offer Security Breach Response Coverage.
- Andera acquires oFlows to “deliver the whole enchilada.”
- mFoundry opens office in San Francisco.
- Backbase announces Netherlands insurance co-op Univé, has chosen Backbase software.
- USA Today lists TradeKing as an option to help beginner investors.
- Clairmail enhances adoption-services program with new benchmarking service.
- Mitek Systems announces Mobile Deposit 3.0.
- Q2ebanking enhances mobile banking solution, supports clients’ mobile strategies.
Andera Acquires oFlows to “Deliver the Whole Enchilada”
This morning, customer acquisition company Andera announced that it has acquired San Francisco-based oFlows to deliver a paperless experience to online bank customers signing up for new products or services:
“The combination of Andera and oFlows technology and services will provide the first truly integrated acquisition and origination platform for all products across all channels–branch, call center, online, and mobile. You couldn’t ask for a better match”
The deal, which closed October 5, will combine the two companies. Andera will retain its branding and take on the oFlows brand as a product or platform name.
Finovate Alumni News– October 10, 2011
- NY Times reports how BancVue works with community FIs to offer checking accounts.
- Prosper looks at its growth and returns over time.
- Cnet reviews the BankOns iPhone app.
- CTV News recommends Wall Street Survivor as a learning tool.
- BizNews looks at how Kabbage provides capital to online businesses.
- SF Gate reports how PayNearMe makes paying bills easy for the underbanked.
- CU Insight reports GCS Federal Credit Union signs with Geezeo.
- Payments Journal examines CashStar’s plan for a mobile app.
Finovate Alumni at BAI Retail Delivery Conference
- Tuesday, Global Game-Changer Session
Speaker: Jim Taschetta from FreeMonee
- Wednesday, Technology for Business Summit
Speaker: Mitch Jacobs from On Deck Capital
- Wednesday, Technology for Business Summit Session
Speaker: David Eads from Kony Solutions
- Thursday, Technology for Business Summit Session
Speaker: Eric Connors from Yodlee
- Thursday, Marketing & Product Management Summit Session
Speaker: Rod Witmond from Cardlytics
- ACI Worldwide
- Adobe
- Arroweye Solutions
- CashEdge
- Clairmail
- Dynamics
- Equifax
- Experian Consumer Direct
- FIS
- Fiserv
- Guardian Analytics
- Ideon Financial Services
- Kony Solutions
- Lodo Software
- MasterCard Worldwide
- mFoundry
- MITEK Systems
- oFlows
- On Deck Capital
- PayPal
- ProfitStars
- Q2eBanking
- Safety Pay
- Truaxis (formerly BillShrink)
- Visa
- Yodlee
- David Youker from Sybase 365
- Carl Tsukahara from Clairmail
- Drew Hyatt from Mitek Systems
- Jeff Mullen from Dynamics
- Matthew Lifshotz & Inigo San Martin from Ideon Financial Solutions
Finovate Alumni News– October 7, 2011
- Mountain West Capital Network names Lendio fastest-growing company in Utah.
- Business Insider recommends signing up for BillGuard if you’re a victim of ID theft.
- Firmology profiles Samurai by FeeFighters.
- Truaxis wins the Innotribe Start-Up Challenge for StatementRewards Platform.
- Kony names Sriram Ramanthan as Chief Technology Officer.
- The Examiner advises using Credit Karma’s Credit Simulator and reading LearnVest’s blog to keep aware of money matters.
- Dave Enjoys’ blog highlights features of BankSimple.
- Credit Karma’s CEO Ken Lin reports What Banks and Lenders Know About You From Social Media on Mashable.
- KAPITALL launches interactive news site KAPITALL WIRE.
KAPITALL Launches Interactive News Site KAPITALL WIRE
“KAPITALL WIRE features timely, in-depth analysis of individual and screened groups of companies, and is enhanced by KAPITALL’s interactive tools, which are embedded in each article. KAPITALL WIRE crunches the numbers so investors don’t have to do the heavy lifting themselves.”
In addition to the articles, it also has sections on investment ideas and investing 101.
Credit Karma’s New Feature Graphically Compares Credit Card Clientele
Using data collected from 5+ million credit cards it tracks, Credit Karma recently released a new feature called Credit Card Statistics. It can be used by consumers, or banks, to compare the customer attributes of various cards or card issuers.
- Credit-score distribution (see example below)
- Average credit-limit distribution
- Average balance distribution
- Credit limit-utilized distribution
- Age-of-cardholder distribution
It also provides a Yelp-like platform where clients can write and read reviews about the credit card.