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The Conversation Continues: Greg Palmer and the Finovate Podcast’s Summer Series
Greg Palmer's Finovate Podcast continues to be the source of many of fintech's most compelling conversations.
From discussions with innovation experts to deep dives with veterans of the VC world, the Finovate Podcast is a great way to learn about the trends that fintech enthusiasts are most enthusiastic about.
Here's a rundown of recent episodes you might have missed over the summer.
Find the Finovate podcast at Soundcloud and follow Greg Palmer on Twitter for the latest in programming news and updates.
Michael Butler, President and CEO, Grasshopper BankFinovate Podcast host Greg Palmer talks with Grasshopper Bank President and CEO Michael Butler on surviving and thriving as a neobank, and lessons for the broader fintech ecosystem. Episode 142.
"(Grasshopper) is a company that is focused on providing digital financial solutions to the business and innovation economy, mainly SMBs that are focused on technology and are technophiles by nature.…
FinovateFall 2022 Sneak Peek: Pidgin
A look at the companies demoing at FinovateFall in New York on September 12 and 13. Register today and save your spot.
Pidgin makes faster payments possible across different use cases – whether it’s paying a friend back for dinner, accepting payments from customers, paying employees or paying vendor invoices.
FeaturesPidgin supports:
Sending and receiving faster payments Routing payments directly from one financial institution to another Flexibility when routing payments across different networks Why it's greatPidgin allows financial institutions and their account holders to securely send and receive faster payments with lower fees.
PresenterAbhishek Veeraghanta, Head of Pidgin
Abhishek Veeraghanta is head of Pidgin and Senior Vice President at VSoft, where he is responsible for overseeing the company’s growth strategies.
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FinovateFall 2022 Sneak Peek: PayQuicker
A look at the companies demoing at FinovateFall in New York on September 12 and 13. Register today and save your spot.
The PayQuicker Payouts OS platform intelligently determines and facilitates the quickest and most cost-effective way for clients to send payouts to businesses and consumers globally.
Features Turnkey integration with single REST API that plugs into multiple banks & global payment rails Pay to 200+ countries, 40+ currencies Routing intelligence based on client's desired payout parameters Why it's greatPayouts OS is rooted in PayQuicker's time-tested technology, designed to deliver global payouts faster and with more flexibility, increasing efficiency for HR, technology and treasury teams.
PresentersCharles Rosenblatt, President
A seasoned innovator in the payments industry, Charles Rosenblatt has held executive leadership positions at major global banks and prominent FinTech organizations and is now President of PayQuicker.
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James Legan, Chief Technology Officer
With over 20 years of experience…
FinovateFall 2022 Sneak Peek: MeasureOne
A look at the companies demoing at FinovateFall in New York on September 12 and 13. Register today and save your spot.
MeasureOne is a consumer-permissioned data platform that enables businesses to request any data that lives in consumers' online accounts — including income, employment, insurance, and education.
FeaturesMeasureOne is the only one-stop-shop for consumer-permissioned data:
Access to any consumer data Automated manual verification processes (e.g. VOIE) Dramatic cost savings over The Work Number Why it's greatMeasureOne is the only domain-agnostic consumer-permissioned data platform, which means any data type that lives in a consumer's online accounts can be requested and shared for a business transaction.
PresenterYaron Oren, Chief Revenue Officer
Yaron Oren is a veteran startup leader and entrepreneur with a specialization in PaaS/API-driven businesses that disrupt legacy workflows and unlock innovation for consumers and businesses alike.
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FinovateFall 2022 Sneak Peek: Mall IQ
A look at the companies demoing at FinovateFall in New York on September 12 and 13. Register today and save your spot.
Mall IQ is a privacy-first location intelligence platform, empowering FIs to increase card and loan revenue and prevent fraud with real-time, personalized mobile engagements via proprietary location tech.
Features Generates privacy-compliant first-party data: accurate, timely, actionable & scalable Increases activation, wallet-share & retention Includes store-level accurate global coverage without hardware in 1M+ stores Why it's greatGenerate incremental revenue from current customers with precise location technology with real-time engagements before a payment or loan need to become top-of-wallet. Minimum effort needed to integrate and operate.
PresentersBatu Sat, CEO
Dr. Sat has been a business and tech leader for 20+ years. He earned his Ph.D. at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is an expert in ML/AI & Location Tech. He previously worked at Cisco and Microsoft.
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FinovateFall 2022 Sneak Peek: Gridspace
A look at the companies demoing at FinovateFall in New York on September 12 and 13. Register today and save your spot.
Gridspace is a voice technology and artificial intelligence software company. The company provides natural-sounding virtual agents and voice observability software to contact centers.
Features Performance - Gridspace runs neural networks directly on its own softswitches Security & Trust - HITRUST, HIPAA, SOC-2 & PCI Level 1 Unified platform - Human & virtual agents in one place Why it's greatGridspace is a true, full-stack provider of conversational AI – building and integrating its own enterprise-grade softswitch, conversational ASR, search engine, neural TTS, dialog systems and more.
PresentersEvan Macmillan, CEO
Before Gridspace, Macmillan co-founded Zappedy, a payments technology company that was backed by Eric Schmidt and acquired by Groupon. He has an engineering bachelor's from Stanford in Product Design.
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Adam Miller, Principal Engineer on Monophone
Prior to…
FinovateFall 2022 Sneak Peek: Bankjoy
A look at the companies demoing at FinovateFall in New York on September 12 and 13. Register today and save your spot.
Bankjoy's new Business Banking platform makes it easier for community banks and credit unions to deliver truly feature-rich digital banking technology to their business customers.
Features Use one portal for multiple business accounts Manage users & control permissions Send transfers to multiple recipients & more PresenterMichael Duncan, CEO & Co-Founder
Before founding Bankjoy, Duncan managed software development for a large credit union in Michigan, including the development of their mobile banking app.
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FinovateFall 2022 Sneak Peek: Apiture
A look at the companies demoing at FinovateFall in New York on September 12 and 13. Register today and save your spot.
Apiture's embedded banking tools allow financial institutions to embed financial services into non-bank partners’ software, extending these services to new users and giving more convenient banking options.
Why it's greatEmbedded banking enables financial institutions of any size to create new revenue streams by attracting users outside of their existing geographic footprint and cross selling in new ways.
PresentersDaniel Haisley, EVP of Innovation
Haisley leads Apiture's innovation efforts encompassing Data Intelligence and API Banking solutions. He has an extensive background in product and design management and, prior to his time at Apiture, Haisley held product leadership roles at Live Oak Bank and 1st Source Bank. He brings 10+ years of experience driving innovation in technology for financial institutions.
Haisley is a graduate of Purdue University in West…
Currencycloud and Future FinTech Labs Team Up to Launch Remittance App Tempo
Currencycloud teamed up with Future FinTech Labs (FTFT Labs) to help the New York City-based fintech launch its Tempo app.
Tempo is designed to make it easier, more secure and more effective for U.S. immigrants to send money overseas.
Acquired by Visa in 2021, Currencycloud has processed more than $100 billion in cross-border money transfers since inception in 2012.
Global payments solutions and infrastructure company Currencycloud has partnered with Future FinTech Labs (FTFT Labs) to help the NYC-based fintech launch a new remittance solution for U.S.-based immigrants. The new offering, an app called Tempo, will help immigrants living in the U.S. send money securely to North America, Italy, Spain, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, India, and the Philippines.
Tempo will gives FTFT Labs customers access to a multi-currency wallet that makes sending money internationally easier and more cost-effective compared to other high-fee remittance services. Tempo app users will be…
Finovate Global Latin America: Geopagos Raises $35 Million; Paystand Acquires Mexico’s Yaydoo
Active in 15 countries in Latin America, payments infrastructure provider Geopagos has secured an investment of $35 million. The equity funding round was led by Riverwood Capital and featured participation from Endeavor Catalyst. The sum represents the company's first institutional financing and will be used to fuel the development of new embedded payments solutions and help the firm expand throughout Latin America.
Geopagos provides financial institutions, fintechs, retailers, software companies and other organizations with end-to-end digital solutions to help them launch or grow their payment acceptance businesses in the area. These solutions include terminals that enable mobile phones to operate as point of sale devices as well as technology that turns websites into e-commerce platforms.
With clients including Santander, BBVA, Banco Estado de Chile, and Finovate alum Fiserv, Geopagos processes more than 150 million transactions and more than $5 billion in volume a year. The Buenos Aires-based company was…
More from the Masters: A Sneak Peek at FinovateFall’s Top Keynote Speakers
Earlier this month we highlighted a handful of the Mastermind Keynotes scheduled for FinovateFall 2022 in New York, September 12 through 14.
This week, we take a look at more of the fintech entrepreneurs, analysts, and experts who will share their knowledge and insights into the fintech industry at FinovateFall next month.
Day One will feature Joe Lichtenberg, Global Head of Product and Industry Marketing for Intersystems, with his Mastermind Keynote address: How Next Generation Architectures Empower Financial Services Firms with Trusted Business Insights. Lichtenberg's morning presentation will introduce a new architectural approach that is providing business decision makers with a consolidated, accurate, and real-time view of their business.
Personetics President of the Americas Jody Bhagat will deliver a Mastermind Keynote: How Mid-Market Banks Can Find Their Sweet Spot with Digital Plus Human Interactions in the afternoon of Day One. Bhagat will discuss how mid-market banks can evolve…