FinDEVr Silicon Valley: Celebrating the Best of the Builders

FinDEVr Silicon Valley: Celebrating the Best of the Builders

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After watching two days of live presentations from fintech innovators from around the world, the attendees at FinDEVr Silicon Valley 2016 have made plain their preferences. So many presenters received enthusiastic praise for the way they are solving problems and developing tools/APIs to make payments more efficient, security more effective, and financial data more accessible. Although all companies impressed the audience, still a few emerged as clear favorites.

So without further ado, let’s take a look at them (all chosen by audience vote, except the press/analyst favorite):

Crowd favorite, day one:

  • MX for its heartfelt message on how it gets the necessary work done, both in fintech and in life

Crowd favorite, day two:

  • OCR Labs for its innovations in optical character recognition (OCR) and facial recognition (FR) technology and their application on web and mobile platforms.

Press/analyst favorite:

  • 1787fp for its mobile app that helps consumers track and manage their finances and investments.

Favorite FinDEVr alum:

  • Lleida.net for its registered email and registered electronic contract technology.

Favorite FinDEVr debut:

  • WiseBanyan for its free, independent, goal-based roboadviser designed to help investors reach their first $100,000.

Favorite established company:

  • IBM for its implementation of the Hyperledger Project and blockchain-as-a-service strategy.

Favorite startup company:

  • Alloy for its software solutions that help financial services companies conduct KYC/AML; develop risk-management strategies; and maintain continuous compliance.

We want to thank everyone who made FinDEVr Silicon Valley 2016 possible. From our presenters to our attendees to all the staff and others who participated in this year’s event, we truly could not do this without you. So give yourselves a pat on the back, raise a toast of something tasty, and mark your calendars as we take our developers conference to the Big Apple next spring for FinDEVr New York 2017, and then across the Atlantic in June for FinDEVr London 2017.

Welcome to Day 2 of FinDEVr Silicon Valley

Welcome to Day 2 of FinDEVr Silicon Valley

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We had a blast yesterday at FinDEVr Silicon Valley here in Santa Clara! We saw dozens of presentations showing off cutting edge fintech and we’re ready for more.

Today’s registration opens at 9:00 a.m. continental breakfast, so grab a coffee and prepare for the day. If still you need a ticket, day-2 tickets are available at the registration desk or online.

Both tracks of presentations begin at 10:00 a.m. Here’s today’s lineup:

Time

The Attic

The Garage

10:05 Totum Wealth OCR Labs
10:25 Aerospike PwC
10:40 Coffee Break Coffee Break
11:10 BBVA Blend
11:30 ACI Worldwide Lleida.net
11:50 Exeria Smartwave
12:05 Lunch Lunch
1:00 WiseBanyan DefenseStorm
1:20 Sindeo Tango Card
1:40 Finaeos Wisdom Design Associates
2:00 Castle ABBYY
2:15 Coffee Break Coffee Break
2:45 Wootrader BankGuard
3:05 Digital Business Art Marqeta
The final networking session with open bar and appetizers will begin after the last demo and will go until to 5:00 p.m. to give you the opportunity to grab a drink and chat with presenters at their booths.
Thanks to everyone for a great first day of FinDEVr Silicon Valley 2016. We’re looking forward to a successful second day of the event!

Finovate Alumni News

On Finovate.com

  • Welcome to Day 2 of FinDEVr Silicon Valley
  • FinDEVr Silicon Valley: Celebrating the Best of the Builders

Around the web

  • FinDEVr alum Thinking Capital launches Lucy, an AI-powered chatbot for small business borrowers.
  • Narrative Science forges strategic partnership with Deloitte to promote broader adoption of advanced NLG technology.
  • AdviceRobo launches Seedrs crowdfunding campaign as part of U.K. growth plan.
  • CME Group to deploy TickVault from TickSmith to improve access to historical data.
  • New mobile app from Azimo enables money transfers via Siri, among other enhancements.
  • FIS introduces unified mobile payments solution, BuyWay.
  • FinDEVr alum Symbiont unveils SDK for Assembly, a distributed ledger for use in institutional finance.
  • EVRY licenses G&D Convego CloudPay from Giesecke & Devrient to offer NFC, HCE mobile payments.
  • FinDEVr newcomer Smartwave announces its first banking client, Societe Generale Serbia.

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.

SecureKey Raises $20 Million in New Funding

SecureKey Raises $20 Million in New Funding

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Q. If you are Toronto-based identity and authentication specialist, SecureKey Technologies, what’s a nine-letter word for Canadian FIs commited to improving online security?

A. Investors.

SecureKey announced this week that it picked up $20.6 million ($27 million CAD) in new capital from BMO Bank of Montreal, Bank of Nova Scotia, CIBC, Desjardins, Royal Bank of Canada, and TD. The investment brings SecureKey’s total funding to $89 million and serves as growth capital to support the introduction of SecureKey’s digital identity network.

Greg Wolfond, SecureKey founder and chairman, said the support from “Canada’s largest financial institutions” would help his firm “develop and deliver a national ecosystem that puts consumers first.” Rizwan Khalfan, EVP and chief digital officer for TD, echoed this point and credited SecureKey for leading the way in making it easier for customers to manage their digital assets, as well as for the company’s willingness to work with and receive “substantial input from TD and other banks.” Khalfan added that TD was “uniquely positioned to help shape [SecureKey’s] offering” due to TD’s commitment to security and privacy.

Along with its collaborators, SecureKey anticipates launching its digital identity network in 2017. And with Wolfhound’s return as CEO, the company plans to further drive development of its SecureKey Concierge service, as well. “We want to help put the consumer back in the middle and let them take control of their digital assets, to share what they want, with whom they want, and always with informed consent,” Wolfond said.

Founded in 2008, SecureKey last demoed its technology at FinovateFall 2012. A Best of Show winner from its demo at FinovateFall 2010, SecureKey announced in September that CBIC had joined its authentication service, SecureKey Concierge. In 2015, SecureKey was named to KPMG and H2 Ventures’ Fintech 100.

FinovateAsia Sneak Peek: Moneytree

FinovateAsia Sneak Peek: Moneytree

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FA2016-V1A look at the companies demoing live at FinovateAsia on 8 November 2016 in Hong Kong. Pick up your tickets today and save your spot.

Drop-in Moneytree’s mobile SDK to easily connect its MT LINK aggregation platform to third-party products and services. Once exclusive to Mizuho Bank’s Direct app, the SDK will be widely available in November.

Features:

  • Brings a powerful data-aggregation platform to everyone
  • Easily integrates with new or existing services
  • Becomes the core of a user-centric data-portability platform for consumers and business

Why it’s great
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Presenters

Mark Makdad, Head of Platform
A graduate of University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Makdad’s professional career began in Japan over a decade ago. Before co-founding Moneytree, he was the head of IT contract staffing at en world (Tokyo).
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Zach Taub, Chief of Marketing
Originally from Chicago, Taub has spent most of his 20 years in Japan engaged in sales, business development, and marketing for global companies, including adidas Group, Ogilvy & Mather and Getty Images.
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FinovateAsia Sneak Peek: Lleida.net

FinovateAsia Sneak Peek: Lleida.net

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FA2016-V1A look at the companies demoing live at FinovateAsia on 8 November 2016 in Hong Kong. Pick up your tickets today and save your spot.

Lleida.net is an electronic communications operator providing registered and certified communications as the vehicle for easy, fast, secure evidence for any electronic document.

Features:

  • Reliable evidence for e-documents (contracts, notifications…) compatible with all kinds of esignatures
  • Easy-to-use, seamless integration
  • Digitally signed certificate provided in a durable medium

Why it’s great
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Presenters

Manuel Gallo, Chief Operations Officer EMEA
Gallo studied engineering and computer science and holds an executive MBA from Babson College. He specializes in “Go-to-Market” strategies with telecomm operators and services.
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Company has extended experience supporting sales efforts of consumer-oriented digital solutions. She has boosted growth of businesses in India, South Africa and Japan.
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FinovateAsia Sneak Peek: Gradatim IT Ventures India

FinovateAsia Sneak Peek: Gradatim IT Ventures India

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FA2016-V1A look at the companies demoing live at FinovateAsia on 8 November 2016 in Hong Kong. Pick up your tickets today and save your spot.

Gradatim IT Ventures India will show its Rapid Deployment Insurance and Banking Systems: Cloud up, OnDemand, Analytics Driven. They are flexible, standard systems that manage all core processes.

Features:

  • Create dynamic consumer segmentations
  • Set up and launch products
  • Set up channels
  • Manage the entire insurance or banking life cycle

Why it’s great
Gradatim IT Ventures India will demo the Gradatim MFInsure OnDemand Insurance System, a solution that delivers rapid deployment capability to set up, launch and manage retail and mass-consumer insurance products.screen-shot-2016-10-17-at-3-46-02-pm

Presenters

Prakash Viswanathan, CEO and Founder
Prakash is a serial entrepreneur who is successful in identifying business opportunities, building companies.
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Siva Kumar, Head, Product Engineering
With a background in enterprise and cloud development and strategy, and having worked across many countries, Kumar has a passion for innovation, specifically for financial institutions.

Finovate Alumni News

On Finovate.com

  • SecureKey Raises $20 Million in New Funding

Around the web

  • Roostify teams up with Optimal Blue to improve the online experience for borrowers.
  • Partners FCU to deploy Kony Mobility Platform.
  • Forte Payment Systems to serve as the single premier gateway provider for Acryness Inc.
  • Portugal’s Banco CTT chooses FusionBanking Essence from Misys.
  • International payments provider, OFX, integrates with cloud accounting-software innovator, Xero.

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.

 

Welcome to Day 1 of FinDEVr Silicon Valley 2016

Welcome to Day 1 of FinDEVr Silicon Valley 2016

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We’re back! After taking FinDEVr on the road for a very successful inaugural New York show this spring, our fintech developers conference has returned to the Left Coast for two days of APIs, SDKs, and enough case studies, integrations, and code to choke a Python (see what I did there?). If you haven’t picked up your tickets yet, there’s still time to swing by our registration page and save your spot.

FinDEVr Silicon Valley 2016 begins Tuesday morning with registration at 9:00 a.m. and the first pair of presentations starting at 10:05 a.m. Our dual-track event continues into the afternoon, with the final pair of presentations beginning at 3:25 p.m., followed by an hour-long networking session with open bar and appetizers lasting until 4:30 p.m. For more information, check our event agenda and schedule.

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So what else do you need to know about getting your FinDEVr experience off to a great start? Here are a few last-minute details:

What? FinDEVr Silicon Valley 2016, a conference for fintech developers, CTOs, and technologists

When? Tuesday and Wednesday, 18/19 October, 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Where? Santa Clara Convention Center; 5001 Great American Parkway, Santa Clara, CA 95054

Why? Because from the blockchain and chatbot technology to artificial intelligence and machine learning, the innovations in fintech are among the most ambitious in all of technology. Not only that, but fintech innovations are built for real-world use by everyone from soccer moms and dads to corporate treasurers and data scientists.

How (to make the most of your FinDEVr experience)? Once you’ve got your ticket, the first thing to do is to let the FinDEVr world you’re coming via our event app on Bizzabo. Just download the app (iOS or Android), search for “Finovate,” and register using the same email information used when you bought your ticket. And that’s it—you’ve just joined FinDEVr’s community on Bizzabo!

In addition, you can follow all of the action in both tracks by following us @FinDEVr. This way you can check out the presentations you like most, without being afraid that you’ll miss something cool in the presentation around the corner. Please tag your tweets #FinDEVr so everyone will hear what you’ve got to say.

As always, if you’ve got questions, take a look at our FAQ or email us at siliconvalley@findevr.com for answers. We’ll see you at FinDEVr!

Alkami Brings its ORB Digital Banking Platform to Open Technology Solutions

Alkami Brings its ORB Digital Banking Platform to Open Technology Solutions

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Alkami Technology is partnering with credit-union service-organization Open Technology Solutions (OTS) to bring its ORB Digital Banking Platform to member CUs in states from Colorado to Maryland. ORB from Alkami will give credit unions a “unified platform across all devices and functional offerings” including PFM and P2P payments, billpay, retail and business financial services, mobile, and more. The platform also supports the ability of CUs to develop their own apps and product extensions, as well as add new features. Credit unions can take advantage of ORB’s integrated content-management system to conduct “one-to-one” product marketing and cross-selling.

User experience and cross-channel consistency were two aspects of Alkami’s technology that were underscored by Open Technology Solutions CEO Mike Atkins: “With Alkami’s ORB platform, our member institutions can deliver the same capabilities across different platforms while optimizing user experience.” Atkins says he believes the new solution will lead to better member engagement as well as help with prospective member acquisition.

Stephen Bohanan, founder as well as chief strategy and sales officer for Alkami Technology, praised the credit unions working with OTS for recognizing the increased consumer preference for the mobile channel in banking. Citing a Javelin report that said half the U.S. adult population used smartphones and tablets to do their banking—a 29% gain over the previous year—Bohanan said growing pressure will require FIs not only to provide a digital experience for their customers, but also a “superior” experience, as well. “We look forward to supporting this journey as their digital banking partner of choice,” he said.

Headquartered in Plano, Texas, Alkami demoed at FinovateSpring 2009 as iThryv and rebranded as Alkami a year afterward. The company has been busy this fall, forging partnerships with the largest credit union in Arizona, Desert Schools FCU, in September, and teaming up with Idaho Central Credit Union earlier this month. The company earned a spot on Fintech Forward’s “20 Companies to Watch” this fall. Alkami has 196 employees, more than 60 clients, and more than three million users. Mike Hansen is CEO.

Finovate Alumni News

On Finovate.com

  • Fintech Trending: P2P, EMV, NFC, NLP … OMG
  • Alkami Brings its ORB Digital Banking Platform to Open Technology Solutions

Around the web

  • Thomson Reuters launches Thomson Reuters Labs, Capetown, the latest addition to the firm’s global network of innovation labs.
  • Islamic Finance House upgrades to latest version of Temenos T24 core banking system.
  • Ripple says Crypto Facilities will be first derivatives-exchange to list regulated XRP futures contracts.
  • Misys to provide cloud-ready corporate banking technology to Commonwealth Bank of Australia.

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.

FinDEVr Countdown: We’re One Day Away!

FinDEVr Countdown: We’re One Day Away!

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Our developer show that’s more than a year in the making, FinDEVr Silicon Valley, is just one day away and there’s a lot to be excited about. Aside from watching dozens of companies show off the tools and code they’ve built, we’ll have plenty of networking breaks full of opportunities. We’ve added some fun twists this year; expect to make connections during a game of foosball or chat over a latte from the espresso cart or a beer from the bar. There’s still time to get in on the action, so register today and don’t miss out.

And while there will be plenty of fun, it’s the content we’re really looking forward to. Check out this word-cloud for an overview of what you can expect to see on stage over the course of the two-day event:

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Here’s a quick recap of the last-minute details:

Where

We outgrew last year’s event space, so FinDEVr will be held at the Santa Clara Convention Center (directions).

When

Registration opens at 9:00 a.m. and presentations begin at 10:00 a.m. Check out the full roster and presenter lineup to plan your schedule.

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Presenters

The presenting companies will be showing tech from a variety of fields within fintech. Check out our FinDEVr Preview blog series to see which sessions pique your interest.

Mobile app

The FinDEVr Silicon Valley mobile app is powered by Bizzabo. Download Bizzabo in the app store (Android & iOS), search FinDEVr and join the community to connect with other attendees, follow along with the agenda, read more about the presenters and vote for your favorite presentation.

Still have questions? Check out the FAQ section on our website or email siliconvalley@findevr.com.

See you at FinDEVr!