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Xignite Unveils CloudStreaming to Stream Any Data to Any Device with Zero Footprint

By David Penn Posted on September 16, 2015
Categories: FinovateFall 2015, Xignite

This post is part of our live coverage of FinovateFall 2015.

Financial market data specialist, Xignite is our next presenter of the morning.

Xignite CloudStreaming is a zero-footprint streaming solution that enables implementing the next generation of innovative financial applications. Traditional streaming services require co-locations, physical servers, dedicated lines, scalable production infrastructure, and complexities around ingesting a full data-feed such as proprietary legacy protocols and replay-and-recovery logic. With Xignite CloudStreaming, you can stream to any device just the data that you want through a simple HTTP GET call.

Presenters: Stephane Dubois, CEO and founder; Anand Vidwanathan, developer

Product Launch: September 2015
Product distribution strategy: Direct to Business (B2B)

HQ: San Mateo, California
Founded: 2006
Website: xignite.com
Twitter: @xignite

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InforcePRO Debuts a Real-time Policy Review Tool for Life Insurance Distributors

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on September 16, 2015
Categories: FinovateFall 2015, InforcePRO

This post is part of our live coverage of FinovateFall 2015.

InforcePRO debuted its real-time policy review:

The real-time policy-review tool allows life insurance distributors to run policy reviews instantly. InforcePRO has legacy rate tables, contractual knowledge on legacy products, new quotes capability, and extensive analysis algorithms to identify sales and service opportunities on ANY policy sold in the last 30 years.

Presenters: Karan Kanodia, founder; Cameron Jacox, co-founder

Product Launch: August 2015
Metrics: $1 million raised, 22 employees, 1,000 registered users
Product distribution strategy: Direct to Business (B2B), through financial institutions, through other fintech companies and platforms

HQ: Austin, Texas
Founded: November 2013
Website: inforcepro.com
Twitter: @inforcepro

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Yseop’s Smart Business Intelligence Turns Data Into Written Reports

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on September 16, 2015
Categories: FinovateFall 2015, Yseop

This post is part of our live coverage of FinovateFall 2015.

Yseop showed how its business intelligence transforms data:

Yseop Smart BI is a Self-Service BI Tool that makes data speak. Businesses have automated data collection, storage, and visualization, but despite all of these investments, they still cannot draw insight from data in real time. Visualizations show you trends, but they don’t tell you what actions to take and why. This conventional process is too slow for the market, too expensive, and too laborious as data reserves grow. Yseop Smart BI turns data into written reports with just the click of a button. These Yseop-generated reports not only explain trends, identify outliers, and offer context, but also go further by offering advice and explaining why the advice was given. Yseop Smart BI turns big data into big revenue instantly.

Presenters: Arden Manning, SVP, global marketing; Mathieu Rauscher, director, pre-sales engineering

Product Launch: September 2015
Metrics: Yseop is a privately owned company with offices in New York, Dallas, London, Paris, and Lyon servicing clients globally. Yseop’s largest customer has more than 12,000 staffers using Yseop’s software on a daily basis.
Product distribution strategy: Direct to Business (B2B); licensed

HQ: Dallas, Texas
Founded: 2010
Website: yseop.com
Twitter: @yseopai

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Travel Notes Notifies Banks of Customer Travel Plans to Prevent Card Declines

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on September 16, 2015
Categories: FinovateFall 2015, Travel Notes

This post is part of our live coverage of FinovateFall 2015.

Travel Notes showed how it works on behalf of consumers to make travel easier:

As our core technology, the Travel Notes Fraud Platform automatically notifies financial institutions of their cardholder’s travel plans when they purchase airline tickets, so their card is not declined when traveling. We leveraged this technology to offer Travel Notes Flight Compensation, which helps you compete for the top-of-wallet position by putting money back in the pockets of your cardholders who have been affected by a delayed, canceled, or overbooked airline flight. We have partnered with legal experts who handle all of the compensation paperwork and communication with the airlines on behalf of your cardholder so that your cardholder has a seamless experience.

Travel Notes presenter: CEO Hudson Chilton

Product distribution strategy: Through financial institutions

HQ: Covington, Kentucky
Founded: September 2014
Website: travelnotes.io
Twitter: @travelnotenow

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North Side Launches VerbalAccess to Bring Natural Language Technology to Online Banking

By David Penn Posted on September 16, 2015
Categories: FinovateFall 2015, North Side

This post is part of our live coverage of FinovateFall 2015.

Next up is the team from North Side.

VerbalAccess enables online banking through speech or typing, and goes beyond single commands or questions, supporting conversations and enabling customers to clarify their intent. Verbal Access is like a telephone banker, investment advisor, or claims processing specialist rolled into one, accessible any time, from anywhere. The customer’s ability to use their own words to ask questions, or say what they want is the key to discovering and using the full functionality of financial applications, increasing customer satisfaction. The customer knowledge gleaned from individual conversations enables your institution to personalize the services it offers, and sell individual customers the products they need.

Presenters: North Side CEO Eugene Joseph and Christian Lemieux, technology evangelist

Product Launch: September 2015
Metrics: Privately owned, 7 employees, invested $20M+ in proprietary Natural Language Understanding technology.
Product distribution strategy: Direct to Business (B2B); through financial institutions; through other fintech companies and platforms; licensed.

HQ: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Founded: Natural Language R&D since 2001; Fintech since June 2014
Website: northsideinc.com

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Empyr’s Online-to-Offline Ad Platform Seamlessly Rewards Consumers

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on September 16, 2015
Categories: Empyr, FinovateFall 2015

This post is part of our live coverage of FinovateFall 2015.

Empyr launches its online-to-offline ad platform:

Ninety three percent of commerce, over four trillion dollars, is still offline. With Empyr’s online-to-offline ad platform, publishers earn revenue on every offline transaction driven from their website, app, or email, while simultaneously rewarding their consumers with cash back or points, and driving more business to offline advertisers. It’s frictionless because it leverages something we all use: credit and debit cards. There are no coupons, loyalty cards, or apps for consumers and no hardware to install for offline advertisers. All of this can be easily implemented using the Empyr API, and monetized through Empyr’s growing base of offline advertisers.

Empyr presenters: Jon Carder, CEO, co-founder; Jarrod Cuzens, CTO and co-founder

Product Launch: Fall 2015
Metrics: 70 employees, $35M
Product distribution strategy: Direct to Consumer (B2C); Direct to Business (B2B); through financial institutions; through other fintech companies and platforms, licensed

HQ: San Diego, California
Founded: March 2010
Website: empyr.com

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Flybits’ Context-aware Apps Deliver Personalized Experiences

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on September 16, 2015
Categories: FinovateFall 2015, Flybits

This post is part of our live coverage of FinovateFall 2015.

Our first presenter of FinovateFall is Flybits showing how it uses user context to personalize apps:

Context-aware apps that deliver personalized experiences have always required lots of custom development. The sheer variety of interfaces usually leads to complex apps that are hard to change. Flybits solves this problem with a simple, integrated way to incorporate all aspects of user context—including location from beacons, wi-fi, etc.—and personalize app behavior. Our SDKs let you Flybits-enable any app and transform it. Our visual Experience Studio gives you unprecedented agility in changing live apps as you refine your customer-engagement strategy. Flybits runs in the cloud for ease of use, scalability, and elasticity.

Presenters: Hossein Rahnama, founder and chief product officer of Flybits, and CEO Jerry Rudisin

Product Launch: September 2015
Metrics: $4.75M in Series A financing raised to date, 26 employees
Product distribution strategy: Direct to Business (B2B)

HQ: Palo Alto, California
Founded: October 2012
Website: flybits.com
Twitter: @FlybitsInc

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FinovateFall 2015: Be Part of Our Record-breaking Audience

By David Penn Posted on September 15, 2015
Categories: FinovateFall 2015

Who knew the leader of the Roman Catholic Church was a fintech fan?

Okay, maybe Pope Francis is in New York City for reasons other than our annual autumn conference. But with news that FinovateFall 2015 has reached a new attendance record of more than 1,500, perhaps you’ll forgive us for thinking that “Il Papa” might be joining us as well.

It’s still early here on rehearsal day. But from what we’ve seen on stage so far, we are very excited to share with you the fintech innovations of 72 companies from as far away as Israel and Sweden, and as near as a few blocks from our venue at the Hilton Midtown Manhattan.

So with the first demo of FinovateFall 2015 less than 24 hours away, here are a few tips and reminders to help you get ready for the show.

Get connected with Bizzabo

First, for registered attendees, Bizzabo is a great way to network with presenters, sponsors, partners, and your fellow Finovate attendees. You can download the social networking app—available on both iOS and Android, as well as via the online web interface—at Bizzabo.com.

Once you’ve downloaded the app, search for “Finovate,” select “join” and you’re set. (Please note, only registered Finovate attendees can join the community/networking section of the app.)

Tweet this!

And even if you won’t be here in New York to join us in person, there are a bunch of great ways to enjoy—and participate in—FinovateFall 2015. Near the top of the list is our Twitter feed.

Our Twitter handle is @Finovate, and by marking your tweets #Finovate you’ll be part of our smart and tech-savvy community of more than 22,ooo followers on Twitter.

It’s a fun way to both follow along with the show, as well as get interesting (and sometimes irreverent) insights from one of the most fintech-friendly audiences you’ll ever find.

We hope you’ll join us! The show begins at 8:55 a.m. on Wednesday, and tickets are still available. Be sure to check our our FAQ page for any questions or send us an email at [email protected].

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FinDEVr Preview: Nexmo

By David Penn Posted on September 15, 2015
Categories: FinDEVr 2015 Preview, FinDEVr 2015 San Francisco, Nexmo

FinDEVr Previews highlight companies presenting new developer tools, platforms and integrations at the second annual FinDEVr, 6/7 October.

The number of payment methods is drastically increasing, from debit and credit cards to Apple Pay, Google Wallet, PayPal, and Bitcoin. But fraud is also increasing at alarming rates. In this session with Nexmo, learn how cloud communication tools are being used to significantly decrease fraud, protect user identity, and boost overall customer experience.

Why it’s a must-see

Verifying user identity and securely protecting transactions are two vital concerns for every financial developer. A recent study from LexisNexis Risk Solutions reports that while 14% of overall transactions are mobile, they make up 21% of fraud cases. Learn how cloud-communication APIs can help you increase security without compromising user experience.

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FinDEVr Preview: Mifos Initiative

By David Penn Posted on September 15, 2015
Categories: FinDEVr 2015, FinDEVr 2015 Preview, Mifos Initiative

FinDEVr Previews highlight companies presenting new developer tools, platforms and integrations at the second annual FinDEVr, 6/7 October.

Mifos Initiative will present the architectural concept of LibreFinance, an open-source application framework for digital financial services, highlighting the two main concepts: Account Management and Transaction Interoperability. LibreFinance enables the flexible and affordable integration of digital payment gateways and mobile technologies.

Why it’s a must-see

This innovative application framework is built by developers for developers. LibreFinance is focused exclusively on the infrastructure and development needs for DFS. It delivers agility, flexibility, speed, and lower cost, allowing you to focus on customers, products, UX, and go-to-market strategy. Don’t waste time and money on the infrastructure.

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FinDEVr Preview: Intuit Developer Group

By David Penn Posted on September 15, 2015
Categories: FinDEVr 2015 Preview, FinDEVr 2015 San Francisco, Intuit, Intuit Developer Group

FinDEVr Previews highlight companies presenting new developer tools, platforms and integrations at the second annual FinDEVr, 6/7 October.

Intuit Developer Group’s Financial Data APIs (CAD) provide access to user-authenticated financial data through:

Transactions API: Provides financial account information from 20,000 financial institutions
Identification API: Provides bank account, routing numbers and bank owner information to verify identity and frictionlessly set up ACH

Why it’s a must-see

Intuit Developer Group’s Financial Data APIs (CAD) leverage the same technology that powers Mint.com, Quicken, and QuickBooks, enabling developers to access data from the largest number of financial institutions among aggregation providers. The technology provides a self-service app-development platform with transparent pricing and a sandbox with no time limits.

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FinDEVr Preview: Kabbage

By David Penn Posted on September 15, 2015
Categories: FinDEVr 2015 Preview, FinDEVr 2015 San Francisco, Kabbage

FinDEVr Previews highlight companies presenting new developer tools, platforms and integrations at the second annual FinDEVr 6/7 October.

Kabbage transformed the lending industry with its fast and automated lending platform. Most customers are approved and have money headed their way in minutes. Fintech developers can now use the Kabbage platform to accelerate their own lending process.

Why it’s a must-see

No need to build your own lending platform. Kabbage will show its platform in action and walk through several integration patterns, from simple white-label to full customization. You can be using our platform to lend money to your customers in a matter of days.

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