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GreenAddressIT showed how developers can make their bitcoin wallets more secure.
GreenAddress: Instant and Secure BitcoinThe presentation is introducing bitcoin’s multisignature features. These features allow users to radically improve the security of bitcoin wallets, as well as create new services like instant confirmation allowing for faster arbitration between exchanges.
Presenter: Lawrence Nahum, CEO & Founder
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GreenAddress is a leader in securing bit coins and providing instant clearing confirmations. It supports desktop, mobile, and web apps and offers a very featureful and secure wallet as well as APIs to enable third party developers.
Website: greenaddress.it
Blog: blog.greenaddress.it
Twitter: @greenaddress
FinDEVr 2014: PayStand Shows How its Multi-Payment Network Technology Helps Developers Build Commerce Apps
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PayStand introduces its multi-payment network to help build e-commerce applications.
Comparing the Strengths and Weaknesses of Different Payment TypesCard Networks (Visa/MasterCard/Amex), eCheck (ACH/Bank Network/Check21), and Digital Currency (Bitcoin/Ripple/Altcoins) all have unique advantages and disadvantages. Explore the different use cases of why each are valuable and learn how to use PayStand’s unique multi-payment network technology to build the next generation of commerce applications.
Presenter: Jeremy Almond, CEO
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PayStand is a next-generation payment solution enabling no fee transactions online. By offering payments as a service, PayStand is revolutionizing commerce. One low monthly subscription allows organizations to accept eCash (Bitcoin), eCheck, & credit cards through PayStand’s all-in-one solution.
Website: paystand.com
Blog: paystand.com/blog
Twitter: @paystand
FinDEVr 2014: Bionym Shows How its Wearable Nymi Band Can Create a Secure Banking Experience
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Bionym showed use cases of how Nymi Band can be used in fintech:
Here I Am: Revolutionizing FI and Banking Experiences with Persistent Identity and the NymiBalaji is presenting the Nymi Persistent Identity vision and User flow and will review the key aspects of the SDK and Developer offering. In addition, he will propose and inspire discussion on select use cases in FinTech where the Nymi can improve engagement, security and customer satisfaction.
Presenter: Balaji Gopalan, Director of Platform
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Toronto-based Bionym is a team of experts in cryptography, biometrics and security. Our first product is the Nymi, a wearable device that enables the user to authenticate once via unique cardiac rhythm and securely and seamlessly assert Persistent Identity to any system.
Toronto-based Bionym is a team of experts in cryptography, biometrics and security. Our first product is the Nymi, a wearable device that enables the user to authenticate once via unique cardiac rhythm and securely and seamlessly assert Persistent Identity to any system.
Website: getnymi.com
Twitter: @nymiband
FinDEVr 2014: Morpheus Aiolos Shows its API for Banking
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Morpheus Aiolos described how its API for banking works:
API for BankingOur API standardizes the way an application can extract information from any bank account. We’re describing how it works, with some examples.
Presenter: David Lozano
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We are a company based in Spain that has developed financial software since 2012. We have two featured products: an API to extract bank transactions and a clone of Mint, which uses the API.
Website: agregadorfinanciero.com
FinDEVr 2014: BCL Technologies Unlocks Unstructured Text
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BCL Technologies showcased its Financial Data Extraction API:
Unlocking Financial TextExplore the different use cases for BCL’s Financial Data Extraction API’s for unstructured text, to generate structured data Triplets.
Presenters: Bob Krumwiede, Director of Bus. Dev. and Hassan Alam, CEO & CTO
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BCL Technologies develops API’s for Financial Text Extraction that unlock Big Data in unstructured documents and websites, enabling FinTech Developers to easily extract structured Financial Triplets from any source.
Website: bcltechnologies.com/financial
FinDEVr 2014: CrowdCurity Provides White-Hat Hackers to Stress Test Your Website’s Security
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CrowdCurity demonstrated its white hat hacker service to promote better, more secure apps.
How to Invite Hacker to Your WebsiteToo many websites are being exploited, and we need to rethink web security. The best way to stay secure and ahead of the bad guys is to invite good white-hat hackers to test your security. We have made it easy to connect businesses to a crowd of security researchers.
Presenter: Jacob Hansen, CEO
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CrowdCurity is a web security marketplace. We connect businesses with security testers. We do bug bounty programs as-a-service. Bitcoin First.
Website: crowdcurity.com
Blog: blog.crowdcurity.com
Twitter: @crowdcurity
FinDEVr 2014: SimplyTapp Shows How Host Card Emulation Increases Security
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SimplyTapp stepped up to show off how it uses Host Card Emulation:
Host Card EmulationOverview of SimplyTapp’s HCE solution and offering.
Presenter: Doug Yeager
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HCE (host card emulation) experts and providers.
Website: simplytapp.com
Twitter: @SimplyTappNews
FinDEVr 2014: Trulioo Shows How its Global Gateway Provides Instant ID Verification
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Trulioo introduced its Global Gateway to speed ID verification.
Trulioo’s Global Gateway
Demonstrating how Trulioo’s Global Gateway verifies a consumer’s identity within a single, unique portal. We will input a person’s first name, last name, date of birth, and address to show how Trulioo verifies these attributes from our 130+ data sources.
Presenter: Anatoly Kvitnitsky, Director of Corporate Development
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Trulioo is a global ID verification conpany focused on building trust online, best privacy practices, and financial inclusion. As the pioneer in cyber identity verification, Trulioo’s new Global Gateway product enables businesses to perform instant ID Verification for 3 billion people in over 30 countries.
Website: trulioo.com
Blog: trulioo.com/blog
Twitter: @trulioo
FinDEVr 2014: The TxPUSH Initiative Introduces the Evented Financial Web to Deliver Real-time Financial Transaction Data
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The TxPUSH Initiative presented its technology for securing and improving the delivery of financial transaction data.
Aggregation 2.0 – TxPUSH and the Evented Financial WebTxPUSH technology is focused on aligning app user experience and FinTech industry players around the Evented Financial Web. The TxPUSH technology will improve the security model of the existing account aggregation ecosystem and promote the delivery of real-time financial transaction data to account holders in the apps they choose.
Presenter: Nick Thomas, President & Co-Founder
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TxPUSH is a global industry group tasked with overseeing the development of TxPUSH technology. The group is dedicated to making real-time financial account events available to any third party app while improving login credential security.
Website: txpush.org
FinDEVr 2014: Knox Revolutionizes Payments with its New Approach to ACH
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Knox Payments demoed its technology that leverages ACH rails to make transactions cheaper for merchants.
ACH That Doesn’t Suck: No Account and Routing Numbers NeededDeveloping ACH processing the traditional way is horrible. Your users don’t know their account and routing numbers and you don’t know if they actually have the money. Knox has solved these problems with the ease of just logging into your online banking, making ACH cheaper, safer, and easier.
Presenter: Tommy Nicholas, Co-Founder
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Knox allows people to make ACH payments using only their online banking login information, providing the cheapest, safest, and easiest way to accept payments.
Website: knoxpayments.com
Blog: blog.knoxpayments.com
Twitter: @knoxpayments
FinDEVr 2014: Plaid Demonstrates How its API Works with the Financial Infrastructure
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Plaid showed how its API works for the infrastructure:
Plaid: API for Financial InfrastructureLearn all about Plaid, the problems we’re solving, and the companies we power.
Presenter: William Hockey and Zach Perret
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Plaid powers financial technology applications. Using our API, developers can leverage the data and infrastructure of user bank accounts in a fast and secure manner.
Website: plaid.com
FinDEVr 2014: Entersect Addresses Out of Band Authentication
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Entersekt looked at out-of-band authentication on mobile devices:
Securing Mobile Applications Through Transport lLayer DiversityMobile security is becoming increasingly important as more functionality is shifting to these devices. But how do we ensure the integrity of the phone and the server we’re connecting to? This is a common problem and has been addressed by recommending out-of-band authentication schemes.
Presenter: Christiaan Brand, CTO
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An innovator in transaction authentication and mobile app security. Our one-of-a-kind approach harnesses the power of electronic certificate technology with the convenience of mobile phones providing financial institutions and their customers with full protection from online and mobile banking fraud.
Website: entersekt.com
Twitter: @entersekt