FinDEVr 2014: TD Ameritrade Institutional Encourages Collaboration Among Advisors

FinDEVr 2014: TD Ameritrade Institutional Encourages Collaboration Among Advisors
This post is part of our live coverage of FinDEVr San Francisco 2014.
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TD Ameritrade Institutional shows how it encourages collaboration among advisors:

The Power of Together = Better
The open-source world seizes opportunities with new and divergent technologies. Learn how TD Ameritrade Institutional has taken a game changing approach that is not just propelling advisors forward, but is also fostering a collaborative community of third-party technology providers.

Presenter: Chris Valleley (Director, Technology Solutions)

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TD Ameritrade Institutional is a leading provider of comprehensive brokerage and custody services to more than 4,500 fee-based, independent Registered Investment Advisors and their clients. Our advanced technology and personal support allow investment advisors to grow their businesses more effectively. TD Ameritrade Institutional, Division of TD Ameritrade, Inc., member FINRA/SIPC.
Twitter: @TDA4advisors

FinDEVr 2014: Visa Tools and Technology to Help Build the Future of Commerce

FinDEVr 2014: Visa Tools and Technology to Help Build the Future of Commerce
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This post is part of our live coverage of FinDEVr San Francisco 2014.

Visa is showing developers how to connect their e-commerce solutions to Visa’s payments network through open payment APIs and SDKs. 

The Future of Commerce

Learn how Visa is supporting the creation of new, innovative commerce solutions by enabling developers, mobile network operators, device and platform operators to easily connect to Visa’s network through new open payment APIs and SDKs.

Presenters: Alan Johnson (Sr. Director, Digital Developed Markets) & M. Tad Tilahun (VP, Product Development)

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Visa provides a broad array of tools, services, and resources to help developers create seamless, multi-channel payment solutions.
If you’re not attending FinDEVr, see the Visa Developers blog for technical articles on some of the new Visa technology showcased at the event, including two recent articles: Getting Started with Visa Checkout and Getting Started with the Visa Checkout SDK for Android.
Twitter: @VisaDeveloper

FinDEVr 2014: Avoka Presents Transact 4.1 to Provide Omni-Channel Account Opening

FinDEVr 2014: Avoka Presents Transact 4.1 to Provide Omni-Channel Account Opening
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This post is part of our live coverage of FinDEVr San Francisco 2014.

Avoka presented its platform that eases and accelerates customer onboarding.

Omni-Channel & Social Account Opening in 60 Seconds

Avoka will demonstrate omni-channel account opening through our engagement platform demonstrating:
  • Responsive & adaptive design
  • Cross-over between channels
  • Pre-fill from social profiles
  • ElectID verification
  • Separation of information capture from core systems to facilitate early cross-sell
Presenters: Derek Corcoran (Chief Experience Officer) & Howard Treisman (CTO)
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Avoka is a leading customer experience management company specializing in multi-channel customer transactions. Avoka powers customer engagement applications for banking and insurance organizations worldwide, capturing and delivering business-critical transactions into back-office systems.
Website: avoka.com
Twitter: @avokatech

FinDEVr 2014: Xero Discusses Integration Exasperation

FinDEVr 2014: Xero Discusses Integration Exasperation
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Xero showed off its open platform for developers:

Xero highlighted its 300+ integrated applications. It laid out some benefits of integrating with Xero:
    1. Add non-core features
    2. Increase product utility
    3. Give time back to your customers
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Presenter: David Pollock, Head of US Partnerships
About:
Xero is a beautiful, easy-to-use online accounting software for small businesses and their advisors. The company has over 300,000 paying customers in more than 100 countries around the world. Xero ranks No. 1 by Forbes as the World’s Most Innovative Growth Company.
Website: xero.com
Twitter: @Xero

FinDEVr 2014: InComm’s Cashtie API Provides Rails for Cash Payments

FinDEVr 2014: InComm’s Cashtie API Provides Rails for Cash Payments
This post is part of our live coverage of FinDEVr San Francisco 2014.
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InComm showed how its Cashtie API can enable customers to pay their bills using cash:


Cashtie API – Rails for Cash Payments
Cashtie is an API that enables cash payments for bill pay, funding an account and money transfer at InComm’s retail network. The Cashtie API connects to a transaction-processing platform and is the rails for cash payments from its partners.

Presenter: Thomas Cornelius, President Adility/Cashtie, InComm, and SVP, InStore Solutions

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InComm is the leading provider of prepaid and transaction technologies with 400,000 points of distribution, nearly $30 billion annual transaction volume and reaching over 1 billion customers weekly.
Website: cashtie.com | incomm.com 
Twitter: @cashtieapi | @incomm

FinDEVr 2014: Financial Apps Shows How its Relevancy Engine Helps Developers Deploy Big Data

FinDEVr 2014: Financial Apps Shows How its Relevancy Engine Helps Developers Deploy Big Data
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This post is part of our live coverage of FinDEVr San Francisco 2014.

Financial Apps showed how its technology helps developers make the most out of financial data.

Driving the Data to Action
Detailed financial data is the “Big Data” we all want to work with. In this presentation, Financial Apps is showing how its Platform and Relevancy Engine enables developers to access, consume, and integrate consumer financial data within their solutions.
Presenters: Bob Sullivan (President) & Bill Kennedy (Chief Scientist)
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Financial Apps provides a suite of development tools and API access for financial account and transactional data. Our solutions help to quickly build the next generation FinApp. The Financial Apps Relevancy Engine helps make data actionable, providing a comprehensive solution for Fintech development.
Twitter: @financial_apps

FinDEVr 2014: Forte Payment Systems Helps Developers Enable Payments into Their Applications

FinDEVr 2014: Forte Payment Systems Helps Developers Enable Payments into Their Applications
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This post is part of our live coverage of FinDEVr San Francisco 2014.

Forte Payment Systems presented its RESTful APIs to help developers add payments to their apps.

Professional Payments Made Easy: Developer to Developer
Enable payments into your application with Forte’s full range of enterprise-class services. Our modern and professional RESTful APIs have been implemented to simplify integrations, yet keep power and flexibility for developers to build massively scalable and distributed payment-enabled solutions.
Presenter: Jeff Thorness (CEO, Founder & President)
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Forte Payment Systems empowers developers to build secure and innovative electronic payment solutions for all platforms whether online, at a physical POS or on the road. Able to provide the modern, robust, and powerful options that large companies demand, along with the ease of use, simplicity, and affordability for the smallest of operations, Forte redefines the notion of flexibility and scalability.
Website: forte.net
Twitter: @fortepayments

FinDEVr 2014: Yodlee Shows Interactive APIs, Looks at What’s Next for Developers

FinDEVr 2014: Yodlee Shows Interactive APIs, Looks at What’s Next for Developers
This post is part of our live coverage of FinDEVr San Francisco 2014.
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Yodlee announced its new Geolocation API and showed how developers can benefit from its entire library of Interactive APIs:


Demystifying the Yodlee Data
What is the Yodlee platform and what value do the Yodlee Interactive APIs open up to developers? What are the use cases and killer solutions built with the APIs, and what data does it enable? What is coming next for developers? We’ll cover categorization, wealth, and future enhancements.
Presenter: Joe Polverari (Chief Strategist & Dev. Officer, Yodlee; and Founder & GM, Yodlee Interactive) and Cheung Tam (Director API Product Management, Yodlee)
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Yodlee Interactive is a driving force behind today’s FinDat revolution with APIs that empower entrepreneurs, partners, and developers to power the latest digital financial innovations around the world. Yodlee Interactive APIs support independent and partner FinApps by providing authorized access to real-time data for customers’ current bank, credit card, investment, and loan accounts, as well as bills, insurance, and rewards programs. Yodlee Interactive APIs are behind hundreds of today’s coolest and most personalized digital experiences, including Credit Karma, LearnVest, miiCard, PowerWallet, SavvyMoney, SelfWealth, Xero, and Wave.
Twitter: @YIDeveloper 

FinDEVr San Francisco 2014: Helping Developers Do What Developers Do Best

FinDEVr San Francisco 2014: Helping Developers Do What Developers Do Best
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Innovators from Avoka to Yodlee are taking the stage to practice their presentations here on rehearsal day at FinDEVr San Francisco 2014

And if you are a fan of fintech innovation, it’s hard to imagine being in a better place over the next two days than at the Mission Bay Conference Center at UCSF for this first event for fintech developers.

After all, the fact of the matter is that when it comes to innovative financial technology, if they build it, there’s a good chance they’ll be here.
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And we are hoping you will be too. We’ve got two days of presentations and demonstrations, workshops and dedicated, high-quality networking sessions – all geared toward helping the growing community of fintech developers do what they do best.
That means not just building the kinds of technologies that make commerce, investment, and saving easier, safer, and more efficient. It also means helping developers forge the kind of key relationships with industry professionals that will help plot the course of fintech innovation for years to come.
So with that in mind, here are a few last minute details to help you make the most of your FinDEVr experience this week.
Where?
1675 Owens Street, Suite 251
San Francisco, California 94143-3008
When?
Day One – Tuesday, September 30
Registration begins at 8:00am. Light Breakfast available until 9:00am.
Presentations begin at 9:00am.
Day One will feature a single-track schedule of presentations and networking opportunities.
Day Two – Wednesday, October 1
Registration begins at 8:00am. Light Breakfast available until 8:30am.
Workshops begin promptly at 8:30am.
Day Two will feature a multi-track schedule of workshops and presentations.
See a full agenda at our website, or via our mobile, social media app.
How?
Of course, the best way to enjoy FinDEVr is to be here at the Mission Bay Conference Center in person. Tickets are still available  for one or both days of the event. Register today to save your spot.
And once you’ve registered, download our Bizzabo app, login with your registration e-mail and you’re ready to go.
If you can’t make it to the conference, then you can follow the action on our Live Blog at Finovate.com, and on our Twitter feed @FinDEVr. If you’re interested in joining the conversation, be sure to use #FinDEVr.
Questions? 
Email us at SanFran@FinDEVr.com.

Alumni News– September 29, 2014

  • Finovate-F-Logo.jpgCreditCards.com and Wallaby launch the WalletUp mobile app to help consumers maximize credit card rewards.
  • LendingRobot will now manage up to $10,000 for free.
  • Billhighway debuts at #1 on Detroit Free Press Top Workplaces List in Small Business category.
  • miiCard participates in NSTIC Pilot for State of North Carolina eID Program.
  • Birdback brings card-linked offers to US and Brazil.
  • Smart Tuition and peerTransfer partner to help International tuition payers.
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 San Francisco 2014: Are You Ready?

FinDEVr San Francisco 2014: Are You Ready?
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We’ll be kicking off the first FinDEVr conference on Tuesday, September 30. There you’ll meet the developers and builders behind fintech companies such as Yodlee and Visa, and have the opportunity to code with them and others during several workshop sessions.

Haven’t got your ticket yet? There’s still time to pick yours up.
Here are some last minute details to help you prepare:

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Venue

We’ll be meeting up at the UCSF Mission Bay Conference Center:
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1675 Owens Street Suite 251
San Francisco, CA 94143-3008
Agenda

Day One
On Tuesday, September 30, registration begins at 8AM and we’ll serve a light breakfast until 9AM, at which point the presentations will begin. We’ll have a single-track schedule featuring presentations and intermittent networking sessions.
Day Two
On Wednesday, October 1, registration and a light breakfast will run from 8AM to 8:30 AM, and the first workshop will begin at 8:30AM. We’ll have workshops throughout the day, running alongside separate presentation sessions in the afternoon.
For a detailed view of the agenda, check out our website or download the mobile app.
Don’t forget
    • Remember to pack plenty of business cards and wear comfortable shoes
    • Download the Bizzabo app before the show to get a glimpse of who you’ll be rubbing elbows with
    • Contribute to the conversation on Twitter using #FinDEVr, and follow @FinDEVr to stay updated on news about the companies on stage 
    • Check out the blog (Finovate.com) to watch the live coverage of each company’s presentation
    • If you have any last minute issues or questions, please email SanFran@FinDEVr.com and our team will be happy to help. We can’t wait to see you all in San Francisco!

Fifty Nifty Companies Presenting at FinDEVr Next Week

Fifty Nifty Companies Presenting at FinDEVr Next Week

Ahead of the FinDEVr conference next Tuesday and Wednesday, 50 companies will make their way to the UCSF Mission Bay Conference Center in San Francisco.

While 14 of the companies are local to the bay area, others will travel from all over the U.S. and even the globe to present their APIs, SDKs, and other tools at the first ever FinDEVr conference.

Here’s what the spread looks like (click to enlarge):

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Still don’t have your ticket to FinDEVr? There’s still time to pick one up before the show next week.

If you’re already registered, be sure to join the community of other developers on the Bizzabo app. Just download Bizzabo from the app store and search “FinDEVr”.

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See you in San Francisco!