GMC Software Technology Unveils Inspire Dynamic Statement for Mobile

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Our final presenter before the afternoon break here on Day One of FinovateFall is GMC Software Technology.
“GMC Inspire Dynamic Statement for Mobile delivers a new communication platform for banks. The GMC Inspire Dynamic Statement enables banks to complete their multi-channel communications portfolio, by bridging the gaps between paper statements to mobile statements. 
This game-changing innovation allows banks to upgrade existing web, email, social, and print-based communications projects to deliver interactive, digital statements that provide easy to understand graphical representations of financial information. 
GMC Inspire Dynamic Statement for Mobile allows customers to tap their way deep into their transactional data, building upon the GMC Inspire Dynamic Statement for Tablet application.”
Product Launched: Q3 2013
Product distribution strategy: Direct to Business (B2B), through financial institutions, & licensed

HQ: Appenzell, Switzerland

Founded: 1994
Website: gmc.net
Twitter: @gmc_net
Presenting Scott Draeger (Customer Communication Strategist) and Antoine Hemon-Laurens (Director, Mobile Product Marketing)

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The full demo video will be available at Finovate.com in mid-September.

With the Akimbo Card, Users Can Make P2P Payments with a Prepaid Card

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Then, Akimbo stepped up to the stage to show its prepaid P2P payments solution:
“Akimbo is reinventing the allowance with a card that delivers money anytime, anywhere. Akimbo offers free and instant money sharing, and each Akimbo member can create up to 5 sub-cards for kids, students, friends, staff or anyone. Cardholders can link bank accounts and set up automatic allowances to sub-cards or any other Akimbo member. 
The Akimbo Card provides immediate access to sent funds everywhere Visa debit is accepted and at ATMs. Cardholders can access and manage their account and sub-cards from any mobile, tablet, or desktop device using our HTML5, adaptive-display web app, or native iPhone app.”
Product Launch: March 2013 (New Platform: August 2013)
Metrics: Raised $2.2M to date, 12 employees, 20,000+ users
Product distribution strategy: Direct to Consumer (B2C), Direct to Business (B2B), through financial institutions, & through other fintech companies and platforms
HQ: San Antonio, TX
Founded: January 22, 2010
Twitter: @akimbocard
Presenting Houston Frost (CEO)

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The full demo video will be available at Finovate.com in mid-September.

Yseop Debuts New Financial Suite

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Then, Yseop demonstrated how its Financial Suite can facilitate the report-writing process:
“Yseop Financial Suite, the latest round of financial applications developed on Yseop’s technology, is designed to boost sales performance in the financial market. This suite of products covers the full range of possibilities offered by Yseop’s text-generating software: including an online personalized expert guidance application for lead generation, whose output can be displayed in multiple languages and a prep-to-meeting report, which demonstrates Yseop’s ability to improve sales productivity in retail or commercial banking. Finally, a third application will show our ability to generate a two-page market summary report based on the latest financial data instantly.”
Product Launch: January 2013 (latest version)
Metrics: Privately self-funded. Over 20 years of research to develop the technology. First commercialized as a middleware in 2008. 25 employees. 30 large customers with 20,000 users in production daily in the banking & insurance industries. Demonstrated improvement in sales productivity of 20% overnight. Recently signed a deal to deploy Yseop technology for over 25,000 users at another large financial institution. 
Product distribution strategy: Direct to Business (B2B), through financial institutions, & through other fintech companies and platforms
HQ: New York, NY, Dallas, TX, & Lyon, France
Founded: 2008
Website: yseop.com
Twitter: @yseopai

Presenting Elizabeth Farabee (VP Marketing) and Matthew Kropp (Director, Marketing & Sales)

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The full demo video will be available at finovate.com in mid-September.

Zenmonics Launches mobileBanker to Drive Sales and Service Inside and Outside the Branch

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Our next presenter is Zenmonics. The team is on their way to the stage right now.
“Our pioneering mobileBanker tablet gives universal associates access to sales and servicing features both inside and outside the branch or store.
Built upon our secure channel integration technology, mobileUNITED, banks can easily extend their current systems without costly core system upgrades or lift-and-replace projects. The system agnostic approach provides an accelerated path for financial institutions to have customer data, product information, sales tools, and account opening at their fingertips – whether they are meeting with customers inside or outside the branch.”
Product Launch: September 2013
Metrics: Private company, 100% owned by Founder, approx. 200 employees, & $12M-$15M annual revenues
Product distribution strategy: Direct to Business (B2B), through financial institutions, through other fintech companies and platforms, & licensed.
HQ: Charlotte, North Carolina
Founded: May 2007
Website: zenmonics.com
Presenting Chris Siemasko (SVP Product Solutions)
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The full demo video will be available at Finovate.com in mid-September.

Zighra Debuts Automatic, Instantaneous User Recognition with KineticID

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Our next presenter is Zighra, presenting their user recognition innovation, KineticID.
“Zighra KineticID provides effortless, automatic, and instantaneous user recognition by adding an invisible security layer to mobile authentication. 
KineticID implicitly recognizes a user by actively evaluating the user’s unique kinetic interaction signature with their mobile device. Securely avoiding mandatory password and PIN authentication eliminates observational shoulder surf, keylogger, and toughlogger risks vectors.”
Product Launch: September 2013
Metrics: $1.2M raised & 8 employees
Product distribution strategy: Direct to Business (B2B) & through other fintech companies and platforms.
HQ: Ottawa, ON, Canada
Founded: May 2009
Website: zighra.com
Twitter: @dcdutt
Presenting Deepak Dutt (CTO) and Michael Bingham (Lead Researcher)
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The full demo video will be available at Finovate.com in mid-September.

Manilla Presents Their Bill Management Integration with AOL

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Coming to the stage now is the team from Manilla. Manilla will be demonstrating how their bill management solution has been integrated into AOL Mail.
“Manilla launched a distribution deal within AOL reaching 24M users. Manilla is now seamlessly integrated into AOL Mail as the new AOL Bill Manager tool powered by Manilla. Manilla’s new email import feature will scan a user’s AOL inbox and suggest providers that the user has an account with and load them automatically into Manilla. The AOL Bill Manager Powered By Manilla will provide partners with increased engagement, additional marketing opportunities, enhanced data insights and more.”

Product Launch: August 2013

Metrics: More than 500,000 users, on track to reach 1M by the end of the year, more than 3M linked accounts; 3,500 businesses under management, 50+ employees, & distribution deal within AOL, reached 24M users.
Product distribution strategy: Direct to Consumer (B2C) & Direct to Business (B2B)
HQ: New York City, New York
Founded: February 2011
Website:manilla.com
Twitter: @manilla
Presenting Christopher Victory (VP, Business Development) and Jim Sullivan (Director, Business Development)
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The full demo video will be available at Finovate.com in mid-September.

BizEquity Takes on the Business Valuation Market

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Next, BizEquity demonstrated how it helps businesses discover, manage, and optimize their value:
“There are more than 28M business owners in the US – 75% don’t know what they are worth and 50% are under-insured. The market for business valuation is a $2.8B dollar market, with 99.7% being conducted offline at $8,000 per report and taking up to 6 weeks.  
BizEquity has revolutionized the market by putting it online helping to enable more businesses to discover-manage-and optimize their value. BizEquity helps every financial institution help business owners better understand their value and what they can do to better protect themselves.”
Product Launch: July 2012
Metrics: With more than 50,000 users & over 12 private label channel partners to date, 60 patents & inventions filed, 2 patents granted already, & over 3 years of technology development & $7M invested into building the system, BizEquity has become the first & leading cloud-based business valuation service.
Product distribution strategy: Direct to Businesses online at BizEquity.com and indirect via the channel and private label agreements with leading financial and data institutions.
HQ: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Founded: May 2010
Product Demoed: BizEquity Valuation Engine and VaaS™ Cloud Service
Website: bizequity.com
Presenting Michael Carter (CEO) and Semyon Fishman (VP Product Engineering)

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The full demo video will be available at finovate.com in mid-September.

Guide Financial Provides Affordable Personal Money Mentorship with Savings Scan

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Guide Financial is next up to the stage. The company’s technology brings affordable financial guidance to the 70% of Americans that don’t have access to it.

“Guide’s Savings Scan automatically analyzes users’ finances to find savings in multiple areas and provides step-by-step guidance to help users easily capture these savings.
We will demonstrate how Guide’s technology works for mortgage refinancing, as it helps users make smart choices for every major savings opportunity – from picking the perfect loan type through to paying less on closing costs.”
Product Launch: November 2012
Metrics: $500,000 raised; 4 employees; average savings of $7,000 per user
Product distribution strategy: Direct to Consumer (B2C) & through other fintech companies and platforms
HQ: San Francisco, California
Founded: November 2012
Twitter: @GuideFinancial
Presenting Uri Pomerantz (Co-Founder & CEO) and Scott Burns (Co-Founder)

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The full demo video will be available at Finovate.com in mid-September.

CR2’s BankWorld Helps FIs Engage the Right Customer on the Right Channel

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CR2 is making its way to the stage right now. The company is demoing its BankWorld ATM Studio.

“CR2 brings an innovative perspective to the ATM channel through a never seen before touchscreen interface inspired by kiosk and mobile practices. With CR2’s BankWorld, ATMs become interactive, promote cross-selling, and provide a unique, tailored customer experience.”
Product Launch: September 2013
Metrics: Over 100 banks in 60 countries have adapted CR2’s solutions. CR2 has a network of well-established offices strategically located in 6 countries: Ireland, Australia, India, South Africa, UAE, and Jordan with 180 employees.
Product distribution strategy: Direct to Business (B2B) & licensed
HQ: Dublin, Ireland
Founded: 1997
Website: CR2.com
Twitter: @CR2_Ltd
Presenting Lance Gourlay (CR2 Regional Director), Patrick Simons (Principal Consultant), and Eugene Podzorov (CR2 ATM Expert)

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The full demo video will be available at Finovate.com in mid-September.

FinanceIt’s New iPad App Gives Borrowers Instant Loan Approval at the Point-of-Sale

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FinanceIt demonstrated how its technology provides consumer financing at the point-of-sale:
“FinanceIt iPad App with ID scan instant approvals and borrower facing online application form that merchant Partners can embed anywhere.”
Product Launch: January 2011
Metrics: FinanceIt has over 2,500 merchant partners who have processed over $400M in loan volume since launch. There are currently 40 employees and we have raised $8M. We are closing a $10M to $13M US expansion round this year.
Product distribution strategy: SEO, SEM, Trade Advertising, Partnerships, Sales, Business Development, & PR
HQ: Toronto, ON, Canada
Founded: January 2011
Website: financeit.ca
Presenting Michael Garrity (CEO), Casper Wong (COO), and Paul Sehr (CTO)
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The full demo video will be available at finovate.com in mid-September.

AuthenticID’s PictureID Heralds the End of ID Fraud

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Our next presenter is authenticID, demoing their identity proofing solution, pictureID.
“authenticID’s identity authentication solution, pictureID annihilates ID fraud. It is the only system that’s invulnerable to fraud schemes. Our unique agreements allow pictureID to connect directly with document issuers in the U.S. and Canada. This allows companies to go directly to the source for identity authentication. 
Unlike current identity proofing providers – we don’t ‘guess.’ We provide absolute confirmation since document issuers records are unique to every citizen. There’s no way to trick pictureID – it returns a picture of the real consumer on file with the document issuer – with 100% accuracy.”
Product Launch: May 14, 2013
Metrics: Over $1M pledged; installed in nuclear facilities, either in or starting proof of concept with a major U.S. telecom, retailer, and a top 5 bank.
Product distribution strategy: Direct to Business (B2B) & through other fintech companies and platforms.
HQ: Atlanta, Georgia
Founded: January 2012
Twitter: @authenticID
Presenting Blair Cohen (CEO), Karl Perman (VP Business Development)

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The full demo video will be available at Finovate.com in mid-September.

Build Your Own Branded App Store with MarketMaker from SaaS Markets

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Up next is SaaS Markets. The enterprise app store company has developed a platform that allows FIs to build, brand, and launch their app store in weeks rather than months.

“SaaS Market’s MarketMaker Enterprise App Store Platform allows financial companies to deploy a fully branded app store containing your proprietary apps and/or selected software from our catalog of over 1,500+ pre-qualified business applications.”
Product Launch: January 2013
Metrics: Funding $3.5M (private) & 20+ employees in US and Europe
Product distribution strategy: Direct to Business (B2B) & through financial institutions
HQ: San Mateo, California
Founded: November 2011
Twitter: @SaaSMarkets
Presenting Ferdi Roberts (CEO & Founder) and Cameron Ministri (Enterprise Sales Manager)
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The full demo video will be available at Finovate.com in mid-September.