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Plastyc Demos the Backend of its BankingUP Platform

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on May 15, 2013
Categories: FinovateSpring 2013, Plastyc

This is a part of our live coverage of FinovateSpring 2013.

Next up this afternoon, Plastyc showed off the administrator-facing side of its BankingUP platform:

“Plastyc is demonstrating the administrator-facing side of the BankingUP platform, allowing issuing banks and program managers to:

Monitor and analyze cardholders’ financial activity in real time;

Monitor and analyze cardholders’ non-financial activity; e.g., usage of mobile apps and web, customer support interactions;

Communicate instantly with programmable subsets of cardholders via web inserts and smartphone push notification for marketing/upselling and product alerts.

This is a departure from traditional batch mode financial-transactions only reporting obtained from processors.”

Product Launch: November 2012

HQ: New York, NY

Founded: 2006

Metrics: 5K direct-to-consumer opened to date; platform deployed for a 3M card portfolio; 10 employees; $10M raised so far

Website: plastyc.com

Twitter: @ibankup

Presenting Patrice Peyret (CEO) and Colette Oliver (Director, Marketing)

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Zooz Consumer Driven Payment Platform Brings One Tap Checkout for Consumers and Higher Conversion Rates for Merchants

By David Penn Posted on May 15, 2013
Categories: FinovateSpring 2013, Zooz

This post is part of our live coverage of FinovateSpring 2013.

Next up is Zooz, presenting their consumer-driven payment platform, which generates smart consumer insights to help merchants boost conversion rates while providing customers with a seamless buying experience.

“Zooz will show an exciting new feature that demonstrates an important use case of the Zooz consumer driven platform capabilities.”

Product Launched: March 2012

HQ Location: Raanana, Israel

Company Founded: June 2010

Metrics: Raised $3.5 million; 15 employees; more than 5,000 registered apps and sites

Website: zooz.com

Twitter: @ZooZpayments

Presenting Noam Inbar (VP Business Development) and Ronen Morecki (CTO & Founder)

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Adobe Introduces the Digital Marketing Cloud to Help FIs Manage Marketing Campaigns

By David Penn Posted on May 15, 2013
Categories: Adobe, FinovateSpring 2013

This post is part of our live coverage of FinovateSpring 2013.

A complete set of analytics, social, advertising, targeting and web experience management solutions is what you’ll find in Adobe’s Digital Marketing Cloud, next up here at FinovateSpring.

“Capture data-driven customer insights and boost customer loyalty through useful online experiences. Captivate and connect with customers across business-critical digital channels using the Adobe Marketing Cloud. Maximize the value and impact of your institution’s online presence and drive online customer conversion using the robust analytics and powerful visualization tools in Adobe Marketing Cloud.

Launch, analyze, and refine lead generation campaigns across channels, including web, mobile and email. Get real-time insight into online campaign performance and engagement. Modify in-progress campaigns to increase response rates, conversion rates, and revenue. Then refine and personalize experiences to encourage repeat visits.”

Product Launched: October 2012

HQ Location: San Jose, California

Company Founded: December 1982

Website: Adobe.com

Twitter: @AdobeMktgCloud

Presenting Chris Young (Director, Industry Strategy, Financial Services) and Aaron Johnson (Principal Solutions Consultant)

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LendUp Ladder Helps the Underbanked Borrow and Build Credit

By David Penn Posted on May 15, 2013
Categories: FinovateSpring 2013, LendUp

This post is part of our live coverage of FinovateSpring 2013.

Socially responsible lending to the underbanked? Meet LendUp and their program to use small dollar loans to help borrowers build credit.

“The LendUp Ladder changes the dynamics of a small dollar loan; rather than being a dangerous first step into a cycle of debt, small dollar loans become an opportunity to learn good financial behavior and to build credit.”

Product Launched: October 2012

HQ Location: San Francisco, California

Company Founded: November 2011

Website: lendup.com

Twitter: @LendUpLoans

Presenting Sasha Orloff (CEO & Co-Founder) and Jacob Rosenberg (CTO & Co-Founder)

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Gremln’s Secure Social Media Helps Regulated Companies Make the Most of Social Media

By David Penn Posted on May 15, 2013
Categories: FinovateSpring 2013, Gremln

This post is part of our live coverage of FinovateSpring 2013.

Social media like Facebook and Twitter offer both opportunities and challenges for most financial institutions looking to use these tools to better engage with their customers. Coming next to the stage is Gremln, with technology specifically geared toward helping FIs take advantage of social media.

“Gremln is introducing its new Secure Social Media version, designed for financial services companies. This new product creates the ability for marketing and compliance departments to work together toward the common goal of utilizing social media to build business and retain customers through engagement; all without violating guidelines set forth by regulatory bodies like the SEC, FFIEC, and FINRA.

Keyword and phrase filtering, abstract concept matching, a structured approval process, archiving and custom permission settings for each department and team member. All posts are subject to an approval process that you custom design. Maximize your use of social media fearlessly.”

Product Launched: November 2012

HQ Location: San Francisco, California

Company Founded: May 2011

Metrics: $750,000 raised; 10 full-time employees; more than 130,000 registered users

Website: Gremln.com

Twitter: @Gremln

Presenting Ryan Bell (CEO) and Michele Lain (Customer Service Manager)

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Tradeslide Launches the Tradeslide Challenge to Gamify the Learning Process for Traders

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on May 15, 2013
Categories: FinovateSpring 2013, Tradeslide

This is a part of our live coverage of FinovateSpring 2013.

Third up this afternoon, Tradeslide launched the Tradeslide Challenge:

“The Tradeslide Challenge is a gamified learning process where traders compete to develop the skills that make up a solid trader (risk management, discipline, etc.), in the right order, one badge at a time.”

Product Launch: May 2013

HQ: London, England

Founded: March 2012

Metrics: €900,000, 10 employees, 1,000 pre-registered users, 2,000 unique visitors/month pre-launch

Website: tradeslide.com

Twitter: @tradeslide

Presenting Juan Colón (CEO) and Javier Colón (COO)

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Micronotes Showcases Real Results from its Cross-Sell Solution

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on May 15, 2013
Categories: FinovateSpring 2013, Micronotes

This is a part of our live coverage of FinovateSpring 2013.

Second up this afternoon, Micronotes showcased its Cross-Sell solution through one of its customers:

“Micronotes Cross-Sell is simply the most productive digital cross-sell tool on the market. One of our customers is demonstrating this by showing the product, sharing results and explaining what those results mean to his financial institution.”

Product Launch: July 2011

HQ: Cambridge, MA

Founded: June 2008

Metrics: $3.4M raised to date; 8 employees

Website: micronotes.com

Twitter: @micronotes

Presenting Ariel Taylor (Product Manager) and Kris VanBeek (CEO, USAlliance Credit Union)

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Persint Debuts Consumer Analytics Application

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on May 15, 2013
Categories: FinovateSpring 2013, Persint

This is a part of our live coverage of FinovateSpring 2013.

Starting off the final session today, Persint debuted its consumer analytics application:

“Persint’s consumer analytics application integrates with account aggregation and is designed to complement existing PFM. Leveraging public data sources mapped to conform to aggregation categorization, Persint delivers performance context through comparison to U.S. household peers.

Just five demographic inputs can segment a household into one of over 100 unique peer groups. Other solution features include:

performance navigation through color-coded decision trees
data representative of all U.S. households
local cost of living adjustments
alternative peer group formation
composite score based on net worth, cash flow and risk management
performance classification and scoring system
solution mapping of opportunities to actions”

Product Launch: September 2013

HQ: Atlanta, GA

Founded: March 2012

Metrics: Privately held, self-funded and seeking investment; 2 principals leveraging contractors; pre-launch and pre-revenue

Website: persint.com

Twitter: @persint

Presenting Steve Cotton (CEO & Founder) and Curry Pelot (CIO & Co-Founder)

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BrightFunds Brings an Investment Approach to Individual Philanthropy

By David Penn Posted on May 15, 2013
Categories: Bright Funds, FinovateSpring 2013

This post is part of our live coverage of FinovateSpring 2013.

Our final presenter ahead of the break is BrightFunds. The company’s innovation addresses a growing need in online charitable giving.

“Bright Funds offers a simple, elegant tool to the financial services sector for effective charitable giving management. With Bright Funds, individuals create personalized giving portfolios and contribute to thoroughly researched funds of highly effective nonprofits addressing the greatest challenges of our time. Bright Funds combines the power of research, the reliability of a trusted financial service, and the convenience of centralized contributions and tax reporting.”

Product Launched: Beta November 2012; official launch May 2013

HQ Location: San Francisco, California

Company Founded: February 2012

Metrics: Raised $350,000; 4 full-time employees; thousands of members; signed enterprise partners

Website: brightfunds.org

Twitter: @BrightFunds

Presenting Ty Walrod (CEO & Co-Founder) and Rutul Dave (Chief Products & Marketing & Co-Founder)

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ValidSoft Uses “SMART” Technology to Protect Mobile Payment and MBanking Transactions

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on May 15, 2013
Categories: FinovateSpring 2013, ValidSoft

This is a part of our live coverage of FinovateSpring 2013.

Then, ValidSoft took the stage to demo its Secure Mobile Architecture for Real-time Transactions, SMART:

“ValidSoft’s SMART platform caters for the disparity in mobile networks and devices, use cases and the corresponding transactional risk intrinsic in mobile payment applications. SMART achieves this by providing a layered architecture of voice and mobile network‐based security protocols and technologies, both visible and invisible, to protect mobile payment and M‐banking transactions alike.”

Product Launch: February 2011

HQ: London, United Kingdom

Founded: 2003

Website: validsoft.com

Twitter: @ValidSoft

Presenting John Petersen (Global Head of Business Development) and Emmanuelle Filsjean (Global Head of Marketing)

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Cymonz Enables Financial Institutions to Integrate Currency Exchange and International Payment Services Into Their Platform

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on May 15, 2013
Categories: Cymonz, FinovateSpring 2013

This is a part of our live coverage of FinovateSpring 2013.

Next, Cymonz demoed how its software can enable financial institutions to integrate currency exchange and international payments services into their platform:

“The Cymonz application includes a client transactional website and the back office management application with specific currency and international payment business processes, customization and integrations. The application addresses a wide spectrum of needs, including client management, currency transactions, risk management, settlements and compliance.

Cymonz integrates with third party applications and can be configured to allow for liquidity, payments, customer service as well as anti money laundering, marketing and support tasks.

iOS and Android applications are also available along with the ability for you to white label your currency application and provide it to your partners to increase currency and payment flows.”

Product Launch: July 2012

HQ: Christchurch, New Zealand

Founded: January 2012

Website: cymonz.com

Presenting Simon Lynch (CEO)

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Mortgage Harmony Presents HarmonyLoan Central with Loan Retention Software

By David Penn Posted on May 15, 2013
Categories: FinovateSpring 2013, Mortgage Harmony

This post is part of our live coverage of FinovateSpring 2013.

Targeting mortgage, auto, student, and commercial loans, Mortgage Harmony is coming to the stage with their HarmonyLoan technology.

“HarmonyLoan Central is the client-branded, consumer web-interface for borrowers to access their HarmonyLoan. The Loan Retention Software (LRS) eliminates a traditional refinance. With one click and an e-signature, a borrower resets their rate, incurring zero closing costs, with no credit check, or underwriting, all in minutes. The FI has no back office processing costs, increases retention, at a premium yield. The servicer reduces portfolio churn, and the originator creates a recurring revenue stream. In other words, everyone wins.”

Product Launched: September 2012

HQ Location: McLean, Virginia

Company Founded: December 2008

Metrics: More than $1.5 million raised; 8 employees; 12 customers

Website: mortgageharmony.com

Twitter: @harmonyloan

Presenting Keith Kelly (CEO) and Ray Crosier (President)

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