Blog - Page 980 of 1202

FinovateFall 2012 Best of Show Winners

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on September 13, 2012
Categories: Best of Show, Credit Sesame, Dashlane, Dynamics, eToro, FinovateFall 2012, LearnVest, MoneyDesktop, PayTap, ShopKeep POS

Our fifth annual FinovateFall in NYC concluded an hour ago. After seeing 64 demos over two packed days, the audience voted for their three favorites each day. The top eight overall were named Best of Show (see notes).

The winners (in alphabetic order):

Credit Sesame for its Financial Fitness Indicator that gives users a comprehensive view of their financial situation
Dashlane for its instant login and checkout feature
Dynamics for its Triple Interface card, allowing for tap, swipe, or EMV payments
eToro for its social trading index
LearnVest for its certified financial planning capabilities and mobile app
MoneyDesktop for its PFM platform and bubble budgets
PayTap for its social bill-payment platform
ShopKeep POS for its tablet-based POS

We’ll have videos of all 64 demos posted at Finovate.com as fast as possible (probably two to three weeks out).

Thanks to everyone who presented, attended, tweeted, networked, blogged, tolerated the Internet hiccups and helped push fintech forward. You are the best!

———-

Notes on methodology:
1. Only audience members NOT associated with demoing companies were eligible to vote. Finovate employees did not vote.
2. Attendees were encouraged to note their favorites as the day went on and choose three favorites from just the demos of that day. Ballots were turned in at the end of the last demo session each day.
3. The exact written instructions given to attendees: “Please rate (the companies) on the basis of demo quality and potential impact of the innovation demoed. Note: Ballots with more than three companies circled will not be counted.”
4. The eight companies appearing on the highest percentage of submitted ballots were named Best of Show.
5. Go here for a list of previous Best of Show winners.

Share this:

Send Post Twitter LinkedIn Facebook

FinovateFall 2012 Best of Show Winners

By Jim Bruene Posted on September 13, 2012
Categories: FinovateFall 2012

Our fifth annual FinovateFall in NYC concluded a one hour ago. After seeing 64 demos over two packed days, the audience voted for their three favorites each day. The top eight overall were named Best of Show (see notes).

The winners (in alphabetic order):

Credit Sesame for its Financial Fitness Indicator that gives users a comprehensive view of their financial situation
Dashlane for its instant login and checkout feature
Dynamics for its Triple Interface card, allowing for tap, swipe, or EMV payments
eToro for its social trading index
LearnVest for its certified financial planning capabilities and mobile app
MoneyDesktop for its PFM platform and bubble budgets
PayTap for its social bill-payment platform
ShopKeep POS for its tablet-based POS

We’ll have videos of all 64 demos posted at Finovate.com as fast as possible (probably two to three weeks out).

Thanks to everyone who presented, attended, tweeted, networked, blogged, tolerated the Internet hiccups and helped push fintech forward. You are the best!

———-

Share this:

Send Post Twitter LinkedIn Facebook

PayTap Demonstrates P2P Bill Payment Solution

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on September 13, 2012
Categories: FinovateFall 2012, PayTap

Wrapping up FinovateFall this year, PayTap took the stage with its P2P bill payment solution:

“All of us have done it – asked or given help to family & friends to pay a bill. It’s hard to ask and difficult to quickly respond. PayTap allows people to do what they currently do every day but online and with significant advantages.

1. Dramatically reduces the cost of moving money and takes a major step out of the process by having the funds go directly to the billing company (AT&T).

2. Takes advantage of existing social networking (increases reach and speed).

3. Gives visibility to all parties involved and allows them to keep track (who has paid) and avoids costly late fees.

4. Users can choose any payment method – credit, debit, PayPal and bank transfer – without revealing their details to family and friends.”

Product Launched: July 2012

HQ Location: Dallas, TX

Company Founded: April 2012

Metrics: $500K raised, 6 full time employees

Website: paytap.com

Twitter: @PayTap

Finovate demo video: finovate.com/fall12vid/ (demo video will be posted next week)

Introducing Sean-Michael Daley (CEO) and Chip Oxendine (CTO)

Share this:

Send Post Twitter LinkedIn Facebook

Payfone Launches 1 Touch Checkout

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on September 13, 2012
Categories: FinovateFall 2012, Payfone

Afterward, Payfone launched 1 Touch Checkout:

“Payfone’s 1 Touch Checkout drives frictionless commerce by retrieving the payment credential tied to the mobile number, thereby eliminating steps in the checkout process and driving higher conversion.”

Product Launched: September 2012

HQ Location: New York, NY

Company Founded: March 2008

Metrics: 40 employees

Website: payfone.com

Twitter: @payfone

Finovate demo video: finovate.com/fall12vid/ (demo video will be posted next week)

Introducing Amy Masters (VP Marketing) and Prakash Hariramani (VP & Head of Product)

Share this:

Send Post Twitter LinkedIn Facebook

Prepaid Resources’ BenefitsDirect Provides an Efficient Direct Deposit Solution

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on September 13, 2012
Categories: FinovateFall 2012, Prepaid Resources

Then, Prepaid Resources demonstrated BenefitsDirect, a direct deposit solution:

“BenefitsDirect provides the most effective and comprehensive direct deposit solution to deliver recurring revenue. Easily capture Federal benefits, State benefits and payroll deposits on your accountholder website, in-branch, at retail, by mobile app or live agent. Track enrollment success and utilize direct deposit analytics to pro-actively personalize accountholder relationships.”

Product Launched: April 2009

HQ Location: New York, NY

Company Founded: March 2007

Website: prepaidresources.com

Twitter: @PrepaidResource

Finovate demo video: finovate.com/fall12vid/ (demo video will be posted next week)

Introducing Barry Kessler (President & CEO) and Duane Jacobsen (VP & COO)

Share this:

Send Post Twitter LinkedIn Facebook

Leadfusion Makes It Easy for Customers to Select Financial Products

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on September 13, 2012
Categories: FinovateFall 2012, Leadfusion

Next, Leadfusion demonstrated how it can make the process of selecting financial products easier for consumers:

“Leadfusion’s new Cross Channel Selling solution unites the online and offline experiences for consumers who are evaluating financial products, while also delivering powerful selling tools to retail branch personnel.

For the first time, a consumer can begin the consideration of a financial product or service in any channel, and continue that investigation in a different channel – picking up where they left off. By creating a unified experience, Cross Channel Selling makes the selection of a financial product easier and more convenient for the consumer. And with Cross Channel Selling, financial institutions can offer consistent product recommendations across channels while placing helpful selling and lead management tools in the hands of the front-office staff.”

Product Launching: December 2012

HQ Location: San Diego, CA

Company Founded: 1995

Metrics: Leadfusion is privately held with over $5M in annual revenue, more than 250 customers and 1.2M visitors hosted per month.

Website: leadfusion.com

Twitter: @Leadfusion

Finovate demo video: finovate.com/fall12vid/ (demo video will be posted next week)

Introducing Mark Nelson (VP of National Sales), Matt Kojis (Senior Product Manager), and Nilima Achanti (Director of Implementation Services)

Share this:

Send Post Twitter LinkedIn Facebook

Euronovate Launches ENSIGN 10 to Help Branches Take A Step Toward Becoming Paperless

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on September 13, 2012
Categories: Euronovate, FinovateFall 2012

Third up, Euronovate launched its paperless technology:

“Existing companies are focused on only one key element, creating a fragmentation of competence and making it difficult for customers to realize a successful paperless project. Euronovate owns all the expertise and the best product to deliver a turnkey paperless program (using partner resources).

ENSIGN 10 + ENSOFT are innovative tablet and software for advanced electronic signature and instant marketing, with a unique concept that assures maximum customer experience and level of security. Features include: 10″ wide screen, biometric data-capture including special on-the-air movement and 1.024 pressure level, one single shell impossible to open, encryption 3DES in communication, USB cable for power and data transmission, avoiding any tentative sniffing, tempered glass.”

Product Launched: September 2012

HQ Location: Lugano, Switzerland

Company Founded: February 2012

Metrics (as of July 31, 2012): 1.3M € in revenues, 15M € in pipeline closing by end of 2012, 6 internal employees, 250 resources available through industrial stakeholders, in due-diligence with Atlante Ventures for raising 1.5M €

Website: euronovate.com

Finovate demo video: finovate.com/fall12vid/ (demo video will be posted next week)

Introducing Alberto Guidotti (President & CEO) and Nicola Ruggiero (Director)

Share this:

Send Post Twitter LinkedIn Facebook

Manilla Helps Users Stay Organized

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on September 13, 2012
Categories: FinovateFall 2012, Manilla

Second up, Manilla demonstrated its bill management platform:

“Manilla.com is the free, award-winning service that helps you manage everything in your life in one place and has updated its features so that customers can seamlessly manage their lives even more easily than before.

Manilla has made improvements to its mobile apps (which have received 4+ star ratings and thousands of user reviews), upgrades to the way customers categorize their bills and accounts on Manilla, and improvements to its convenient add-account process that allows customers to manage all of their accounts on Manilla’s clean, streamlined interface.”

Product Launched: February 2011

HQ Location: New York, NY & San Francisco, CA

Company Founded: March 2010

Metrics: 50+ employees

Website: manilla.com

Twitter: @Manilla

Finovate demo video: finovate.com/fall12vid/ (demo video will be posted next week)

Introducing Chris Victory (VP, Business Development) and Bill Eller (Senior Director of Business Development)

Share this:

Send Post Twitter LinkedIn Facebook

eToro Launches a Social Trading Index

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on September 13, 2012
Categories: eToro, FinovateFall 2012

After the break, eToro took the stage with its social trading index:

“The Social Trading Index is an evolution of eToro’s CopyTrader technology, which enables users to copy the trading activity of any user in the network in order to create a diversified people-based portfolio. As a result of offering the ability to aggregate several users into a single social trading index, users are able to benefit from an even more diversified and controlled investment portfolio. Through CopyTrader and Social Index people have now been transformed into a new asset class, paving the way for a social approach to investing.”

Product Launched: August 2012

HQ Location: Limassol, Cyprus

Company Founded: 2007

Metrics: 190 employees with offices in the United States, Europe & Australia, $31.6M raised to date, more than 2.5M registered users

Website: etoro.com

Twitter: @eToro

Finovate demo video: finovate.com/fall12vid/ (demo video will be posted next week)

Introducing Johnathan Assia (CEO) and Tal Ben Simon (Director of Product Management)

Share this:

Send Post Twitter LinkedIn Facebook

ValidSoft Brings Secure Mobile Architecture to Real-time Transactions

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on September 13, 2012
Categories: FinovateFall 2012, ValidSoft

Last up for this session, ValidSoft showed the audience its SMART technology:

“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 Launched: January 2012

HQ Location: London, UK

Company Founded: 2003

Metrics: ValidSoft has 20 employees, most of them working out of the London office

Website: validsoft.com

Twitter: @ValidSoft

Finovate demo video: finovate.com/fall12vid/ (demo video will be posted next week)

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

Share this:

Send Post Twitter LinkedIn Facebook

PaySimple Helps Small Businesses Get Paid Faster

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on September 13, 2012
Categories: FinovateFall 2012, PaySimple

Next, PaySimple demonstrated its solution to help small businesses get paid faster and increase customer engagement:

“Late payments and business growth challenges continue to plague small businesses. PaySimple has recently launched a get paid faster while you grow your business feature set. This new innovation ensures small businesses get paid faster through simple automation of early payment incentives and late payment penalties.

In addition, the innovative features promote business growth by driving social engagement as a natural extension of the payments flow. The social features help businesses grow their social following and improve their online review presence to retain active customer engagements and become a more attractive option to new potential customers.”

Product Launched: April 2010

HQ Location: Denver, CO

Company Founded: January 2006

Metrics: $28.5M raised, 75 employees

Website: paysimple.com

Twitter: @PaySimple

Finovate demo video: finovate.com/fall12vid/ (demo video will be posted next week)

Introducing Eric Remer (CEO) and Jenae Wiegert (VP, Product)

Share this:

Send Post Twitter LinkedIn Facebook

Guardian Analytics’ FraudXCHANGE Helps FIs Detect Fraud

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on September 13, 2012
Categories: FinovateFall 2012, Guardian Analytics

Afterwards, Guardian Analytics demonstrated how FraudXCHANGE can help FIs detect fraud:

“FraudXCHANGE is Guardian Analytics’ cross-institution fraud detection platform. Both a collaboration portal and a fraud detection engine, FraudXCHANGE provides FIs a way to take advantage of the fraud data, experiences, expertise, and ideas of hundreds of FIs and fraud prevention experts in our rapidly growing FraudMAP user community, partner community and industry association network.”

Product Launched: November 2012

HQ Location: Mountain View, CA

Company Founded: March 2005

Metrics: Guardian Analytics has 50 employees and over 200 FIs. The company has experienced rapid growth (over 200% year over year growth in customers from 2010-2011) fueled by the acceleration in fraudulent attacks against FIs and recent regulatory guidance setting expectations that all FIs should have the ability to detect and respond to suspicious activity in any electronic banking channel.

Website: guardiananalytics.com

Twitter: @GuardAnalytics

Finovate demo video: finovate.com/fall12vid/ (demo video will be posted next week)

Introducing Terry Austin (President & CEO) and Luis Rojas (Director Product Management)

Share this:

Send Post Twitter LinkedIn Facebook