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Finovate Alumni News– July 17, 2012

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on July 17, 2012
Categories: Actiance, Cartera Commerce, Check Point, CurrencyFair, Dwolla, Kony Solutions, planwise, SafetyPay, Silver Tail Systems, Tuition.io

Forbes features Tuition.io’s student loan platform. Come see Tuition.io’s live demo at FinovateFall in NYC.

Alfa Insurance chooses Kony to power features of its mobile app.

Killerstartups features the planwise story and their success at FinovateFall 2011.

MSN Money compares CurrencyFair and competitor, Azimo. Come see CurrencyFair’s live demo at FinovateFall.

Cartera Commerce named Global 250 Top Private Company for second consecutive year.

Actiance integrates Socialite platform and Salesforce.com to help companies track and monetize social media conversations. Come see Actiance at FinovateFall September 12 and 13.

SafetyPay, launches mobile version of service available to mobile shoppers internationally.

NPR features Silver Tail Systems, discusses how In-Q-Tel gives it the CIA’s seal of approval.

Check Point Software Technologies taps the power of virtualization to simplify security for private clouds.

Des Moines Register staff blog reports Dwolla CEO, Ben Milne, spreads his mobile payments message at TEDxDesMoines.

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.

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FinovateFall 2012 Demo Companies Announced!

By Eric Mattson Posted on July 16, 2012
Categories: FinovateFall 2012

Amazingly, FinovateFall is just
around the corner. And with less than two months until dozens of new
fintech innovations take the stage in Manhattan, it is time to
announce the handpicked companies that we’ve selected to demo their
latest and greatest. It was a tremendously competitive application
process and we’re very excited to showcase these new ideas.

Each year the quality and number of applications grows, making our job harder and the show better. This year, as we return to NYC for the 6th time, we’re incredibly excited about the innovations we’re seeing. You don’t want to miss what these companies have to show!

Without further ado, here are the companies that will demo their newest innovations at FinovateFall this year:

We will also be announcing a few stealth companies closer to the conference.

If you’d like to watch these companies demo the cutting edge of fintech at the early-bird rate of $100 off, please get your ticket before July 27th. If you have any questions about the event, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us at info@finovate.com. We hope to see you in September!

FinovateFall 2012 is sponsored by: The Bancorp Inc., the law firm of Hudson Cook & Tier One Partners

FinovateFall 2012 is partners with: American Bankers Association, BankInnovation, BankerStuff, Benzinga, California Bankers Association, Celent, Filene, Finance on Windows & PYMNTS.com

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FinovateFall 2012 Demo Companies Announced!

By Eric Mattson Posted on July 16, 2012
Categories: FinovateFall 2012

Without further ado, here are the companies that will demo their newest innovations at FinovateFall this year:

We will also be announcing a few stealth companies closer to the conference.

FinovateFall 2012 is sponsored by: The Bancorp Inc., the law firm of Hudson Cook & Tier One Partners

FinovateFall 2012 is partners with: American Bankers Association, BankInnovation, BankerStuff, Benzinga, California Bankers Association, Celent, Filene, Finance on Windows & PYMNTS.com

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Xero Integrates with ADP to Give Users Ability to Conduct Payroll Activities

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on July 16, 2012
Categories: Xero

Cloud-based accounting program, Xero, announced today it has integrated with ADP payroll services.

This enables customers to conduct payroll activities, not strictly accounting, through Xero. Jamie Sutherland, U.S. President of Operations, states that the integration is done using Xero’s API and will be an “add-on” for Xero users.

According to PandoDaily:

“They’ve been working on integrating the services for six to eight months and as Jamie Sutherland says, ‘it’s a real coup’.”

To learn more about Xero, watch its FinovateSpring 2011 demo.

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Finovate Alumni News– July 16, 2012

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on July 16, 2012
Categories: Braintree, Dashlane, Intuit, Virtual Piggy, Wall Street Survivor

Zions Direct reviews Wall Street Survivor.

Braintree partners With Spreedly to provide payment gateway services.

Braintree hires Juan Benitez as CTO & SVP of Product and John Sturino as VP of Product.

Tech News Daily features Dashlane. Come see its live demo at FinovateFall Sept. 12 and 13.

ROXO adds Virtual Piggy as payment solution.

Intuit listed in top 10 in India’s Best Companies to Work for 2012.

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.

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SmartStops BrokerLink Service Available to TradeKing Clients

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on July 13, 2012
Categories: TradeKing

Earlier this week, online broker TradeKing announced that the BrokerLink service from SmartStops.net is now available for its clients.

Using TradeKing’s API, SmartStops has made it possible for clients to synchronize their SmartStops portfolio with their TradeKing brokerage account.

TradeKing clients interested in the service can create an account by visiting the special offer page on SmartStops.net.

TradeKing demoed at FinovateStartup 2008. Check out the demo here.

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The Currency Cloud Closes $3.1 Million in Funding

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on July 13, 2012
Categories: The Currency Cloud

Cloud-based currency conversion startup, The Currency Cloud announced a round of $3.1 million (£2 million) from Notion Capital yesterday.

This comes after a $4 million (£2.5 million) round from Atlas Venture and the Anthemis Group in March of this year, bringing the London-based startup’s total funding up to $7 million.

As a part of this investment round, Notion Capital partner, Jos White will join Sean Park from Anthemis and Fred Destin from Atlas, on The Currency Cloud’s Board.

To learn more about The Currency Cloud, come to FinovateFall 2012 in New York to watch its live demo. Get your ticket here.

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Finovate Alumni News– July 13, 2012

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on July 13, 2012
Categories: ImpulseSave, Kabbage, Stokr, The Currency Cloud, TradeKing

TIME Business features Kabbage.

Huffington Post features ImpulseSave. Come see their live demo at FinovateFall September 12 and 13.

Socialtech interviews Vinny Jindal, Stockr CEO.

SmartStops BrokerLink Service available to TradeKing Clients.

The Currency Cloud closes $3.1 million in funding. Come see its live demo at FinovateFall in New York.

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.

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Wipit and Punchcard Form Partnership

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on July 12, 2012
Categories: Wipit

Cash-based mobile payments solution, Wipit, announced today that it has partnered with Punchcard, a local shopping app through which users can earn rewards.

Wipit will enable businesses using Punchcard to accept cash payments and will allow mobile consumers toreceive loyalty rewards and make in-app or online purchases using cash.

Richard Kang, Wipit CEO, hopes the partnership will introduce new ways for businesses to engage with Wipit users.

To learn more about Wipit, watch its FinovateSpring 2012 demo.

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Finovate Alumni News– July 12, 2012

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on July 12, 2012
Categories: BillGuard, CoverHound, Geezeo, Mortgagebot, planwise, Wipit

Two Guys and Your Money podcast features Planwise.

Business Insider reviews BillGuard.

University FCU & Bank of Lake Mills deploy the Mortgagebot front-end POS automation.

Geezeo adds 4 credit unions.

2 Minute Finance receives a demo of CoverHound’s technology at FinovateSpring.

Wipit and Punchcard form partnership.

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.

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Westpac Launches iPad Banking with Drag-and-Drop Transfers

By Jim Bruene Posted on July 11, 2012
Categories: Bill payment, iPad, Mobile Banking

Touchscreen technology isn’t particularly game changing in banking. For the most part, users simply look at transactions, type a few numbers, and press a button or two. Touchscreen or mouse, it works pretty much the same.

However, Australia’s Westpac Bank (creators of Cash Tank and Impulse Saver) has figured out a way to use the swipe motion to simplify the funds transfer process. In its new iPad app (launched today), each account is shown on the screen in a small summary box.

To initiate a funds transfer, users move the summary box for account A over the summary box for account B, then type in the amount (see first screenshot below). Similarly, to initiate a payment, users drag the summary box over to the “payments zone” on the right to begin a bill payment (second screenshot).

Bottom line: While pushing a box around on a screen may not be faster than using a mouse in desktop online banking, it’s an intuitive way to use an iPad app. Kudos to Westpac for incorporating it into their app.

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Westpac (AU) iPad funds transfer (10 July 2012)
Simply drag the “from” account box over “to” account to begin the funds transfer

Westpac (AU) bill-payment process
Drag to “from” account over to the payment zone on the far right to begin a payment

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CashStar Receives $5 Million in Funding

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on July 11, 2012
Categories: CashStar

Today digital gifting company, CashStar, announced a $5 million round of funding. Intel Capital led the round, followed by:

Passport Capital
FTV Capital
Steven Boal, Co-founder and Chairman of CashStar, and president and CEO of Coupons.com

This installment brings the Portland, Maine-based company’s total funding to over $26 million.

CashStar will use the funding to expand its focus in mobile and social media.

To learn more about CashStar, watch its FinovateFall 2011 demo.

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