Finovate Alumni News

On Finovate.com

  • Overbond Launches COBI Matching in Pivot to Analytics.
  • YellowDog Raises $3.3 Million in Series A.
  • Nutmeg Says No to IPO, Opts for Crowdfunding Instead.

Around the web

  • Ledger integrates with Cardano’s ADA and Yoroi Wallets.
  • Insuritas partners with SouthEast Bank to launch bank-owned digital insurance agency platform.
  • Adobe unveils Commerce Cloud, a customizable and scalable platform to manage, personalize, and optimize the commerce experience.
  • SigFig unveils SigFig Atlas, a financial advice and software-guided sales platform.
  • InComm and WH Smith launch in-store, online hubs for game cards in the U.K.
  • UBank integrates Watson into its customer service offerings with RoboBrain, a Watson-enabled virtual assistant.
  • Token.io and Konsentus launch fast PSD2 compliance solution by combining a PSD2 API with automated TPP verification.
  • Verimi and Signicat partner to deliver verified digital identity solution for European enterprises.
  • HooYu to provide ID verification for esports betting platform, Luckbox.
  • Qover earns a spot on Programmable Web’s list of 13 Notable Insurance APIs.
  • WRAL Tech Wire features Spreedly in a look at local technology companies.

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.

Finovate Alumni News

On Finovate.com

  • PayActiv More than Doubles its Funding with Fresh $20 Million.

Around the web

  • IdentityMind Global selects Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to host its trusted digital identities regtech platform
  • Adobe launching Magento Payments with PayPal’s Braintree for payment processing.
  • Tangerine partners with Meniga for digital banking.

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.

Adobe Presents Adobe Experience Manager Forms, Turning Complex Document Transactions into Engaging Experiences

Adobe Presents Adobe Experience Manager Forms, Turning Complex Document Transactions into Engaging Experiences

AdobeThis post is part of our live coverage of FinovateFall 2015.

Starting us off after the lunch break here on day one of Finovate is the team from Adobe.

With Adobe Experience Manager Forms, financial institutions can transform complex form and document transactions into simple, engaging digital experiences—anywhere, anytime, on any device—improving user experiences, increasing operational efficiencies, and reducing paper and manual processes.

By leveraging the Adobe Marketing Cloud, financial institutions can efficiently personalize and optimize digital form and document experiences for clients and prospects, increasing satisfaction, brand loyalty, and conversion rates. Automatically inserting targeted-offers into form-and-document experiences increases cross-sell rates, while personalizing communications through preferred channels helps deepen relationships.

Adobe presenters: Chris Young, director, financial services strategy, and Neal Wadhwani, principal, financial services solutions

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Product Launch: May 2015
Metrics: As one of the largest software companies in the world, Adobe achieved revenues of more than $4 billion USD in 2013. Headquartered in San Jose, Calif., our stock is traded on the NASDAQ Stock Market under the symbol ADBE.
Product distribution strategy: Direct to Business (B2B)

HQ: San Jose, California
Founded: 1982
Website: adobe.com
Twitter: @AdobeMktgCloud

 

Finovate Alumni News

On Finovate.com

  • “What’s Trending at FinovateFall?”

Around the web

  • PayPal’s new PayPal.me gives users a customized URL to request money.
  • BigRentz and Kabbage partner to offer equipment-rental financing.
  • Forbes: “PayPal’s Small Business Lending ‘Accelerating‘ On The Way To $1 Billion”
  • EVO Payments purchases Citigroup’s merchant-acquiring business in Mexico.
  • ThetaRay launches its new credit-risk model for online lenders. See ThetaRay at FinovateFall 2015 in September.
  • Boku sells its pay-by-call business to DaoPay.
  • YA partners with InComm to enhance client program delivery.
  • Expensify now enables users to import Items from QuickBooks Online and use them in place of categories for expenses on policies.
  • Kony opens new company headquarters in Austin, Texas.
  • Adobe’s mobile marketing platform is combining Adobe Analytics and Adobe Target, to help app developers and marketers better understand, attract, and retain users. Come see Adobe’s live demo at FinovateFall.
  • itBit adds former NYDFS general counsel Danny Alter as chief compliance officer and general counsel.
  • First Internet Bank unveils Eyeprint ID authentication from EyeVerify for its mobile banking app.

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.

 

FinovateFall Sneak Peek: Adobe

FinovateFall Sneak Peek: Adobe

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The Sneak Peek series looks at the innovators demoing live on stage at FinovateFall 2015. Be sure to pick up your tickets to our annual autumn conference, and we’ll see you in New York!

AdobeLogo2Adobe helps the financial services industry transform paper forms, documents, and their associated manual processes into consistent, compliant, connected customer experiences across multiple channels.

Features:

  • Extends form and document reach to smartphones
  • Integrates with Adobe Marketing Cloud analytics, targeting and email
  • Includes digital workflow and mobile worker app

Why it’s great
With Adobe Experience Manager Forms and the Adobe Marketing Cloud, financial institutions can easily make, manage, measure, and continually optimize their forms and documents.

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Christopher Young, Director, Financial Services Strategy
As director of industry strategy, Christopher Young leads a team that helps financial services clients develop best-in-class digital marketing strategies using Adobe Marketing Cloud solutions.
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AdobePresenter2Neal Wadhwani, Principal Solutions Consultant, Financial Services and Insurance
Neal is responsible for designing solutions and globally managing technical relationships with financial services and insurance clients to maximize digital experiences on mobile and desktop.
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Finovate Alumni News

On Finovate.com

  • “SumUp Raises €10 Million in Round Led by BBVA Ventures, Groupon, American Express”

Around the web

  • In its fiscal year 2015, Avoka signs record number of clients and experiences 70% year-on-year bookings growth.
  • Yodlee is accepting applicants for its upcoming Ynext Incubator class.
  • Markit acquires FX trade-processing specialist DealHug. See Markit at FinDEVr 2015 in San Francisco in October.
  • Emailage opens European data center.
  • After BlackRock’s acquisition of FutureAdvisor, ThinkAdvisor considers the fate of Wealthfront and Betterment.
  • Forbes looks at Mint, MaxMyInterest, Moven, and Venom in a discussion on the connection between mobile, messaging, and financial services.
  • Mainstream features a quote from founder of DoubleNet Pay, CEO Brian Cosgray, on the impact of debt on new retirees.

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.

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

adobe_logo.jpgThis 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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Finovate Alumni News– April 24, 2013

  • Finovate-F-Logo.jpgAdobe and SapientNitro form partnership. Come see Adobe’s new tech at FinovateSpring.
  • Forbes lists Zopa as 1 of 10 top P2P lending platforms in Europe. 
  • MicroStrategy unveils upgrade to company’s enterprise analytics platform. See them demo at FinovateSpring in May.
  • Bank Systems & Technology takes a look at ACI Worldwide’s new Universal Payments Platform.
  • CommunityLend’s FinanceIt named 1 of Branham300’s Top 25 Up-and-Coming companies.
  • Is TransferWise a “simplified PayPal for business banking”?
  • ACI Worldwide to offer Mobile Bill Pay Suite.
  • Bank Investment Consultant features social media resource Finect. Come meet Finect at FinovateSpring in San Francisco in May.
  • Newser takes a look at Green Dot’s new online bank: GoBank. See a demo of GoBank at FinovateSpring.
  • Motherhood Moment interviews TipRanks CEO and co-founder Uri Gruenbaun. See TipRanks in action at FinovateSpring.
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.

Finovate Alumni Website Traffic in September

Each month we survey the Web-traffic performance of Finovate alums using data from Web-analytics company Compete.
Out of 268 alumni, 80 had more than 10,000 unique U.S. visitors in September 2011 and are included in the tables below. Of those, 33 (41%) had more visitors in September than August. Year-over-year, 42 (52%) had traffic increases.
Private Companies
  • Seeking Alpha and Cortera had the highest traffic in September with 2.1 and 2.0 million unique visitors, respectively. Cortera also had the highest increase in number of unique year-over-year visits with over 1.5 more visits in 2011 than in 2010.
  • Kabbage had the highest percentage growth year-over-year, up 280x.
  • Weemba saw the highest monthly growth percentage with more than 7.5 times the number of unique visitors in September compared to August.
  • SmartCredit.com had the highest increase in number of unique year-over-year visitors, growing by 126,000.
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Source: Compete.com retrieved the week of October 26, 2011
 
1) The previous month recorded was August 2011
2) Sears Credit Score is powered by CreditKarma.com
3) Truaxis was formerly BillShrink
4) Kasasa is powered by BancVue
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  • CheckFree had the highest percentage growth year-over-year, with over 7 times the number of visitors this year than last year.
  • Intuit had a notable increase in number of unique, year-over-year visitors, increasing by 300,000 visits.
  • Check Point had the highest month-over-month percent growth, with 41% more visitors in September than in August.
PublicWebTrafficSeptember2.jpgSource: Compete.com retrieved the week of October 26, 2011

1) The previous month recorded was July 2011.
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Notes:
1. We reviewed 268 Finovate alumni. Only those with at least 10,000 unique visitors in July are listed.
3. NM = not measurable
4. t= tie
5. Compete estimates online visitors based on the activity of a panel of more than 2 million U.S. Internet users. It is only an estimate of traffic and may undercount at-work usage.

Finovate Alumni Website Traffic in August

Each month we survey the Web-traffic performance of Finovate alums using data from Web-analytics company Compete
Out of 268 alumni, 75 had more than 10,000 unique U.S. visitors in August 2011 and are included in the tables below. Of those, 41 (55%) had more visitors in August than July. Year-over-year, 45 (60%) had traffic increases.
Private Companies
  • Seeking Alpha — the most-trafficked in August with 2.5 million unique visitors — also had the highest increase in number of unique month-over-month visits with 300,000 more visits in August than in July.
  • Budgettracker.com saw the highest monthly growth percentage with more than 6.5 times the number of unique visitors in August compared to July.
  • Betterment had the highest percentage growth year-over-year, up 88x.
  • Cortera had the highest number of unique year-over-year visitors, growing by 1.5 million. 
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Source: Compete.com retrieved week of October 3, 2011
1) The previous month recorded was July 2011
2) Truaxis was formerly BillShrink
4) Kasasa is powered by BancVue
5) Checkingfinder.com is powered by BancVue

Public Companies

  • Fiserv had the highest month-over-month percent growth, with 50% more visitors.
  • CheckFree had the highest percentage growth year-over-year, with over 5 times the number of visitors.
  • S1 also had a high percentage growth year-over-year, doubling its visitors.
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Source: Compete.com retrieved the week of October 3, 2011
1) The previous month recorded was July 2011.
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Notes:
1. We reviewed 268 Finovate alumni. Only those with at least 10,000 unique visitors in July are listed. 
3. NM = Not measurable
4. t= Tie
5. Compete estimates online visitors based on the activity of a panel of more than 2 million U.S. Internet users. It is only an estimate of traffic and may undercount at-work usage.

Finovate Alumni at BAI Retail Delivery Conference

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The BAI Retail Delivery conference begins tomorrow with 29 Finovate alumni participating in sessions and/or exhibiting on the trade show floor.
Session Speakers
  • Tuesday, Global Game-Changer Session
    Speaker: Jim Taschetta from FreeMonee
  • Wednesday, Technology for Business Summit 
    Speaker: Mitch Jacobs from On Deck Capital
  • Wednesday, Technology for Business Summit Session 
    Speaker: David Eads from Kony Solutions
  • Thursday, Technology for Business Summit Session
    Speaker: Eric Connors from Yodlee
  • Thursday, Marketing & Product Management Summit Session 
    Speaker: Rod Witmond from Cardlytics
Exhibitors 
BAI Mobile Link
Mobile Link Panel Discussions
Solutions Theatre
Jim Bruene and I (julie@netbanker.com) will be in attendance and will update the blog and Twitter with new developments throughout the event. 

Finovate Alumni Website Traffic in July

Each month we survey the Web-traffic performance of Finovate alums using data from Web-analytics company Compete
Out of 255 alumni, 59 (23%) had more than 10,000 unique U.S. visitors in July 2011 (see tables below). Of those, 19 (32%) had more visitors than in the previous month and 25 (42%) were flat. Year-over-year, 26 (44%) had an increase, 10 (17%) were flat, and 23 (39%) were down. 

Private Companies
Notable successes:
  • Seeking Alpha had the most traffic in July with more than 2 million unique visitors.
  • eToro saw the highest monthly growth percentage with 3 times the number of unique visitors in July compared to June.
  • Bundle had the highest increase in number of unique month-over-month visits, with 450,000 more visitors in July than in June.
  • eRollover had the highest percent year-over-year traffic increase, with 260,000 more visitors from last July. 
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Source: Compete.com retrieved week of August 15, 2011
1. The previous month recorded was May 2011
2. Sears Credit Score is powered by CreditKarma.com
3. Kasasa is powered by BancVue
Public Companies
Notable successes:
  • PayPal had the highest number of U.S. visitors in July, with more than 30 million visitors.
  • Jack Henry & Associates saw the highest monthly growth with twice as many visitors in July than June.
  • Wipro Technologies had the highest year-over-year growth, with 3 times as many visitors this year compared to last year.
  • FIS Global and Online Resources also doubled their traffic compared to last year. 
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Source: Compete.com retrieved the week of August 15, 2011
1. The previous month recorded was May 2011.
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Notes:
1. We reviewed 255 Finovate alumni. Only those with at least 10,000 unique visitors in July are listed. 
3. NM = Not measurable
4. Compete estimates online visitors based on the activity of a panel of more than 2 million U.S. Internet users. It is only an estimate of traffic and may undercount at-work usage.