Finovate Alumni News

On Finovate.com

  • “Rippleshot Earns Spot in SixThirty Accelerator’s Incoming Cohort”
  • “Cloud Lending Solutions Raises $8 Million in Series A”
  • “MX Lands $4 Million from CheckFree Founder Pete Kight”

Around the web

  • iSignthis to provide KYC services to Coinify, Europe’s leading bitcoin-payment service provider.
  • Feedzai’s algorithms poised to analyze $800 million in purchases in real time each day.
  • Bitbond launches bitcoin affiliate program to allow users to earn money online simply by placing a link.
  • Matchi launches first innovation challenge for insurance company.
  • Lendio funds more than 500 small businesses in one month.
  • Xero surpasses milestone of 100,000 subscribers in the United Kingdom.
  • Algomi announces expansion, opening new office in New York.
  • Misys wins Customer Focus Award, named “National Champion for the U.K.” by the European Business Awards.
  • Let’s Talk Payments profiles PFM and account-aggregation solution provider, eWise.

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.

More Than 30 Alums Make Hot Topics 100 Most Influential People in Fintech

More Than 30 Alums Make Hot Topics 100 Most Influential People in Fintech

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If you drew up a list of the 100 most influential men and women in fintech, how many of them would be alumni of our Finovate/FinDEVr conferences?

The answer is about a third, according to Hot Topics, which released its list of the top 100 fintech influencers this week.

“More transactions taking place online mean more opportunities to help consumers manage their money in digital form: enter the fintech platforms,” wrote Joel Watson for Hot Topics. “Whether it be securing mortgagees, getting a loan, transferring money abroad, spending money in an ecommerce store, or one of a thousand other applications, the marketplace is fiercely competitive and growing all the time.”

See if you agree with who made the cut, who was overlooked, and who deserves at least an honorable mention.

Hot Topics is an online community of more than 300 entrepreneurs, corporate executives, venture capitalists, journalists, bloggers and other professionals interested and involved with technology.

 

Finovate Alumni News

On Finovate.com

  • “Expensify Tallies Up $17.5 Million in Funding to Support its New Fintech Investment Fund”

Around the web

  • AcceptEmail partners with PayWithMyBank to make bill pay convenient and less costly.
  • SocietyOne hires former Lending Club executive as its new chief marketing officer.
  • Spend Matters highlights Tradeshift as a company to watch in 2015.
  • Pindrop Security releases new version of fraud detection system to more effectively identify and predict fraudulent activity.
  • Yodlee hosts webinar on how to build financial apps to meet rapidly evolving customer expectations.
  • BehavioSec mentioned as one “wild invention of the future” that the Pentagon is behind.
  • Tradier announces 75+ investor platforms and advisors integrating with its API.
  • Algomi adds 100th buy-side firm to its Honeycomb Network.
  • American Banker: FIS in talks to acquire SunGard.
  • PYMNTS.com interviews Sarah Hartman, senior director of consumer payment solutions at TSYS.
  • India West profiles Ayasdi founder and CEO, Gurjeet Singh.
  • Benzinga’s list of 10 PFM apps for teens and young adults features Toshl Finance, Manilla, BillGuard, Mint, and Smarty Pig.
  • Acculynk teams up with TouchPay, combining online billpay with self-service payment kiosks.
  • OnDeck rolls out mobile app for account management on the go. Come see OnDeck at FinDEVr in San Francisco, 6/7 October 2015.
  • Let’s Talk Payments interviews PayStand CEO Jeremy Almond.

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

  • “Realty Mogul Builds $35 Million in New Funding”
  • “Fastacash Secures $15 Million in Series B Investment”
  • “Fenergo Raises $75 Million from Insight Venture Partners”

Around the web

  • InComm adds new brands to its Incentives e-commerce site, including vacation brands.
  • Green Dot opens subsidiary in Shanghai.
  • Citizens 1st National Bank introduces mobile remote deposit capture with integration of Malauzai SmartApp, Ensenta mRDC.
  • Liz Loewy, senior vice president for EverSafe, spoke about elder financial abuse at White House Conference on Aging.
  • Arxan Technologies partners with Sequent to develop new security solution to protect HCE-based payment systems.
  • Five Degrees appoints Peter-Jan van de Venn as new chief commercial officer.
  • BBVA Group inks strategic agreement with the Alliance for Financial Inclusion.
  • Business Insider names executives of Braintree, PayPal, Coinbase, and Venmo as 5 of 10 execs who are transforming the fintech industry.
  • Kotak Securities and Heckyl launch real-time news and market-info apps.
  • Cachet Financial Solutions to deploy Select Mobile Money platform for SOLE Financial’s Visa Paycard.
  • MyOrder teams up with WirecardGroup to issue contactless mobile cards using HCE technology.
  • Algomi wins “FinTech Innovation of the Year” honors at 2015 Euromoney Global Awards for Excellence.
  • Wealthfront lowers its minimum investment to $500.
  • Bank Innovation takes a look at how startups like SizeUp help banks work better with small businesses.
  • Authentication specialist BioCatch earns a pair of patents from the U.S. Patent Office.

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 Alums Populate the FinTech50

Looking for the most innovative startups in fintech? The FinTech50 is a great place to start.

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It also turns out to be a great place to find Finovate alums. Of the 50 companies recognized by FinTechCity’s panels of judges as being “game-changers transforming the future of finance,” nearly half are alumni of Finovate conferences – including our upcoming event in London.
Here is the list of alums in alphabetical order:
According to Chris Skinner, who was one of the panelists, more than 700 companies competed for spots in the FinTech50. The selection panel included veterans of finance and technology from companies ranging from American Express and Google to Silicon Valley Bank and UBS. The FinTech50 winners were announced at an invitation-only event in London.
Speaking of London, Five Degrees, InvoiceSharing, Ixaris, mBank, and Trunomi will be in town next month, demonstrating their latest solutions at FinovateEurope 2015, February 10 and 11. More information on the event available here.

Alumni News– January 15, 2015

  • Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Finovate-F-Logo.jpgFiserv launches its mobile card management app, CardValet.
  • Monitise teams up with the MoneyPass Network to offer Mobile Money services and card control functionality.
  • Misys adds DTCC connectivity to its Regulatory Reporting Service.
  • Partnership between MasterCard and Movistar brings mobile money service to Peru.
  • Benzinga columnist profiles Market Prophit in his look at Apple, Facebook, and JP Morgan.
  • Yodlee now powering 80 financial solutions for smbs.
  • PlanetBiometrics profiles Neil Costigan, BehavioSec CEO.
  • D3 Banking reveals 2015 plans to release digital offering for bank’s SMB customers & launch SaaS-based offering.
  • Kony receives the highest scores in 3 out of 4 use cases in New Gartner Report: Critical Capabilities for Mobile Application Development Platforms.
  • TIO Networks partners with City of Baltimore to launch mobile phone bill payments for residents.
  • James Dotter, Utah Business’ 2013 CFO of the Year, joins MX as CFO.
  • FreeAgent offers £5k tax bill prize to ease Self Assessment woes.
  • Algomi reports strong growth, plans to triple U.S. staff.
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.

Alumni News– January 7, 2015

  • Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Finovate-F-Logo.jpgGreen Dot boosts CTO Kuan Archer to Chief Operating Officer.
  • Algomi announces Jesper Bruun-Olsen as new head of Asia-Pacific operations.
  • LendingTree parent company, Tree, to change corporate name back to LendingTree.
  • New York Daily News coverage of financial advisor, Nicole Lapin, references Toshl Finance.
  • European CEO publishes an extended feature on ayondo.
  • American Banker considers how Larky offers geolocation-based offer services to community banks.
  • KissMyAds partners with Payoneer to receive funds through Payoneer MasterCard.
  • ABC News features Betterment and Wealthfront to help investments.
  • AboutThatRatio names Dwolla, Wealthfront and Kabbage as 3 fintech companies to watch.
  • How Backbase Engage Upgrades Banks’ Digital Channels.
  • Coinbase redesigns iOS and Android wallet apps.
  • SigFig Starts 2015 with New Mobile Features, Refreshed Look.
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.

Algomi Launches Honeycomb

Algomi Launches Honeycomb
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This post is part of our live coverage of FinovateFall 2014.


Algomi debuted Honeycomb, a buyside GUI that facilitates less risky trades:
“Algomi’s technology collates all information points within a bank’s credit trading business. Customized algorithms are written and push most relevant and profitable opportunities in real time to the appropriate salespeople within the franchise that can help facilitate a riskless trade. 
Algomi’s buyside GUI, Honeycomb, enables end investors to see which dealer is best placed to facilitate these illiquid block trades without disturbing the market picture. Honeycomb brings client marketing up to the standards of the best online retailing (think Amazon.com). Honeycomb is ‘Smart Marketing’.”
Presenting: Stu Taylor, CEO and Usman Khan, CTO
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Product Launch: Q4 2014
Metrics: 87 employees in London, New York, and Zurich, hundreds of registered users globally within multiple investment banks and buyside institutions, $20M raised to date and multimillion dollar revenues in the first year with very high growth trajectory
Product distribution strategy: Direct to Consumer (B2C)
HQ: London, UK
Founded: June 2012
Website: algomi.com 
Twitter: @algomi_ltd

Alumni News– September 16, 2014

  • Finovate-F-Logo.jpgGoogle Cloud Platform profiles mCASH. Check them out at FinovateFall next week.
  • Credit Sesame wins two Stevie Awards in The 2014 American Business Awards.
  • Blackhawk Network acquires CardLab as Part of Incentives Expansion Strategy.
  • Bloomberg TV: How Check Point Stays on Cutting Edge of Cyber Security.
  • FreeAgent surpasses 2,000-customer landmark.
  • Tripwire’s The State of Security takes a look at Rippleshot’s ability to monitor and detect fraudulent transactions and security breaches.
  • Algomi adds Charles Teschner, Boston Consulting Group senior partner, to its board of directors.
  • Rebtel blog lists Toshl Finance among its best, free, “must-have apps” for people moving overseas.
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 2014 Sneak Peek: Part 3

FinovateFall 2014 Sneak Peek: Part 3

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Last week we took a look at 12 companies that will present at FinovateFall this September 23 and 24 in New York:

Today, we’re covering six more companies who will hint at what their 7-minute demo will reveal on stage. If you’re interested in seeing the full live demo, get your FinovateFall ticket here.


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Features:
    • Aimed at financial markets trading
    • Finds trade opportunities on hard-to-trade items through its smart network
    • Connects the right organizations around trades 
    • Does not disclose sensitive franchise data
Why it’s great:

It’s a B2B inter-firm trading social network in high-value, professional financial markets
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Presenters:

1) Stu Taylor, CEO
Named as one of the 40 most influential individuals in Fintech 2014 by the Wall Street Journal eFinancial News. Previously a managing director in trading at UBS.


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2) Usman Khan, CTO

Before co-founding Algomi, Khan was managing director at CapXD, a company he founded that sells technology solutions to investment banks.





Flexscorelogo.jpgFlexScore is the industry’s first personal financial health score that uses a patented algorithm and gamification to analyze your entire financial life and suggests ways to improve.

Features:
    • Sets up automated financial advice beyond budgeting and investing
    • Integrates with your financial institution’s products and solutions
    • Offers a digital engagement platform for customers and advisors
Why it’s great:
FlexScore simplifies financial planning for everyone and offers institutions a digital engagement platform that drives customer loyalty and profits higher.

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Presenters:

1) Jason Gordo, CEO
Jason worked as a financial advisor for thirteen years and co-founded an advisory firm that was recognized by Forbes as a top-fifty emerging RIA.
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2) Jeff Burrow, President and COO

Jeff spent fourteen years as a financial advisor, working with foundations, retirement plan participants, and high-net-worth individuals. He co-founded an advisory firm with Jason Gordo.


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HedgeCo Networks’ HedgeCoVest is the first investment platform to allow investors and advisors to mirror actual hedge fund portfolios into their individual brokerage accounts in real time.

Features:

    • Real-time performance and portfolio-monitoring tools
    • Easy-to-use platform to analyze hedge fund’s portfolios
    • Allocate/liquidate intraday with the ability to lever portfolios up or down
Why it’s great:
HedgeCoVest provides an easy-to-use, secure platform for investors to mirror actual hedge fund portfolios in real-time with liquidity, transparency, and simple flat fees.
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Presenters:

1) Evan Rapoport, Founder & CEO
Rapoport is the CEO/Founder of HedgeCo Networks who has been featured as a hedge fund expert on CNBC, MSNBC, FOX and leading publications.
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2) Aaron Wormus, CTO

Wormus is the CTO of HedgeCoVest. Prior to HedgeCoVest, Mr. Wormus was the director of technical operations for HedgeCo websites & chief architect of the analytics suite, Hedge Fund Calculator.
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Linqto lets you talk to your neighborhood banker, anytime, anywhere. Linqto’s Personal Banker delivers video-based, face-to-face transaction processing and communication with remote customers from any device.

Features: 
    • Instant, easy video connection from any device, website, or kiosk
    • Do-it-for-me transactions add security to mobile banking
    • One-to-many video feature provides cross-sell and social opportunities
Why it’s great:

Consumer trust in banks is at record lows. Linqto’s Personal Banker delivers the essential face-to-face human connectivity and relationship-building benefits your remote customers are missing.
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Presenters:

1) Dune Thomas, Vice President of Mobile Banking Solutions
The innovation leader behind Personal Banker, Dune is also currently leading automation efforts for Linqto clients Digital Insight and NCR in the financial mobile-apps sector.
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2) Bill Sarris, CEO

A recognized expert in the field of streaming and collaborative technology, Bill has delivered major enterprise software applications for Microsoft, Intuit, Digital Insight, NCR, Google and Stanford.



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Malauzai is designed for an exceptional user experience with superior economic value. SmartwebApps deliver the next generation of mobile banking by leveraging the power of an app-like experience on any device.

Features:
    • An app-like experience on any device, even the desktop
    • Responsive design and consistency across channels
    • More efficient and faster implementation
Why it’s great:

Internet banking is dead as you know it.
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Presenters:

1) Robb Gaynor, Chief Product Officer and Founder
Gaynor heads up the product development and marketing for Malauzai, focused on ensuring the company has solutions at the cutting-edge of mobile innovation.
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2) Danny Piangerelli, Chief Technology Officer and Founder
Piangerelli leads the technology team and is responsible for all aspects of Malauzai’s technology infrastructure.
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Virtual StrongBox is an online safe deposit box. Customers store important information for record keeping and disaster recovery. Nothing’s more important than trust.

Features: 
    • Encryption-at-rest for stored documents
    • Easy-to-use interface
    • Enterprise file exchange
Why it’s great:
Secure storage solutions are a valuable addition to the customer experience. Help your customers protect their important personal information with My Virtual StrongBox.
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Presenter:

Ron Daly, President and CEO
Daly knows a thing or two about digital communication and bottom-line performance. He is President/CEO of Virtual StrongBox and a former CFO of a $1.5 billion financial institution.

We’ll feature 6 more companies this Thursday in Sneak Peek: Part 4 so stay tuned.