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Alumni News– January 21, 2015

By David Penn Posted on January 21, 2015
Categories: Akimbo Financial, AlphaPoint, Arroweye Solutions, Avoka, Azimo, BrightScope, Coinbase, CustomerXPs, Encap, EZBOB, iBillionaire, InComm, investUP, Kreditech, Malauzai Software, Mitek, Nostrum Group, On Deck Capital, PayPal, Roostify, StreetShares, TIO Networks, Tradeshift, TrueLink Financial, Wall Street Survivor, Yodlee

Your Personal Financial Mentor profiles EZBOB.

BrightScope releases AdviceMatch, a free online service to help consumer choose financial advisors.

OnDeck Marketplace emerges from pilot program. Platform helps institutional investors buy small business loans.

Venture Burn takes a look at Azimo and the West African remittance market.

Kreditech named Germany’s leading digital innovator of the year by Focus Magazine.

Arroweye Solutions CEO Render Dahiya urges issuers on EMV adoption.

Check out FinovateEurope 2015 Sneak Peek: Part 3.

Coinbase Raises $75 Million from BBVA, USAA, NYSE, & Others.

Millennial-focused BankMobile app is powered by Malauzai Software and uses Mitek to power mobile customer on-boarding.

Roostify describes its experience with Yodlee’s FinDat Disruptor program.

PayPal to use InComm to support PayPal’s digital gifts services in Canada.

Yale Undergraduate selects Wall Street Survivor to help students understand investing and personal finance.

Technical.ly/ Baltimore looks at how TIO Networks powers Baltimore’s online bill pay system.

Tradeshift wins Circular Economy Digital Disruptor Award held at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

CustomerXPs and EY, a tax advisory firm, partner to help companies deal with fraud.

iBillionaire updates mobile app & releases new High Dividend Index.

Payment Data Systems to acquire Akimbo for $3 million.

Be sure to check out FinovateEurope Sneak Peek #2 featuring AlphaPoint, Avoka, Encap Security, investUP, Nostrum Group, and StreetShares.

True Link Raises $3 Million in Round Led by Cambia Health Solutions.

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Alumni News– January 20, 2015

By David Penn Posted on January 20, 2015
Categories: ACI Worldwide, Azimo, BillGuard, blooom, CardFlight, Continuity Control, Credit Karma, Geezeo, Global Debt Registry, HelloWallet, Malauzai Software, MaxMyInterest, Mint.com, Nutmeg, Top Image Systems, True Link, Trulioo, Yodlee

ACI Worldwide partners with ATM provider LD Systems.

Nutmeg hires former Google financial search ad specialist, Scott Eblen, as Chief Product Officer.

Azimo customers can now send money to another eight West African countries.

The American Bankers Association endorses PFM and BFM platforms from Geezeo.

New app from no-fee, no-branch BankMobile is powered by Malauzai Software.

Wall Street Journal’s top tools for retirement planning features BillGuard, blooom, HelloWallet, MaxMyInterest, Mint, True Link Financial, and Yodlee.

Check out our latest CEO interview: Global Debt Registry CEO Mark Parsells Brings Transparency to Debt Ownership.

Top Image Systems and SQN Banking Systems deploy signature verification project at Singapore bank.

TechVibes highlights Trulioo founder, Stephen Ufford.

Integrity now offers CardFlight mPOS to its merchant customers.

Credit Karma now has more than 35 million members, accounting for 16% of US population with an open credit profile at a major bureau.

Continuity named one of Connecticut’s 2015 Best Places to Work.

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Alumni News– January 13, 2015

By David Penn Posted on January 13, 2015
Categories: AnalytixInsight, Azimo, Blackhawk Network, Cachet Financial Solutions, Forte Payment Systems, Google Cloud Platform, ID Analytics, Insuritas, iQuantifi, Nymi, peerTransfer, Taulia

Navy Federal Credit Union partners with Cachet Financial Solutions to offer Cachet’s Select Mobile Money with the its new GO Prepaid Card.

Azimo customers can now send money to the Philippines.

Pacific Marine Credit Union hires Insuritas to open and manage turnkey insurance solution.

Bezinga profiles “cloud-based virtual advisor” iQuantifi.

Deutsche Kreditbank AG and Blackhawk Network’s Retailo introduce digital gift cards to online banking programs.

ID Analytics Secures Patent for Identity Manipulation Detection System.

Taulia hires new CFO: Rik Thorbecke, former Meltwater Group CFO.

Xero introduces expense claim functionality, Receipts, for iOS (Android still in development).

TechCrunch: Google Cloud Platform Opens Its Cloud Monitoring Service To All Developers On Its Platform.

Nymi CEO shows off the NymiBand to Forbes.

Let’s Talk Payments reviews multiple Finovate & FinDEVr alums’ payment APIs.

Forte’s Checkout Campaign earns Silver for the Best in Biz Marketing Campaign of the Year.

AnalytixInsight launches new mobile smart TV content licensing partnership.

PeerTransfer Secures $22 Million in a Round Led by Bain Capital.

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Alumni News– December 11, 2014

By David Penn Posted on December 11, 2014
Categories: Azimo, Bluefin Payment Systems, Cartera Commerce, CUneXus, Dynamics, Flint Mobile, Google, IDology, Intuit, Kabbage, Lending Club, Lendio, Malauzai Software, Mortgage Harmony, PayNearMe, PayPal, Pindrop Security, Prosper

Malauzai Software announces launch of its SmartMarketing program to promote mobile banking.

Azimo extends £1 money transfer service to India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka.

Information Week takes a look at mobile payment apps including Flint.

Mortgage Harmony rebrands as Rate Reset.

Bank Innovation features CUneXus.

The Wharton Journal profiles Kabbage.

Contact Solutions, IDology, and Pindrop Security team up to Cut IVR Fraud.

Examiner.com: Dynamics‘ next-generation credit card features buttons to log-in PIN security code.

Lendio CEO explains how his company is fueling the American dream.

Prosper comments on Lending Club IPO, expects to top $9 billion in loans this year.

Loyalty360 highlights Cartera Commerce.

PayNearMe partners with Department of Health and Human Services to spread the word about healthcare.

Bluefin Payment Systems to provide its PCI-validated Point-to-Point Encryption (P2PE) Solution to Priority Payment clients.

Career Bliss lists PayPal, Intuit, and Google in the top 50 happiest companies in the U.S.

Lending Club launches IPO, shares rally 70% in early trading.

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Alumni News– December 8, 2014

By David Penn Posted on December 8, 2014
Categories: Azimo, Bolstr, FIS, Misys, Nymi, On Deck Capital, TD Ameritrade, TSYS, VerifyValid, WePay

Fifth Third Bank chooses FIS’ C2P Open Payments Platform.

Misys unveils FusionRisk Limits.

Azimo announces £1 instant money transfers to 15 countries in Latin America.

Mobile Payments Today takes a look at the mobile checkbook app from VerifyValid.

WePay picks Google Cloud Platform as its new hosting provider.

VentureBeat features Nymi as a physical password solution.

Small Business Trends features Bolstr.

TSYS recognized in The Civic 50, an initiative that recognizes companies for improving the quality of life in their communities.

OnDeck ranked 21 on Crain’s NY Business Best Places to Work 2014.

Huffington Post interviews OnDeck’s Andrea Gellert.

TD Ameritrade has the #1 trading app in the Apple app store.

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Alumni News– December 2, 2014

By David Penn Posted on December 2, 2014
Categories: Azimo, Coinbase, Compass Plus, CrowdCurity, CrowdFlower, CUneXus, CurrencyFair, Google Cloud Platform, Lending Club, Linqto, SocietyOne, TickSmith, TradeKing, TransferWise, Trustev, Xignite

Compass Plus TranzAxis now supports Futurex hardware security modules.

Coinbase introduces USD Wallets, enabling users to store U.S. dollar balances.

TradeKing unveils new features for its new LIVE platform.

Forbes column on disruption in traditional money exchange features Azimo, TransferWise, and CurrencyFair.

CrowdFlower announces support for eight new languages and enhanced support for another four.

CEO and co-founder of Trustev Pat Phelan wins MSL Cork Business Person of the Year award.

Linqto, Crowd Curity, Xignite, and CUneXus win Future of Money & Technology Summit Startup Showcase.

TickSmith adds Amazon Web Services version of its financial big data platforms.

The New Daily features SocietyOne as a premium P2P lending option.

The Chicago Tribune considers Lending Club’s impending IPO.

Google Cloud Platform now PCI compliant, enabling developers to hold, process, and exchange credit card information.

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Alumni News– December 1, 2014

By David Penn Posted on December 1, 2014
Categories: Azimo, Check Point, FreeAgent, MasterCard, Moven, NICE Systems, PayPal, Sandstone, Segmint, Tagit, Zopa

TechCrunch takes a look at PayPal’s plans for bitcoin integration.

Zopa to provide financing for Flowgroup customers.

Azimo introduces £1 money transfers to Lithuania.

MasterCard announces launch of MasterPass in UAE.

Call capture technology from NICE Systems now compatible with Speakerbus iTurrent dealer board.

FreeAgent named “Practice Software Product of the Year” at 2014 British Accountancy Awards.

Zopa takes additional step to authenticate users.

Adelaide Bank signs Sandstone Technology to deliver new loan origination system.

Check Point Software launches Check Point Capsule to protect business data and mobile devices, everywhere.

Crain’s Cleveland Business features Segmint in the hot fintech market.

Maybank Singapore updates Tagit-powered mobile banking app.

Bank Technology News Report: TD Bank to Use Moven’s Money Management Software.

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Alumni News– November 26, 2014

By David Penn Posted on November 26, 2014
Categories: Azimo, BehavioSec, BioCatch, EyeVerify, EZBOB, Fastacash, Heckyl Technologies, IntelliResponse, Kabbage, Klarna, Linkable Networks, Nomis Solutions, P2BInvestor, Patch of Land, Realty Mogul

Spend Matters features P2Binvestor and its crowdfunding approach to providing credit to small businesses.

POTs and PANs looks at biometric authentication innovators, EyeVerify, BehavioSec, and BioCatch.

Best Advice explores EZBOB’s strategy to attract SMEs to online lending.

Bank of Internet USA to deploy IntelliResponse virtual agent technology.

First Annapolis’ The Navigator Newsletter interviews Sebastian Siemiakowski, CEO of Klarna.

Fastacash, Heckyl Technologies, Kabbage, Linkable Networks, and Nomis Solutions named to Red Herring Top 100 Global.

Investor Intel mentions Patch of Land and Realty Mogul in column on helping baby boomers participate in real estate crowd funding.

Azimo to join London mayor Boris Johnson’s trade mission to Malaysia and Singapore.

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Alumni News– November 24, 2014

By David Penn Posted on November 24, 2014
Categories: Acculynk, Azimo, BlueVine, Comarch, Kensho, Leaf, Motif Investing, PayNearMe, PayPal

Goldman Sachs announces investment in Kensho, becomes platform’s largest strategic investor.

Baton Investing takes a look at Motif Investing.

Acculynk launches strategic partnership with PayPlum, announces acquisition of company’s intellectual property.

The Economist cites Comarch in its review of Polish companies succeeding internationally.

Leaf CEO Sarah McCrary talks mobile payments in panel discussion on Foodable WebTV.

Invests.com features Azimo in column on online money transfer companies.

Finovate Debuts: BlueVine.

Nasdaq.com examines PayPal’s place in the mobile payments wave.

Forbes looks at how PayNearMe helps the underbanked.

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Alumni News– November 20, 2014

By David Penn Posted on November 20, 2014
Categories: Azimo, CurrencyTransfer, iQuantifi, Kensho, PrivatBank, TransferWise

Privatbank customers can now use MoneyGram to send and receive funds courtesy of new partnership.

Financial Times Technology section looks at UK fintech startups TransferWise and Azimo.

CurrencyTransfer recognized by Secret Tel Aviv as Olim Business of the Week.

USA Today column on millennials and saving featured Tom White, CEO of iQuantifi.

TransferWise helps lead fight for foreign exchange fee transparency.

Pymnts interviews Jingit’s CEO Kate Bolseth.

iBillionaire’s Index has increased 16.5% since launching in November of last year

Swipely now managing $4+ billion in annual sales, doubles sales under management in 6 months, and provides businesses with insights on 20+ million customers.

Numerous Finovate and FinDEVr alums make AWI’s list of top 50 fintech innovators.

Advanced Merchant Payments brings in $5 Million in First Funding Round.

Kony helps Farmatodo increase customer loyalty and deliver new services via mobile apps.

Coinbase teams with Rewardspay to create workaround to make purchases on Facebook and iTunes with Bitcoin.

TSYS offers merchants and partners an omni payments solution with more ways to accept payments.

$493 million in P2P loans originated on Prosper in Q3 2014.

Credit Sesame wins 2014 U.S. Mobile and App Design Awards in Financial and Information Tools category.

BancVue wins four MarCom Gold awards.

Kensho launches strategic partnership with NBCUniversal.

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Alumni News– November 18, 2014

By David Penn Posted on November 18, 2014
Categories: Arxan Technologies, Azimo, Backbase, Coinbase, Credit Sesame, iQuantifi, Market Prophit, Mobino, On Deck Capital, PayPal, Prosper, SK Planet, Tradeshift, Venmo

Coinbase to introduce bitcoin tip button to enable micropayment acceptance online.

Venmo users can now log in using both bank ID and Touch ID.

OnDeck seeks to raise $150 million in initial public offering.

TechWeek Europe takes a look at Arxan Technologies’ State of Mobile App Security report.

Malaysian Digest features Azimo in a discussion on the revolution in the money transfer industry.

Dough Roller interviews iQuantifi CEO and Co-Founder, Tom White.

Business News Daily quotes Igor Gonta, CEO of Market Prophit on the importance of having a social media strategy.

PostFinance AG’s Monexio selects Mobino platform to help develop its own digital payment solutions.

SK Planet wins first prize at KPRA Awards 2014 for its filter program, Flitter.

Credit Sesame partners with Prosper.

Hiscox launches new digital insurance platform powered by Backbase CXP.

PayPal challenges Apple Pay with an app for the Pebble smartwatch.

The European Commission approves Tradeshift data format for government purchasing.

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Alumni News– November 3, 2014

By David Penn Posted on November 3, 2014
Categories: Azimo, Better ATM Services, Fuze Network, Ixaris, Mitek, Money on Toast, Ripple, Socure

Money on Toast to outsource its administration to Equiniti Wealth Solutions.

Mitek announces Restrictive Endorsement feature to reduce risk of duplicate check deposits.

Azimo opens up money transfer service to Kenya’s M-Pesa.

Better ATM Services signs agreement with ATM manufacturer, Genmega.

Ixaris teams up with United bank for Africa (UBA) to bring its virtual card platform to 20 markets in Africa.

Ingo Money acquires Fuze Network.

Socure scores $2.5 million to overcome evil with good.

Yantra Financial Technologies integrates Ripple Protocol into risk management system.

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