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Best of Show Winners from FinovateFall 2024 Join the Finovate Podcast

Best of Show Winners from FinovateFall 2024 Join the Finovate Podcast
By David Penn Posted on
Categories: Bancography, CardLift, Credit Mountain, Delfi Labs, Eko Investments, FinovateFall 2024, Illuma Labs, Podcasting

Looking for some entertaining and insightful listening this holiday week? Greg Palmer and the Finovate Podcast have you covered!

This week the Finovate blog is sharing Greg’s conversations with seven of the eight Best of Show winning companies from FinovateFall 2024. From discussions about the growing importance of innovation in helping banks and other FIs meet ever-changing compliance requirements to the challenge of call-center security and defending against AI fraud, this latest round of interviews from the Finovate Podcast share insights and accomplishments from some of fintech’s finest.

“FinovateFall’s Best of Show winners come from different backgrounds and contain a wide range of solutions, but they all have one thing in common: they were able to capture the attention of our audience in a very competitive landscape,” podcast host Greg Palmer said. “Hear more of their stories and find out why they’re worthy of your attention too.”

Greg Palmer and Neepa Patel of Themis talk about compliance administration and how fintechs and financial services companies can avoid becoming a target for regulators. EP 238.

Greg Palmer interviews Rithwik Pattikonda of CardLift on payments via browser extensions. EP 237.

Podcast host Greg Palmer talks with Daniel and Joseph Ahn of Delfi on the dangers of balance sheet risk and its macroeconomic impact. EP 236.

Greg Palmer and Bancography’s Steven Reider discuss the importance of physical branches and making sure they are in the right places. EP 235.

Greg Palmer talks about call-center security and AI-based fraud with Illuma’s Milind Borkar. EP 234.

Credit Mountain’s Nathan Pinto talks about the “warm decline” and relationship-building with podcast host Greg Palmer. EP 233.

Greg Palmer and Eko’s Mart Vos discuss a new approach to bringing investing capabilities inside FIs. EP 232.

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FinovateFall 2024 Best of Show Winners Announced

FinovateFall 2024 Best of Show Winners Announced
By David Penn Posted on
Categories: Bancography, Best of Show, CardLift, Credit Mountain, Delfi Labs, Efigence, Eko Investments, FinovateFall 2024, Illuma Labs, Nest Bank, Themis

After two days of live demos from more than 65 fintech companies, the attendees of FinovateFall 2024 have made their decisions as to which of these innovators will take home Finovate’s coveted Best of Show awards. Featuring both Finovate newcomers and Finovate veterans alike, the winners of Best of Show for FinovateFall 2024 are listed below.

Bancography for its software tool that lets bankers predicate branch investments on sound market data, not intuition, preventing costly missteps and ensuring optimized investments.

CardLift for its solution that enables companies to build a co-branded browser extension for their partners that automatically finds and switches users’ card-on-file to their partners’ card.

Credit Mountain for its technology that helps organizations grow their businesses by retaining, nurturing, and cross-selling declined borrowers.

Delfi Labs for its technology that creates efficient risk management and hedging strategies in minutes, enabling clients to defend margins, enhance performance, and raise valuation.

Eko Investments for its platform that offers investments via a financial advisor to all clients–and not just the top 1%–starting from $10.

Illuma for its innovations in deepfake detection that enable community financial institutions to keep their members and customers connected with their funds in a convenient and secure manner.

Nest Bank & Efigence for their collaboration, N! Assistant, a virtual AI-powered assistant that revolutionizes finance.

Themis for its solution that enhances compliance efficiency, minimizes regulatory risk, and fosters seamless collaboration, empowering banks and fintechs to focus on growth and innovation in financial services.

Please join us in congratulating our eight, Best of Show-winning companies. Let’s also raise a glass to all of our demoing companies for their innovations in fields ranging from regtech and payments to lending, wealth management, and beyond. We are especially grateful for our attendees and sponsors, whose support continues make our Finovate conferences among the most anticipated events in our industry. We look forward to seeing you again next year!

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 during each day. At the end of the last demo, they chose their three favorites.
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.”
4. The six 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 through 2014. Best of Show winners from our 2015 through 2024 conferences are below:
FinovateEurope 2015
FinovateSpring 2015
FinovateFall 2015
FinovateEurope 2016
FinovateSpring 2016
FinovateFall 2016
FinovateAsia 2016
FinovateEurope 2017
FinovateSpring 2017
FinovateFall 2017
FinovateAsia 2017
FinovateMiddleEast 2018
FinovateEurope 2018
FinovateSpring 2018
FinovateFall 2018
FinovateAsia 2018
FinovateAfrica 2018
FinovateEurope 2019
FinovateSpring 2019
FinovateFall 2019
FinovateAsia 2019
FinovateMiddleEast 2019
FinovateEurope 2020
FinovateFall 2020
FinovateWest 2020
FinovateEurope 2021
FinovateSpring 2021
FinovateFall 2021
FinovateEurope 2022
FinovateSpring 2022
FinovateFall 2022
FinovateEurope 2023
FinovateSpring 2023
FinovateFall 2023
FinovateEurope 2024
FinovateSpring 2024

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FinovateFall 2024 Sneak Peek Series: Part 3

By Madeline Clines Posted on
Categories: Abrigo, Bancography, Diadem Capital, Efigence, FinovateFall 2024, FinovateFall 2024 Sneak Peek, iDENTIFY, Nest Bank, Rapid Finance, Winnow

A look at the companies demoing at FinovateFall in New York on September 9 and 10. Register today using this link and save 20%.

Abrigo

Abrigo has been trusted by 2,500+ financial institutions for over 20 years to fight financial crime. The organization’s FinCrime suite includes market leading AML and fraud solutions.

Features

  • Offers AI/ML-powered check image analysis
  • Delivers nationwide consortium of check fraud data
  • Includes configurable rules engine

Who’s it for?

U.S. banks and credit unions.

Bancography

Branches consume sizable capital and noninterest expense costs. Bancography Plan maximizes those investments by identifying opportunities to deploy new branches and reconfigure or close current ones.

Features

  • Examine prospective merger candidates
  • Identify overlapping branches and forecast attrition
  • View full pro forma financial impact, before and after closures
  • Detect impacts on efficiency ratio and ROA

Who’s it for?

Banks and credit unions.

Diadem Capital

Diadem Capital is a deal flow engine and fundraising solution connecting private companies to private capital ranging across venture capital, private equity, venture debt, and non dilutive funding sources.

Features

Diadem Capital helps investors and lenders streamline due diligence, showcasing only the top prospects. Founders get one-to-one intros to otherwise inaccessible investors.

Who’s it for?

Diadem Capital is a two-sided marketplace catering to any private capital provider looking for deals and private company looking for capital. It is sector, stage, and geography agnostic.

iDENTIFY

iDENTIFY revolutionizes banking with a data validation tool that seamlessly integrates legacy and modern tech, transforming raw data into actionable insights for banks.

Features

  • Offers real-time data validation
  • Delivers seamless integration
  • Provides enhanced insights

Who’s it for?

Banks and credit unions.

Nest Bank & Efigence

Nest Bank, Poland’s first AI-enhanced bank, offers entrepreneurs and individuals innovative payment methods and personalized services. Efigence is a technology company that has been in operation since 1995.

Features

  • Expense tracking: Monitors and categorizes spending
  • AI-driven predictions: Forecasts future trends from users’ past actions
  • Placing instructions: Makes money transfers or issues virtual cards

Who’s it for?

Nest! has a diverse range of clients: Individuals and entrepreneurs who drive over 50% of Poland’s GDP.

Rapid Finance

Rapid Finance empowers enterprises to streamline their small business lending program. Lynx helps users take control of their data and unlock its potential.

Features

  • Offers comprehensive and holistic 360° views of customers
  • Advanced AI and analytics provides real time insights and patterns
  • Customizable rules engine allows users to automate decision making

Who’s it for?

Banks, credit unions, fintechs, neobanks, lending institutions, payment processors, insurance companies, lending and banking platforms, investment banks, wealth management firms, and more.

Winnow

Winnow AI leverages the power of LLP and NLP artificial intelligence. It allows customers to get lightning-fast answers to basic legal questions around topics that Winnow covers.

Features

  • Quickly answers basic legal questions
  • Generates responses based on Winnow’s 60,000+ attorney-reviewed legal requirements
  • Reduces time and effort typically spent on legal research

Who’s it for?

Banks, credit unions, fintechs, and lenders.

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