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Finovate Alumni News– March 21, 2013

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on March 21, 2013
Categories: BillShrink, Flint Mobile, HelloWallet, IDTheft 911, Luminous, Mint.com, Monitise, PayPal, TIO Networks, TransferWise

TIO Networks launches mobile payment app for Mobilicity.

PayPal signs on to the ePayments Code released by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC code, which replaces EFT code).

CNN Money reviews Mint and HelloWallet side-by-side.

CNN Money names BillShrink as best app to manage your money.

Flint Mobile announces partnership with NXGEN subsidiary Fidano to support mobile payment adoption.

Through partnership with Luminous, Nihilent to sell Luminous’ solutions in India.

IDentity Theft 911 expands service partnership with VyStar Credit Union.

Cofounder of TransferWise, Taavet Hinrikus writes in the Wall Street Journal about the importance of team-building for successful CEOs.

Bank Innovation profiles Monitise.

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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Finovate Alumni News– May 15, 2012

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on May 15, 2012
Categories: BillGuard, BillShrink, Cachet Financial Solutions, Cartera Commerce, Kony Solutions, Ping Identity, Plastyc, Q2ebanking, TradeKing, Virtual Piggy, Yodlee

Financial services and Big-Data executive Mary Anne Keegan joins rapidly growing BillGuard as CMO.

CBS News recommends BillShrink for recent college grads.

Cachet Financial Solutions expanding, relocates to new facility.

Cartera Commerce links Offers to US Airways Dividend Miles members.

The Miami Herald reports Kony Solutions to Power Aetna’s Mobile Application Platform.

Ping Identity named a winner of the Midsize Enterprise Summit East 2012 XCellence Awards.

Plastyc launches Kindle Fire app for UPside Visa.

TradeKing ranked top in customer service for 3 consecutive year in SmartMoney Magazine’s annual broker survey.

YuuPay and Virtual Piggy partner to provide secure online and mobile payments for under-18 users.

Xconomy reports Yodlee secures $8,309,780 new financing.

Farmington Bank selects Q2ebanking’s online banking platform.

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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Finovate Alumni News– April 16, 2012

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on April 16, 2012
Categories: Authentify, BillShrink, Check Point, CurrencyFair, Dwolla, Expensify, Lending Club, Prosper, SaveUp, TSYS

Des Moines Register reports Dwolla to establish small New York City satellite office.

Armada Data Solutions adds Check Point Software Technologies’ firewall services to security practice.

TSYS signs payment services agreement with Pivotal Payments.

AOL UK lists CurrencyFair as 1 of 5 ways to transfer money abroad.

The Washington Post lists Expensify as an app that can make life at work a bit easier. Come see their new tech at FinovateSpring.

Blaze Mobile awarded another patent for NFC payments. See its live demo at FinovateSpring.

Credit Union Times looks at Filene-backed SaveUp. Come see its live demo at FinovateSpring.

Chicago Sun-Times highlights Authentify’s technology.

The Wall Street Journal discusses P2P lending networks Prosper & Lending Club.

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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Finovate Best of Show Winners: 2007 to Present

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on March 9, 2012
Categories: BancVue, BankOns, Best of Show, Betterment, BillGuard, BillShrink, Bobber Interactive, Bundle, Cardlytics, CheckFree, Credit Karma, Credit.com, Dwolla, Dynamics, eToro, Expensify, FamZoo, FeeFighters, Finantix, Intuit, Jwaala, Kasasa, LearnVest, Liqpay.com, Meniga, Mint.com, Mitek, MoneyAisle, Mortgagebot, Nutmeg, Offermatic, oFlows, PayNearMe, Personal Capital, Prosper, SecureKey, Silver Tail Systems, Simplifi, Truaxis, Wikinvest, Yodlee, Zecco, Zopa

We recently looked back at Finovate’s Best of Show Awards archives and wanted to share the list of the 41 award-winning companies.

Here’s the Best of Show history that stretches back to 2007, the inception of Finovate:

Held October 2, 2007

Mint: Online PFM for individuals

Demo

Mortgagebot’s Mortgage Marvel: Mortgage marketplace

Demo

Prosper: P2P lending network

Demo

Held April 29, 2008

First ROI (now BancVue): Develops products and services for community financial institutions

Jwaala: Provides software solutions to help financial institutions compete

Demo

Zecco: Online stock and options trading

Demo

Zopa: P2P lending network

Demo

Held October 14, 2008

CheckFree: Online banking platform

Demo

Credit Karma: Provides a free and easy way for consumers to understand, monitor and monetize their credit profile

Demo

Mint: Online PFM for individuals

Demo

Neosaej’s MoneyAisle: Platform where banks compete in live auctions for an individual consumer’s business

Demo

Held April 28, 2009

BillShrink (now Truaxis): Provides a free cost-savings tool that saves consumers money on everyday bills

Demo

Prosper: P2P lending platform

Demo

Silver Tail Systems: Predictive analytics to prevent fraud abuse

Demo

SimpliFi: A web service that allows anyone to create and update their own financial plan

Demo

Held September 29, 2009

BancVue’s Kasasa: national checking/ savings account brand for community financial institutions

Demo

Credit.com: Provides free interactive tools, education, and unbiased comparisons of quality financial products and services

Demo

Digital Insight from Intuit: Provides on-demand banking services to help financial institutions serve clients

Demo

Silver Tail Systems: Provides online fraud detection platform

Demo

Yodlee: Provides personalized financial solutions to financial institutions

Demo

Held May 11, 2010

Bobber Interactive: Money management platform for youth

Demo

Expensify: Online and mobile expense report platform

Demo

oFlows (Purchased by Andera in 2011): Multichannel paperless solutions for account openings

Demo

Wikinvest: A platform for investors to share trading tips

Demo

Held October 4-5, 2010

Betterment: Investment account for savings management

Demo

BillShrink (now Truaxis): Loyalty rewards provider

Demo

Bundle: Provides socially informed money management for individuals

Demo

Dynamics: Produces and manufactures intelligent powered cards

Demo

oFlows (Purchased by Andera in 2011): Multichannel paperless solutions for account openings

Demo

PayNearMe: Cash transaction network for the underbanked

Demo

SecureKey: Token-based authentication technology

Demo

Held February 1, 2011

eToro: Social investment network

Demo

Finantix: Provides sales and advice solutions for financial services

Demo

Liqpay: Payments platform

Demo

Meniga: Online PFM for financial institutions

Demo

Held May 10-11, 2011

BancVue: Develops products and services for community financial institutions

Demo

BankOns: Mobile app offering consumers real-time savings at local merchants

Demo

Dwolla: Online, mobile, and social peer-to-peer payment platform

Demo

oFlows (Purchased by Andera in 2011): Multichannel paperless solutions for account openings

Demo

Mitek Systems: Provides apps for smartphones that allow users to deposit checks and pay bills via their devices’ cameras

Demo

PayNearMe: Cash transaction network for the underbanked

Demo

Wikinvest: A platform for investors to share trading tips

Demo

Held September 20-21, 2011

BillGuard: People-powered antivirus for bills

Demo

Dynamics: produces and manufactures intelligent powered cards

Demo

eToro: Social investment network

Demo

FamZoo: Online “virtual family Bank”

Demo

FeeFighters: Platform that simplifies the process of choosing a merchant account provider

Demo

LearnVest: Online PFM for women

Demo

Offermatic: Targeted online offers provider

Demo

oFlows (Purchased by Andera in 2011): Multichannel paperless solutions for account openings

Demo

Personal Capital: Online financial advisor helping people manage their investments

Demo

Held February 2, 2011

Cardlytics: Transaction-based rewards

Demo

Dynamics: produces and manufactures intelligent powered cards

Demo

eToro: Social investment network

Demo

Nutmeg: Online investment manager that democratizes saving and investing

Demo

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Finovate Alumni News– March 1, 2012

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on March 1, 2012
Categories: BillShrink, Cardlytics, Cartera Commerce, Finsphere, Fiserv, HelloWallet, Kony Solutions, Segmint, Stocktwits, T8 Webware, Truaxis

StockTwits updates iPhone App.

Kony and VASCO form alliance to offer a higher level of security for mobile applications.

Daily Disruption features Matt Fellowes, HelloWallet CEO, as the disruptor of the day.

Credit Union Times reports Fiserv melds P2P services ZashPay & Popmoney.

Finextra talks with Cartera Commerce, Cardlytics, Segmint, and Truaxis (formerly BillShrink) about how banks can use reward programs.

Finsphere awarded U.S. patent recognizing innovation in mobile identity authentication.

T8 Webware wins interactive media award at the 2012 ADDY Awards.

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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Finovate Alumni News– January 23, 2012

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on January 23, 2012
Categories: BillShrink, Dwolla, Finsphere, mShift, PayNearMe, T8 Webware

Fox Business News advises using BillShrink to review your mobile phone bill.

T8 Webware to receive $120k in incentives & $200k in job training to help it expand to Des Moines.

BetaBeat plants rumor that Dwolla landed $10 million in Series B funding from Union Square Ventures.

MShift reaffirms strategic relationship & rights to MShift software & technologies.

Finsphere raises $11.3 million, adds Vodafone board member.

The New York Times Buck blog details Dwolla’s payments approach.

PayNearMe to launch mobile cash payment application in mid-February.

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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Finovate Alumni News– November 14, 2011

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on November 14, 2011
Categories: Andera, BillShrink, Cardlytics, Clovr Media, Credit Karma, FMN Technologies, Segmint

Credit Karma correlates consumers’ credit scores with their email domain name.

Fierce Finance IT looks to Cardlytics, BillShrink, Clovr Media, FMN Technologies & Segmint for transaction-driven marketing.

Credit Union Times shares Andera’s stats from bank-transfer day.

GCS Federal Credit Union to offer Geezeo’s online PFM tools.

Hub Pages, The Fiscal Times, CIO Magazine, and Forbes on Dwolla’s payment platform.

CIBC selects Kony Solutions to develop and deploy CIBC’s mobile brokerage app.

Mommy Head blog spotlights DoughMain.

City AM lists eToro as a way to sell your trading homework.

Citywire money discusses P2P platforms Zopa, Prosper, and Lending Club.

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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Finovate Alumni News– October 28, 2011

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on October 28, 2011
Categories: BillShrink, LearnVest, Simple, Truaxis

Bank Technology News reports BankSimple benefits from fee discontent.

Jason Calacanis interviews BillShrink (Truaxis) CEO during “This Week in Startups.”

LearnVest CEO Alexa Von Tobel provides advice in Forbes on how to save $1k by 2012.

SafetyPay partners with Brazil’s sixth-largest bank,
HSBC Bank Brazil.

CashStar raises $12 million in series C financing.

Mint.com’s iPad app now available, includes transaction feed.

Under the Radar blog interviews Expensify CEO David Barrett.

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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Finovate Alumni News, October 27, 2011

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on October 27, 2011
Categories: BillFloat, BillShrink, Budgettracker, Continuity Control, Credit Karma, Expensify, FreeMonee, HelloWallet, Mint.com, mShift, Offermatic, Simple

Credit Karma is giving away free credit-monitoring service to first 12,500 readers.

HelloWallet opens a second office in San Francisco.

FreeMonee tells AOL Daily Finance that it is to launch a merchant-reward plan with a major U.S. bank on Nov 17.

Credit Union Times reports that mShift is one of the three largest providers of mobile banking tools to credit unions.

ABC News looks at BankSimple’s alternative banking approach.

Auto insurance & finance providers The General, Mark One Holdings, & Freeway Insurance add BillFloat as a payment option.

Continuity Control endorsed by Western Independent Bankers.

Expensify launches an app for the Windows phone.

Mlive.com recommends using BillShrink (Truaxis) to avoid an outrageous mobile bill.

Mint.com and Budgettracker.com are recommended as two tools for mitigating financial mistakes.

BankFutura.com profiles Offermatic.

Bank of America will use Yodlee’s FinApp Platform.

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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Finovate Alumni Website Traffic in August

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on October 20, 2011
Categories: Adobe, Andera, Betterment, Bill.com, Billeo, BillFloat, Bills.com, BillShrink, Boku, BrightScope, Budgettracker, Bundle, Cardlytics, CashEdge, CashStar, ChargeSmart, Check Point, CheckFree, Cortera, Credit Karma, Credit Sesame, Credit.com, DebtGoal, Discover, Equifax, eRollover, eToro, Experian, findabetterbank.com, Fiserv, Geezeo, Google, HR Block, Infosys, Intuit, Jack Henry, Kabbage, Kapitall, Kasasa, Leadfusion, LearnVest, Lending Club, Lendio, MasterCard, Metavante, Mint.com, MoneyAisle, Motley Fool CAPS, MyBankTracker, Offermatic, Online Resources, Outright.com, Pageonce, PayPal, Prosper, S1, Sears Credit Score, Seeking Alpha, Simple Tuition, smartcredit.com, SmartyPig, Standard Chartered Bank, Stocktwits, Striata, Sybase 365, TradeKing, TransUnion Interactive, Truaxis, TrustedID, VISA, Wall Street Survivor, Wesabe, Wikinvest, wipro, Yodlee, Zecco

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.

Source: Compete.com retrieved week of October 3, 2011

1) The previous month recorded was July 2011

2) Truaxis was formerly BillShrink

3) Sears Credit Score is powered by CreditKarma.com

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.

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.

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Finovate Alumni News– October 19, 2011

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on October 19, 2011
Categories: BillGuard, BillShrink, Dwolla, Dynamics, InComm, PayPal, Prosper, Simple, T8 Webware

MyBankTracker.com covers the FinovateFall Best of Show videos.

American Banker discusses the effects that PayPal and BankSimple will have on bank branches.

InComm named Leading Prepaid Organization and Best Prepaid Product Distributor at 2011 Prepaid Awards.

Dynamics wins Best of Show at 2011 BAI Retail Delivery Conference for its next-gen magnetic stripes.

Des Moines Register reports that Ben Milne, Dwolla CEO is to present at the Thinc Iowa event.

T8 Webware to provide Call FCU with a custom website.

A+FCU launches BillShrink: Statement Reward.

Prosper provides even better rate discounts for repeat Prosper borrowers.

BillGuard receives $10 Million in Series B funding.

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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Finovate Alumni at BAI Retail Delivery Conference

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on October 10, 2011
Categories: ACI Worldwide, Adobe, Arroweye Solutions, BillShrink, Cardlytics, CashEdge, ClairMail, Dynamics, Equifax, Experian, FIS, Fiserv, FreeMonee, Guardian Analytics, Ideon FS, Kony Solutions, Lodo Software, MasterCard, mFoundry, Mitek, oFlows, On Deck Capital, PayPal, ProfitStars, Q2ebanking, SafetyPay, Sybase 365, Truaxis, VISA, Yodlee

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

David Youker from Sybase 365
Carl Tsukahara from Clairmail
Drew Hyatt from Mitek Systems

Mobile Link Panel Discussions

Jeff Mullen from Dynamics
Dan Schatt from PayPal
Drew Sievers from mFoundry

Solutions Theatre

Jeff Mullen from Dynamics
Matthew Lifshotz & Inigo San Martin from Ideon Financial Solutions

Jim Bruene and I ([email protected]) will be in attendance and will update the blog and Twitter with new developments throughout the event.

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