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Finovate Alumni News

By David Penn Posted on
Categories: Aire, Akamai, Coinbase, Entrust Datacard, Markit, SnoopWall, StreetShares, Temenos

On Finovate.com

  • “StreetShares Raises $4.5 Million in Series A Led by Fenway Summer Ventures”
  • “CEO Interview: Aire.io’s Aneesh Varma”

On FinDEVr.com

  • “Financial Information Services Provider Markit Merges with IHS”

Around the web

  • USAA to enable Coinbase accounts alongside USAA accounts and services in late March; mobile app upgrade.
  • Temenos and TransUnion forge strategic partnership to bring CreditVision recovery model to credit unions and financial institutions.
  • Let’s Talk Payments lists Akamai Technologies, SnoopWall, and Entrust in its roundup of the hottest mobile security 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.

 

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Finovate Alumni News

By David Penn Posted on
Categories: Bizfi, Coinbase, Envestnet, Green Dot, Klarna, Ledger, Markit, Qapital, SuiteBox, Symbiont, Temenos

On Finovate.com

  • “Uber, Green Dot Partner to Help Drivers Get Paid Promptly”

On FinDEVr.com

  • “Symbiont and Ipreo Team Up to Accelerate the Loan Settlement Process”

Around the web

  • Western Independent Bankers (WIB) picks Bizfi as its exclusive premier alternative finance solution provider.
  • Coinbase adds stop orders to its Coinbase Exchange platform.
  • Markit unveils new tax utility service.
  • Eris Industries chooses Ledger as its blockchain hardware security partner.
  • Medium.com features Klarna and Qapital in a look at building a startup “the Swedish way.”
  • SuiteBox listed among fintechs that are developing tools to help superannuation funds.
  • Envestnet wins the 2016 Technology Innovation Award from the Bank Insurance and Securities Association (BISA).
  • Pakistan’s Soneri Bank selects T24 core banking system from Temenos.

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

By David Penn Posted on
Categories: Accusoft, Aerospike, Avalara, Coinbase, Green Key Technologies, Jumio, Larky, Ledger, Misys, NYMBUS, On Deck Capital, Payoneer, SuiteBox, Top Image Systems, VIX Verify, VoicePIN, Zopa

On Finovate.com

  • “Ledger Launches Blockchain Open Ledger Operating System”
  • “Finovate Debuts: VoicePIN Offers an Easy Biometric Login Solution”
  • “Finovate Debuts: SuiteBox Introduces its Virtual Meeting Rooms for Financial Professionals”

On FinDEVr.com

  • Avalara teams up with WooCommerce to help online merchants manage sales taxes.

Around the web

  • OnDeck partners with Innovate Finance to debut Transatlantic Policy Working Group.
  • LandlordReferencing.co.uk to use Netverify from Jumio to comply with the U.K.’s new Right to Rent law.
  • The United Bank of Egypt upgrades to latest Misys core banking solutions as part of major modernization of retail, SME, and corporate businesses.
  • Top Image Systems launches next generation, automated accounts payable solution, eFLOW AP.
  • Zopa’s new lender products are live.
  • Golden West CU processes 15 new applications for insurance products in first 30 days of deploying Larky.
  • Coinbase introduces stop orders on Coinbase exchange.

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

By David Penn Posted on
Categories: BillGuard, Check Point, Coinbase, Credit Karma, Ethoca, Insuritas, Markit, ThreatMetrix, WorkFusion

On Finovate.com

  • “ThreatMetrix Launches Digital Identity Graph”

On FinDEVr.com

Around the web

  • Markit to deploy smart automation technology from WorkFusion.
  • Ethoca teams up with Pegasystems to help fight ecommerce fraud.
  • Michigan First Credit Union ($764 million in assets) picks Insuritas to open and run turnkey insurance solution.
  • Finance Magnates shines on Credit Karma and BillGuard in its Fintech Spotlight.
  • Check Point launches Check Point R80 to help consolidate the security environment.
  • Coinbase now lets users buy bitcoin instantly with a debit card.

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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Coinbase, Motif Investing Earn Spots on Fast Company’s Most Innovative List

Coinbase, Motif Investing Earn Spots on Fast Company’s Most Innovative List
By David Penn Posted on
Categories: Coinbase, Motif Investing

FastCompany_MostInnovativeWith Coinbase and Motif Investing both winning a place on Fast Company’s list of Most Innovative Companies of 2016, it looks like bitcoin and innovations in investing remain two of fintech’s hottest trends.

Fast Company Editor Robert Safian said, “This year’s package – which includes top ten lists in 27 sectors – emphasizes the breadth of companies with progressive, agile business models, cultures of creativity, and ability to adapt in today’s fast-paced world.” Fast Company added that 2016 also marked the first year the magazine used machine intelligence – in this case, technology from a San Francisco company called Quid – to “help inform the list.” The list will be published in the March 2016 issue of the magazine.

Fast Company’s “Most Innovative” roster for 2016 headlines with familiar brands and businesses like BuzzFeed, Facebook, and CVS Health (“for becoming a one-stop health stop”). Coinbase and Motif Investing are among ten companies earning recognition in Fast Company’s Finance category: Coinbase “for making bitcoin user-friendly” and Motif Investing “for expanding its theme-based trading.”

coinbase-logoThe news comes as Coinbase CEO and co-founder Brian Armstrong made headlines in the debate over how to scale bitcoin. Armstrong favors an approach that would immediately double capacity, as opposed to other proposals that would increase capacity by as much as 4x over a longer period of time.

Last month, Coinbase announced that the 30Shift Card, a bitcoin Visa debit card launched in partnership with Shift Payments in November, had processed more than $1 million in bitcoin and had signed up more than 10,000 cardholders. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, Coinbase demonstrated its Instant Exchange technology at FinovateSpring 2014.

MotifInvesting_logo_new2016A two-time Best of Show award-winner, Motif Investing demonstrated its Advisor Platform at FinovateSpring 2014. Last month, Motif debuted its recurring transfers feature, and in October, the company partnered with JP Morgan to give investors on the Motif platform access to shares in JP Morgan-managed initial public offerings.

Founded in 2010 and headquartered in San Mateo, California, Motif Investing CEO is Hardeep Walia, who is also a co-founder.

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Finovate Alumni News

By David Penn Posted on
Categories: Blackhawk Network, Bluefin Payment Systems, Cachet Financial Solutions, Check, Coinbase, Dream Payments, Fiserv, Guardian Analytics, Insuritas, iSignthis, Klarna, Motif Investing, PayPal, Pindrop Security, Qapital, Roostify, SecondMarket

On Finovate.com

  • Dream Payments Unveils Mobile Merchant Platform for Banks and Acquirers.
  • Blackhawk Network Names Talbott Roche New CEO.
  • Coinbase and Motif Investing Earn Spots on Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies of 2016 List.

Around the web

  • Fiserv named to Fortune magazine’s list of the World’s Most Admired Companies in 2016.
  • Pindrop launches its comprehensive call center fraud-prevention platform, IVR Anti-Fraud.
  • Sussex County FCU picks Insuritas to deploy new insurance agency solution.
  • iSignthis‘ paydentity KYC service is suitable for use by businesses in the regulated sector of the Isle of Man, a global financial hub.
  • Inc. profiles Sweden’s Klarna and its plans for U.S. expansion.
  • Co-founded by former Check CMO Daniel Kjellen, MovoCash announces $700,000 seed investment.
  • Ingo Money partners with PayPal, adds instant check-splitting.
  • Roostify to integrate with zipLogix to facilitate communication between lenders and realtors.
  • American Banker features SecondMarket.
  • Bluefin Payment Systems and Worldnet partner for PCI-validated P2PE on Worldnet’s payment platform.
  • Cachet appoints new Chief Financial Officer Bryan Meier.

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

By David Penn Posted on
Categories: Alkami Technology, Avoka, Clover Network, Coinbase, Encap, Envestnet, eWise, ING Bank, investUP, Kasasa, Kashoo, Larky, Meniga, NICE Systems, OutsideIQ, Revolut, Strands, Uselab

On Finovate.com

  • Larky Launches at Three New Credit Unions.
  • London’s Revolut Unveils Version 2.0 of its Personal Money Cloud

Around the web

  • Fifth Third Bancorp to deploy AML solutions from NICE Systems’ Actimize.
  • PYMNTS.com interviews Kashoo Communications lead Dave Clarke on cloud accounting.
  • Baxter Credit Union ($2.4 billion) chooses ORB platform from Alkami Technology.
  • Roundup of Australia fintech startups features Avoka. See Avoka at FinovateEurope 2016 in London.
  • Encap releases version 3.1 of its mobile authentication and security platform.
  • First Data’s Clover launches Clover Go mobile POS dongle.
  • Coinbase introduces price alert push notifications on iOS and Android.
  • In 2015, Kasasa sees 45% growth in clients, now counts 779 signed community FIs.

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

By David Penn Posted on
Categories: ACI Worldwide, BankersLab, CAN Capital, Coinbase, Dwolla, Fenergo, Kony, Misys, Ripple, ThetaRay, TransferWise, Twilio

On Finovate.com

  • “CAN Capital’s CAN Connect APIs Now Offer iPayment Merchants Access to Funds”
  • “Lenny Loves Dwolla: Digital Payment Network Helps Bring Microloans to Millennials”
  • “BankersLab Closes on Undisclosed Amount in Angel Funding Round” Come to FinovateEurope 2016 to see their live demo.

Around the web

  • TransferWise chooses UP Framework from ACI Worldwide to enhance its ability to grow network and add payment types.
  • Fenergo launches its Data Integration Manager, integrates with Avox, Omgeo, and Clariet Global.
  • Pakistan’s Habib Bank (HBL) to implement FusionBanking Corporate Channels from Misys.
  • TechCrunch interviews CEO Jeff Lawson of Twilio.
  • ThetaRay CEO Mark Gazit talks about the cyber attacks of the future for Infosecurity Magazine.
  • Coinbase to offer volume-based rebates for trades placed on Coinbase Exchange starting next week.
  • Kony launches Mobile Field Service solution to help enterprises mobilize and modernize their field service operations.
  • Microsoft’s Azure blockchain-as-a-service partners with Ripple, now operating a Ripple validating node for Ripple’s bank users.

This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You can also follow alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.

 

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Finovate Alumni News

By David Penn Posted on
Categories: ayondo, BehavioSec, CAN Capital, Check Point, Coinbase, CurrencyTransfer, Encap, Holvi, Klarna, Lending Club, LOYAL3, Meniga, Mint, PrivatBank, Rippleshot, SmartyPig, SocietyOne, Tink, TransferWise, Trustly

On Finovate.com

  • “Rippleshot Raises $1.2 Million in Round Led by KGC Capital”
  • “SocietyOne Offering Car Loans to Uber Drivers in Australia”

Around the web

  • Xero adds two-step authentication to its accounting platform.
  • CAN Capital teams up with iPayment to help SMEs get access to working capital.
  • Let’s Talk Payments features Klarna, Holvi, BehavioSec, Trustly, Meniga, and Tink in a roundup of top Nordic fintech startups. Remember FinovateEurope 2016 comes to London on February 9 and 10.
  • “Check Point Names Julie Parrish as Chief Marketing Officer”
  • MyBankTracker names Mint, SmartyPig, Lending Club, Coinbase, and Loyal3 on its list of companies every millennial should know about.
  • “ayondo CEO Robert Lempka Explains Innovative Trading Solutions Live on CNBC Asia”
  • TechCrunch looks at TransferWise’s growth.
  • PaymentEye interviews Daniel Abrahams, CEO and co-founder of CurrencyTransfer.com.
  • Bankless Times talks with Encap Security CEO Thomas Bostrøm Jørgensen on current trends in authentication technology.

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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Coinbase Unveils America’s First Bitcoin Debit Card

Coinbase Unveils America’s First Bitcoin Debit Card
By David Penn Posted on
Categories: Coinbase

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It may be fashionable these days to praise the blockchain while dismissing bitcoin. But the news today that Coinbase is launching a new bitcoin debit card in the United States is a reminder that bitcoin is alive, well, and working its way closer to the mainstream economy.

Coinbase’s new The Shift Card is the product of a partnership between Coinbase and Shift Payments. The card can be used in 24 states in the United States and at more than 38 million merchants around the world. There is a $10 issuance fee with no additional fees “for a limited time.” Cards will begin arriving after November 20th.

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Coinbase Business Development Managers Nahid Samsami and Roger Gu demonstrated Coinbase Instant Exchange at FinovateSpring 2014.

Adam White, Coinbase VP for business development and strategy, called the Shift Card “a key element” in making bitcoin easier to buy, sell, and transact with. Both Coinbase and Dwolla accounts are supported. Users in eligible states can order the card by connecting to their Coinbase account, and authorizing the fee (paid in bitcoin). Shift relies on Coinbase Connect which provides integration, permissions, and authentications to more than 2.8 million Coinbase users.

The Shift Card is accompanied by the Shift app that provides account balances and transactions. Available in iOS and Android, the Shift Card works anywhere Visa is accepted. Plans are to enable cardholders to connect to banks, airline miles and other alternative-currency accounts in the near future.

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Shift Card’s fee structure includes a 3% fee for international transactions; $3.50, international ATMs; $2.50, domestic ATMs. There is no annual fee and no charge for domestic transactions. There is a daily spending limit of $1,000 and daily ATM withdrawal limits of $500 from Dwolla accounts and $200 from Coinbase accounts. More information on fees is here.

Coinbase has had a busy autumn. In November alone the company announced a partnership with Fidelity Charitable to enable bitcoin contributions to donor-advised funds, launched mobile price charts, international translations, and consolidated accounts for bitcoin, and teamed up with USAA to make it easier for members to use bitcoin. Coinbase also added support for 3D Secure credit and debit cards in October and launched in Singapore in September.

Founded in July 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, Coinbase demonstrated its Instant Exchange technology at FinovateSpring 2014. Brian Armstrong is CEO. The company has raised more than $106 million in funding and includes Andreessen Horowitz, BBVA Ventures, and Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) among its investors.

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Finovate Alumni News

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Arroweye Solutions, blooom, Cardlytics, Coinbase, DriveWealth, Entrust Datacard, LendingRobot, Markit, Prosper, Signifyd

On Finovate.com

  • “Coinbase Unveils America’s First Bitcoin Debit Card”
  • “Blooom Named “One in a Million” in Kauffman Foundation Startup Competition”

Around the web

  • Cardlytics ranked 25 on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500.
  • Entrust Datacard’s Kurt Ishaug named one of 24 CFOs of the year by the Minn./St. Paul Business Journal in the “large private company” category.
  • Prosper Marketplace announces mobile SDK for the marketplace lending industry.
  • DriveWealth adds Carlo Macchi as director of global institutional accounts. See DriveWealth at FinovateEurope 2016 in London in February.
  • PYMNTS.com interviews Arroweye Solutions’ President and CEO Render Dahya on payment trends in 2015.
  • TRADE names Markit to its Hall of Fame.
  • Signifyd releases extension for the Magento 2 platform.
  • LendingRobot to bring its automated robo-investing to Funding Circle’s small-business lending marketplace.

This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You can also follow alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.

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Finovate Alumni News

By David Penn Posted on
Categories: CardFlight, Coinbase, CR2, DriveWealth, Entrust Datacard, Intuit, Personal Capital, Taulia, Thinking Capital, TSYS, Xero

On Finovate.com

  • “Finovate Debuts: DriveWealth Brings U.S. Stocks to Overseas Investors”
  • “FinovateEurope 2016 Presenting Companies Announced“
  • “Personal Capital Lowers Investment Minimum from $100,000 to $25,000″

Around the web

  • Intuit teams up with Kiva to provide small business financing via QuickBooks financing platform.
  • National Bank of Abu Dhabi, (Nbad) Egypt, to deploy BankWorld from CR2.
  • Xero announces new partnerships with Bigcommerce and KPMG.
  • Open Bank Project partners with Ulster Bank to organize Hack Make the Bank, Jan 29 thru 31, 2016.
  • CIBC and Thinking Capital partner to expand SMB lending in Canada.
  • Entrust Datacard releases Datacard MX Series Laser 350 that provides new personalization features.
  • CardFlight announces EMV approval and certifications via TSYS for mPOS solution.
  • Taulia joins the OFS portal community.
  • Fidelity Charitable partners with Coinbase to allow people to contribute bitcoin to their donor-advised funds.

This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You can also follow all alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.

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