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Alumni News– January 5, 2015

By David Penn Posted on January 5, 2015
Categories: Ayasdi, Braintree, Coinbase, Credit Karma, Entersekt, Global Debt Registry, NICE Systems, Sonavation, ThreatMetrix, Toshl

Credit Karma to offer Equifax credit scores and reports.

American Banker profiles Global Debt Registry.

Silicon Valley Tech News interviews Ayasdi CEO Gurjeet Singh.

Sonavation announces acquisition of Arkami.

Central Florida Future features Toshl Finance in its look at smartphone apps.

Burning Man using Coinbase to accept Bitcoin donations.

In case you missed it while you were in Holiday Hibernation: A look back at the 28 Finovate and FinDEVr Best of Show winners of 2014.

NICE Systems releases voice biometrics-based Real-Time Fraud Prevention solution.

Airbnb, Boxed, Munchery and YPlan enable Braintree’s One Touch buying experience.

Authentity blog names ThreatMetrix and Entersekt as authentication companies to watch in 2015.

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 Alums Fill Ranks of KPMG’s Fintech Innovators for 2014

By David Penn Posted on December 18, 2014
Categories: Betterment, Coinbase, Credit Karma, CUneXus, Dwolla, eToro, FutureAdvisor, Kabbage, Klarna, Kreditech, LearnVest, Lending Club, MiiCard, Motif Investing, Nutmeg, On Deck Capital, PayNearMe, Personal Capital, Prosper, SecureKey, SigFig, SocietyOne, Stockpile, SumUp, The Receivables Exchange, TransferWise, Wealthfront, Xero, Yodlee, Zopa

Draw up a list of the top fintech innovators of 2014. Got it? Now tell me how many of your top 50 companies are not just impressive companies in their respective fields, but Finovate alums, as well.

If you are global accounting and consulting group, KPMG, then the answer is “more than half.”

Of the 50 companies recognized by KPMG in its 2014 review of top fintech innovators, 27 have demoed their technologies at Finovate conferences. And of that 27, 13 have won Best of Show at least once.

The inaugural “50 Best Fintech Innovators” report is a joint venture between AWI Ventures KPMG Australia and the Financial Services Council (FSC).

The companies chosen were selected based on four factors: total capital raised, rate of capital raising, degree of sub industry disruption, and “degree of product, service, customer experience and business model innovation.”

Writing in an introduction to the report, AWI Limited CEO Ben Heap explained why fundraising played such a prominent part of the selection process.

“These assessment criteria reflect the fact that venture capital invested is a relevant measure of innovation which in turn fuels enduring competitive advantage,” he wrote.

“Venture capitalists seek this enduring competitive advantage over and above everything else.”

Here’s a breakdown of Finovate alums in the list, in order of appearance, along with links to their most recent demo video. Boldface indicates Best of Show winner.

Wealthfront – (as kaChing) FinovateStartup 2009
Kabbage – FinovateFall 2014
Motif Investing – FinovateFall 2013
Klarna – FinovateSpring 2012
Lending Club – Finovate 2007
OnDeck – FinovateSpring 2012, FinDEVr San Francisco 2014
Kreditech – FinovateSpring 2014
Xero – FinovateSpring 2011, FinDEVr San Francisco 2014
Yodlee – FinovateFall 2013, FinDEVr San Francisco 2014
Prosper – Finovate 2007
Coinbase – FinovateSpring 2014
Credit Karma – FinovateStartup 2009
LearnVest – FinovateFall 2011
Personal Capital – FinovateFall 2011, FinDEVr San Francisco 2014
PayNearMe – FinovateSpring 2013, FinDEVr San Francisco 2014
SecureKey – FinovateFall 2010
Nutmeg – FinovateEurope 2012
Transferwise – FinovateEurope 2013
Betterment – FinovateFall 2010
SocietyOne – FinovateAsia 2012
eToro – FinovateEurope 2011
SumUp – FinovateEurope 2013
Zopa – FinovateSpring 2008
Receivables Exchange – FinovateFall 2010
FutureAdvisor – FinovateFall 2013
Dwolla – FinovateSpring 2011
SigFig – FinovateFall 2011

“Ones to Watch”

CUneXus – FinovateSpring 2014
miiCard – FinovateFall 2013
StockPile – FinovateSpring 2014

See the full list of companies here.

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Alumni News– December 17, 2014

By David Penn Posted on December 17, 2014
Categories: Betterment, CashStar, Coinbase, CrowdFlower, ID Analytics, Kabbage, LearnVest, Lending Club, Mint.com, Motif Investing, Personal Capital, Prosper, Rippleshot, SigFig, TipRanks, Tradeshift, Venmo, Wealthfront, WingCash

The Jerusalem Post profiles Israeli startup, TipRanks.

CashStar Market Solution is now powering 150 promotions during this year’s winter holiday season.

Enterprising Investor highlights Betterment, LearnVest, Motif Investing, Venmo, and Wealthfront in its column on Millennials and money.

TechZone 360 discusses CrowdFlower in a review of “What’s Hot and What’s Not on Data Science for 2015.”

Yahoo! Finance features an interview with Rippleshot co-founder and CPO Yueyu Fu.

WingCash unveils Brand Cash, a digital currency that replaces merchant-specific gift and loyalty cards.

Financial Times profiles Betterment CEO and co-founder, Jon Stein.

After Manilla’s demise, Mint launches bill pay and bill management platform.

Time, Inc partners with Coinbase to accept bitcoin for subscriptions to Fortune, Health, This Old House and Travel + Leisure.

Tradeshift to waive 30% revenue share from organizations that build apps to support the circular economy http://bit.ly/13cY6S6

Wealth Management looks at the human advisors behind Personal Capital and SigFig.

Money Talks News lists alternative lending sites to consider: Prosper, Lending Club, and Kabbage.

ID Analytics names Timothy Laughlin as new CFO.

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Alumni News– December 15, 2014

By David Penn Posted on December 15, 2014
Categories: Arxan Technologies, Billhighway, Coinbase, Digital Insight, Lending Club, Loop, PayPal, Silanis Technology, Stockpile, Venmo, Yodlee

SFGate column on the technology of mobile payments features thoughts from PayPal’s Max Levchin and Loop’s Will Graylin.

Stockpile teams up with Yodlee to provide Invest Your Change, Stock Purchasing and Gifting products.

Silanis Technology announces partnerships with Equifax and Oceanwide.

Coinbase announces official iOS app.

American Banker takes a look at “post-IPO expectations” for newly-public Lending Club.

Golden Pacific Bank adds mobile remote deposit capture to its mobile banking offerings courtesy of Digital Insight.

National Association for Business Resources names Billhighway Best and Brightest Company to work for in 2014.

Time asks: What is Venmo?

Nine of the 15 fintech startups Forbes recommends watching in 2015 are Finovate and FinDEVr alums.

eWeek reports on Arxan Technology’s mobile Runtime App Self Protection (RASP) enhancements.

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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Alumni News– December 3, 2014

By David Penn Posted on December 3, 2014
Categories: ACI Worldwide, Betterment, Blockchain, Braintree, Coinbase, Currency Cloud, Entrepreneurial Finance Lab, iQuantifi, Klarna, Lending Club, LendingTree, Motif Investing, Nymi, SK Planet, True Potential, Trulioo, Venmo, Wallaby Financial

Wallaby Financial has been acquired by Bankrate.

iQuantifi announces million-dollar angel investment.

LendingTree unveils its small business loan marketplace with loans from $5,000 to $1 million.

Young Adult Money explains how to invest using Motif Investing.

Betterment reaches 50,000 customer milestone.

SK Planet promotes its Bluetooth Low Energy powered mileage app, Syrup, in Seoul.

True Potential announces the launch of 15 new, open-ended investment company funds in Q1 2015.

Bank of South Pacific to deploy ACI Proactive Risk Manager from ACI Worldwide to help protect against fraud.

Klarna to invest $100 million over the next three years to launch its payments systems in the U.S.

Finovate Debuts: Loyal3’s Stock Investments Democratizes Access to Stocks and IPOs.

Entrepreneurial Finance Lab gets a new look.

Pymnts features conversation with Currency Cloud’s Chief Commercial Officer on how they modernize money movement.

Coinbase now enables some customers to hold USD balances in their Coinbase wallets.

Financial Times: Early investors to make big gains on Lending Club IPO.

Time names Braintree’s Venmo as 1 of the top 10 apps of 2014.

Bionym rebrands to Nymi.

Blockchain issued a .SSL certification.

TechVibes features Trulioo’s new design.

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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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.

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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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.

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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Alumni News– November 11, 2014

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on November 11, 2014
Categories: Cachet Financial Solutions, Coinbase, Hoyos Labs, Linkable Networks, TradeHero, Xero

Linkable Networks Raises $8 Million for Card Linked Offers Platform.

AsiaOne Business features TradeHero.

Coinbase integrates with Openfolio to create transparency in who is investing in Bitcoin.

Cachet Financial Solutions Launches Enhanced Select Business Solution.

Xero announces new dashboard.

NY Times features Hoyos Labs.

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Alumni News– October 31, 2014

By David Penn Posted on October 31, 2014
Categories: App Annie, Avoka, Coinbase, EverSafe, EXCESS RETURN, Jack Henry, Malauzai Software, Rippleshot, Stocktwits, The Currency Cloud, Tradier, Vantiv

Rippleshot wins Up and Comer honors at Chicago Innovation Awards.

Check out our profile of EverSafe.

Vantiv announces agreement to provide merchant services to MUFG Union Bank.

Symitar division of Jack Henry introduces Malauzai-powered Episys Anywhere.

Breaking Banks interviews Derek Corcoran, Founder of Avoka.

App Annie releases new app, VPN Defender, published by Smart Sense.

Currency Cloud partners with XE.com to deliver money transfer solution for business.

Excess Return launches new Ideas Center and Screener modules in partnership with Keytrade Bank

Coinbase introduces Multisig Vault to enable companies to control their private keys on Coinbase.

Benzinga interviews Howard Lindzon on what’s next for StockTwits.

Quantcha enhances stock options search engine with integrated trading from Tradier.

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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Alumni News– October 29, 2014

By David Penn Posted on October 29, 2014
Categories: Coinbase, CurrencyFair, Flint Mobile, Forte Payment Systems, Google Cloud Platform, Knox, MasterCard, Segmint, vaamo

Small Business Computing features Flint Mobile in its short list of small business financial apps.

MasterCard announces launch of MasterPass in Taiwan.

Segmint raises $9 million in new funding.

xconomy profiles CurrencyFair.

Vaamo raises $3.2 Million, Launches Out of Private Beta.

Coinbase adds multi-signature tech to its Vault for high net worth Bitcoin holders.

Vogogo partners with Knox Payments to enable its future US clients to accept payment from any US bank account.

Dataconomy interviews Forte CEO, Jeff Thorness.

Google Cloud Platform announces Beta For Local SSD.

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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Alumni News– October 21, 2014

By David Penn Posted on October 21, 2014
Categories: Coinbase, Encap, Fiserv, Jumio, MaxMyInterest

TechCrunch: Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong talks about the future of Bitcoin at Disrupt London.

Jumio launches BAM Checkout: a credit card and ID scanning app for mobile merchants.

Encap Security integrates Apple Touch ID into its Smarter Authentication platform.

Fiserv adds document-to-document comparison functionality to the Comparalytics module of its LoanComplete solution.

Finovate Debuts: MaxMyInterest from Six Trees Capital.

Firebase joins Google Cloud platform to make it easier to build mobile apps.

Tradier appoints former E*TRADE President & COO Jarrett Lilien to its Board.

Dubai Financial Market signs memorandum of understanding with Kony to develop a series of “Smart Borse” applications.

The Financial Brand: How PayPal’s Venmo is winning the battle for social payments.

Check out Finovate Debuts: BioCatch.

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Alumni News– October 20, 2014

By David Penn Posted on October 20, 2014
Categories: Capital Access Network, Coinbase, Compass Plus, ID Analytics, ID.me, InComm, Klarna, Lending Club, Nopsec, Nous.net, The Currency Cloud, Zighra

Nous raises $600k to help drive its SparkProfit stock market prediction platform.

Lending Club selects the NYSE for its IPO.

Currency Cloud releases Connect API 2.0.

ID.me announces acquisition of Perkla.

InComm partners with CardCash to integrate its online gift card exchange at InComm’s retail partners nationwide.

Compass Plus completes its TranzAxis integration with Klarna.

Invest Ottawa features Zighra.

ID Analytics names Scott Carter Chief Operating Officer.

Check out Finovate Debuts: NopSec.

CAN Capital closes its first capital markets asset-backed notes offering.

Coinbase now available in 6 additional languages.

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