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Alumni News– October 14, 2014

By David Penn Posted on October 14, 2014
Categories: Arxan Technologies, Backbase, Coinbase, Deluxe, edo Interactive, Fiserv, Forte Payment Systems, Holvi, Malauzai Software, MasterCard, Prosper, Taulia, Xignite

Finovate Debuts: Malauzai Software.

Cross County Savings Bank to deploy DNA account processing platform from Fiserv.

Apps from MasterCard and Deluxe earn spots in PaymentsSource’s “8 Wallet Apps That Go Beyond Payments.”

Arxan and Xamarin extend Mobile Application Protection to developers.

Coinbase hires former Sr. adviser to Homeland Security & Gov’tl Affairs Committee, John Collins, to head gov’t affairs.

Equities.com interviews Prosper.com’s Ron Suber regarding CFGE, Peer-to-Peer Lending and Working with Big Banks.

RBS partners with Taulia to offer dynamic discounting with e-Invoicing to corporate customers.

Backbase named a visionary in the Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Horizontal Portals 2014.

Holvi accounts now use International Bank Account Numbers (IBANs).

Forte Payment Systems announces new partnership with The Master’s Touch, LLC to power eNoticesOnline bill presentment service.

Visa Europe partners with edo to make its performance marketing platform available to 500 million European bankcards.

Xignite teams up with FactSet to provide fundamental market data from the cloud.

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 its Open Source Bitcoin API, Toshi

By David Penn Posted on September 18, 2014
Categories: Coinbase

What is Toshi? And how might it put smiles on the faces of developers working to build Bitcoin-related web apps?

Toshi is the result of Coinbase’s exploration into building web applications using Bitcoin Core. A full Bitcoin node, Toshi gives developers access to raw blockchain data, and is 100% compatible with Bitcoin Core. The open source API is written in Ruby and is backed by PostgreSQL.

As explained on the Coinbase Blog, the problem with Bitcoin Core is that while it works well as a reference implementation, Bitcoin Core has its limitations. Specifically, developer struggled to query blockchain data through SQL databases, as well as when trying to scale projects toward the million-user mark over multiple (as in dozens) of servers.

So what can developers do with Toshi?

Read information about blocks, transactions, and addresses
Broadcast new transactions
Receive height and confirmation time stats on the block chain

Coinbase makes a point to say that Toshi is still a v0.1 release, and that developers can expect updates and enhancements to the API in the coming months. More information on Toshi is available here.

Coinbase recently announced that it was now available to European customers in 14 countries. In August, the company acquired blockchain explorer, Blockr.io. And in July, Coinbase launched Coinbase Vault to make it easier for bitcoin owners to securely store their digital currency.

A few Coinbase metrics:

14 countries fully supported
1.6 million consumer wallets
36,000 merchants
6,000 developer apps

Headquartered in San Francisco, Coinbase was founded in July 2012. Brian Armstrong is CEO and co-founded the company with Fred Ehrsam, who serves as President. The company demoed its technology as part of the FinovateSpring 2014 conference in San Jose. See a video of the company in action here.

And if you’re a developer, software architect, or engineer, then visit our FinDEVr page for more information about our upcoming event designed specifically for builders.

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Alumni News– September 18, 2014

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on September 18, 2014
Categories: Billhighway, Coinbase, Lighter Capital, MasterCard, MiiCard, Mint.com, Monitise, Ping Identity

Lighter Capital increases capital base to $17 million & completes 50th loan.

Mint launches on iOS 8 with Touch ID.

miiCard participates in NSTIC Pilot for State of North Carolina eID Program.

Billhighway wins 2014 “Metropolitan Detroit Best & Brightest Company to Work For”.

Ping Identity raises $35 million in round led by KKR.

MasterCard announces launch of SimplifyCommerce in Ireland.

Monitise and BlackBerry launch BBM Money service for Indonesia consumers using Android, iOS, or BlackBerry smartphones.

Coinbase unveils its open source, bitcoin API, Toshi.

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– September 15, 2014

By David Penn Posted on September 15, 2014
Categories: Allied Payment Network, Betterment, Braintree, Coinbase, Feedzai, HelloWallet, Kalixa, Lending Club, Monitise, Moven, ProfitStars, Rippleshot, SocietyOne

Moven CEO Brett King says Apple Pay anticipates the end of physical bank cards.

United Way Worldwide now accepts bitcoin courtesy of Coinbase.

Monitise releases fiscal year 2014 financial results; announces new strategic partnership with Santander.

Business Spectator looks at how Apple, Google, Lending Club, and SocietyOne are part of “banking’s double disruption.”

Allied Payment Network announces integration of FlexPay with PicturePay.

Feedzai teams up with Azul Systems to speed its real-time data analysis.

The Washington Post features Betterment and HelloWallet.

Millicom and Kalixa partner to offer payment acceptance services for businesses and consumers in Africa and Latin America.

ProfitStars introduces Gladiator Hosted Network Solutions to enable FIs to move their IT infrastructures to the cloud.

Rippleshot, Braintree highlighted in Chicago Tribune column as examples of local contributors to the commerce infrastructure.

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– September 11, 2014

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on September 11, 2014
Categories: Braintree, Check Point, Coinbase, Darwinex, Dealstruck, Kalixa, Lendio, Oink, Top Image Systems, Xero

Archer Daniels Midland deploys Tradeshift’s Collaborative Workflow system.

Coinbase opens its doors to European customers in 13 countries.

Dealstruck and Lendio partner to provide capital to Jidan Cleaning.

Oink releases v 2.0 of its app to improve mobile shopping experience and allow users to favorite retailers.

LightCyber partners with Check Point Software to provide breach detection and response.

Stitch Labs features Xero on its list of four apps for multichannel sellers this holiday season.

Forex Magnates takes a look at the latest upgrades to Darwinex’s trading platform.

Kalixa partners with Millicom to launch new payments service venture in Latin America and Africa.

Top Image Systems announces new subsidiary TIS Australia.

PYMNTS: Braintree CEO Bill Ready talks about ApplePay with MPD CEO Karen Webster.

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– August 18, 2014

By David Penn Posted on August 18, 2014
Categories: ACI Worldwide, Betterment, Cardlytics, Coinbase, Expensify, Klarna, Personal Capital, Ripple, Silanis Technology, SumUp, Xero

Silanis Technology releases e-signature solutions for Salesforce and Microsoft Dynamics CRM. See Silanis at FinovateFall 2014 in New York.

Michael Grillo of ACI Worldwide talks about the role of mobile devices in fighting payments fraud.

Klarna announces appointment of Jon Kamaluddin to its Board of Directors.

SumUp earns double-digit million dollar investment led by Life.SREDA

Xero’s Customer Experience team wins Bronze Stevie Award in 2014 International Business Award. Check out Xero’s presentation at FinDEVr in San Francisco this October.

TechCrunch: Coinbase acquires blockchain explorer, Blockr.io.

Silicon Angle: Why Cardlytics ditched sample data for its real-time analytics tactics.

Forbes features Personal Capital.

EE Times reviews the similarities and differences between Ripple and bitcoin.

Forbes column on “the other sharing economy” profiles Expensify.

Investors.com checks in with Betterment on strategies for meeting retirement financial challenges.

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– August 13, 2014

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on August 13, 2014
Categories: ACI Worldwide, Coinbase, Diebiold, FutureAdvisor, Holvi, Leaf, Lending Club, LendUp, Pandai, peerTransfer, planwise, ReadyForZero, Silanis Technology, SmartAsset, TrueLink Financial, TrustEgg, WePay, Xero, ZenPayroll

Netbanker features 2012- 2013 fintech graduates from Y Combinator: TrueLink Financial, Coinbase, and LendUp.

Netbanker features 2009- 2012 fintech graduates from Y Combinator: ZenPayroll, SmartAsset, TrustEgg, FutureAdvisor, ReadyForZero, and WePay.

American Banker considers how Diebold is leading the way on the branch of the future.

peerTransfer surpasses 500 clients, while processing over $1 billion in international payments.

Heartland Payment Systems buys out remaining shareholders of tablet software and hardware startup, Leaf.

ACI Worldwide announces completion of ReD acquisition.

Lending Club mentioned in HBR Blog’s look at how new lending technology can help small businesses.

Silanis Technology partners with loan management software specialist Calyx Software. See Silanis at FinovateFall 2014 in September.

planwise teams up with Informa Research Services to launch plug-and-play search tool of real estate agents and brokerages.

Holvi unveils plans to open in 19 European countries.

NextAdvisor column in HuffPo highlights LendUp as alternative loan option for the underbanked.

Pandai announces joint cooperation with China and Hollard to leverage their experience in the loan insurance market.

Xero and Square partner to sync Square transactions and give a business a view of their finances. See Xero present at FinDEVr.

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– July 30, 2014

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on July 30, 2014
Categories: ACI Worldwide, Blackhawk Network, Boku, Coinbase, Credit Karma, Financial Guard, FIS, i-exceed, Insuritas, Simple, The Currency Cloud, ThreatMetrix, Vermilian

ThreatMetrix granted patent for its ability to differentiate between trusted customers and cybercriminals

Australia-based Vermilian acquired by banking technology firm Ultradata.

i-exceed launches its new website.

Boku brings its direct carrier billing-based mobile payments technology to India.

Mangopay teams up with Currency Cloud to provide international money transfer services to its customers.

Shivalik Mercantile Cooperative Bank to deploy “bank in a box” from FIS.

Blackhawk Network teams with Amazon to enable customers to manage and spend their gift cards in the new Amazon Wallet app.

Financial Guard to provide clients with both passive and active investing options.

Happy second birthday to Simple.

Insuritas wins 2014 NAFCU Services Corporation (NSC) Innovation Award that highlights groundbreaking solutions for credit unions.

TechCrunch: Credit Karma offering free, weekly credit reports – no strings attached.

Franklin University chooses ACI Worldwide for online payment processing.

Wikipedia Foundation partners with Coinbase to allow bitcoin donations.

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– July 25, 2014

By David Penn Posted on July 25, 2014
Categories: Actiance, BillGuard, Cartera Commerce, Coinbase, DemystData, eToro, FutureAdvisor, Holvi, Jemstep, Kabbage, LendingTree, Malauzai Software, MoneyDesktop, Monitise, Personal Capital, SecondMarket, Wealthfront, Zooz

Fox Business News features Kabbage’s small business lending process.

Huffington Post describes how DemystData’s big data analytics help evaluate creditworthiness.

Cartera Commerce’s CFO Karen Cambray named a finalist in Boston Business Journal’s 2014 CFO of the Year Awards.

Bloomberg: BillGuard programmers code in bomb shelters.

Coinbase launches Coinbase Vault to Better Secure Your Bitcoins.

MoneyDesktop appoints Brandon Dewitt as its first ever CTO.

SecondMarket CEO Barry Silbert stepping down in order to refocus his attention solely on bitcoin.

InvestmentNews features roboadvisors Jemstep, FutureAdvisor, Wealthfront, and Personal Capital.

The Irish Times looks at Holvi’s move into Ireland.

CMS Wire: Actiance wants to help companies curb social media mistakes.

Karen Webster of Market Platform Dynamics interviews Zooz CEO Oren Levy.

eToro announces new version of OpenBook for iOS.

Mobile Entertainment talks with Adam Levene, SVP of Strategy at Monitise Create.

LendingTree launches personalization platform.

Pymnts takes a look at the partnership between Malauzai Software and Trusteer. See Malauzai at FinovateFall in September.

Fortune.com interviews Bill Siegel, interim CEO of SecondMarket.

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 Launches Coinbase Vault to Better Secure Your Bitcoins

By David Penn Posted on July 24, 2014
Categories: Coinbase

If you follow digital currency news, it’s likely you remember the crumbling of Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox in February. The site went bankrupt when 850,000 Bitcoins (then worth around $450 million) were stolen from users’ accounts.

Coinbase today launched a new product, Coinbase Vault, that aims to keep it from sharing Mt Gox’s fate by keeping a portion of users’ bitcoin safe from hackers and unauthorized withdrawals.

The free new account has three features that contribute to increased security:

Time-delayed withdrawals
There is a 48-hour waiting period before withdrawals are transferred from the Vault account. During the waiting period, the transaction can be cancelled at any time.

Multiple approvers
For joint accounts, approval from multiple parties is required in order to begin the withdrawal.

Offline storage
97% of bitcoin is held offline in safe deposit boxes.

Coinbase showcased Instant Exchange at FinovateSpring 2014. You can check out the demo video here.

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Alumni News– July 16, 2014

By David Penn Posted on July 16, 2014
Categories: Coinbase, Dwolla, Jack Henry, Lendio, MasterCard, mBank, Micronotes, peerTransfer, Xero, Zooz

peerTransfer and Nelnet expand partnership, enhancing international payment options for educational institutions.

Xero MD Chris Ridd featured on Qantas radio. Check out Xero at FinDEVr, the first event for fintech developers.

Micronotes releases Mobile-SMS to automate the referral process through the mobile SMS channel to drive more sales.

Lendio launches program for brokers that helps more SMBs find financing by giving brokers and ISOs access to Lendio’s lending options.

New app from The Members Group alerts Google Glass wearers if a Dwolla-accepting merchant is nearby.

mBank deploys authentication technology from HID Global.

Jack Henry launches jhaEnterprise Workflow solution.

Coinbase integration brings bitcoin payments to Shopify merchants.

Zooz raises $12 million in round led by Blumberg Capital.

MasterCard’s MasterPass to enable in-app payments by August.

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 Integration Brings Bitcoin Payments to Shopify Merchants

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on July 15, 2014
Categories: Coinbase, Intuit

If you’re a merchant on the Shopify e-commerce platform with a hankering to join the cryptocurrency revolution, then Coinbase has some very good news for you.

Thanks to a new integration of Coinbase’s technology, the more than 100,000 merchants that rely on Shopify to do business online will be able to start accepting payment in bitcoin as early as Tuesday.

The process involves setting up a Coinbase account, initiating the integration on Shopify, providing account credentials, and that’s it. Already on board are merchants such as Leap Motion, Soylent, and iOgrapher.

Coinbase is a bitcoin payment processing and digital wallet platform that makes bitcoin transactions easier and safer. The company holds more than one million consumer wallets, and enables more than 28,000 merchants to accept payment in bitcoin. There are no fees charged for the first $1,000,000 in transactions, with merchants paying a 1% exchange fee beyond that amount. Coinbase’s most recent innovation, demoed at FinovateSpring in San Jose this year, is called Instant Exchange and helps remove exchange rate risk from bitcoin transactions.

Coinbase has had a busy first half of 2014. The company’s technology was integrated with Intuit’s PayByCoin in June. And Coinbase earned a spot on CNBC’s Disruptor 50 list shortly after announcing its acquisition of Kippt in May.

Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, Coinbase was co-founded by Brian Armstrong (CEO) and Fred Ehrsam (President).

Developers! Curious how Coinbase makes it easy for merchants to add bitcoin payment functionality to their businesses and apps? Learn more about Coinbase’s Bitcoin API here. And be sure to check out our FinDEVr page for updates on the first event for fintech developers.

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