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Finovate Alumni News– March 2, 2012

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on March 2, 2012
Categories: Boku, Confident Technologies, Dwolla, Holvi, MiiCard, Prosper, SigFig

Netbanker reports: Prosper markets to small businesses.

InComm patents “Value Insert” solution for more effective RFID card products and services.

Business Insider rumors that Ashton Kutcher, an Iowa native, participated in Dwolla’s recent round of funding.

BOKU announces another partnership: teams with Vindicia for mobile carrier billing.

TechCrunch lists Holvi as 1 of 5 startups to watch from Seedcamp’s demo day.

Confident Technologies joins McAfee security innovation alliance.

miiCard shares its incentive for predictions from the FinovateEurope audience of the top 2012 trends.

SigFig wins windows 8 First Apps contest.

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can also follow all the alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.

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Finovate Alumni News– February 29, 2012

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on February 29, 2012
Categories: BancVue, Bill.com, BrightScope, Credit Karma, Diversinet, Dwolla, Handpoint, PayPal, peerTransfer, ThreatMetrix, Weemba

Bank Technology News reports HomeDepot now accepts PayPal payments at all 2,000 retail stores.

Des Moines Register interviews Jordan Lampe, Dwolla’s director of communications.

BancVue completes sale of $120 million credit card portfolio to First Arkansas Bank & Trust.

Bill.com introduces CashView.

ThreatMetrix launches program to report malware capabilities.

Accounting Today selects Bill.com Receivables for its Top New Products of 2012.

Diversinet names Dr. Hon Pak as CEO.

Sallie Mae & peerTransfer partner to facilitate international tuition payments.

Credit Karma celebrates 4-year anniversary.

Reuters looks at FINRA and Brightscope to give more information on financial advisors.

Omaha.com looks at how Dwolla survived the downturn.

Weemba celebrates 6 months of operation, unveils operating stats.

Handpoint Headstart wins 2012 Channel Awards.

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Finovate Alumni News– February 21, 2012

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on February 21, 2012
Categories: DoughMain, Dwolla, Kasasa, PayNearMe, PayPal, SecondMarket, TransUnion Interactive

DoughMain looks at how kids interact with their money.

Credit Union Times shares how Dwolla and PayPal are contributing to the P2P payments.

SteelSeries now allows shoppers to use PayNearMe for purchases, offers free shipping for trying it out.

Goldman Sachs Investment Arm & Buyout Group to acquire TransUnion.

CNBC features SecondMarket CEO Barry Silbert, who describes the up and coming community bank market.

CNNMoney describes how Kasasa helps credit unions.

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Finovate Alumni News– February 16, 2012

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on February 16, 2012
Categories: BillFloat, Dwolla, eToro, HelloWallet, Holvi, IDTheft 911, Kabbage, Kasasa, ReadyForZero, ValidSoft

InspirePay embeds Dwolla’s payment network.

Fast Co Design applauds ReadyForZero’s product and UI.

Phil D’Angio appointed as Senior VP of Global Sales for ValidSoft.

MAPFRE Puerto Rico selects Identity Theft 911 to provide ID theft protection & resolution services to policyholders.

HelloWallet implements new features.

Vision Research Lab highlights Holvi’s demo from FinovateEurope.

ForexPros interviews Yoni Assia, eToro CEO.

DepositAccounts.com looks at reward checking accounts from Kasasa.

Kabbage’s partnership with UPS provides more funding by using shipping data in underwriting.

BillFloat is loaning more than $1 million per month.

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Dwolla Raises $5 Million in Series B From Union Square Ventures

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on February 14, 2012
Categories: Dwolla

Earlier this month, payment network Dwolla announced that it raised $5 million in Series B funding from Union Square Ventures. In addition, Village Ventures, Thrive Capital, Artists & Instigators and angel investor Paige Craig also participated in the round.

Silicon Prairie News reports:

“With the new funds, which bring Dwolla’s total amount raised to date to around $6.3 million, the company plans to bolster its product development and support and aggressively expand its API offerings…”

While not divulging any concrete numbers, Dwolla has shared a few stats over the past year on its blog:

Users grew 25x

Merchants grew 37x

Millions have been saved in fees

16 jobs were added to the Des Moines economy

To learn more about Dwolla, watch its FinovateSpring 2011 demo.

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Five of Fast Company’s 10 Most Innovative Companies in Finance are Finovate Alums

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on February 14, 2012
Categories: Dwolla, Google, PayPal, SecondMarket, Simple, Stocktwits

Fast Company recently published a list of most innovative companies that contained multiple Finovate alumni. Here’s the breakdown:

Overall top 50 most innovative companies:

Google
Rank: 3
FinovateFall 2011 demo

PayPal
Rank: 43
FinovateSpring 2011 demo

Top 10* in finance category:

PayPal
Rank: 4
FinovateSpring 2011 demo

SecondMarket
Rank: 6
FinovateStarup09 demo

Dwolla
Rank: 8
FinovateSpring 2011 demo

Simple (formerly BankSimple)
Rank: 9
FinovateFall 2011 demo

StockTwits
Rank: 10
FinovateEurope 2011 demo

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*Also included in the finance category are:

2. Starbucks

3. Kickstarter

5. Y Combinator

7. American Express

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Finovate Alumni News– February 14, 2012

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on February 14, 2012
Categories: Balance, BillGuard, Dwolla, ETRONIKA, Expensify, Kony Solutions, ThreatMetrix, TransUnion Interactive, Worklight

Balance Financial looks at lessons Facebook can teach about personal finance.

Pandodaily takes an in-depth look at BillGuard.

ThreatMetrix & TransUnion launch fraud prevention platforms.

Expensify claims to lead the ScanAnywhere alliance against toxic receipt menace.

Kony introduces version 2.0 of mobile banking application.

Ubergizmo reports: Kinect based online banking from Etronika a reality now.

IBM to purchase Worklight for undisclosed amount.

Dwolla raises $5 million in Series B from Union Square Ventures.

Five of Fast Company’s 10 most innovative companies in finance are Finovate alums.

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Finovate Alumni News– February 2, 2012

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on February 2, 2012
Categories: Credit Sesame, Dwolla, Mint.com, Personal Capital, Xero

Silicon Prairie News reports Dwolla rolls out Instant feature.

After raising $15 million, Xero acquires Max Solutions for almost $5 million.

Mint.com releases app for Android tablets.

Personal Capital named to Online Banking Report Hall of Fame, for personalized asset management service.

Credit Sesame launches credit card marketplace.

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Finovate Alumni News– January 31, 2012

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on January 31, 2012
Categories: Dwolla, HelloWallet, Kabbage, SigFig, Stocktwits

StockTwits now powered by Revere Data.

PC World includes HelloWallet in its list of software that does it all.

Investment News looks at SigFig’s free service.

American Banker examines Dwolla’s role in digital disintermediation in the banking industry.

Technorati explains how Kabbage can help small businesses. Come to FinovateEurope to see its live demo.

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Finovate Alumni News– January 26, 2012

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on January 26, 2012
Categories: BillFloat, Dwolla, Geezeo, Kasasa, Personal Capital

Business Insider examines Personal Capital’s consumer-focused approach to wealth management.

Prairie Cast hosts Jordan Lampe from Dwolla and discusses the rumors about funding.

Kasasa changes the face of local banking in Alabama.

Geezeo signs more credit unions.

BillFloat adds Florida electric provider to list of billers.

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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.

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Finovate Alumni News– January 18, 2012

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on January 18, 2012
Categories: BancVue, BrightScope, Dwolla, InComm, Intuit, Kasasa, LearnVest, On Deck Capital, PayPal, Plastyc, Ready Receipts, SecondMarket, ThreatMetrix

Ready Receipts officially launches paperless receipt technology.

nFinanSe seeks to halt new debit card network by InComm, alleges price-fixing conspiracy.

VentureBeat discusses the IPO market with SecondMarket CEO Barry Silbert.

On Deck partners with the National Association for Small Business.

SignatureLink to integrate ThreatMetrix’s Cybercrime Defender Platform with its technology

Intuit hires former Apple executive to lead Canada division.

Fox Business News interviews LearnVest founder and CEO, Alexa von Tobel.

The Next Web compares and contrasts PayPal and Dwolla with other payment methods.

Plastyc’s UPside cardholders can now load cash onto cards at 7-Eleven stores.

Oregon-based Credit Union launches BancVue’s Kasasa.

BrightScope partners with social media expert Arkovi.

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