Finovate Alumni News

On Finovate.com

  • CardFlight Launches SwipeSimple Customers to Support Card Data Management.
  • Roostify Teams Up with Ellie Mae to Boost Efficiency in Mortgage Lending.

Around the web

  • Experian and Close Brothers Retail Finance pilot Mobile for Credit service for U.K. gamers.
  • New Penn Financial goes live with Portfolio Underwriter from Loan Scorecard.
  • PasswordPing earns finalist spot in 2018 “Innovation Quotient” IQ Awards.
  • Ukraine’s Akhmetov Bank leverages Corezoid’s cloud-based operating system.
  • ebankIT and Enterprise Engineering forge strategic partnership for the North American market.
  • Bambu, Eltropy, Moxtra, and Onfido are among the startups selected for Plug and Play Singapore’s inaugural fintech and insurtech program.
  • TECHdotMN profiles Sezzle founder and CEO, Charlie Youakim.
  • Forbes Middle East highlights Ayasdi and ThetaRay in look at how AI is helping solve financial crime.

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.

FinovateFall Sneak Peek: ebankIT

FinovateFall Sneak Peek: ebankIT

FinovateFallA look at the companies demoing live at FinovateFall on September 24 through 26, 2018 in New York. Register today and save your spot.

ebankIT’s award-winning platform helps financial institutions deliver digital banking transformations, allowing their customers to be one step ahead at a fraction of cost, time, and effort.

Features

  • Omni-channel digital banking delivered fast
  • Full suite applications for banks, credit unions, and mobile-first institutions
  • Core-agnostic, omni-channel digital banking platform

Why it’s great

ebankIT Studio enables rapid development of applications and services whilst maintaining high standards of quality and performance, guaranteeing a superior user experience and quick ROI.

Presenters

Pete Atkinson, VP United Kingdom, North America
Currently Vice President U.K. and Ireland for ebankIT, Atkinson has spent much of his career operating at the convergent point of technology and consumers.
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Vitor Barros, Pre-Sales Director
Barros is Project Director for R&D department of ebankIT, having managed and implemented several projects over the years, ranging from middleware to mobile platforms and development of innovative applications.
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Finovate Alumni News

On Finovate.com

  • eToro Adds IOTA Cryptocurrency to Platform.
  • First Data Partners with Ellie Mae to Improve Security of Lending Payments
  • Check out our latest FinovateFall Sneak Peek featuring ebankIT.

Around the web

  • UMB Fund Services adopts Temenos tech for ETF drive.
  • EMIDA joins wireless independent dealer association.
  • InSpirAVE earns spot in Top 100 at the Innovate Celebrate Conference’s Startup of the Year competition.
  • Data-in-use security specialist Enveil announces technology integration with Gemalto.
  • Onfido adds new VP of Global Marketing, General Counsel, and Director of People.
  • FICO extends partnership with Equifax Canada.

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.

ebankIT to Power Digital Banking for Coast Capital

ebankIT to Power Digital Banking for Coast Capital

Canada’s largest credit union by membership has partnered with ebankIT to overhaul its digital banking offerings. Coast Capital Savings, with $13 billion ($17 billion CAD) in assets, will leverage ebankIT’s omni-channel digital banking platform to power both the credit union’s online and mobile banking channels, as well as its website.

“With ebankIT’s versatile platform and award-winning digital banking experience, we will be able to offer a wide range of exciting new features to Coast Capital members in the future, along with rich security and personalization features,” Chief Transformation Officer for Coast Capital Savings Jeff Wong said. He also praised the way the platform supports integration with third-party technologies, “which will enable Coast Capital to drive ongoing digital channel innovation.”

ebankIT’s omni-channel banking solutions empower FIs to deliver a cutting edge, technology-enabled solutions to their customers. The company is an innovator applying many of the latest technologies – including augmented reality, beacons, and voice – to both traditional and emerging banking channels like mobile and wearables.

ebankIT’s Diana Winstanley (Business Solutions Manager) and Pete Atkinson (VP Sales U.K. & Ireland) demonstrating the company’s digital banking platform at FinovateEurope 2018.

“Our vision at ebankIT is to help organizations like Coast Capital tap the full potential of all the fast-paced innovations available in the quickly shifting technological landscape of banking,” Renato Oliveira, a member of ebankIT’s board of directors, explained. “As we embark on our North American expansion, the ebankIT team is thrilled to support Coast Capital with a robust and scalable platform, featuring our award-winning next generation solutions, coupled with an engaging user experience.”

Founded in 1940, British Columbia-based Coast Capital now has 52 branches and 555,000 members. Named one of Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Cultures, the credit union invested $5.6 million in local communities last year to help empower and engage youth. This month, Coast Capital earned “B Corporation” certification from nonprofit B Lab, an acknowledgement that it has met the standard for social performance, transparency, and accountability.

The partnership news from ebankIT comes just a few weeks after the company announced that it was teaming up with fellow Finovate alum unblu. The joint venture will integrate unblu’s co-browsing, live chat, and video technology into ebankIT’s digital banking platform. “Joining forces with unblu was a natural fit for us,” ebankIT CEO Joaquin Santos said in a statement, “because both companies are aligned in how they want to transform the future of banking.”

ebankIT demonstrated its digital banking platform, including new applications of voice technology, at FinovateEurope 2018 in March. The company also participated in our inaugural FinovateMiddleEast conference in February. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Porto, Portugal, ebankIT was featured in Accord Market’s Global Digital Banking Multichannel Integration Solutions Market Status Report earlier this month. This spring, ebankIT celebrated the launch of Kuwait International Bank’s retail banking app, which was implemented using ebankIT’s digital banking platform. Also this year, ebankIT announced a partnership with Cyprus-based GCC Computers.

Finovate Alumni News

On Finovate.com

  • CoverHound to Help Intelligent Customers to Shop Around for Renter’s Insurance.
  • AlphaPoint to Power DCEX, an XRP-Based Currency Exchange.
  • ebankIT to Power Digital Banking for Coast Capital.

Around the web

  • Fiserv forges strategic alliance with cybersecurity firm, BlueVoyant.
  • mBank and Commerzbank to launch pan-European challenger bank.
  • Gartner recognizes i-exceed as a “Niche Player” in its Magic Quadrant for Mobile Application Development Platforms (MADP).
  • Finance Magnates features a profile on the Ledger Nano S hardware wallet.
  • Caja Sullana leverages credit scoring from LenddoEFL to provide young entrepreneurs access to credit.
  • Insuritas to launch a member owned insurance agency for America’s Credit Union and its 47,000 members.
  • NIIT Technologies recognized as ‘Star Performer’ on the 2018 Everest Group PEAK Matrix Insurance Application Services.
  • Glassdoor ranks Kasasa CEO Gabe Krajicek 45th in the Top 50 CEOs at Small and Medium Companies in the United States.

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.

FinovateEurope Sneak Peek: ebankIT

FinovateEurope Sneak Peek: ebankIT

A look at the companies demoing live at FinovateEurope on the 6 through 9 of March 2018 in London. Pick up your tickets today and save your spot.

ebankIT’s ebankIT Platform is the hub that enables banks to provide customer journeys with empathic experiences. The next banking revolution will demand this.

Features

  • Offers a flexible omnichannel digital banking platform, business middleware, and class-leading apps
  • Enables fully empathic customer interactions
  • Has an API gateway to embrace fintechs and third parties

Presenters

Diana Winstanley, Business Developer
Winstanley coordinated several projects on business analysis and international business development, with experience showcasing the latest technological innovations to financial institutions throughout the globe.
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Vitor Barros, Pre-Sales Director
Project director for the R&D department of ebankIT, Barros has managed and implemented several projects over the years, ranging from middleware to mobile platforms and the development of innovative applications.
LinkedIn

FinovateMiddleEast Sneak Peek: ebankIT

FinovateMiddleEast Sneak Peek: ebankIT

A look at the companies demoing live at FinovateMiddleEast on 26 and 27 of February in Dubai, U.A.E. Pick up your tickets today and save your spot.

ebankIT platform is the hub that enables banks to provide customer journeys with empathic experiences. The next banking revolution will demand this.

Features

  • Flexible omnichannel digital banking platform, business middleware, class-leading apps
  • Fully empathic customer interactions
  • API gateway to embrace fintechs and third parties

Presenters

Diana Winstanley, Business Developer 
Winstanley coordinated several projects on business analysis and international business development, with experience showcasing the latest technology innovation to financial institutions throughout the globe.
LinkedIn

 

Vitor Barros, Pre-Sales Director 
Project Director for R&D department of ebankIT, Barros has managed and implemented several projects over the years, ranging from middleware to mobile platforms and development of innovative applications.
LinkedIn

FinovateFall Sneak Peek: ebankIT

FinovateFall Sneak Peek: ebankIT

A look at the companies demoing live at FinovateFall on September 11 through 14 in New York. Pick up your tickets today and save your spot.

ebankIT by Voice allows you to engage in a natural and intuitive way, providing an optimized and secure interface for all your banking solutions, using nothing but the sound of your voice.

Features

  • Accelerate omnichannel digital transformation, reducing costs
  • Integrate with next generation fintech and 3rd parties
  • Increase digital sales, future-proofing banks

Why it’s a must-see
Whatever the future is, ebankIT will be there to help you embrace change, supporting clients to accelerate their digital banking transformation.


Presenter

Diana Winstanley, Business Developer
Winstanley coordinated several projects on business analysis and international business development, with experience showcasing the latest technological innovations to financial institutions throughout the globe.
LinkedIn

 

Pete Atkinson, VP UK and Ireland
Currently Vice President UK and Ireland for omnichannel banking software provider ebankIT, Atkinson has spent much of his career operating at the convergent point of technology and consumers.
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Check out more previews of upcoming FinovateFall presentations. Visit our registration page to save your spot. 

Women on the Finovate Stage

Women on the Finovate Stage

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There are plenty of things about fintech worth celebrating, but today, in honor of International Women’s Day, we’re giving three cheers to the women in fintech!

We’re taking a special look at our most recent show, FinovateEurope, where 23% of the presenting companies were represented by a woman on stage. That’s a 50% increase from 2015, where 15% of the companies had female speakers, and a huge leap from our first event in 2007 with zero (see note 1).

So here’s to progress. And here’s to the women of FinovateEurope:

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Hali Khan, Director, Business Development

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Paulina Powązka, Sr. Business Solutions Consultant

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Eszter Vass, Sr. Product Strategy & Presales Consultant

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Reanta Stein, Business Development Director

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Diana Winstanley, Business Developer

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Tinna Hung, Director, Marketing

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Angelique Mohring, CEO & Founder

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Janice Diner, CEO, Founding Partner

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Mariona Campmany, CMO

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Patricia Soares, Business Developer

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Sarah Clark, General Manager, Identity

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Trisha Price, EVP, Product Development & Engineering

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Iveta Brūvele, CEO, and Elīna Rasmane, COO

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Märta Viberg, Head of Product & Consumer Risk

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Michelle Pearce, Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer

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Vanessa Gatihi, Global Head, Customer Success

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Editor’s Note: While sadly it’s true that no women were on stage during the 20 demos of the first Finovate. One company, iPay Technologies, was founded by Dana Bowers, but she chose not to speak that day. And Finovate might not even exist if it wasn’t for Melanie Flanagan, then Marketing Manager at Yodlee (also co-founded by a woman), who was the first person to agree to demo. Finally, Susan Hawkins, then SVP at Metavante, was instrumental in getting both her company and Monitise on stage. So there you have it, woman called the shots for at least 20% of Finovate v1.0’s content, even if they ended up delegating the on-stage pitching to men. Thanks Melanie, Dana and Susan! — Jim Bruene, Founder

Finovate Alumni News

Around the web

  • Backbase helps Canada’s Central 1 Credit Union upgrade its digital banking platform. The partnership represents the Amsterdam-based company’s first deal in Canada.
  • ebankIT forges new global partnership with Atos.
  • PayPal launches P2P payments bot, Slack.
  • eToro unveils CopyFunds for Partners, enabling creation of bespoke funds on its platform.
  • Wealthify announces its investment services are now available as a white-label offering. Wealthify made its Finovate debut on Tuesday at FinovateEurope.
  • GMC Software Technology earns Gartner Magic Quadrant recognition for customer communications management technology for fourth year in a row.

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.

 

FinovateEurope Sneak Peek: ebankIT

FinovateEurope Sneak Peek: ebankIT

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Screen Shot 2017-01-23 at 4.27.53 PMA look at the companies demoing live at FinovateEurope on the 7 and 8 of February 2017 in London. Pick up your tickets today and save your spot.

ebankIT provides a future-proofing banking platform that allows full autonomy when addressing whatever challenges come next. The future is always changing and adaptation is paramount.

Features

  • PSD2-ready platform
  • Integration with next generation fintech and third-parties
  • Bank in the cloud with an omnichannel platform with fully featured front-end

Why it’s great
Whatever the future is, the ebankIT platform will be there to help you to embrace change.

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Diana Winstanley, Business Developer at ebankIT
Winstanley coordinated several projects on business analysis and international business development, with experience showcasing the latest technological innovations to financial institutions throughout the globe.
LinkedIn

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Atkinson is currently Vice President in the U.K. and Ireland for omnichannel banking software provider ebankIT. He has spent much of his career operating at the convergent point of technology and consumers.
LinkedIn

Finovate Alumni News

On Finovate.com

Around the web

  • Betterment unveils new multi-plan offering with access to human advisors.
  • Green Dot to acquire UniRush and its prepaid card business, RushCard, for $167 million.
  • Fidor partners with EPAM Systems to gain access to additional product development and software engineering talent.
  • D3 reports record revenue in 2016, up 160% from 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.