Betterment
Medill Reports discussed the benefits of Betterment and Currensee, claiming that the social networking craze changes the way some people invest.
LinkBrightScope
BrightScope announced the top 10 treasury inflation protected securities funds in America’s 401ks.
LinkChargeSmart
Fox News’ Studio 10 reviewed ChargeSmart, PlasticJungle, and Bills.com and found a number of money saving tools and ideas.
LinkCheck Point Software Technologies
Check Point Software Technologies won
The Ten Best Web Support Sites of 2011 Award from The Association of Support Professionals for its exceptional web support design, implementation, and customer experience.
LinkClairMail
ClairMail announced record customer expansion with a 300% year-over-year growth in users.
LinkCorduro
The New York Times reported that Corduro’s cloud platform challenges PayPal and Square’s mobile payment services.
LinkCredit Sesame
The Wisdom Journal depicted Credit Sesame’s services as more than just credit scores.
LinkCurrensee
See Betterment above.
doxo
- doxo explained how to use its online filing cabinet and “due date” alerts to help organize GroupOn, Living Social, and other daily deals. Link
- TheFinancialBrand.com discussed Oregon Federal Credit Union’s use of doxo and discussed other usage ideas such as uploading a scan of your passport prior to travelling. Link
Dwolla
- Credit Union Times listed Dwolla as a contender in the P2P payment space. Link
- Dwolla rallied community efforts to gather donations for the tornado-stricken town of Joplin by selling its t-shirts and accepting donations. Link
- Omaha World-Herald covered Dwolla’s arrival into Nebraska. Link
Enloop
- About.com highlighted Enloop’s business plan creation service. Link
- Forbes blog discussed “How Not to Fail” by using Enloop to assess the potential success of a business plan. Link
Geezeo
Call Federal Credit Union, based in Richmond, VA, selected Geezeo for its PFM solution.
LinkGuardian Analytics
Guardian Analytics positioned by Gartner in the “Visionary” quadrant for web fraud detection.
LinkHelloWallet
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom urged residents to improve their money management by using HelloWallet. For every five subscriptions purchased, HelloWallet will give away one subscription to a family in need.
LinkHidden Levers
Financial Advisor Blog discussed using Hidden Levers to build better portfolios, highlighting risk management and accuracy of the service.
LinkLending Club
- Lending Club exceeded a quarter million dollars in cumulative loans and is offering cash bonuses. Link
- Wall Street Journal blog discussed growth of P2P Lending sites Prosper and Lending Club. Link
Lendio
Lendio raised $2 million in debt financing.
LinkPayNearMe
PayNearMe founder Danny Shader, in an interview with Vator News, revealed the service is used beyond the unbanked population, including teens who prefer to pay with cash and consumers who would like to keep their online transactions private.
LinkProsper
See Lending Club above.
RobotDough
Dow Jones Financial reports that a UCLA professor backed RobotDough.
LinkSecondMarket
The Washington Business Journal discussed SecondMarket’s recent popularity.
LinkSybase
Sybase launched the M-Commerce Guide, a publication for examining global market opportunities for mobile network operators, advisors, and FIs.
LinkTradeKing
TradeKing CIO Dan Raju discussed security issues that may arise with the NYSE cloud community, citing its security.
LinkTyfone
Tyfone contracted with Star One Credit Union to use its NFC technology.
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UBank
CEO of UBank examined security concerns and competitors during an interview with ZDNet.
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Iowa State student creates PayHere (for Dwolla) with startup’s API demo.
