Are you building new financial technology? Be sure to register soon for the only event exclusively for fintech developers, FinDEVr 2015, 6/7 Oct in San Francisco.

Developer news

• “Mobile Monday: APIs to Power Thousands of Banking Apps”

• “UBS Launches Future of Finance Challenge with Fintech Startups”

The latest from upcoming FinDEVr 2015 presenters

• In Gartner’s latest report, Backbase scores twice in the top 5 for the B2C Informational and B2C Transactional use-cases.

• Inc. ranks Kabbage as 36 in list of 5,000 fastest-growing private companies in America.

• Envestnet acquires Yodlee for its Aggregation API and Instant Account Verification API for $590 million.

• “Coinalytics and Token Earn Finalist Spots in BBVA Open Talent Competition”

• CIO magazine features Wallaby Financial in a look at the end of passwords.

• Yodlee adds four companies to its International Acceleration Program.

Alumni updates

• Bluefin Payment Systems partners with EchoSat to protect point-of-sale systems from security breaches.

• WatersTechnology interviews Derek Corcoran, CEO of Avoka Technologies.

• nymi teams up with TD Bank and MasterCard to develop heartbeat-based, biometric authentication for contactless payments.

• “Xero Launches its New Android Touch App”

• LendUp deploys TaskRouter from Twilio to improve its call-center customer service.

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Are you building new financial technology? Be sure to register soon for the only event exclusively for fintech developers, FinDEVr 2015, on 6/7 October in San Francisco.

Industry news

• Let’s Talk Payments highlights 29 APIs to consider before building any fintech product; many are FinDEVr alums.

• New Y Combinator program for “very, very early stage startups” announced by YC Fellowship; deadline of 27 July 2015.

The latest from upcoming FinDEVr 2015 presenters

• A First Look at What’s Coming to the FinDEVr Stage this October.

• Lend Academy podcast features Kathryn Petralia, Kabbage co-founder.

• Irish Tech News interviews Neil Costigan, BehavioSec CEO.

• PYMNTS looks at OnDeck’s record-breaking quarter.

• Red Herring names Kabbage a Top 100 Private Company.

• Spreedly surpasses $1 billion in annual payment volume.

• The Mifos Initiative joins The Open Source Initiative, a global nonprofit that promotes and protects open source software, development and communities.

• Personal Capital featured in a Bloomberg Business column on options for new investors.

• Business Insider looks at “transformative” fintech leadership within companies such as Braintree, Coinbase, PayPal, SamsungPay (with Loop), and Venmo.

• Beehive Startups takes a peek at MX’s culture.

• GROWMARK selects Avalara AvaTax Excise and Returns Excise Enterprise.

Alumni updates

• InComm partners with Gemalto to offer a secure prepaid mobile NFC payment option.

• Trulioo appoints former Experian GM as president.

• Bankless Times features Cloud Lending Solutions.

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Are you building new financial technology? Be sure to register now for the only event exclusively for fintech developers, FinDEVr 2015, 6/7 October, in San Francisco.

The latest from FinDEVr 2015 presenters

• Business Insider names executives of Braintree, PayPal, Coinbase, and Venmo as 5 of 10 execs who are transforming the fintech industry.

• Swiss Re partners with Backbase to develop a new platform for selling and servicing life and health products online.

• Avalara Integrates Automated Sales Tax Solution with Stripe.

• PayPal’s Braintree supports Apple Pay in the United Kingdom with its v.zero SDK.

Alumni updates

• InComm adds new brands to its Incentives e-commerce site, including vacation brands.

• MetaBank partners with InComm to become an issuing bank for InComm’s prepaid card programs.

• Xero updates Tracked Inventory feature.

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Are you building new financial technology? Be sure to register now for the only event exclusively for fintech developers, FinDEVr 2015, 6/7 October in San Francisco. Super Early-Bird tickets are on sale through this Friday, 10 July.

Before diving into company news, check out American Banker’s thoughts on why U.S. banks are opening up APIs to outsiders. It’s worth the read.

The latest from FinDEVr 2015 presenters

• “12 New FinDEVr 2015 Presenters Announced“

• “PayPal’s Early Valuation Tops $44 Billion”

• PYMNTS.com takes a look at PayPal CEO Dan Schulman’s conversation with the Financial Times.

• My Bank Tracker reviews and compares offerings from Credit Karma, Credit Sesame, and BillGuard.

• Rise in tech investment in the U.K. credited to companies such as Currency Cloud in London’s fintech sector.

Alumni updates

• Xero releases payroll availability for Nevada and Illinois.

• Dwolla’s Jordan Lampe pens American Banker article that focuses on Open Bank Project’s use of open sourced APIs.

• Monitise to emphasize API, on-site solutions in recent strategy shift.

• Xero to offer foreign invoice payments via new partnership with Midpoint Holdings.

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Are you building new financial technology? Be sure to register now for the only event exclusively for fintech developers, FinDEVr 2015, 6/7 October in San Francisco.

The latest from FinDEVr 2015 presenters

• Money Under 30 features personal finance apps from Personal Capital and Credit Karma.

• Bank Investment Consultant mentions Personal Capital in its look at how traditional advisers can compete against robo-advisors.

• Backbase adds Geezeo’s PFM to its Open Banking Marketplace.

• Yodlee Brings “Sense” to Forward-Looking Bank Balances.

Alumni updates

• Equities Lab integrates with Tradier Brokerage.

• PayPal and Uber extend their partnership to an additional 9 countries, now 19 in total.

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