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Finovate Blog
Tracking fintech, banking & financial services innovations since 1994
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Quilo empowers financial institutions to provide digitally, instant installment loans that can be syndicated at the time of underwriting.
Features
Banks and credit unions can provide digitally, instant installment loans
System can syndicate any individual personal loan if needed
Syndication automatically occurs at time of underwriting
Why it’s great
Automatically syndicating an individual personal loan at the time of underwriting is revolutionizing. Quilo is proven to help more lenders provide more loans to more people than ever before.
Presenters
Don Shafer, Co-Founder & Chief Evangelist Shafer has previously co-founded three other fintechs: Kasasa, BancLeasing and Banking Solutions and received E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2011. LinkedIn
Boris Fuzayloff, Co-Founder & CEO Boris Fuzayloff is the Co-Founder & CEO of Quilo. Experienced hands-on senior technologist with a track record in leading technology teams that successfully deliver emerging technology solutions for the key transformational initiatives in leading financial services firms. LinkedIn
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Privacy Lockoffers one solution to global privacy compliance – without ever collecting or processing PII.
Features
Proprietary Data Mapping
Consumer Request Automation
Report and Auditing Automation
Global Jurisdiction Coverage
Why it’s great
Privacy Lock is the first product to offer privacy compliance automation without collecting, storing, or processing any PII.
Presenter
David Ritter, CEO David Ritter has 10+ years experience in private equity and emerging technologies and six years in regtech. He served as Project Director of Donghu Group Investments, where he managed a portfolio with $1B (AUM). LinkedIn
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FinGoal’s insights platform sits atop digital banking and personal financial data. Their new Aggregator Switch Kit allows fintech developers to switch data aggregators in minutes.
Features
Coverage: The best, most enriched and open data in the industry.
Access: Data is shared easily across a company’s ecosystem.
Cost: Better cost structures for aggregation, enrichment and account verification.
Why it’s great
Fintech developers should not be hostage to their aggregation provider.
Presenters
Ariam Sium, VP of Product Sium leads Product at FinGoal and uses the tenets of focus and value to govern each product decision made in the rapidly adapting world of fintech. LinkedIn
Jenn Underwood, Product Analyst Underwood brings an expertise in personal finance to FinGoal’s product development. Her passion for equitable financial services and value-based savings greatly enriches the UX. LinkedIn
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Finalytics.ai uses the power of big data and machine learning to help clients go beyond personalization and provide customers and members with a market of one digital experience.
Features
Create a dynamic, visitor-centric, digital platform ideal for online conversions
Create a positive digital experience & user journey
Implement an AI-enhanced CX in eight weeks
Why it’s great
The Finalytics.ai platform was designed specifically to leverage the relational aspect of the credit union model, transforming the digital experience from “one size fits all” to a “segment-of-one.”
Presenters
Craig McLaughlin, Co-Founder & CEO Craig McLaughlin is the Founder & CEO of Silicon Valley-based Finalytics.ai, the first digital platform to apply real-time big data and machine learning to address individuals’ financial needs. LinkedIn
Thomas Novak, VP & Chief Digital Officer Thomas P. Novak is VP & Chief Digital Officer at Visions Federal Credit Union where he oversees digital banking strategy and payments strategy supporting seamless end-to-end experiences. LinkedIn
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Deposits offers banks, brands, and communities an easy, low-code solution for financial experiences like payments, mobile apps, and lending — whether they can program or not.
Features
Use Deposits’ bank office to set up a program easily
Manage program and set up controls in one place
Easily KYC customers
Why it’s great
Deposits wants to demonstrate the future of finance and plug-n-play finance, plus reach lenders with no-coding experience and who have a community to serve.
Presenters
Joseph Akintolayo, CEO & Founder Joseph Akintolayo is actively shaping the future of technology by creating ethical products that solve complex problems in fintech, government and social enterprise. LinkedIn
Samuel Ailemen, Director of Mobile and Identity As a software engineer who loves research, Samuel Aileman solves real-world problems using new technologies. LinkedIn
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Able collects information and processes it. Commercial lenders use Able to quickly collect details from borrowers, streamline the loan process, and book loans faster.
Features
Fewer resources per loan
Faster processing times
Better experience for everyone
Why it’s great
Able uses AI to streamline commercial loan processing.
Presenter
Diego Represas, Founder Diego Represas is the Co-Founder and Head of Able. Before founding Able, Represas led the development of AI products at Digit, a popular mobile app used by millions of consumers to automate saving. LinkedIn
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Tax Status is the only fully-automated IRS account monitoring solution that provides continuous access to all official IRS financial data for real-time verifications.
Features
Provides continuous, real-time access to IRS data
Validates income, reduces fraud, and lowers risk
Integrates via API or a secure web portal
Why it’s great
With Tax Status, businesses will see what the IRS sees, have access to all official tax records and know where their customers stand financially in real-time.
Presenter
Charles Almond, Founder & CEO Charles Almond, founder of Tax Status, has been developing high-performance banking and loan origination systems since 1997. LinkedIn
Earlier this year, we unveiled our Sustainability Scholarship Program for demoing companies. Our new initiative supports startups that are embracing environmental sustainability, social equity, and responsible governance (ESG).
With FinovateFall just weeks away, we are excited to share the names of the six demoing companies to win Sustainability Scholarships for our upcoming autumn event, September 12 through 14, in New York.
Remember that early-bird savings for FinovateFall end after September 2nd. Register today and save your seat!
Headquartered in the U.K and founded in 2019, Daizy helps users become more conscious investors with an AI that gives them the data-driven stories behind America’s biggest companies.
Deborah Yang is co-founder and CEO. Follow Daizy on Twitter. Connect on LinkedIn.
Debbie – Winner of the Female Founded/Owned category
Based in Miami, Florida and founded in 2021, Debbie is the Noom for debt loss. The company leverages behavioral psychology and rewards to help users pay off 3x more debt and help lenders recession-proof members.
Co-founder Frida Leibowitz is CEO. Follow Debbie on Twitter. Connect on LinkedIn.
Deposits – Winner of the Person of Color Founded/Owned category
Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Dallas, Texas, Deposits is a cloud-based fintech platform that gives banks and brands an easy-to-use turnkey solution to build best-in-class financial experiences from payments to lending.
Joseph Akintolayo is CEO. Follow Deposits on Twitter. Connect on LinkedIn.
Energy Shares – Winner of the Environmental category
Headquartered in Pasadena, California and founded in 2020, Energy Shares is a FINRA registered broker-dealer and equity crowdfunding platform for utility scale renewable energy projects in the U.S.
Based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and founded in 2020, Investii is an actionable, wealth-building app empowering healthy savings habits, financial confidence, and alternative credit data.
Nishant Deshpande is co-founder and CEO. Connect with Investii on LinkedIn.
Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, MinervaAI is an AI-driven platform that provides simple and effective sanctions, KYC, KYB, IDV, and enhanced due diligence to help businesses grow.
Co-founder Jennifer Arnold is CEO. Follow MinervaAI on Twitter. Connect on LinkedIn
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MinervaAI is a simple, integrated AI-driven AML platform delivering effective and affordable Sanctions & Watchlist screening, KYC, KYB, enhanced due diligence and Adverse Media insights in seconds.
Features
A single, simple platform for AML Compliance
Assemble, analyze and assess in seconds for better risk decisions, faster
Zero-day implementation UI or API
Why it’s great
Compliance is mandatory, but it doesn’t have to be complicated. MinervaAI’s simple, integrated AML solution delivers effective Sanctions, KYC, KYB, Adverse Media and enhanced due diligence in seconds.
Presenter
Jennifer Arnold, Co-Founder & CEO Arnold has made it her mission to demystify AML Compliance. With extensive experience in anti-money laundering transformation, she is well acquainted with the challenges MinervaAI’s customers face. LinkedIn
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Glean AI’s Strategic Accounts Payable (AP) platform helps companies save money through deep insights and automation.
Features
Identifies hard-to detect trends and uncovers areas of overspending
Saves time by eliminating manual tasks with automated data extraction
Compiles all vendor data in one centralized location
Why it’s great
Glean AI’s algorithms proactively identify areas where money is being misspent (ex: excess licenses, incorrect pricing).
Presenter
Howard Katzenberg, Founder & CEO Howard Katzenberg is a seasoned entrepreneur and early “FinTech” industry pioneer, with expertise in scaling venture-backed businesses through IPO, strategic planning, and financial leadership. LinkedIn
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QuickFi® allows business borrowers to obtain low, fixed-rate business equipment term-loans in minutes, instead of days or weeks. The borrower completes the loan process on a mobile device, 24/7/365.
Features
Includes flexible integrations for global manufacturers, serving direct, dealer & ecommerce sales channels
Uses disclosed, fixed interest rates on borrower-friendly terms, with no hidden fees or costs
Available 24/7
Why it’s great
The QuickFi® platform dramatically improves the business borrower experience by enabling self-service, borrower-friendly, digital financing 24/7/365.
Presenters
Nathan Gibbons, Chief Experience Officer Gibbons is CXO of QuickFi and oversees the platform’s customer experience strategy, leveraging automation and technology to enable dramatic improvements in the borrower experience. LinkedIn
Jillian Munson, Technology Project Manager Munson leads core technology projects at QuickFi. Munson develops seamless user experiences for both internal and external business processes. LinkedIn
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Coherent Spark “API-ifies” business logic from Excel – no coding required. Instantly integrate, test, or update any XLS model to achieve ROI in moments, not months.
Features
Innovates products – accelerate speed to market and reduce cost
Empowers teams – business and IT work together more efficiently
Ensures quality – testing, governance, and auditability come standard
Why it’s great
Coherent Spark empowers you to transform your business, without disrupting it, by unlocking value using a tool everyone knows: Excel.
Presenter
Peter Roschke, Chief Technology Officer Peter Roschke is a senior transformation executive with 25+ years of experience navigating changing markets, leading large-scale programs, and delivering technology to achieve business results. LinkedIn
