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FinovateFall 2022 Sets Record-Breaking Attendance Pace

By David Penn Posted on August 31, 2022
Categories: FinovateFall 2022

FinovateFall 2022 in New York next month is on pace to be the biggest Finovate conference to date.

The Finovate team got the word early Tuesday morning: 1600+ registered attendees for FinovateFall. And counting …

“That’s huge!!” said Finovate VP, podcast host, and conference Master of Ceremonies Greg Palmer. “Biggest show in a long time!”

And with less than two weeks to go before the curtain goes up on our fall fintech conference, there’s every chance that the biggest Finovate in a long time is going to get even bigger.

Early-bird discounts end this week, so today is a great time to swing by our FinovateFall registration page and save your spot as Finovate’s return to live events continues. From September 12 though September 14, FinovateFall 2022 will feature three days of live fintech demoes, insightful main stage keynotes on critical fintech topics, as well as fan favorites like our Analyst All Stars Panel, Fintech Fight Club, all-day networking opportunities, and more.

Meet the fintech experts who are scheduled to speak next month at FinovateFall! Get to know the companies who will demonstrate their latest innovations live on our Finovate stage! And then be sure to visit our FinovateFall 2022 hub to register and save your spot today!

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Best of Show: Catching Up with the Favorites of FinovateFall

By David Penn Posted on August 30, 2022
Categories: Alumni News, Alumni profile, Array, Autobooks, Bambu, Dreams, FinovateFall 2021, FinovateFall 2022, Horizn, InfoCorp, Long Game, Ocrolus, PwC

These nine fintechs wowed our FinovateFall audiences last year with their innovations in embedded finance, payments, wealth management, and more. To whet your appetite for FinovateFall next month, September 12 through 14, here’s a look at what our FinovateFall 2021 Best of Show companies have been up to since taking home Finovate’s top prize last fall.

FinovateFall 2022 is only two weeks away. Register by September 2nd and take advantage of big early-bird savings!

Array

Won Best of Show for its API-based and embedded personalized consumer credit, identity, and financial wellness solutions. Headquartered in New York City. Founded in 2020.

Forged partnerships with fellow Finovate alums Jack Henry Associates and Alkami Technology. Won a second Best of Show award at FinovateSpring 2022.

Autobooks

Won Best of Show for its small business digital invoicing and online payment acceptance solutions. Headquartered in Detroit, Michigan. Founded in 2017.

Raised $50 million in funding. Named a finalist in the Best SMB/SME Banking Solution category in the 2022 Finovate awards.

Bambu

Won Best of Show for its technology designed to help financial institutions provide wealth management services. Awarded Best of Show at FinovateAsia 2017 in Hong Kong and at FinovateAfrica 2018 in Cape Town. Founded in 2016. Headquartered in Singapore.

Launched docuseries, Behind the Robo. Named a major player in the robo-advisory market by The Business Research Company. Worked with Standard Chartered Bank Kenya to help them launch their new money market fund offering.

Dreams

Won Best of Show for its engagement banking platform that offers a unique way to engage customers and responsibly expand revenues. Awarded Best of Show at FinovateSpring 2021. Founded in 2014. Headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.

Awarded Best of Show at FinovateEurope 2022. Partnered with fellow Finovate alum Mastercard to deliver sustainable banking products for financial institutions. Named to The Fintech 250.

Horizn

Won Best of Show for its platform that helps banks accelerate digital banking knowledge, fluency, and adoption. Awarded Best of Show at FinovateFall Digital 2020 and FinovateEurope 2020 in Berlin, Germany. Headquartered in Toronto, Canada. Founded in 2011.

Partnered with fellow Finovate alum ebankIT to support financial institutions undergoing digital transformation. Powered the new digital learning platform launched by Pacific Western Bank. Awarded Best of Show at FinovateSpring 2022.

Infocorp

Won Best of Show for its Mobile Native app that brings hyper-personalized experiences for every user in one single bank app. Founded in 1994. Headquartered in Montevideo, Uruguay.

Partnered with TESOBE to help banks in Latin America leverage open banking to build better, more customer-centric apps and services.

Long Game

Won Best of Show for its gamified finance app that helps banks acquire new customers and increase engagement with their Millennial and Gen Z customers. Headquartered in San Francisco, California. Founded in 2015.

Acquired by Truist Financial.

Ocrolus

Won Best of Show for its intelligent automation technology that transforms documents into data analytics, helping lenders make timely, high quality credit decisions. Founded in 2014. Headquartered in New York City.

Raised $80 million at a valuation of $500 million. Partnered with fellow Finovate alum Blend to bring automation to the mortgage process.

PwC

Won Best of Show for its Customer Link solution that turns customer data into smarter action and provides a 360 degree view of your customers. Founded in 1845. Headquartered in New York City.

In partnership with Microsoft, teamed up with Finovate alum FintechOS to build a digital banking solution.

Who will take home the trophies this year at FinovateFall 2022? Join us in New York next month as we showcase upwards of 60 innovative fintech companies – all vying for the title of Best of Show.

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FinovateFall 2022 Sneak Peek: TreviPay

By Madeline Clines Posted on August 29, 2022
Categories: FinovateFall 2022, FinovateFall 2022 Sneak Peek, TreviPay

A look at the companies demoing at FinovateFall in New York on September 12 and 13. Register today and save your spot.

TreviPay is the global B2B payments and invoicing network empowering trade networks for enterprises to SMBs in 32 countries in 19 currencies.

Features

Deepen customer relationships and loyalty
Drive revenue for SMB Banking with a sound and customizable risk structure
Simple go-to-market, no software integration required

Why it’s great

Grow small business banking, drive revenue and customer loyalty with the first payments network built for banks and their small business customers.

Presenter

Rissi Lovern, SVP, Head of Small Business Markets
Rissi Lovern delivers innovative payment solutions by leading global credit and lending risk. Her experience includes launching new lending products and risk management techniques.
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FinovateFall 2022 Sneak Peek: Quilo

By Madeline Clines Posted on August 29, 2022
Categories: FinovateFall 2022, FinovateFall 2022 Sneak Peek, Quilo

A look at the companies demoing at FinovateFall in New York on September 12 and 13. Register today and save your spot.

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.
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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.
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FinovateFall 2022 Sneak Peek: Privacy Lock

By Madeline Clines Posted on August 29, 2022
Categories: FinovateFall 2022, FinovateFall 2022 Sneak Peek, Privacy Lock

A look at the companies demoing at FinovateFall in New York on September 12 and 13. Register today and save your spot.

Privacy Lock offers 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).
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FinovateFall 2022 Sneak Peek: FinGoal

By Madeline Clines Posted on August 29, 2022
Categories: FinGoal, FinovateFall 2022, FinovateFall 2022 Sneak Peek

A look at the companies demoing at FinovateFall in New York on September 12 and 13. Register today and save your spot.

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.
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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.
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FinovateFall 2022 Sneak Peek: Finalytics.ai

By Madeline Clines Posted on August 29, 2022
Categories: Finalytics.ai, FinovateFall 2022, FinovateFall 2022 Sneak Peek

A look at the companies demoing at FinovateFall in New York on September 12 and 13. Register today and save your spot.

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.
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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.
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FinovateFall 2022 Sneak Peek: Deposits

By Madeline Clines Posted on August 29, 2022
Categories: Deposits, FinovateFall 2022, FinovateFall 2022 Sneak Peek

A look at the companies demoing at FinovateFall in New York on September 12 and 13. Register today and save your spot.

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.
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Samuel Ailemen, Director of Mobile and Identity
As a software engineer who loves research, Samuel Aileman solves real-world problems using new technologies.
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FinovateFall 2022 Sneak Peek: AbleAI

By Madeline Clines Posted on August 29, 2022
Categories: AbleAI, FinovateFall 2022, FinovateFall 2022 Sneak Peek

A look at the companies demoing at FinovateFall in New York on September 12 and 13. Register today and save your spot.

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.
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FinovateFall 2022 Sneak Peek: Tax Status

By Madeline Clines Posted on August 24, 2022
Categories: FinovateFall 2022, FinovateFall 2022 Sneak Peek, Tax Status

A look at the companies demoing at FinovateFall in New York on September 12 and 13. Register today and save your spot.

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.
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Six Tech Startups You Need to Know: Meet FinovateFall’s Sustainability Scholarship Winners

By David Penn Posted on August 24, 2022
Categories: Alumni News, FinovateFall 2022

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!

Daizy – Winner of the Sustainability category

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.

Follow Energy Shares on Twitter. Connect on LinkedIn.

Investii – Winner of the Social category

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.

MinervaAI – Winner of the Governance category

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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FinovateFall 2022 Sneak Peek: MinervaAI

By Madeline Clines Posted on August 24, 2022
Categories: FinovateFall 2022, FinovateFall 2022 Sneak Peek, MinervaAI

A look at the companies demoing at FinovateFall in New York on September 12 and 13. Register today and save your spot.

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.
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