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A look at the companies demoing at FinovateFall in New York on September 11 and 12. Register today and save your spot.
Telesign provides continuous trust to leading global enterprises by connecting, protecting, and defending their digital identities.
Features
Telesign’s brand new intelligence demonstration tool clearly depicts the risk inherent to onboarding and how to mitigate that risk through careful phone number analysis and insight.
Presenter
Michael Lappin, Sr. Director, Solutions Engineering Lappin has been a part of the security/cybersecurity, incident response/forensic investigation, and security software space for more than 20 years. LinkedIn
FinovateFall 2023 is one month away! Our annual autumn fintech showcase returns to New York City, September 11 through September 13, for three days of live fintech demos, insightful mainstage speakers, and hours of high-quality, professional networking. Book your ticket now and take advantage of big, early-bird savings.
To whet your appetite for our upcoming event, here’s a look at the keynote speakers who will address attendees on Day One of FinovateFall this year.
Devendra Kumar Sharma, President & Chief Operating Officer, Kore.ai
Sharma leads go-to-market functions, revenue growth, client success, strategy, and cross-functional collaboration as Kore.ai President and Chief Operating Officer. At FinovateFall, he will lead a Mastermind Keynote titled “How Generative and Conversational AI is Transforming Everyday Banking.”
Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Author, I, Human: AI, Automation, and the Quest to Reclaim What Makes Us Unique
Chamorro-Premuzic will lead an Out of the Box Keynote address titled “ChatGPT, Generative AI & the Future for Humanity.” An international authority in people analytics, talent management, leadership development, and the Human-AI interface, he is the Chief Innovation Officer at Manpower Group.
Jody Bhagat, President of Americas, Personetics and Daniel Caplan, Director, Digital Money Management and Wealth Services, BMO Financial Group
Bhagat and Caplan will team up to deliver a Mastermind Keynote titled “Winning the Battle for Deposits.” Bhagat has deep operating experience in financial services, including managing direct channels, launching digital ventures, and leading digital transformation programs. Caplan is an experienced and agile product manager and strategist who builds winning products, experiences and strategies that deliver tangible business results.
David Porter, Managing Director, Genesys Financial Services and Sachin Tandon, Worldwide Banking Industry Strategist, AWS
Porter leads the Genesys Financial Services vertical team, having spent many years in wealth management, payments, and consumer banking at J.P. Morgan Chase. Tandon has more than 20 years of experience in financial services and consulting leadership roles at J.P. Morgan Chase, EY, Fidelity, and Accenture. Together, Porter and Tandon will provide a Mastermind Keynote titled “The Future of Customer and Employee Experience in Financial Services.”
Justin Kamerman, Chief Product Officer, and Sunil Madhu, founder and CEO, of Instnt
Kamerman has more than 20 years experience designing and building high performance distributed systems in the telecom, IPTV, identity verification, social media analytics, and IIOT industries. Founder and previously CEO and CTO of Socure, Madhu has more than 30 years of experience innovating in the identity and access management, security, governance, and risk and compliance markets. Kamerman and Madhu will team up to deliver a Mastermind Keynote titled “Zero Fraud Loss + Zero Marketing Spend = 50% More Growth.”
A look at the companies demoing at FinovateFall in New York on September 11 and 12. Register today and save your spot.
Effectiv’s fraud and compliance automation platform for fintechs, mid-sized banks, and credit unions automates compliance needs while helping manage fraud with a best-in-class solution.
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Effectiv’s unified fraud, risk, and automated compliance solution provides an omni-channel approach to:
Frictionless account opening
Loan application processing
Real-time transaction monitoring
Why it’s great
Effectiv is the modular, centralized risk hub that gets businesses compliant and fraud-free from day one, with AI & ML models that adapt to their organizational needs.
Presenter
Ritesh Arora, COO & Co-Founder Before becoming Co-Founder of Effectiv, Arora led the Fraud Data Science team at PayPal. He has decades of experience in fraud, data science, and technology and an MS in Management and Statistics. LinkedIn
A look at the companies demoing at FinovateFall in New York on September 11 and 12. Register today and save your spot.
Savana unifies and orchestrates banks’ processes between the core, back-office, and digital channels to enable frictionless interactions between banks and their customers.
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Provides one experience for servicing customers across bank-assisted channels and products
Offers core-to-customer centralization and automation of processes
Leverages centralized processes via API for digital channels
Why it’s great
Savana enables banks to own business processes and channel experiences holistically, eliminate process silos on the back-end and the front-end, and launch or modernize quickly without risk.
Presenters
David Williams, CPO Williams leads the development and execution of Savana’s product strategy to bring value to banks and their customers. LinkedIn
Larry Edgar-Smith, SVP, Sales Engineering Edgar-Smith combines market intel with industry experience to help shape the strategic direction of Savana’s solutions. LinkedIn
A look at the companies demoing at FinovateFall in New York on September 11 and 12. Register today and save your spot.
ClimateTrade is a pioneering climate-tech company, providing innovative solutions for large-scale corporate decarbonization and empowering individuals in the fight against climate change.
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Includes carbon-neutral financial products and services with a powerful API
Integrates climate action at the point of sale
Empowers customers and address scope 3 emissions
Why it’s great
ClimateTrade’s plug-and-play API calculates and offsets the carbon footprint of end users transparently, attracting sustainability-focused businesses and individuals.
Presenter
Francisco Benedito, CEO & Co-Founder Benedito was named among the “100 Latinos Committed to Climate Action” and “Top 22 Business Disruptors of 2022 – Forbes Spain”. LinkedIn
A look at the companies demoing at FinovateFall in New York on September 11 and 12. Register today and save your spot.
IllumaShield Voice Authentication integrated with Glia’s Digital Customer Service platform for frictionless yet secure voice engagements.
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Better customer experience with frictionless account access
Improved operational efficiency by cutting minutes from each phone call
Better security with biometric voice authentication
Why it’s great
The Illuma Shield voice authentication integration with Glia improves operational efficiency, security, and customer experience for community banks and credit unions.
Presenters
Milind Borkar, Founder & CEO Borkar brings a background in R&D and more than 50 successful product launches to his role as Founder and CEO of Illuma Labs. LinkedIn
Greg Cummings, Director, Global ISV Partners Cummings has over 20 years of experience in the customer engagement space and currently serves as the Director of Global ISV Partnerships at Glia. LinkedIn
A look at the companies demoing at FinovateFall in New York on September 11 and 12. Register today and save your spot.
Engage People is a loyalty network that enables program members to pay with points directly at checkout.
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Enabling Access Plus through a simple integration:
Converts loyalty points to cash
Increases redemption options
Drives customer acquisition and retention
Why it’s great
Access Plus is the evolution of Engage People’s pay with points payment technology, enabling program members to use their points like any currency directly at checkout or in-store.
Presenter
Len Covello, CTO Covello leads the long-term technology vision of Engage People and is responsible for driving continued technology innovation for customers. LinkedIn
A look at the companies demoing at FinovateFall in New York on September 11 and 12. Register today and save your spot.
Connect Earth supports financial institutions in offering its retail and SME customers insights into the climate impact of their spending.
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Provides carbon footprint estimates based on spending
Includes CO2 analytics and chart breakdowns to better understand one’s carbon footprint
Delivers educational insights to enable action and engagement
Why it’s great
Financed emissions are 700 times greater than a bank’s direct emissions. By funding and investing in other businesses, indirect emissions become attributable to the financial institution.
Presenter
Alexander Lempka, Co-Founder & CEO Lempka co-founded Connect Earth by combining his experience in fintech with a passion for sustainability. LinkedIn
A look at the companies demoing at FinovateFall in New York on September 11 and 12. Register today and save your spot.
Ocrolus plans to demo how a lender would use their full suite of capabilities end-to-end in an optimal way to be “the best SMB lender ever.”
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Delivers highly-accurate document capture data
Provides fraud detection with visual and programmatic identification of suspicious document edits
Includes cash flow analytics
Why it’s great
Ocrolus empowers lenders to digitize and automate their lending processes while making smarter decisions. Businesses can become “the best lender ever” with the company’s end-to-end capabilities.
Presenter
David Snitkof, SVP of Growth Snitkof is an accomplished technology entrepreneur and data/analytics leader who leads Ocrolus’ growth team, overseeing the company’s product, growth and brand marketing efforts. LinkedIn
A look at the companies demoing at FinovateFall in New York on September 11 and 12. Register today and save your spot.
Nymbus SMB is a solution designed to augment the interactions between financial institutions and small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs).
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Fill the gap in self-service capabilities and integrated digital banking tools
Launch alongside existing banking systems, minimize disruptions and maximize efficiency
Fully support SMB growth goals
Why it’s great
Unlock SMB success with Nymbus SMB, seamlessly deploying tailored solutions alongside existing operations, optimizing efficiency and positioning businesses as a strategic partner for their clients.
Presenters
Drew Dizon, EVP of Partnerships Dizon is a fintech expert helping banks and credit unions overcome legacy technology limitations, enabling speed, time to value, accountability, and impactful innovation. LinkedIn
Brian Koenig, VP, Director of Business Solutions Koenig is a fintech professional specializing in digital banking, treasury services, risk management, and payments. He drives success for financial institutions at Nymbus. LinkedIn
A look at the companies demoing at FinovateFall in New York on September 11 and 12. Register today and save your spot.
SupraFin offers crypto investment and risk intelligence solutions to help organizations assess and invest confidently in crypto. The company offers a crypto wealthtech platform, crypto ratings, and crypto research.
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Recommends crypto-baskets based on intelligent and fundamental crypto algorithms
Delivers crypto ratings that assess the riskiness of each crypto
Provides crypto research to explain the crypto ratings
Why it’s great
SupraFin’s crypto-recommended portfolios have outperformed the market, and their crypto ratings predicted the collapse of Terra/Luna/UST and FTT/FTX.
Presenter
Liliana Reasor, President Reasor is an entrepreneur with 20 years of crypto, risk, and investment management analytics, complex securities analysis and trading, and portfolio management software experience from tier-one financial institutions. LinkedIn
A look at the companies demoing at FinovateFall in New York on September 11 and 12. Register today and save your spot.
QuickFi’s latest e-commerce technology allows business borrowers to shop and consummate financing for business equipment – all within minutes, instead of days or weeks.
Features
Embeds easily into lender or manufacturer’s website
Offers 100% digital, borrower self-service, and accessible 24/7
Provides automated credit, contract structuring, and business verification
Why it’s great
With this latest technology, banks and manufacturers can now offer a combined online shopping and financing experience that is 100% digital, fully self-service, and able to be completed in minutes.
Presenters
Nate Gibbons, CXO Gibbons oversees QuickFi’s customer experience strategy, leveraging automation and technology to enable dramatic improvements to the borrower experience. LinkedIn
Jillian Munson, VP, Process & Automation Munson leads core technology projects at QuickFi. She develops seamless user experiences for both internal and external business processes. LinkedIn
