FinovateSpring Sneak Peek: Quantiacs

FinovateSpring Sneak Peek: Quantiacs

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FS2017-Logo(rev)V1A look at the companies demoing live at FinovateSpring on April 26 & 27 in San Jose. Pick up your tickets today and save your spot.

Quantiacs is the first marketplace for quantitative trading programs. Quantiacs provides freelance quants with access to institutional capital for their trading programs. At FinovateSpring, Quantiacs will present Quantinator.

Features

  • Build quantitative trading algorithms in Matlab or Python
  • Test algorithms on historical data in the cloud
  • Analyze and optimize the results

Why it’s great
Quantiacs empowers anyone to earn a fortune coding trading programs in their spare time.

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Martin Froehler, CEO
Froehler is a veteran quant on a mission to democratize quantitative finance.
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Brinkley Warren, CMO
Warren is a hypergrowth expert.

FinovateSpring Sneak Peek: CallVU

FinovateSpring Sneak Peek: CallVU

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FS2017-Logo(rev)V1A look at the companies demoing live at FinovateSpring on April 26 & 27 in San Jose. Pick up your tickets today and save your spot.

CallVU’s Digital Engagement provides a single, self-service bot journey to customers in their channel of choice by delivering social and messaging channels and overlaying existing digital channels.

Features

  • Digital transformation drives customers to use digital web and mobile when they call
  • Improved First Call Resolution (FCR) rates and user experience
  • Omni-channel customer experience

Why it’s great
One platform, multiple ways to engage: bot, web, call.

Presenters

Assaf Frenkel, VP of Product & Marketing
A pioneer of Mobile Engagement, Frenkel was the founder and manager of the mobile engagement business unit at NICE. He has also served as CEO of mybitat and was an investment professional at Gemini Ventures

Amitai Ratzon, VP of Global Sales
Ratzon brings to CallVU over 15 years of financial services expertise, coupled with vast enterprise software sales experience. Previously, he was VP of sales at Earnix.

FinovateSpring Sneak Peek: SpeechPro

FinovateSpring Sneak Peek: SpeechPro

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FS2017-Logo(rev)V1A look at the companies demoing live at FinovateSpring on April 26 & 27 in San Jose. Pick up your tickets today and save your spot.

SpeechPro’s VoiceKey.FRAUD is a specialized solution for company security built on unique voice biometric technologies that search for and identify fraudsters among customers calling into contact centers.

Features

  • Compares voices of callers with voices from a fraud database in online and offline modes
  • Creates its own fraudsters list
  • Instantly informs security services about potential threats

Why it’s great
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Presenters
Florian Philipp, CEO and President, Speechpro
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Oleg Kovpak, Head of Project Management
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FinovateSpring Sneak Peek: ACH Alert

FinovateSpring Sneak Peek: ACH Alert

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FS2017-Logo(rev)V1A look at the companies demoing live at FinovateSpring on April 26 & 27 in San Jose. Pick up your tickets today and save your spot.

ACH Alert’s Fraud Prevention HQ platform partners financial institutions with their account holders to fight fraud in real-time across multiple payment channels, generating significant fee income.

Features

  • Visibility and control for account holders to manage suspicious check, ACH and wire transactions from a single web portal
  • Built-in customer billing capability
  • End-to-end process automation

Why it’s great
Monitoring transactions in the backroom is costly and slows down processing time. Engaging customers to participate in protecting their account reduces cost and generates significant revenue.

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Deborah Peace, CEO
Deborah has more than 25 years of industry experience building enterprise SaaS risk management solutions for the financial industry. Her innovative solutions have won multiple industry awards.
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David is a serial entrepreneur, building multiple successful companies throughout his career with his strong management, sales and marketing experience.

FinovateSpring Sneak Peek: nanopay

FinovateSpring Sneak Peek: nanopay

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FS2017-Logo(rev)V1A look at the companies demoing live at FinovateSpring on April 26 & 27 in San Jose. Pick up your tickets today and save your spot.

nanopay is a fintech company based in Toronto that provides a unique payment platform that powers multi-currency payment solutions with instantaneous settlement.

Features

  • Process payments both online and offline
  • Well-suited for all payments including retail, B2B, and cross-border transfers alike
  • Uniquely enables instant clearing and settlement

Presenter

Laurence Cooke, CEO
Cooke is founder and CEO of nanopay Corporation. He was previously Chief Operating Officer of Bell Mobility and Bell Distribution Inc.
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FinovateSpring Sneak Peek: DefenseStorm

FinovateSpring Sneak Peek: DefenseStorm

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FS2017-Logo(rev)V1A look at the companies demoing live at FinovateSpring on April 26 & 27 in San Jose. Pick up your tickets today and save your spot.

DefenseStorm fuses together technology and people into a single solution that acts as a cybersecurity control tower so you can manage detection, investigation, reporting and compliance holistically.

Features

  • Detects network abnormalities with less manual work
  • Correlates alerts together and gets meta alerts on these alert derivatives
  • Uses supervised machine learning to tune unsupervised machine learning

Why it’s great
Anomaly detection is not a silver bullet. But for companies that have the proper foundation in place, there are insane new capabilities that will change how security analysts spent their time.

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Sean Cassidy, CTO
Cassidy is a leader who builds the right products the right way. When he’s not knee-deep thinking of cool stuff to add to his product, he likes to do security talks at conferences.
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FinovateSpring Sneak Peek: SuperMoney

FinovateSpring Sneak Peek: SuperMoney

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FS2017-Logo(rev)V1A look at the companies demoing live at FinovateSpring on April 26 & 27 in San Jose. Pick up your tickets today and save your spot.

SuperMoney helps people compare financial services. In fact, to date the company has helped millions of people shop for loans, investments and other financially-related products.

Features

  • Makes getting a loan easy
  • Offers a transparent process
  • Empowers the end user

Why it’s great
SuperMoney partners with the world’s leading banks and financial service companies to empower consumers with a KAYAK-like comparison shopping experience.

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Miron Lulic, CEO
Lulic was co-founder of LoanNow, a 2015 Finovate alum. He is also a founding team member of Optima Tax Relief, a 2015 Inc. 500 #3 fastest growing company.
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Screen Shot 2017-04-03 at 11.41.30 AMHarry Langenberg, Managing Partner
Langenberg was co-founder of LoanNow, a 2015 Finovate alum. He was also co-founder of Optima Tax Relief, a 2015 Inc. 500 #3 fastest growing company and a co-founder of Debtmerica, a 2010 Inc. 500 #134 fastest growing company.
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Friday is the Final Day to Save Big on FinovateSpring 2017 Tickets

Friday is the Final Day to Save Big on FinovateSpring 2017 Tickets

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At Finovate, the early bird gets the hundred-dollar discount.

This Friday is the final day of early-bird ticket sales for FinovateSpring 2017. Our spring conference returns to San Jose on April 26 & 27 for two days of live fintech demonstrations and high-caliber networking. The show will take place at the San Jose Convention Center. Find out more about the venue and reserve your stay with our room block.

To take advantage of our early-bird discount and save $100 off the ticket price, be sure to register before the end of the week.

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We began introducing the companies that will present at FinovateSpring 2017 earlier this month. Over the next few weeks, we’ll share more information, background, and insights into the entrepreneurs and innovations that will be on stage next month in San Jose. Take a peek at the current roster below, and look for the full list of presenters in early April.

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With eight hours of live fintech demonstrations and another eight hours dedicated to networking among attendees, presenters, sponsors, and partners, FinovateSpring 2017 is a unique opportunity to meet with some of the biggest problem-solvers and solution-builders in fintech. Come for the live demos. Stay for the Best of Show voting and celebration. And enjoy a sneak peek at what some of our industry’s most innovative entrepreneurs and organizations have to offer.

Time is running out, so we’ll let you take it from here. Early-bird savings on tickets to our spring conference end on Friday. Stop by our FinovateSpring 2017 page and register today.


FinovateSpring 2017 is sponsored by: Kore.ai, CeleritiFintech, AARP, FT Partners, and Leverage PR.

FinovateSpring 2017 is partners with: Aite Group, American Bankers Association, Asset TVBankersHub, Banking Technology, BayPay, Canadian Trade Commissioner ServiceCelent, Ebanking News, FemTech Global, Filene Research Institute, Financial IT, Fintech Finance, Holland FintechIBS Intelligence, Juniper ResearchMapa Research, Mercator Advisory Group, Ovum, Paybefore, The Paypers, Plug and PlaySME Finance Forum, Swiss Finance + Technology Association, and Western Independent Bankers.

First Wave of FinovateSpring 2017 Presenters Revealed!

First Wave of FinovateSpring 2017 Presenters Revealed!

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Early this year, we started reviewing applications from companies eager to demo their latest fintech innovations at FinovateSpring 2017. Today, we’re excited to announce the first wave of presenters that will take the stage at the San Jose Convention Center April 26 & 27.

To watch all 70+ companies present live, visit our FinovateSpring registration page and buy your ticket. Early-bird registration expires on Friday, March 17, so there are only a few weeks left to save $100 off the ticket price.

We’ll announce the remaining companies over the next two months. In the meantime, below is a list of the companies who will be showcasing their latest and greatest in San Jose. To see more information and background on each presenter, stay tuned for our Sneak Peek series.

With these innovative companies hitting the stage, along with eight hours of high-quality networking over two days, this is an event you surely won’t want to miss. And remember, register before Friday, March 17, and take advantage of the early-bird pricing!


FinovateSpring 2017 is sponsored by: Kore.ai, CeleritiFintech, AARP, FT Partners, and Leverage PR.

FinovateSpring 2017 is partners with: Aite Group, American Bankers Association, BankersHub, Banking Technology, Celent, Ebanking News, FemTech Global, Filene Research Institute, Financial IT, Fintech Finance, IBS Intelligence, Mapa Research, Mercator Advisory Group, Ovum, Paybefore, The Paypers, SME Finance Forum, and Western Independent Bankers.

Last Call for FinovateSpring 2017 Demo Applications!

Last Call for FinovateSpring 2017 Demo Applications!

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Got a new fintech innovation you’re looking to showcase? The final application deadline to demo at FinovateSpring 2017 is coming up this Friday, February 3. If you’re looking to make serious waves in the fintech industry and want to reach the movers and shakers, submit an application this week (see below for more details).

Finovate is the only conference focused exclusively on showcasing the best and most innovative new financial and banking technologies via seven-minute live demos. Finovate conferences consistently attract large, high-impact audiences of high-level financial and banking executives, press and industry analysts, venture capitalists, regulators, and entrepreneurs. Last year, FinovateSpring welcomed a record crowd of nearly 1,600 attendees. We expect the event to grow significantly and to feature even more impressive innovations than last year.

For presenters, Finovate is a powerful platform to:

  • Drive product adoption of the latest and most cutting-edge solutions in fintech
  • Showcase new, high-impact technology in front of an influential audience
  • Generate press recognition, find customers, network with peers, raise capital, and discover partners

If this lines up well with your strategic plans, then FinovateSpring is the opportunity you’ve been waiting for!

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If you are interested in applying to demo at the event, follow these steps:

  • Review the informational PDF for prospective presenters here: finovate.com/FinovateSpring2017DemoInfo.pdf. It contains details on the event, application process and criteria, presenter package, and pricing.
  • Once you’ve reviewed the PDF and are ready to move forward, submit an application by this Friday, February 3, at the following link: spring2017.finovate.com/application/.
  • We’ll review your application and will be in touch in February.

We look forward to reading your application!

P.S. If this reminder is taking you by surprise, let us know at spring@finovate.com, and we will happily extend the deadline into next week.

Hope to see you at a future event soon!


FinovateSpring 2017 is sponsored by: FT Partners, Leverage PR and more to be announced.

FinovateSpring 2017 is partners with: Aite Group, BankersHub, Banking Technology, Celent, FemTech Global, Financial IT, Fintech Finance, Mapa Research, Ovum, Paybefore, The Paypers, and SME Finance Forum.

FinovateSpring 2017 – Save Big with a Super Early-Bird Ticket!

FinovateSpring 2017 – Save Big with a Super Early-Bird Ticket!

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Though we’re in the midst of winter, FinovateSpring 2017 is just around the corner. Tickets for the event are selling quickly, and we’re on pace for another record setting attendance in San Jose.

We’ve already received an array of impressive applications from companies looking to present, so this year’s event is shaping up to be one you won’t want to miss. On April 26 & 27 in San Jose, we will showcase 70+ of the newest fintech innovations via our signature format that blends fast-paced demos with high-quality networking.

To give you an idea of the influential companies that attend Finovate, see below for just a few of those who joined us in 2016:

  • Accenture
  • Apple
  • Bank of America
  • Bank of the West
  • Barclaycard
  • Barron’s
  • BBVA Compass
  • BECU
  • Blue Run Ventures
  • Capital One
  • Celent
  • Charles Schwab
  • Deloitte
  • Discover
  • Experian
  • Fannie Mae
  • Fidelity Investments
  • Filene Research Institute
  • FTV Capital
  • Fujitsu
  • Gartner
  • GMO Venture Partners
  • Goldman Sachs
  • Google
  • H2 Ventures
  • Intuit
  • J.P. Morgan
  • Jack Henry & Associates
  • Javelin
  • KeyBank
  • Legg Mason
  • MasterCard
  • Microsoft
  • Morningstar
  • Mosaik Partners
  • Mountain America Credit Union
  • Nasdaq
  • Oracle
  • PayPal
  • Primerica
  • Santander
  • Silicon Valley Bank
  • TD Ameritrade
  • Thomson Reuters
  • U.S. Bank
  • Wells Fargo

If you’re interested in joining them to watch the future of financial and banking technology unfold live on stage, then get your ticket by this Friday to lock in your spot at the low, super early-bird rate of $300 off. That said, if you can’t wait until April for your next fix of fintech innovation, we do still have a few tickets left for FinovateEurope 2017 (February 7 & 8 in London).

Hope to see you at a future event soon!


FinovateSpring 2017 is sponsored by: FT Partners, Leverage PR and more to be announced.

FinovateSpring 2017 is partners with: Aite Group, BankersHub, Banking Technology, Celent, FemTech Global, Financial IT, Fintech Finance, Mapa Research, Ovum, Paybefore, The Paypers, and SME Finance Forum.

Apply Now to Present at FinovateSpring 2017!

Apply Now to Present at FinovateSpring 2017!

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We’re now into the new year and excitement for FinovateSpring 2017 is building. Now is the time to apply: the early-bird deadline for presenter applications to demo is this Friday, January 6.

Our West Coast event will take place at the San Jose Convention Center on April 26 & 27, and it will feature our signature seven-minute-demo format. Presenters who are selected won’t just receive time up on stage — they’ll also have the opportunity to connect directly with senior-level financial executives, venture capitalists, other entrepreneurs, and influential press, analysts, and bloggers.

Competition for demo slots was fierce in 2016, with more companies applying than at any point in our history. And with attendance numbers growing alongside the demand for a coveted demo spot, now is the time to put your hat in the ring and take your company to the next level.

If you’d like to learn more, please email us at spring@finovate.com and we’ll send you a presenter packet outlining the selection criteria, presenter package, demo costs, deadlines, and a link to the online application (applying is completely free and 100% confidential, so there’s nothing to lose!). Plus, if you apply by this Friday, January 6, and are selected to demo, you’ll benefit from the early-bird savings in your final demo cost. Hope to see you apply!


FinovateSpring 2017 is sponsored by: FT Partners and more to be announced.

FinovateSpring 2017 is partners with: Aite Group, BankersHub, Banking Technology, Fintech Finance, Mapa Research, Paybefore, and SME Finance Forum.