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Tracking fintech, banking & financial services innovations since 1994
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UniPAY is an all-in-one core payment solution for B2P, B2B, banks, and emerging markets vendors.
Presenter
Koba Kurdadze, Founder and CEO Kurdadze is an experienced Chief Executive Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the financial services industry. He is skilled in business planning, analytical skills, risk management, e-commerce, and the blockchain. LinkedIn
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Glia (formerly SaleMove) is a next-generation digital communications platform for companies to connect with their customers using messaging, video, cobrowsing, and AI.
Features
Improve the customer experience
Drive online sales conversion
Improve contact center efficiency
Why it’s great Glia creates digital-first moments that simplify and transform communications between businesses and their customers.
Presenter
Dan Michaeli, Co-founder & CEO Michaeli is the CEO and Co-founder of Glia, where he is responsible for recruiting, sales, and marketing. He is originally from Guatemala and is a proud graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. LinkedIn
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Terafina’s omnichannel sales solution helps banks and credit unions unify the customer experience across digital, branches, and call centers to deepen client relationships and grow sales.
Features
Receive a simple, secure, and seamless account opening experience
Deliver proactive intervention to reduce abandonment rate
Deepen relationships through a multi-product, omnichannel experience
Why it’s great Terafina’s rapidly growing customer base of banks and credit unions experiences an average of 18% to 35% sales conversion boost across their product lines.
Presenters
Jason Hillner, Senior Director of Sales Hillner has over 20 years of experience helping financial institutions find, implement, and use technology to improve the customer experience. LinkedIn
Sunil Krishnan, Head of Engineering With over 15 years architecting and designing high performance core banking and origination systems, Krishnan brings extensive expertise to delivering continuous value to banks and credit unions. LinkedIn
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Flybits’ contextual recommendation engine helps financial institutions deliver hyper-personalized products, services, and content when their customers need it most.
Features
Go-to-market fast with Concierge
Enable a data ecosystem (unify any source of data)
Deliver high-impact personalization, without IT complexity
Why it’s great The company’s interactive experience will demonstrate the Flybits advantage of speed, scale, and impact.
Presenters
Jordanne Pavao, Product Manager Pavao is a Lead Product Manager at Flybits. She obtained both her BFA in New Media and MA in Media Production at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada. LinkedIn
Katrina Shiu, Product Management & CX Shiu helps drive product management and customer experience at Flybits. LinkedIn
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Faraday is the end-to-end machine learning platform for the B2C tech stack. Data, integrations, algorithms – it’s all built in and ready to power your systems in six to eight weeks.
Features
End-to-end AI, everything built in
Actionable insights and predictions
Supported by Faraday data scientists
Why it’s great Operationalize real, actionable AI in six to eight weeks, at less than the cost of hiring a data scientist.
Presenters
Cory Albert, Account Executive Albert has a strong background in strategic software and marketing technologies. At Faraday, he helps clients implement custom AI capabilities to exceed their goals. LinkedIn
Riley Dickie, Account Executive Dickie has worked with Faraday’s consumer finance clients for the past three years, helping them take full advantage of their customer data with AI. LinkedIn
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Fortress Identity’sMulti-Factor Authentication enables you to wrap entry, access, assets, and transactions in flexible layers of active and passive biometric security.
Features
Specify whatever biometric factors you wish to deploy
Implement with minimal code
Give users a frictionless experience
Why it’s great The Fortress Identity Multi-factor Authentication SDK provides facial, fingerprint, voice, and behavior biometric protection all in one package to quickly step up security as your needs evolve.
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Alessandro Chiarini, Founder and CEO For 11 years, Chiarini has advised financial institutions in North and South America on securing themselves against cybercrime. LinkedIn
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ID R&D’sSafeChat delivers the world’s first zero-effort authentication for mobile and web banking apps, providing the best possible user experience with higher security.
Features
No effort for users to authenticate; simply use the app normally
Multi-modal biometrics provide strong confirmation of identity
Authentication occurs on each transaction, increasing security
Why it’s great Low effort, biometric-based authentication will become the standard for all banking apps.
Presenters
Alexey Khitrov, President Khitrov’s recognition of user frustration and weak security in current authentication processes led him to use his deep experience in biometrics to found ID R&D. LinkedIn
John Amein, VP of Sales Amein has many years of experience in biometrics, contact centers, and telecommunications. He has helped several tech companies grow rapidly. LinkedIn
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ClickSWITCH is an account acquisition technology for financial institutions and fintechs that automates the process of switching direct deposits and automatic payments.
Features
Automated switch solution for direct deposits and automatic payments
Ability to drive deposits and increase primary account holders
API capability enables you to build and design your own user interface
Why it’s great There’s a war for deposits in financial services. FIs are fighting to be the primary financial provider for their customers. ClickSWITCH can solve these problems by driving deposits and increasing efficiency.
Presenters
Cale Johnston, Founder & CEO Johnston is an entrepreneur who believes banking should be easy. He oversees global business strategy with a focus on innovation, growth, and investor and customer relations. LinkedIn
Adam Pearl, Regional Vice President of Sales Pearl is an experienced, results-driven sales leader specializing in bank technology. He is working out of Chicago with a focus on relationship management and national customer growth. LinkedIn
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Strands and Mastercard’sSME Cash Flow Manager is a tailor-made digitalization tool for SME banking using cutting-edge business financial management solutions.
Features
Deliver actionable insights and help business owners save time and money
Monitor Quickbooks data within digital banking experience
Place Mastercard solutions within customer’s digital user journey
Why it’s great Strands and Mastercard’s joint cash flow solution allows a financial institution to deliver a suite of SME digital finance tools that empower the bank to become the business owner’s trusted advisor.
Presenters
Jay Singer, SVP, Global Small Business Segment, Mastercard Singer has 20+ years of leadership experience in the payments industry across marketing, portfolio management, and product development. He currently leads Mastercard’s Global Small Businesses Segment. LinkedIn
Cesar Richardson, General Manager, Strands Americas Richardson helps banks re-build digital experiences that increase customer engagement, boost online conversion, and unlock the value of consumers’ behavioral data. LinkedIn
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Agora helps banks ramp up their digital experience without replacing their core banking system. Agora provides and co-creates tech tools for banks so that they can accelerate their digital journey.
Features
No core integration
Turnkey, plug-and-play, built-in solution
Fully white label
Why it’s great With Agora’s platform, banks can now build their own digital journey without replacing their core banking technology.
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Arcady Lapiro, CEO and Co-founder A fintech geek for over two decades, Lapiro has built a digital bank with over $20b in assets. He is a mentor of fintechs and a proud father of three. LinkedIn
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Payclub is building the first bank to help Gen Z manage, save, and spend money using collaborative group accounts.
Features
Create a group for any reason
Split by total, each, or custom amounts
Manage from anywhere with shared insights
Why it’s great Payclub helps groups manage money together using collaborative group accounts.
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Jason Rieger, CEO Rieger has an intimate knowledge of the college market and was the first employee at JusCollege (largest college travel company – acquired for $25m in March of 2018). LinkedIn
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Our Libra is a data-driven automated financial advisor and consumer lender focused on helping middle-class Americans manage their savings, investments, and debt.
Features
Automated financial advisor for managing savings and debt
Innovative, data-driven consumer lending platform
Why it’s great Our Libra provides an insightful and economical way to serve a market that desperately needs quality financial advice: the American middle class.
Presenter
George Matthew, Founder and CEO Matthew is developer of the Our Libra site and related algorithms. He is a former investment banker (over $20b of M&A and IPOs) and startup founder. LinkedIn