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Finovate Blog
Tracking fintech, banking & financial services innovations since 1994
A look at the companies demoing at FinovateSpring in San Francisco on May 18 and 19. Register today and save your spot.
Goalry is a unified “Money Mall” experience that converges personal finance management (PFM) with shopping to help members reach goals in one immersive space.
Features
Everything to achieve goals and comparison shop with a single login
Virtual real estate for embedded tech
Interactive and future-proof design
Why it’s great
Goalry’s platform improves the customer journey by providing a full funnel experience for everything finance and shopping in one virtual, immersive space.
Presenter
Ethan Taub, CEO & Founder Taub has 20 years of executive experience ranging from billion-dollar brands to startups. His mission is to unify a disconnected finance landscape to create efficiencies. LinkedIn
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KuantSolEnterprise SaaS democratizes end-to-end modeling for banking, financials, and fintech. KuantSol drives more than 50X gain in operational efficiency, modeling time, quality, and compliance.
Features
Offers E2E modeling, validation, and compliance without dependence on data scientists, IT, and third-parties
Reduces cycle time from months to days
Reduces costs and resource requirements by more than 25X
Why it’s great
The first end-to-end risk modeling technology that is a one-stop shop for all time series and machine learning modeling that shortens cycle time and costs by more than 50X.
Presenters
Alex Shahidi, CEO & Co-Founder Shahidi is the Co-Founder of KuantSo and is a founder or member of five startups with two exits. He is a pioneer in SaaS and cloud technologies, author of papers and patents on data protection, transformation, and infrastructure. LinkedIn
Aytekin Oldac, Co-Founder & Chair of Board Co-Founder of KuantSol, a businessman, and founder of a health services provider, Aytekin is an investor of Code2 and Pyramos software. He has previously served with PwC and IBM Cloud and compliance. LinkedIn
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Spave lets users tap into everyday purchases to increase their savings, give to causes that matter to them, and have control and confidence in their finances. Spave transforms your spending, for good.
Features
We have a patent-pending engine that allows users to choose where they direct their spavings
Access to more than 1.5 million accredited U.S. nonprofits
Partners gain access to user insights
Why it’s great
Spave can help CUs empower their members to save more, give more, and live more by breaking down the barriers that hold them back. Empower your members to transform spending for good.
Presenters
Susan Langer, CEO Three words best describe Langer: Observer. Planner. Connector. Langer is a life-long learner and lover of people. Her 30-year professional journey within financial services, marketing and advertising, international development, and non-profit industries has taught her the value of listening to understand, the significance of appreciating others’ differences, and the extraordinary power of collaboration. LinkedIn
Sarah York, Chief Marketing & Digital Officer York is an active advocate for inclusive entrepreneurship and financial literacy. Her expertise spans data-driven growth, digital technology platforms, as well as global digital strategy. LinkedIn
Christen Wright, Head of Product Wright is a seasoned product leader, leading product for Reseda Group, a CUSO of MSUFCU. He has contributed to experiences at Delta, AT&T, and Best Buy. He was in 100 Black Men of Atlanta in 2020. LinkedIn
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EG3C’s Financial Wellness Center helps credit unions build financial literacy with their members and community through interactive, educational content delivered via website, mobile app, API, or SDK.
Features
Created by a credit union for credit unions
Offers content that can be private-labeled and customized
Provides access to user data and dashboard, and CMS to supplement with your own content
Why it’s great
Creating good educational content is very time consuming. By leveraging EG3C’s Financial Wellness Center, employees can spend more valuable time engaging with members and the community.
Presenters
Ben Maxim, CTO at Reseda Group and VP Digital Strategy & Innovation at MSUFCU Maxim serves in a dual role as Vice President of Digital Strategy and Innovation for MSUFCU and as Chief Technology Officer for MSUFCU’s wholly-owned CUSO Reseda Group and its subsidiary companies. LinkedIn
April Clobes, President & CEO at MSUFCU and CEO of Reseda Group Clobes is President & CEO at MSU Federal Credit Union and CEO of Reseda Group, MSUFCU’s wholly owned CUSO. She has established MSUFCU as a leader in innovation in the CU space. LinkedIn
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ToroAlerts‘ fintech app removes emotions from trading by bringing Wall Street technology to Main Street with accuracy and precision using ML and AI with predictive analytics.
Features
Risk management tool for crypto
Easy tool for alternate investment
Crowd-sourced verified intelligence
Why it’s great
The performance from our fully automated algorithmic trading software is unforgettable. Our 2021 portfolio returns include:
Cannabis – 147%
Crypto – 876%
Options – 120% (YTD)
S&P500 – 47% (5yr avg)
Presenters
Rohit Srivastava, Chief Visionary Officer A math and quantitative analysis geek combined with advanced technological experience with an in-depth knowledge of investments and trading has led Srivastava to innovate and build “Smart Frequency Trading.” LinkedIn
Josh Kincaid, CMO Kincaid is the Chief Marketing Officer at ToroAlerts. In his spare time, he produces a cannabis business podcast called The Talking Hedge and hosts “Interviewing CEOs” for Seeking Alpha. LinkedIn
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Buddy’s industry-transforming Insurance Gateway is the simplest way for software companies to manage and sell insurance products to customers.
Features
Offers a single, forward-compatible gateway connection allows customers to source, connect, transact, fulfill, and analyze any type of insurance
Ability to add or swap insurance products without writing new code
Why it’s great
A simpler, faster connection enables businesses to better match their customers and users with the right insurance products, increasing conversion rates. Let Buddy handle all the insurance-y stuff.
Presenter
Charles Merritt, CEO & Co-Founder Buddy Co-Founder+CEO Charles Merritt is an experienced marketer, strategist, and innovator. He held leadership roles in online travel, fintech, and consulting before launching insurtech Buddy in 2018. LinkedIn
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Prelim is a no-code platform to automate the customer experience for banking. The company’s commercial real estate application is the first in the market to automate commercial lending at the point-of-sale.
Features
Reduce loan manufacturing turn-times by using the latest APIs to verify data at the point-of-sale
Offer a first-class customer experience
Decrease loan manufacturing costs
Why it’s great
Commercial real estate lending automation using Prelim’s platform and APIs is the future of lending.
Presenters
Heang Chan, CEO Heang Chan is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Prelim. LinkedIn
Sam Kim, Head of Banking Platform Sam Kim is the Head of Banking Platform at Prelim. LinkedIn
