Finovate Alumni News– November 6, 2013

  • Finovate-F-Logo.jpgMarketWatch mentions BrightScope and FutureAdvisor as two ways to enhance your retirement portfolio.
  • Quippi to use PayNearMe to enable cash payments for its international gift cards.
  • MoneyDesktop launches Client Services product to offer employee training, marketing, tech support & other services to increase ROI PFM investment.
  • Atlanta-based Cardlytics opens first NYC office.
  • The Guardian mentions SumUp in its review of popular mobile apps for business.
  • Finovate alums FIS, Fiserv, ACI Worldwide, Jack Henry Banking, and Temenos earn spots on IDC Financial Insights tenth annual FinTech 100 list.
  • PandoDaily takes a look at Netswipe 2.0, Jumio’s payment card scanning solution.
  • Celent reviews Comarch Wealth Management Platform.
  • Ignite Sales launches mobile recommendation guides to accelerate bank customer on boarding.
  • Multicom announces partnership with pre-paid virtual card provider, Ixaris.
This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You can also follow all the alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.

Finovate Alumni News– October 31, 2013

  • Finovate-F-Logo.jpgIntuit to acquire FullSlate, an online scheduling company.
  • Boku partners with PassportParking, enabling consumers to pay for parking using their mobile number, and billed to carrier billing statement.
  • American Banker comments on the savings strategies of SaveUp, Betterment’s ImpulseSave, and Social Money.
  • FIS study reports: Customer engagement in real-time payments requires mobility and convenience.
  • CurrencyFair featured in prime time on Irish television news.
This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You can also follow all the alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.

Finovate Alumni News– October 14, 2013

  • Thumbnail image for Finovate-F-Logo.jpgForbes column on banking and mobile payments highlights Finovate alumni Check, Fiserv, and FIS.
  • BBC features MasterCard’s efforts to replace food stamps and cash with cards in Lebanese refugee camps.
  • Jim Marous references GoBank and Moven in report on innovation in mobile banking functionality.
  • LowCards.com reports: Dynamics offers artistic credit cards.
  • Flint Mobile opts for camera over card reader.
This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You can also follow all the alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.

Finovate Alumni News– October 10, 2013

  • Finovate-F-Logo.jpgBackbase on Track to Expand into UK Market. 
  • Arroweye Solutions launches EMV On-Demand.
  • ICBA Mortgage extends its agreement with D+H Mortgagebot.
  • InComm partners with Jackson Hewitt Tax Service to unveil new GPR card.
  • Digital Insight working with Delta Community CU to offer members digital banking services and solutions.
  • Guardian Analytics announces FraudMAP Connect, real-time collaboration platform & fraud intelligence community.
  • Cachet Financial Solutions launches new mobile money management application and platform, Select Mobile Money.
  • Equifax enhances underwriting decisions for lenders and businesses with release of advanced decisioning attributes.
  • Simple announces new MoneyDrop, instant P2P $$ transfer technology.
  • OnDeck ranked #20 in SellingPower Magazine’s 50 Best Companies to Sell For List.
  • Ven partners ValidSoft to secure virtual currency transactions.
  • SecondMarket CEO explains latest Bitcoin move.
  • Tyfone powers P2P m-payments in BVCU m-banking platform.
  • MasterCard joins Fast IDentity Online (FIDO) Alliance in support of innovation in online authentication.
  • Inaugural issue of FIS’s digital magazine FIS InMotion now available.
This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You can also follow all the alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.

FIS Brings Cloud-Based, Real-Time Core Banking Utility to Central, Eastern European Banks

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One of the biggest memes to emerge from FinovateFall 2013 last month was the impressive innovation coming from not just European banks, but from Central and Eastern European banks, in particular.

Apropos of that meme is news that FIS will be launching the first, real-time, core banking utility in the cloud for mid-tier banks in, you guessed it, Central and Eastern Europe.

Hosted by Polish payment processor Krajowa Izba Rozliczeniowa S.A. (KIR), which handles more than 120 million transactions a month, the new Software-as-Service solution called FIS Profile promises:
  • Access to established product library to speed time-to-market
  • Greater insight into customer/bank relationships, providing for customized product offerings
  • Real-time banking with seamless integration to new digital channels
  • Low cost of ownership
KIR earned the title of Market Leader for Bank Innovation in 2012. The company secured its ISO 22301:2012 compliance certificate from the British Standards Institution the following year.
Based in Jacksonville, Florida, FIS is a major global provider of banking and payment technology solutions. With more than 32,000 employees serving over 14,000 institutions in more than 100 nations, FIS presented its Mobile Wallet technology as part of the FinovateSpring show in May. See the company’s demo here.

Finovate Alumni News– October 8, 2013

  • Thumbnail image for FinovateLOGO.jpgGreen Dot taps Grace Wong as Chief Financial Officer.
  • TSYS extends processing agreement with MainStream Merchant Services.
  • FIS brings cloud-based, real-time, core banking utility to Central, Eastern European mid-tier banks.
  • Fenergo secures 4 million euro investment from Investec Ventures.
This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You can also follow all the alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.

Finovate Alumni News– October 7, 2013

  • Finovate-F-Logo.jpgHydrantID selects Authentify’s Services to Strengthen Online SSL Certificate Delivery.
  • The Dexterity Ventures’ Place2Give team describes its time at FinovateFall 2013.
  • EBG Podcast interviews Taulia about dynamic discounting and common misunderstandings.
  • BellaDati launches version 2.7.5.3 with extended social networking capabilities, HANA platform connector, & 15 new stat functions.
  • Nous Infosystems signed with Kony’s partner program as a strategic reseller and implementation partner.
  • Affinity Solutions joins CardLinx Association as launch member.
  • Support for its PaySecure International solution growing in Indian e-commerce market, says Acculynk.
  • FIS launches first cloud-based, real-time, core banking utility for Central and Eastern European mid-tier banks.
  • Arroweye Solutions announces launch of EMV (Europay/MasterCard/Visa) On-Demand.
  • Prepaid Resources forms wholly-owned subsidiary, Trefoil Technology, LLC.
This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You can also follow all the alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.

Finovate Alumni News– October 3, 2013

  • Finovate-F-Logo.jpgValidSoft releases latest addition to the VALid suite of telecommunication based security products, Zero Latency Correlation.
  • Kabbage partners with Xero to provide SMBs capital based on their online accounting data.
  • Faces of Innovation features Wade Arnold, Banno CEO.
  • FIS Global signs agreement to market ARM Insight’s Prepaid Management Platform.
  • MasterCard announces partnership with Parkeon to provide merchant offers, loyalty services via smart parking terminals.
  • PYMNTS.com interviews ZooZ VP for business development, Noam Inbar.
  • ISO & Agent talks about Moolah LLC’s deployment of Leaf’s LeafPresenter POS tablets.
  • SmartyPig announces CorePro, the next generation of its savings solution which helps companies integrate savings accounts into their existing solutions.
This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You can also follow all the alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.

Finovate Alumni News– October 2, 2013

  • Finovate-F-Logo.jpgBillhighway 3-peats with “Metropolitan Detroit Best and Brightest Company to Work For” 2013 win.
  • BehavioSec awarded DARPA Phase 2 contract.
  • Spend Matters interviews Tradeshift CEO, Christian Lanng.
  • ACI Worldwide embraces Experian Decision Analytics decisioning solution.
  • FIS announces partnership with Australian debit card system eftpos to build payments hub.
  • Quantopian raises $6.7 million in Series A round.
This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You can also follow all the alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.

Finovate Alumni News– September 24, 2013

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  • Capital Access Network listed among Information Week’s top U.S. technology innovators in 2013.
  • FIS announces analytics programs for customers.
  • Swipely now managing $1 bil in annual sales, 1 yr. after entering payments market & launched Swipely Partner Network.
  • Cachet Financial Solutions announces Select Mobile Lending, a new mobile app.
  • MasterCard and Entrepreneurial Finance Labs join forces to promote SMB growth in developing nations.
  • TechCrunch reports PayPal, Stripe, & Braintree partner with Facebook to autofill billing info in mobile commerce apps.
  • ERN partners with FICO to embed FICO’s marketing solutions within its real-time Big Data analytics platform Looop.
  • Mountaineer Gas joins doxo to simplify bill delivery, payment, and record keeping for its 220,000 customers.
  • Digital Insight announces new CEO, John O’Malley.
This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You can also follow all the alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.

Finovate Alumni News– August 22, 2013

  • FinovateLOGO.jpgForbes Magazine names FIS one of the 100 most innovative companies in the world.
  • BusinessManager from ProfitStars is driving revenue growth and customer acquisition for Great Western Bank.
  • Arroweye Solutions launches data-driven card marketing with CustomerConnect.
  • Ameriana Bank to deploy Picture Pay from Allied Payment Network.
  • Mashable takes a look at PayPal’s face-verification system for mobile payments.
  • Yodlee, Moven, and Mint featured in Wired column on the “banks of tomorrow.”
  • Narrative Science co-hosts this week’s InnovationChat at built in Chicago. See them demo at FinovateFall in September.
  • Segmint CIO David Hadley writes about building a cybersecurity framework today in BAI Banking Strategies.
This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You can also follow all the alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.

Finovate Alumni News– July 31, 2013

  • Netbanker: BBVA Compass bundles microbiz checking with PAYware mobile card processing.
  • FIS brings mobile, eBanking, remote capture and more to Sterling Bank.
  • GoBank announces plan to promote its mobile-first bank account in more than 500 Barnes & Noble bookstores on college campuses.
  • Pymnts.com interviews Allen Friedman of TSYS Acquiring Solutions on the role of EMV in a cardless world.
  • NYT features how LearnVest is bringing financial planning to the masses.
This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You can also follow all the alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.