Alumni News — Weeks of November 28 and December 5, 2010

PopMoney (from CashEdge) wins award for excellence in Web design from the Interactive Media Council. http://bit.ly/finovate11301
Speculation from MarketWatch: Could ClairMail be headed for an IPO? http://bit.ly/finovate11306
ClairMail and Cardlytics partner to provide transaction marketing opportunities. http://bit.ly/finovate1281 
Expensify continues to grow its currency support base — Expensify is now supporting 159 currencies. http://bit.ly/finovate1232
Robert Scoble uses Expensify for expense reports. http://scoble.it/finovate11305
FIS launches innovative new mobile banking product. — Users can establish mobile account management with their debit card, no online banking signup needed. http://bit.ly/finovate1291
GoalMine hosting cash contest via Facebook to spread the word. http://bit.ly/finovate1292
This week’s Jem 5 at Jemstep explores diversified fixed income funds. http://bit.ly/finovate1294
Generations FCU goes live with Jwaala’s “Better Online Banking.” http://bit.ly/finovate1237
Just for fun: Kasasa releases banks’ playlists. See this week’s from Jeff Davis Bank. http://bit.ly/finovate1236
Lending Club enjoyed a flurry of news coverage. Read the summaries  here: http://bit.ly/finovate1224 
Lending Club mentioned in PBS nightly business report. http://to.pbs.org/finovate1297
Mint.com now available in Canada. http://tcrn.ch/finovate1234
Congratulations to Mint founder, Aaron Patzer; winner of a TechFellow Award for General Management. http://tcrn.ch/finovate1296
Monitise to bring mobile payments to Nigeria. http://bit.ly/finovate1231
Mozo powering new “Compare, Ditch and Switch” campaign to allow Australians to shop around for better banking services.  http://bit.ly/finovate1283
Just in time for the Holidays, PopMoney gift cards at www.giftcardmall.com
The new SmartyPig rewards MasterCard provides up to 10% cash back at select retailers. http://bit.ly/finovate11303
Tyfone receives additional patent for electronic wallet technology. http://bit.ly/finovate11304
Wikinvest is even more mobile with Blackberry and Android Apps. http://bit.ly/finovate1235
Y Combinator and Yodlee cooperate to provide financial data services to startups. 

FinovateFall 2010 Demo Videos Now Available

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We’re pleased to announce that the demo videos from FinovateFall 2010 are now available for free download (or immediate consumption) from the Finovate archives.

This fall’s NYC conference showcased 56 handpicked companies doing 7-minute demonstrations (no slides allowed) of their latest technology innovations to a sold-out audience of 650 financial & banking executives, venture capitalists, press, analysts and entrepreneurs.

Check out these cutting-edge ideas in financial, banking, payments, mobile, lending, investing and security technologies today for inspiration and your next edge on the competition! 

(P.S. If you’re interested in joining us at the next Finovate event, tickets are now on sale for FinovateEurope (Feb, 1, 2011 in London). It is going to be an amazing showcase of European and global fintech innovation!)


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Eric Mattson is CEO of Online Financial Innovations, the parent company of NetBanker, Online Banking Report and the Finovate Conference Series. He can be reached at eric@netbanker.com.

FinovateFall 2010 Demo Lineup Revealed

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We’re very excited to reveal the 56 cutting-edge companies that have been selected to demo their latest technology innovations on October 4 and 5 in New York City at FinovateFall.

Over the show’s two days, attendees will get to watch the future of fintech and banktech unfold on stage via fast-paced demos (28 each day) from these innovators. And then have a chance to interact with top executives from each of the demo companies during intimate networking sessions.

Without further delay, here’s the list of companies we’re excited to showcase:

If you’re interested in attending the conference, registering now will save you $100 on your ticket via the early-bird discount and reserve your spot (space is limited and we’re expecting to sell out). We’ll see you in New York!


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Eric Mattson is CEO of Online Financial Innovations, the parent company of NetBanker, Online Banking Report and the Finovate Conference Series. He can be reached at eric@netbanker.com.

Links from My FIS Presentation

image Thank-you to all FIS clients that attended my What’s new in mobile/online banking presentation in Orlando or Milwaukee. I had a blast and I greatly appreciate your attentiveness as I tried to explain the innovations from the following 40+ companies. Feel free to email me if you have any questions.

As promised, here are the links so you can dig deeper yourself. The entire deck is available to conference attendees through the FIS website. The links are in the order they were presented (with slight variations between the two): 

Mobile

1. Addison Avenue Credit Union augmented reality mobile ATM finder: https://addisonavenue.com/mobile/. Powered by Junaio from Metaio.

2. Tombstonebuilder.com for custom gravestone graphics

3. E*Trade Mobile Pro iPad app: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/e-trade-mobile-pro/id313259740?mt=8

4. NBA mobile’s Game Time Courtside iPad app: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/nba-game-time-courtside/id364284970?mt=8

5. My Kitchen iPad YouTube video (293,000 views) (see end of post for video)

6. Square’s iPad POS system app: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/square/id335393788?mt=8

7. Mitek mobile deposit: http://www.miteksystems.com/OOMPH_MobileDeposit.asp

8. PayPal mobile Bump-to-Pay app: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/paypal/id283646709?mt=8 powered by Bump Technologies

9. USAA mobile: https://www.usaa.com/inet/ent_utils/McStaticPages?key=usaa_mobile_iphone_main

10. Starbucks card mobile payments app: http://www.starbucks.com/coffeehouse/mobile-apps/starbucks-card-mobile

11. PayPal text-message security option: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=xpt/Marketing_CommandDriven/securitycenter/PayPalSecurityKey-outside

12. Bank of America Safepass text-message security option

13. Chase Bank text banking: https://www.chase.com/index.jsp?pg_name=ccpmapp/shared/assets/page/Chase_Mobile_Banking

14. Virtual Bank Web-based mobile apps: http://www.virtualbank.com/VBanking.aspx

Online

15. Mint.com online financial management; financial fitness

16. PNC Bank Virtual Wallet calendar view financial management

17. Bobber Interactive teen/pre-teen game-oriented savings platform

18. SmartyPig goal-based savings combined with prepaid cards

19. Betterment savings account replacement launched this week

20. Credit Karma private-branded Sears Card site

21. DebtGoal debt-management and payment tools

22. Payments in social gaming at Zynga’s Farmville and Foopet’s Foobank

23. Kwedit’s virtual credit services and real payments for virtual goods

24. Blippy’s real-time transaction and media consumption streams

25. Parkzing automated parking ticket reminder and payment service

26. MoneyAisle’s new auto refinance auction service

27. TransFS’s merchant card processing lead-gen site

Channel Integration/Social Media

28. Baker Tweets

29. Quicken Loans Twitter feed

30. Social media links at Amplify Credit Union 

31. Chase Bank’s Chase Community Giving Facebook fan page

32. University of Wisconsin Credit Union Sourcecode blog supporting online banking users

33. Truliant Federal Credit U
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34. PNC Virtual Wallet Inside the Wallet blog (accessible only from within online banking)

35. Young & Free South Carolina from South Carolina FCU powered by Currency Marketing 

36. Kennebunk Savings employee directory and branch finder

37. Bank of Montreal branch finder (link in upper right of homepage)

38. Blue Shoe Mobile Solutions low-cost ($500) iPhone app creation for restaurants