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Finovate Alumni News– March 26, 2012

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on March 26, 2012
Categories: ClairMail, ETRONIKA, FeeFighters, FreeMonee, Monitise, Personal Capital, Xero

Xero acquires software developer Max Solutions.

The Myndset interviews Joe Salesky, founder of FreeMonee.

Win beta features ETRONIKA.

Business Insider walks through Personal Capital’s iPad app.

Smart Biz touts the benefits of Xero’s accounting software.

FeeFighters acquired by Groupon for undisclosed amount.

Monitise buys competitor Clairmail for $173 million.

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.

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Finovate Alumni News– March 22, 2012

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on March 22, 2012
Categories: Bill.com, Dwolla, FreeMonee, InComm, Jemstep, Kabbage, peerTransfer, ReadyForZero, Tradeshift

peerTransfer partners with Boston College.

L’ atelier reports FreeMonee brings banks, customers & businesses together through promotional offers.

The Washington Post interviews Dwolla’s Ben Milne.

Amex partners with InComm to reload its prepaid cards.

Spend Matters explores how Tradeshift’s Cloudscan makes e-invoicing sexy.

Business Insider shares how to use JemStep to see if your broker is wasting your money.

ReadyForZero helps users pay off $12.5 million in debt, launches savings platform.

Kabbage partners with drop ship wholesaler Doba.

AlwaysOn selects Bill.com as a 2012 OnDemand Top 100 winner.

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.

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Finovate Alumni News– March 16, 2012

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on March 16, 2012
Categories: AcceptEmail, FreeMonee, Prosper, SmartyPig, Zopa

CEO Interview: Peter Kwakernaak of AcceptEmail.

P2P-Banking reports Prosper CEO Chris Larsen steps down, will be replaced by Dawn Lepore.

Zopa states its P2P lending platform will help the food manufacturing industry spur innovation.

FreeMonee listed as 1 of 10 companies to receive the Netexplo 2012 Award for leading the world in digital innovation.

SmartyPig’s cash rewards card now offers 1% cash-back on all purchases.

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.

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US Bank Hints at a Partnership with FreeMonee

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on March 8, 2012
Categories: FreeMonee

While reviewing news about Finovate alumni this morning, I received a notable Google alert about FreeMonee. The alert linked to an FAQ page indicating that national gift network, FreeMonee, has partnered with U.S. Bank.

Here’s the screenshot I took at 11:42 AM on March 8, 2012 from this link:

Back in October, AOL Daily Finance spoke to FreeMonee, reporting:

“The company will not share the names of any partners at this date, but says it is launching a merchant-reward plan with a major U.S. bank on Nov. 17.”

To learn more about FreeMonee, watch its FinovateFall 2011 demo.

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Finovate Alumni News– March 8, 2012

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on March 8, 2012
Categories: Actiance, Expensify, FreeMonee, iPay Technologies, Simple Tuition, Striata

Forbes lists Expensify as 1 of 8 tools the iPad can help consumers earn & save money.

Actiance to power The Principal Financial Group’s social media monitoring platform.

Striata helps City of Tallahassee Utilities achieve 30% paperless adoption.

SimpleTuition launches PayBackSmarter.com to help graduates manage student loan repayment.

iPay Technologies announces Community Choice CU selects its Biz 2.0 small business online bill pay platform.

US Bank hints at a partnership with FreeMonee.

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.

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Finovate Alumni News– January 5, 2012

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on January 5, 2012
Categories: BillGuard, Check Point, Credit Karma, FreeMonee, LearnVest, Linkable Networks, Micronotes, PayPal, ProfitStars, ReadyForZero, T8 Webware

American Banker describes how T8 Webware, Micronotes, and FreeMonee predicts what customers will buy.

Seattle’s King 5 News highlights Linkable Networks’ digital coupons.

TechCrunch reports Credit Karma enrolls 100,000 users for its credit monitoring service in one day.

Business Insider recommends using BillGuard to prevent credit and debit card fraud.

BetaBeat looks at what LearnVest is doing with its $19 million round of funding.

ReadyForZero introduces its New Year’s challenge.

TechCrunch reports John Donahue, Ebay CEO will serve as PayPal’s interim president since PayPal President Scott Thompson left for Yahoo.

ProfitStars reaches milestone of providing image & data conversions for 1,000 FIs over the past 5 years.

Check Point Software Technologies works with Amazon Web Services secure the cloud.

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.

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Finovate Alumni News, October 27, 2011

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on October 27, 2011
Categories: BillFloat, BillShrink, Budgettracker, Continuity Control, Credit Karma, Expensify, FreeMonee, HelloWallet, Mint.com, mShift, Offermatic, Simple

Credit Karma is giving away free credit-monitoring service to first 12,500 readers.

HelloWallet opens a second office in San Francisco.

FreeMonee tells AOL Daily Finance that it is to launch a merchant-reward plan with a major U.S. bank on Nov 17.

Credit Union Times reports that mShift is one of the three largest providers of mobile banking tools to credit unions.

ABC News looks at BankSimple’s alternative banking approach.

Auto insurance & finance providers The General, Mark One Holdings, & Freeway Insurance add BillFloat as a payment option.

Continuity Control endorsed by Western Independent Bankers.

Expensify launches an app for the Windows phone.

Mlive.com recommends using BillShrink (Truaxis) to avoid an outrageous mobile bill.

Mint.com and Budgettracker.com are recommended as two tools for mitigating financial mistakes.

BankFutura.com profiles Offermatic.

Bank of America will use Yodlee’s FinApp Platform.

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.

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Finovate Alumni at BAI Retail Delivery Conference

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on October 10, 2011
Categories: ACI Worldwide, Adobe, Arroweye Solutions, BillShrink, Cardlytics, CashEdge, ClairMail, Dynamics, Equifax, Experian, FIS, Fiserv, FreeMonee, Guardian Analytics, Ideon FS, Kony Solutions, Lodo Software, MasterCard, mFoundry, Mitek, oFlows, On Deck Capital, PayPal, ProfitStars, Q2ebanking, SafetyPay, Sybase 365, Truaxis, VISA, Yodlee

The BAI Retail Delivery conference begins tomorrow with 29 Finovate alumni participating in sessions and/or exhibiting on the trade show floor.

Session Speakers

Tuesday, Global Game-Changer Session
Speaker: Jim Taschetta from FreeMonee

Wednesday, Technology for Business Summit
Speaker: Mitch Jacobs from On Deck Capital

Wednesday, Technology for Business Summit Session
Speaker: David Eads from Kony Solutions

Thursday, Technology for Business Summit Session
Speaker: Eric Connors from Yodlee

Thursday, Marketing & Product Management Summit Session
Speaker: Rod Witmond from Cardlytics

Exhibitors

BAI Mobile Link

David Youker from Sybase 365
Carl Tsukahara from Clairmail
Drew Hyatt from Mitek Systems

Mobile Link Panel Discussions

Jeff Mullen from Dynamics
Dan Schatt from PayPal
Drew Sievers from mFoundry

Solutions Theatre

Jeff Mullen from Dynamics
Matthew Lifshotz & Inigo San Martin from Ideon Financial Solutions

Jim Bruene and I (julie@netbanker.com) will be in attendance and will update the blog and Twitter with new developments throughout the event.

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FreeMonee Enhances Merchant Search Capability

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on September 21, 2011
Categories: FreeMonee

This morning, FreeMonee demonstrated the enhanced merchant search capability:

“FreeMonee will demonstrate a powerful new extension of our gift platform that introduces a whole new way for consumers to interact with their financial institutions. The product draws on the power of FreeMonee’s analytics and scoring capabilities to create a new form of merchant search.”

Product Launched: Fall 2011

HQ Location: San Mateo, CA

Company Founded: July 2009

Metrics: FreeMonee Network raised $11 million dollars (as FMN Technologies) in an initial round of funding and has 30+ employees.

Website: freemonee.com

Presenting Joe Salesky (Chief Strategy Officer & Co-Founder) & Jim Taschetta (CMO)

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Alumni News — Week of June 6, 2011

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on June 13, 2011
Categories: Andera, ChargeSmart, Check Point, Currensee, Doxo, Dwolla, Enloop, Expensify, FreeMonee, FTRANS, GoalMine, Jemstep, mFoundry, Mitek, Monitise, Prosper, Robot Dough, SecondMarket, Silver Tail Systems, Striata, Sybase 365, ThreatMetrix, TradeKing, UBank, Zopa

Andera

Andera launched FortiFI, a new fraud prevention system. Link
Andera CEO Charlie Kroll discussed the release of FortiFI. Link

ChargeSmart

ChargeSmart launched ChargeSmart Direct to provide customers with additional access to support staff. Link
Fox Business News highlighted ChargeSmart and PlasticJungle’s gift card trading service as a way to make savings fun. Link

Check Point Software Technologies

Check Point announced the 2012 version of ZoneAlarm. Link

Currensee

Forex Crunch outlined the benefits of Currensee, describing its profitability as “significantly high”. Link
The Street highlighted Curensee as a startup that “rocks” the financial house. Link

doxo

Chicago Tribune discussed doxo’s step toward a paperless society. Link
TechCrunch & VentureBeat featured the launch of doxo’s mobile app, a mobile digital filing cabinet. Link and Link
Macworld took a closer look at doxo’s new app. Link

Dwolla

Dwolla released Grid, a feature that protects personal user information. Link
The Street highlighted Dwolla as a startup that “rocks” the financial house. Link
The Next Web interviewed Dwolla about its API. Link

Enloop

StartUp Beat profiled Enloop. Link

eWise

eWise raised $14 million in funding. Link

Expensify

CNNMoney named Expensify as one of five best apps for businesses. Link

FreeMonee

CardTrak.com examined FreeMonee’s gift network. Link

Ftrans

Ftrans raised $650,000 in equity financing. Link

GoalMine

GoalMine won The Core Underbanked Innovators Challenge at the 6th Annual Underbanked Financial Services Forum hosted by Core Innovation Capital. Link

Jemstep

Jemstep launched a new version of its service that features many improvements. Link

mFoundry

The Washington Post reported that mFoundry’s mobile deposit service is its most requested feature. Link

Mitek

Mitek Systems was granted 4 more patents for its mobile deposit feature. Link
Bank Technology News discussed Mitek’s new patents. Link

Monitise

Monitise launched its services in India. Link
The Wall Street Journal covered Monitise’s 5-year agreement with Visa. Link
TechCrunch examined Monitise’s recent deal with Visa. Link

Prosper

Prosper raised $17.5 million in funding from investors. Link

RobotDough

The Street highlighted RobotDough as a startup that “rocks” the financial house. Link

SecondMarket

CNBC interviewed Barry Silbert, CEO of SecondMarket, regarding its role in IPOs. Link

Silver Tail Systems

Silver Tail Systems raised $20M in a Series B funding round. Link

Striata

Striata partnered with POCiT to enable bill payments. Link

Sybase

Sybase was named the most successful database software vendor in China. Link

ThreatMetrix

ThreatMetrix collaborated with USA ePay to provide fraud prevention to online retailers. Link

TradeKing

TradeKing partnered with CoolTrade for automatic stock trades. Link

UBank

UBank voiced that it will change the banking industry by using the web and mobile technology. Link

Zopa

BBC’s Radio 2 interviewed Zopa CEO Giles Andrews about P2P lending. Link

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