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By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Alpha Payments Cloud, Credit Karma, Fiserv, iSignthis, Monitise, Plaid, SumUp, Top Image Systems, Trulioo, Zopa

On Finovate.com

  • “SumUp Brings its mPOS Technology to America”

Around the web

  • iSignthis and TikForce enter agreement for identity services.
  • Banks and merchants connected through Alpha Payments Cloud’s AlphaHub now have access to the iSignthis suite of services.
  • Functional Geekery interviews Plaid engineer David Chambers.
  • Power supplier ENEL to deploy TIS’s automated accounts payable and accounts receivables processing-solution across Russia.
  • TechCrunch Cribs features Credit Karma’s office.
  • Telefonica to work with Monitise in its transition to a cloud-based business.
  • Nigel Morris of QED Investors to join Zopa board of directors.
  • Fiserv launches wealth-management partnership with InvestEdge.
  • Trulioo, was named Top Innovator at the Integrate 2015 conference.

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Finovate Alumni News

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Algomi, Bitbond, Cloud Lending, eWise, Feedzai, iSignthis, Lendio, Matchi, Misys, MX, Rippleshot, Xero

On Finovate.com

  • “Rippleshot Earns Spot in SixThirty Accelerator’s Incoming Cohort”
  • “Cloud Lending Solutions Raises $8 Million in Series A”
  • “MX Lands $4 Million from CheckFree Founder Pete Kight”

Around the web

  • iSignthis to provide KYC services to Coinify, Europe’s leading bitcoin-payment service provider.
  • Feedzai’s algorithms poised to analyze $800 million in purchases in real time each day.
  • Bitbond launches bitcoin affiliate program to allow users to earn money online simply by placing a link.
  • Matchi launches first innovation challenge for insurance company.
  • Lendio funds more than 500 small businesses in one month.
  • Xero surpasses milestone of 100,000 subscribers in the United Kingdom.
  • Algomi announces expansion, opening new office in New York.
  • Misys wins Customer Focus Award, named “National Champion for the U.K.” by the European Business Awards.
  • Let’s Talk Payments profiles PFM and account-aggregation solution provider, eWise.

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Finovate Alumni News

By David Penn Posted on
Categories: Authy, Avalara, BillGuard, Fidor Bank, Five Degrees, Heckyl Technologies, Insuritas, Interxion, iSignthis, Lending Club, Market Prophit, Nexmo, Prosper, PsychSignal, TickerTags, TSYS, Twilio, Xignite

On Finovate.com

  • Commentary: “”Prosper Signals Move into PFM with $30 Million Acquisition of BillGuard“
  • Thanks to Xignite, the #FintechRevolution Will Be API’d”

Around the web

  • Lending Club adds Indiana, Kansas, and Nebraska, expanding its services to 36 states.
  • Premier Bank in Bangladesh extends payments agreement with TSYS, upgrading to PRIME4.
  • iSignthis to provide KYC services to Danish payment processor and card acquirer, Clearhaus, beginning in early 2016.
  • LeasePlan Bank implements Matrix digital banking platform from Five Degrees.
  • Peoples Bank & Trust hires Insuritas to launch turnkey insurance agency.
  • Kaspersky’s blog mentions Twilio’s Authy as a way to protect your ID on a smartphone.
  • Avalara announces the availability of a benefits program exclusively for U.S. QuickBooks ProAdvisors® and their clients.
  • Celent advises banks to be more like Fidor Bank in order to remain relevant.
  • The Neutral Internet Exchange NL-ix will use Interxion Cloud Connect to connect to Microsoft Azure as a part of its new cloud connectivity services.
  • TABB Research features Heckyl Technologies, Market Prophit, PsychSignal, and TickerTags in its new report on “social alpha 2.0.”
  • Nexmo teams up with mobile operator, H3G, to bring its SMS-based user-authentication technology to Sweden and Denmark. See Nexmo at FinDEVr 2015 in San Francisco next month.

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Finovate Alumni News

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: BehavioSec, Concur, Currency Cloud, Dwolla, eToro, Flywire, iSignthis, Lending Club, Nutmeg, On Deck Capital, PayPal, Personal Capital, Red Giant, Simple, Stratos, StreetShares, Tradier, TransferWise, TSYS, Xero, Zopa

On Finovate.com

  • “From API to UX/UI: A Preview of FinDEVr 2015“

Around the web

  • Stratos wins Fast Company’s Innovation by Design Award, the company’s third product award.
  • Business Insider ranks Algomi, Currency Cloud, eToro, Nutmeg, Zopa, and TransferWise among top fintech companies in Britain.
  • Concur integrates with GigSky to enable travelers to access the internet while traveling.
  • Dwolla expands its credit services to include instant money transfers among friends and family.
  • Let’s Talk Payments lists 25 top alternative lending startups including OnDeck, Street Shares, Zopa, and Lending Club.
  • Xero previews two new features—billable expenses and invoice reminders—for small-business users of its platform.
  • peerTransfer announces U.S., Europe expansion; rebrands as Flywire.
  • TSYS to expand its Enterprise Tokenization technology to support Android Pay.
  • Red Giant launches its Red Giant Family Plan to offer families a way to manage daily spending.
  • iSignThis‘ KYC services now satisfy U.S. anti-money laundering requirements.
  • PayPal explains its recently launched API Transactions Dashboard.
  • BehavioSec joins PwC’s Accelerator Programme.
  • Lending Club’s Carrie Dolan named one of American Banker’s 2015 Most Powerful Women in Finance.
  • Personal Capital appoints Mark Goines as CMO.
  • Matt Compton becomes COO of Simple, which has tripled its staff to 300 employees from February 2014.
  • TechCrunch features Lending Club’s coming-of-age story.

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Finovate Alumni News

By David Penn Posted on
Categories: additiv, Dealflow, Empyr, Feedzai, Finanteq, Fiserv, HelloWallet, Hypori, InforcePRO, iSignthis, Jumio, LiftForward, Moven, Socure

On Finovate.com

  • “FinovateFall 2015: Mapping Fintech’s International Neighborhood”

Around the web

  • Feedzai teams up with Socure to combine social biometrics with fraud-risk scoring. See Socure at FinovateFall 2015 in New York City next week.
  • Moven CEO Brett King joins the advisory board for Jumio.
  • Fiserv joins Visa, Citi, Nasdaq, and Capital One in $30 million funding of blockchain startup, Chain. Join Fiserv in New York City next week for FinovateFall 2015.
  • iSignthis confirms the adequacy of its KYC services for use by financial institutions in the U.S.

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Finovate Alumni News

By David Penn Posted on
Categories: Advisor Software, Backbase, Deluxe, Forte Payment Systems, Hip Pocket, iSignthis, Kofax, Matchi, Praesidio, ScriptRock, TickSmith, Token, Trunomi, Xignite, Zopa

On Finovate.com

  • “Trunomi Raises $3 Million to Solve KYC Challenges”
  • Finovate Debuts: “Hip Pocket Generates Qualified Mortgage Leads While Boosting Engagement”

Around the web

  • Financial Times quotes Giles Andrews, Zopa executive chairman, in discussion on P2P providers and fee transparency.
  • Let’s Talk Payments talks with Stephane Dubois, CEO and founder of Xignite, on the importance of APIs in fintech. See Xignite at FinDEVr 2015 in San Francisco in October.
  • iSignthis to provide KYC services to Crownbet Pty starting in 2016.
  • TickSmith’s TickVault earns certification on Cloudera Enterprise.
  • KPMG and Matchi form alliance to enhance access to financial service innovation.

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Finovate Alumni News

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Access Development, Apprenda, ayondo, Azimo, BehavioSec, Cachet Financial Solutions, CSI globalVCard, FutureAdvisor, InComm, Insuritas, iSignthis, LearnVest, Tradeshift, Trulioo, Zooz

On Finovate.com

  • “Platform-as-a-Service Specialist Apprenda Raises $24 Million”
  • “Azimo Launches New Service in 10 Countries in Africa, Asia-Pacific”

Around the web

  • Irish Tech News interviews Neil Costigan, BehavioSec CEO.
  • InComm partners with Gemalto to offer a secure, prepaid mobile NFC-payment option.
  • Zooz partners with Cardinal Commerce to offer Cardinal Consumer Authentication (CCA) to the Zooz merchant base.
  • CNBC highlights how Northwestern Mutual’s LearnVest attracts millennials.
  • Denver Community Credit Union to install Insuritas’ insurance-agency solution for its 25,000+ members.
  • Daily Life Tips highlights Ayondo as the best online trading platform for beginners.
  • “Tradeshift Partners with EcoVadis to Bring Reliable Supplier Sustainability Ratings to Global Platform”
  • “Cachet Financial Solutions and Access Development Partner to Enhance Mobile Commerce for Financial Institutions Across America”
  • Trulioo appoints former Experian GM as president.
  • FutureAdvisor launches its online investment library.
  • eMerchantPay teams up with iSignthis to offer AML and KYC compliance to its merchants.
  • PYMNTS.com interviews David Disque, managing director of CSI globalVCard.

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Finovate Alumni News

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: ArthaYantra, Backbase, Betterment, Billhighway, Braintree, Coinbase, FutureAdvisor, Insuritas, iSignthis, Lending Club, Market Prophit, PayItSimple, PayPal, Prosper, ReadyForZero, Ripple, Topicus, Trustly, Wealthfront

On Finovate.com

  • “Redesigning the Value Chain: Q&A with Michiel Schipper of Topicus”

Around the web

  • Trustly appoints CCO from Société Générale and director of sales from Klarna Group.
  • Swiss Re partners with Backbase to develop a new digital platform for selling and servicing life and health products online. Come see Backbase at FinDEVr on 6/7 October in San Francisco.
  • PayItSimple launches in the United Kingdom.
  • Greater Nevada, $550 million in assets, hires Insuritas to launch insurance agency.
  • Paybefore: “How the Ripple Protocol Could Change Payments”
  • PayPal’s Braintree supports Apple Pay in the U.K. with its v.zero SDK. Come see Braintree at FinDEVr this fall.
  • Billhighway adopts SnapApp platform to develop and publish interactive content that increases market engagement.
  • ReadyForZero lists Prosper and Lending Club as 2 of the top 3 debt-consolidation loan companies.
  • Betterment launches SmartDeposit feature.
  • Market Prophit licenses its platform to Nasdaq’s Market Intelligence Desk.
  • The Flying Merchant to use digital eKYC solution from iSignthis to meet AML requirements.
  • The Economic Times India features ArthaYantra, Betterment, FutureAdvisor, and Wealthfront in a review of robo-advisors.

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Finovate Alumni News

By David Penn Posted on
Categories: Avalara, Azimo, BizEquity, Clover Network, Dwolla, First Data, INETCO Systems, Insuritas, iSignthis, Kabbage, MasterCard, Narrative Science, Quantopian, SnoopWall, Social Money

On Finovate.com

  • Azimo Lands $20 Million in Series B Investment Led by Frog Capital
  • Narrative Science Launches Quill Portfolio Review

Around the web

  • INETCO teams up with Printec Partners to bring customer transaction data and analytics to FIs in Central and Eastern Europe.
  • MasterCard to provide tokenization support for private-label credit cards used in digital wallets.
  • Dwolla joins steering committee of Fed Fast Task Force dedicated to creating a faster payment system.
  • iSignthis partners with IPGPAY Ltd., bringing online identity-verification to clients in the Asia Pacific region.
  • Avalara acquires Belgium-based VAT Applications. Check out Avalara at FinDEVr on 6/7 October 2015 in San Francisco.
  • Kabbage partners with UPS Capital Partners to offer more SMBs access to a loan through UPS. Kabbage will present at FinDEVr in San Francisco this 6/7 October.
  • SandHill mentions SnoopWall as 1 of 5 cool, pre-VC cybersecurity startups.
  • First Data launches Clover Mini for accepting Apple Pay, Android Pay, and other NFC-enabled wallets.
  • Thinking Capital announces new name, visual identity and tagline.
  • Insuritas partners with Gate City Bank to install insurance-agency solution in the North Dakota-based bank.
  • BizEquity signs distribution agreement with Four Seasons Financial Group, a wholesale insurance and investments provider for institutional markets.
  • Social Money and Sallie Mae Partner to Create New Digital Banking Solution.
  • The Coin Telegraph talks open source software and fintech innovation with Quantopian.

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Finovate Alumni News

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Arxan Technologies, Betterment, FutureAdvisor, iSignthis, MasterCard, MaxMyInterest, Motif Investing, PaySimple, Place2Give, Taulia, Vanguard, Wealthfront, Xero

Around the web

  • Xero’s new feature helps businesses manage their data with a new dashboard that displays a variety of benchmarking metrics.
  • Pymnts talks with Eric Remer, founder and CEO of PaySimple, about its holistic payments solution.
  • Taulia launches mentorship program for women.
  • iSignthis inks agreement with SolidTrustPay to provide identity and authentication services.
  • MasterCard acquires Applied Predictive Technologies (APT) for $600 million.
  • Business Solutions profiles security specialist, Arxan Technologies.
  • The Economist features MaxMyInterest, a solution for “yield-hungry savers.”
  • Nasdaq’s Street Authority contrasts Vanguard with “robo-advisers” including Betterment, FutureAdvisor, Motif Investing, and Wealthfront. Join Vanguard in San Jose in May for FinovateSpring 2015.
  • Place2Give launches Nepal Relief Fund.

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iSignthis Presents its Cloud-Based Identification and Transaction Authentication Technology for PSPs

By David Penn Posted on
Categories: iSignthis

iSignthis_logo_high-res.jpgThis post is part of our live coverage of FinovateEurope 2015.

Our next presenter is iSignthis, with its cloud-based identity and transaction-authentication solution for payment service providers.

A global, highly scalable, and fully remote combined evidence of identity and transaction authentication system to assist clients with meeting (i) Know Your Customer (KYC) for AML/CTF requirements and (ii) strong customer/payment authentication. The service generates evidence of identity on a dynamic basis, linking transaction parameters to the payment instrument and multifactor authentication. The service also assists PSPs with meeting the European Banking Authority’s SecuRE Pay and its strong customer authentication requirements, and the EC’s PSD2.

The service further provides operational benefits for any online business seeking to reduce customer onboarding friction, mitigate CNP fraud, and/or streamline operations.

Presenters: Managing Director John Karantzis; Commercial Director Marc Bongers
 
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Product launch: February 2015
Product distribution strategy: Direct to Business (B2B), through financial institutions, through other fintech companies and platform, licensed
HQ: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Metrics: $1 million USD raised to date; less than 15 employees; listing on ASX in January 2015
Website: isignthis.com
Twitter: @iSignthis_Ltd

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iSignthis Raises $3 Million

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Categories: iSignthis

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Less than a month away from its Finovate debut, online transaction authenticator iSignthis has announced raising more than $3 million.

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iSignthis specializes in verifying online transactions for financial institutions ranging from banks to insurance groups to online betting companies. The company’s Merchant Protect solution authentications credit and debut card transactions regardless of originating card scheme and issuing bank combination. iSignthis’ technology is based on an Evidence of Identity (EOI) process that is remote, automatic, and scalable. It can also be used by institutions needing to remotely authenticate individuals for AML.KYC requirements.
Headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, iSignthis has been developing solutions for online payment security and identity authentication since 2011. The company’s technology is patented in the U.S., Europe, South Africa, and Australia, and pending in China, Hong Kong, Canada, Brazil, and India. John Karantzis is CEO.
Join iSignthis in London in February for FinovateEurope 2015. Pick up your tickets today.

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