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Finovate Alumni News

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Categories: ayondo, BehavioSec, CAN Capital, Check Point, Coinbase, CurrencyTransfer, Encap, Holvi, Klarna, Lending Club, LOYAL3, Meniga, Mint, PrivatBank, Rippleshot, SmartyPig, SocietyOne, Tink, TransferWise, Trustly

On Finovate.com

  • “Rippleshot Raises $1.2 Million in Round Led by KGC Capital”
  • “SocietyOne Offering Car Loans to Uber Drivers in Australia”

Around the web

  • Xero adds two-step authentication to its accounting platform.
  • CAN Capital teams up with iPayment to help SMEs get access to working capital.
  • Let’s Talk Payments features Klarna, Holvi, BehavioSec, Trustly, Meniga, and Tink in a roundup of top Nordic fintech startups. Remember FinovateEurope 2016 comes to London on February 9 and 10.
  • “Check Point Names Julie Parrish as Chief Marketing Officer”
  • MyBankTracker names Mint, SmartyPig, Lending Club, Coinbase, and Loyal3 on its list of companies every millennial should know about.
  • “ayondo CEO Robert Lempka Explains Innovative Trading Solutions Live on CNBC Asia”
  • TechCrunch looks at TransferWise’s growth.
  • PaymentEye interviews Daniel Abrahams, CEO and co-founder of CurrencyTransfer.com.
  • Bankless Times talks with Encap Security CEO Thomas Bostrøm Jørgensen on current trends in authentication technology.

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

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Arroweye Solutions, BehavioSec, Bento for Business, BioCatch, Comarch, Dealstruck, Dwolla, FIS, Kantox, Klarna, Lendio, Lighter Capital, Markit, Open Bank Project, TESOBE, Zopa

On Finovate.com

  • “Lighter Capital closes $9 Million Series B Funding Round, Raises $100 Million to Lend to Tech Startups”
  • “Dwolla Helps Seamless Deploy its Mobile Wallet in the United States”

Around the web

  • PYMNTS records 2015 payment-trend insights from multiple Finovate and FinDEVr alums.
  • Arroweye featured in Credit Union Journal.
  • Kantox brings free and automatic SWIFT messages to its clients.
  • Dealstruck and Lendio release eBook.
  • The Growing Business Awards names Zopa the Growing Business of the Year in the small business category.
  • American Banker highlights how Tesobe’s Open Bank Project is working toward an API-based banking model.
  • Markit and CLS unveil new streamlined process for cross-currency-swaps settlement.
  • Let’s Talk Payments looks at Klarna and its unconventional approach to authentication.
  • FIS closes SunGard acquisition.
  • BioCatch adds Gadi Maier and Howard Edelstein to its board of directors.
  • Comarch implements Field Service Management solution for receivables management specialist, the KRUK Group.

This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You can also follow alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.

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Finovate Alumni News

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: BehavioSec, Currency Cloud, eToro, Fiserv, Hedgeable, Klarna, Meniga, MX, Narrative Science, SayPay, ShopKeep POS, Sliced Investing, Thomson Reuters, Yodlee

On Finovate.com

  • “Finovate Debuts: Sliced Investing Provides Advisers with Access to Alternative Investments”
  • “Narrative Science Introduces Anti-money Laundering Solution, Quill for AML“
  • “Yodlee’s Ynext Unveils New Incubator Class”

Around the web

  • Thomson Reuters unveils latest version of its tax technology platform, Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE.
  • Re/code looks at ShopKeep POS’s growth and newly hired COO, Michael DeSimone.
  • Currency Cloud partners with API-driven Fidor Bank to provide new SEPA Direct Debit functionality.
  • Hedgeable to take part in Yodlee’s Ynext Launchpad.
  • Business Insider lists eToro, BehavioSec, Klarna, and Fidor, as “companies we wish were big the U.S.”
  • Silicon Slopes Podcast hosts Ryan Caldwell, MX CEO, as he discusses how to improve online banking.
  • RTN Federal Credit Union re-ups with Fiserv’s XP2 account-processing platform.
  • Meniga to power Santander’s PFM.

This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You can also follow alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.

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Finovate Alumni News

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: ACI Worldwide, ayondo, BehavioSec, blooom, Figo, Holvi, Klarna, Meniga, Motif Investing, P2BInvestor, Payoneer, Tradeshift, Trustly, Xero, YapStone

On Finovate.com

  • “Finovate, FinDEVr Alum News at Money20/20″
  • “Figo Announces New “Seven-Figure” Financing Round”

Around the web

  • Payoneer Selected by Amazon to Expand Cross-Border Payment Options in Select Countries.
  • Business Insider names Holvi, BehavioSec, Trustly, Meniga, and Klarna among the 12 hottest Nordic fintech startups.
  • Xero reaches 600,000 subscribers in 180 countries.
  • Tradeshift launches Tradeshift Risk, a solution to monitor and mitigate supplier risk.
  • ayondo launches first product in Singapore.
  • Crowdfund Insider interviews Krista Morgan, CEO and co-founder of P2Binvestor.
  • ACI Worldwide acquires payment gateway, PAY.ON.
  • Let’s Talk Payments interviews Tom Villante, CEO and co-founder of YapStone.
  • MainStreet features “simplified 401(k) robo-adviser” Blooom.
  • SavingAdvice.com reviews Motif Investing.

This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You can also follow alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.

 

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Finovate Alumni News

By David Penn Posted on
Categories: American Express, Coinbase, D3 Banking, Klarna

Around the web

  • Klarna Checkout to accept American Express starting in October. See American Express at FinDEVr 2015 in San Francisco next week.
  • Coinbase provides support for 3D Secure credit and debit cards, enabling instant bitcoin payments in a total of 26 countries.
  • Silicon Prairie News interviews Mike Carter, D3 Banking CMO, on millennials and the “future of banking.”

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Finovate Alumni News

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Aerospike, American Express, blooom, Insuritas, Klarna, Kony, On Deck Capital, Stratos, SumUp, Tradeshift

On Finovate.com

  • “Blooom Wins Grant from LaunchKC”
  • “FinDEVr San Francisco 2015 Presenters All Mapped Out“

Around the web

  • SumUp launches mobile payments service in Sweden.
  • Stratos launches EMV Chip Connected Payment Cards in Q4 2015.
  • Ferguson Federal, $57 million in assets, hires Insuritas to launch insurance agency.
  • Kony helps ORNL FCU deliver customized mobile app experiences to its members.
  • OnDeck partners with Association for Enterprise Opportunity to facilitate up to $10 million in small-business loans.
  • Tradeshift unveils new e-procurement solution, Tradeshift Buy.
  • Aerospike releases version 3.6 of its NoSQL operational database. See Aerospike’s presentation at FinDEVr next week.
  • TechCrunch: Klarna adds American Express as a partner. Come watch American Express’ presentation at FinDEVr.

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

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: AnalytixInsight, Avalara, Clarify, Flint Mobile, FutureAdvisor, Klarna, Moven, Nous.net, ShopKeep POS, SnoopWall, Spreedly, StockViews, The Beast Apps, Trulioo, Urban FT, Wallaby Financial, Wipit, Xignite, Yodlee

On Finovate.com

  • “Banking Suite Provider Urban FT Acquires Wipit” Come see Urban FT at FinovateFall September 16 & 17.

Around the web

  • Niklas Adalberth steps down as Klarna’s deputy CEO.
  • ShopKeep to offer discounts to members of the MasterCard Easy Savings program.
  • Yodlee partners with Salesforce to offer advisers a comprehensive view of their clients’ financial accounts. Come see Yodlee’s presentation at FinDEVr, 6/7 October.
  • Monex to incorporate corporate-actions data from Markit. See Markit at FinDEVr 2015 in San Francisco.
  • Bank Innovation takes note of the Moven approach to displaying transaction histories.
  • Tech Vibes features Trulioo in a look at Vancouver, British Columbia, as a home for fintech innovation. See Trulioo at FinovateFall 2015 in New York.
  • Investment News looks for the next robo-adviser acquisition in the wake of BlackRock’s deal with FutureAdvisor.
  • Waters Technology highlights Nous, StockViews, AnalytixInsight, and Xignite in a review of how innovators are using market data. See Xignite at FinDEVr 2015 in San Francisco.
  • Flint enhances Android app to include immediate electronic receipts via SMS.

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Klarna Makes U.S. Debut with New Overstock.com Partnership

Klarna Makes U.S. Debut with New Overstock.com Partnership
By David Penn Posted on
Categories: Klarna

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Thanks to a new partnership with Overstock.com, Klarna has come to America.

Starting today, customers at Overstock.com will be able to use Klarna Checkout for mobile online purchases. Klarna’s one-tap technology helps remove friction at checkout. Overstock.com CEO Patrick M. Byrne said that the solution has increased conversion rates during testing. CEO of Klarna North America Brian Billingsley called the partnership with Overstock “a massive opportunity to turn more browsers into buyers.”

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From left: Klarna Chief Risk Officer Ohad Samet and SVP of Sales Jakob Söderbaum demonstrated their company’s technology at FinovateSpring 2012.

Klarna’s technology allows online consumers to buy now and pay later. By partnering with more than 50,000 merchants and 35 million total end-customers, Klarna has become a leader in after-delivery payments in Europe. The company’s solution assumes both credit and fraud risk, speeding up checkout, making it safer and guaranteeing payment for the merchant.

Klarna has had an active 2015. The company hired a former American Express executive as its new chief commercial officer in June, and just a few months later, Klarna’s CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski was named to Hot Topics’ top 100 fintech influencers in August. Klarna earned profiles from The Financial Times and Business Insider this summer, and spent the spring “experimenting” with bitcoin and winning bronze in the “Most Disruptive” category at the PYMNTS Innovation Awards. The company began the year joining 21 of its fellow Finovate alums in the FinTech50.

Founded 2005 in Stockholm, Sweden, Klarna made its Finovate debut at FinovateSpring 2012 in San Francisco.

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Finovate Alumni News

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Coinbase, Holvi, Klarna, Narrative Science, PayPal, Prosper, Thinking Capital, TSYS

On Finovate.com

  • “Narrative Science Enhances Quill Engage for Google Analytics”
  • “Klarna makes U.S. Debut with New Overstock.com Partnership”

Around the web

  • Thinking Capital announces back-to-school contest for SMBs.
  • Holvi launches Supercharge, a secure and fast way to move money.
  • Pymnts: PayPal could see a 40% jump to $46/share if recent investments pay off.
  • Vogogo is now live with bitcoin-exchange, Coinbase.
  • Prosper taps Parker Barrile as new chief product officer.
  • TSYS to process credit and debit card portfolios from Metro Bank as part of new payments agreement.

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Finovate Alumni News

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Acculynk, Arxan Technologies, Betterment, Buzz Points, Capriza, Coinbase, CurrencyTransfer, FIS, Hedgeable, Kasasa, Klarna, LoanNow, Nostrum Group, Nymi, On Deck Capital, Payoneer, Pindrop Security, Quisk, Silanis Technology, Slice, Sliced Investing, Soundpays, Trustly, Wealthfront, ZenPayroll, Zopa

On Finovate.com

  • “Finovate Debuts: Slice Introduces Intelligent Shopping API”
  • “Arxan Technologies Drafts Joe Sander as CEO”

Around the web

  • Kasasa reaches milestone: 300+ community FIs now offer Kasasa to members, a total of 823,000 accounts.
  • NY Times lists Betterment, Coinbase, Wealthfront, ZenPayroll as companies that may be the next startup unicorns.
  • Crowdfund Insider: Zopa tops £1 million in loans, a U.K. first for peer-to-peer lending.
  • Global News interviews Karl Martin, Nymi CEO and founder.
  • Trustly bolsters team with appointments from H&M and Klarna.
  • FIS launches financial inclusion lab in India.
  • SME Insider interviews CurrencyTransfer.com‘s CEO Daniel Abrahams.
  • Silanis to deploy eSignLive technology with TransGuard and Occidental Fire & Casualty.
  • Puerto Rico-based Evertec to enable mobile e-commerce courtesy of Acculynk’s PaySecure.
  • Payoneer wins contract with Dailymotion.
  • NPR interviews Pindrop Security‘s CEO Vijay Balasubramaniyan.
  • Selling Power ranks OnDeck 17 out of 50 on its list of 2015 Best Companies to Sell For.
  • Nostrum Group receives FCA authorization for debt administration to cover its involvement in customer loan accounts and debt collection.

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More Than 30 Alums Make Hot Topics 100 Most Influential People in Fintech

More Than 30 Alums Make Hot Topics 100 Most Influential People in Fintech
By David Penn Posted on
Categories: Algomi, Betterment, Bill.com, BillGuard, BizEquity, Coinbase, CurrencyTransfer, Dwolla, Ethoca, eToro, Fastacash, Feedzai, Fenergo, Kabbage, Kantox, Klarna, Kreditech, LearnVest, Lending Club, Moven, Nutmeg, PayNearMe, PayPal, Prosper, Realty Mogul, TransferWise, Wealthfront, Xero, Yodlee, Zopa

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If you drew up a list of the 100 most influential men and women in fintech, how many of them would be alumni of our Finovate/FinDEVr conferences?

The answer is about a third, according to Hot Topics, which released its list of the top 100 fintech influencers this week.

“More transactions taking place online mean more opportunities to help consumers manage their money in digital form: enter the fintech platforms,” wrote Joel Watson for Hot Topics. “Whether it be securing mortgagees, getting a loan, transferring money abroad, spending money in an ecommerce store, or one of a thousand other applications, the marketplace is fiercely competitive and growing all the time.”

See if you agree with who made the cut, who was overlooked, and who deserves at least an honorable mention.

Hot Topics is an online community of more than 300 entrepreneurs, corporate executives, venture capitalists, journalists, bloggers and other professionals interested and involved with technology.

 

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Finovate Alumni News

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: AcceptEmail, Betterment, Fidor Bank, Klarna, MX, Nous.net, On Deck Capital, Ripple, TIO Networks, TSYS, WePay, Zopa

On Finovate.com

  • “Four Finovate Alums Land on Inc. Magazine Top 100″

Around the web

  • Check out Utah Business’s video interview of Ryan Caldwell, MX CEO, honored as one of Utah’s Fast 50. Come see what MX has for developers at FinDEVr this October.
  • Silicon Republic names WePay, Betterment, and OnDeck as companies to follow on Twitter.
  • Pymnts examines how Ripple Labs’ partnership with Earthport enables payments between global trading partners in real time.
  • TSYS hires Patricia Watson as Senior EVP and CIO.
  • Finovate, FinDEVr alums make Let’s Talk Payments’ list of payment companies raising money in 2015.
  • Waters Technology looks at the use of sentiment analysis by investment-oriented startups like Nous and Market Prophet.
  • BankNXT profiles the partnership between two disruptive businesses, Uber and Zopa.
  • Klarna valued at more than $2.25 billion after secondary offering.
  • Fidor Bank CEO Matthias Kroner calls bitcoin a “natural part of the digital lifestyle.”
  • TIO Networks initiates a non-brokered private placement of up to 2.1 million Common Shares priced at $1.08 CAD per share.
  • AcceptEmail names Ron Averett as president and CEO for U.S.A. and Canada.

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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