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Finovate Alums Populate the FinTech50

By David Penn Posted on January 30, 2015
Categories: Algomi, BehavioSec, Blockchain, Currency Cloud, Darwinex, eToro, ETRONIKA, Fidor Bank, Five Degrees, Holvi, InvoiceSharing, Ixaris, Klarna, Kreditech, Mambu, mBank & Efigence, Nutmeg, Tink, TransferWise, Trunomi, Trustly, Zooz

Looking for the most innovative startups in fintech? The FinTech50 is a great place to start.

It also turns out to be a great place to find Finovate alums. Of the 50 companies recognized by FinTechCity’s panels of judges as being “game-changers transforming the future of finance,” nearly half are alumni of Finovate conferences – including our upcoming event in London.

Here is the list of alums in alphabetical order:

Algomi
BehavioSec
BlockChain
Currency Cloud
Darwinex
eToro
ETRONIKA
Fidor Group
Five Degrees
Holvi
InvoiceSharing
Ixaris
Klarna
Kreditech
Mambu
mBank with efigence
Nutmeg
Tink
TransferWise
Trunomi
Trustly
Zooz

According to Chris Skinner, who was one of the panelists, more than 700 companies competed for spots in the FinTech50. The selection panel included veterans of finance and technology from companies ranging from American Express and Google to Silicon Valley Bank and UBS. The FinTech50 winners were announced at an invitation-only event in London.

Speaking of London, Five Degrees, InvoiceSharing, Ixaris, mBank, and Trunomi will be in town next month, demonstrating their latest solutions at FinovateEurope 2015, February 10 and 11. More information on the event available here.

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Alumni News– January 9, 2015

By David Penn Posted on January 9, 2015
Categories: Aptys Solutions, BillGuard, Cachet Financial Solutions, CAN Capital, CrowdCurity, Dwolla, Klarna, Kreditech, Mint Bills, Misys, Nymi, Receivables Exchange, Saved Plus, Taulia, TextPower, Wallaby Financial, Wealthfront, WePay, Xero_homepage

Kiplinger’s list of five great free financial apps features BillGuard, Mint Bills, Level Money, SavedPlus, and Wallaby Financial.

Aptys Solutions Announces New CEO and CTO.

Center for Financial Inclusion highlights Dwolla, Klarna, Kreditech, Receivables Exchange, and Wealthfront in its review of Australia Wealth Investor’s top 50 fintech innovators for 2014.

First Electric Cooperative deploying TextPower SmartAlerts.

WePay makes Bobs Guide’s “Fintech Startups to Watch in 2015” list.

Misys awarded SWIFT Certified Application labels for trade and supply chain management.

CrowdCurity launches newly designed website.

Time magazine lists Nymi as 1 of 5 most important things happening at CES 2015.

Forbes: Xero Wants All Small Businesses To Do Accounting In The Cloud.

Tradier releases Morningstar-sourced fundamentals APIs to beta.

Cachet Financial launches Co-Branded Option for Select Mobile Money Solution.

PYMNTS interviews CAN Capital CMO James Mendelsohn about access to alternative funding.

Taulia launches “Take Control” campaign to help companies better understand early payment solution.

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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Alumni News– December 23, 2014

By David Penn Posted on December 23, 2014
Categories: CashStar, Continuity Control, EVRY, Green Dot, Heckyl Technologies, Jemstep, Jwaala, Kashoo, Klarna, Larky, Lending Club, On Deck Capital, Silanis Technology, Sonavation, TradeKing, Xignite

The Tech Bulletin profiles Heckyl Technologies.

Sonavation announces acquisition of assets of Arkami.

Chelsea State Bank launches Larky-powered mobile app.

EVRY announces a four-bank, $160 million payments partnership.

Kashoo unveils version 4.1 of its cloud accounting and bookkeeping app for iOS.

Walmart to distribute GreenDot prepaid products in 2015.

BMO Financial Group’s deployment of Xignite Enterprise wins American Financial Technology Award.

IT Qlick takes a look at Jwaala Personal Financial Manager and roomMaster.

Klarna considers expansion to India.

CashStar teams up with Spafinder Wellness.

NY Times DealBook looks at disruptive startups in fintech including Lending Club, On Deck, and TradeKing.

Forbes.com column on how companies stand out from the crowd features Silanis Technology.

Jemstep to power Redhawk Online Advisor.

Continuity Control taps Peter Rawlinson as Chief Marketing Officer.

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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Alumni News– December 19, 2014

By David Penn Posted on December 19, 2014
Categories: ayondo, Betterment, BrightScope, CardFlight, CREALOGIX, Financial Guard, FutureAdvisor, Holvi, IntelliResponse, Jemstep, Klarna, Loop, Meniga, Open Bank Project, peerTransfer, Personal Capital, SigFig, TradeKing, TransferWise, True Potential, Wallaby Financial, Wealthfront, Xero

Money Facts looks at how TransferWise helps consumers save on money transfer fees.

Huffington Post features Matthew Goldman of Wallaby Financial in a conversation on credit card strategies for travelers.

PYMNTS.com interviews LoopPay Chief Technologist George Wallner.

A comparison between Stockholm and Silicon Valley in The Independent highlights Klarna.

Virtual Agent Chat checks in on post-acquisition IntelliResponse.

Cardflight’s SwipeSimple joins MasterCard mPOS providers.

News.com.au reports: How Xero went from a scribbled figure on a serviette to a $2 billion company.

Crealogix and Meniga create Digital Bank and PFM Solution for BNP’s Consors Bank.

peerTransfer named 2014 Winner of BostInno’s 50 on Fire Award.

Forbes lists Holvi as 1 of 5 Finnish startups to watch.

Programmable Web considers how Open Bank Project’s API brings more openness to banking internationally.

Ayondo launches ad campaign on 2 major German TV networks.

Business Insider features Betterment, Financial Guard, FutureAdvisor, Jemstep, Personal Capital, SigFig, TradeKing, and Wealthfront in a look at the growth of robo-advisors.

BrightScope releases its Top 30 401(k) Plans List.

Management Today profiles David Harrison, managing partner at True Potential.

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 Alums Fill Ranks of KPMG’s Fintech Innovators for 2014

By David Penn Posted on December 18, 2014
Categories: Betterment, Coinbase, Credit Karma, CUneXus, Dwolla, eToro, FutureAdvisor, Kabbage, Klarna, Kreditech, LearnVest, Lending Club, MiiCard, Motif Investing, Nutmeg, On Deck Capital, PayNearMe, Personal Capital, Prosper, SecureKey, SigFig, SocietyOne, Stockpile, SumUp, The Receivables Exchange, TransferWise, Wealthfront, Xero, Yodlee, Zopa

Draw up a list of the top fintech innovators of 2014. Got it? Now tell me how many of your top 50 companies are not just impressive companies in their respective fields, but Finovate alums, as well.

If you are global accounting and consulting group, KPMG, then the answer is “more than half.”

Of the 50 companies recognized by KPMG in its 2014 review of top fintech innovators, 27 have demoed their technologies at Finovate conferences. And of that 27, 13 have won Best of Show at least once.

The inaugural “50 Best Fintech Innovators” report is a joint venture between AWI Ventures KPMG Australia and the Financial Services Council (FSC).

The companies chosen were selected based on four factors: total capital raised, rate of capital raising, degree of sub industry disruption, and “degree of product, service, customer experience and business model innovation.”

Writing in an introduction to the report, AWI Limited CEO Ben Heap explained why fundraising played such a prominent part of the selection process.

“These assessment criteria reflect the fact that venture capital invested is a relevant measure of innovation which in turn fuels enduring competitive advantage,” he wrote.

“Venture capitalists seek this enduring competitive advantage over and above everything else.”

Here’s a breakdown of Finovate alums in the list, in order of appearance, along with links to their most recent demo video. Boldface indicates Best of Show winner.

Wealthfront – (as kaChing) FinovateStartup 2009
Kabbage – FinovateFall 2014
Motif Investing – FinovateFall 2013
Klarna – FinovateSpring 2012
Lending Club – Finovate 2007
OnDeck – FinovateSpring 2012, FinDEVr San Francisco 2014
Kreditech – FinovateSpring 2014
Xero – FinovateSpring 2011, FinDEVr San Francisco 2014
Yodlee – FinovateFall 2013, FinDEVr San Francisco 2014
Prosper – Finovate 2007
Coinbase – FinovateSpring 2014
Credit Karma – FinovateStartup 2009
LearnVest – FinovateFall 2011
Personal Capital – FinovateFall 2011, FinDEVr San Francisco 2014
PayNearMe – FinovateSpring 2013, FinDEVr San Francisco 2014
SecureKey – FinovateFall 2010
Nutmeg – FinovateEurope 2012
Transferwise – FinovateEurope 2013
Betterment – FinovateFall 2010
SocietyOne – FinovateAsia 2012
eToro – FinovateEurope 2011
SumUp – FinovateEurope 2013
Zopa – FinovateSpring 2008
Receivables Exchange – FinovateFall 2010
FutureAdvisor – FinovateFall 2013
Dwolla – FinovateSpring 2011
SigFig – FinovateFall 2011

“Ones to Watch”

CUneXus – FinovateSpring 2014
miiCard – FinovateFall 2013
StockPile – FinovateSpring 2014

See the full list of companies here.

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Alumni News– December 16, 2014

By David Penn Posted on December 16, 2014
Categories: AnchorID, Arroweye Solutions, Arxan Technologies, Betterment, blooom, D3 Banking, Entersekt, EverSafe, EyeLock, FutureAdvisor, Insuritas, Interactions, iQuantifi, Jingit, Klarna, Lending Club, MaxMyInterest, Mint.com, PayPal, PayStand, ProfitStars, ShopKeep POS, Spreedly, Top Image Systems, TSYS, Wealthfront, ZenPayroll

Top Image Systems announces closing “six-figure eFLOW5 deal” with leading Asia-Pacific bank.

ACCESSbank to deploy turnkey insurance agency courtesy of Insuritas.

Klarna payment solution now integrated into ekmPowershop.

D3 Banking partners with ProfitStars to offer iPay Consumer Bill Pay.

Pymnts interviews Jingit, Spreedly, and TSYS CEOs on what they think will make or break 2015.

Pymnts: PayPal Loan Program to Compete with Lending Club.

ShopKeep gives free NFC reader to new customers wanting to accept ApplePay.

Finovate Debuts: EyeLock’s Myris Device Authenticates Using Iris Identification.

Arroweye Solutions to Provide Debit and Prepaid Card Production to DMS Bank & Trust Ltd.

ZenPayroll now lets companies match employees’ charitable donations.

Arxan Integrates With IBM Security AppScan and Trusteer Products.

Mint launches bill pay and management platform.

Entersekt Receives Honorable Mention in 2014 Gartner Magic Quadrant for User Authentication.

Coins Source features PayStand.

Interactions closes strategic deal to acquire AT&T Watson speech recognition and natural language understanding platform.

Consumer Reports features AnchorID, Betterment, Blooom, EverSafe, FutureAdvisor, iQuantifi, MaxMyInterest, and Wealthfront in its column, “Bright Ideas for a Prosperous 2015.”

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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Alumni News– December 9, 2014

By David Penn Posted on December 9, 2014
Categories: Actiance, App Annie, Betterment, Blackhawk Network, Cachet Financial Solutions, CrowdFlower, Dashlane, iQuantifi, Klarna, Knox, Mitek, Personal Capital, SecondMarket, SigFig, Trustev, Wealthfront, Yodlee

Cachet Financial Solutions to offer Mitek’s Mobile Photo Account Opening SaaS suite.

CrowdFlower CEO Lukas Biewald writes personally about the relationship between startups and their boards of directors.

Investor Junkie reviews roboadvisor, iQuantifi.

Knox Payments partners with ChangeTip to support bitcoin transaction via ACH.

CardNotPresent takes a look at Klarna’s US expansion plans.

Yodlee introduces transaction data enrichment service.

Fox News compares funding of Wealthfront, Personal Capital, Betterment, and SigFig.

Blackhawk Network’s closed loop gift cards available at some USPS locations.

VentureBeat: App Annie now tracks stats from Windows and Windows Phone stores.

SecondMarket wins 48,000 Bitcoin in U.S. Marshals auction.

Actiance extends security capabilities to email.

TechCrunch: Trustev Uses Fraud Detection Software to Crack Down on Internet Trolls.

Dashlane launches one-click password changer.

BehavioSec Lands $6 Million Led by Northzone and Octopus Investments.

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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Alumni News– December 3, 2014

By David Penn Posted on December 3, 2014
Categories: ACI Worldwide, Betterment, Blockchain, Braintree, Coinbase, Currency Cloud, Entrepreneurial Finance Lab, iQuantifi, Klarna, Lending Club, LendingTree, Motif Investing, Nymi, SK Planet, True Potential, Trulioo, Venmo, Wallaby Financial

Wallaby Financial has been acquired by Bankrate.

iQuantifi announces million-dollar angel investment.

LendingTree unveils its small business loan marketplace with loans from $5,000 to $1 million.

Young Adult Money explains how to invest using Motif Investing.

Betterment reaches 50,000 customer milestone.

SK Planet promotes its Bluetooth Low Energy powered mileage app, Syrup, in Seoul.

True Potential announces the launch of 15 new, open-ended investment company funds in Q1 2015.

Bank of South Pacific to deploy ACI Proactive Risk Manager from ACI Worldwide to help protect against fraud.

Klarna to invest $100 million over the next three years to launch its payments systems in the U.S.

Finovate Debuts: Loyal3’s Stock Investments Democratizes Access to Stocks and IPOs.

Entrepreneurial Finance Lab gets a new look.

Pymnts features conversation with Currency Cloud’s Chief Commercial Officer on how they modernize money movement.

Coinbase now enables some customers to hold USD balances in their Coinbase wallets.

Financial Times: Early investors to make big gains on Lending Club IPO.

Time names Braintree’s Venmo as 1 of the top 10 apps of 2014.

Bionym rebrands to Nymi.

Blockchain issued a .SSL certification.

TechVibes features Trulioo’s new design.

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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Alumni News– November 26, 2014

By David Penn Posted on November 26, 2014
Categories: Azimo, BehavioSec, BioCatch, EyeVerify, EZBOB, Fastacash, Heckyl Technologies, IntelliResponse, Kabbage, Klarna, Linkable Networks, Nomis Solutions, P2BInvestor, Patch of Land, Realty Mogul

Spend Matters features P2Binvestor and its crowdfunding approach to providing credit to small businesses.

POTs and PANs looks at biometric authentication innovators, EyeVerify, BehavioSec, and BioCatch.

Best Advice explores EZBOB’s strategy to attract SMEs to online lending.

Bank of Internet USA to deploy IntelliResponse virtual agent technology.

First Annapolis’ The Navigator Newsletter interviews Sebastian Siemiakowski, CEO of Klarna.

Fastacash, Heckyl Technologies, Kabbage, Linkable Networks, and Nomis Solutions named to Red Herring Top 100 Global.

Investor Intel mentions Patch of Land and Realty Mogul in column on helping baby boomers participate in real estate crowd funding.

Azimo to join London mayor Boris Johnson’s trade mission to Malaysia and Singapore.

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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Alumni News– October 20, 2014

By David Penn Posted on October 20, 2014
Categories: Capital Access Network, Coinbase, Compass Plus, ID Analytics, ID.me, InComm, Klarna, Lending Club, Nopsec, Nous.net, The Currency Cloud, Zighra

Nous raises $600k to help drive its SparkProfit stock market prediction platform.

Lending Club selects the NYSE for its IPO.

Currency Cloud releases Connect API 2.0.

ID.me announces acquisition of Perkla.

InComm partners with CardCash to integrate its online gift card exchange at InComm’s retail partners nationwide.

Compass Plus completes its TranzAxis integration with Klarna.

Invest Ottawa features Zighra.

ID Analytics names Scott Carter Chief Operating Officer.

Check out Finovate Debuts: NopSec.

CAN Capital closes its first capital markets asset-backed notes offering.

Coinbase now available in 6 additional languages.

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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Alumni News– September 19, 2014

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on September 19, 2014
Categories: Green Dot, Klarna, PayPal

Green Dot Agrees to Buy TPG for Tax Refund Processing.

PayPal Here now on Android tablets.

Klarna Announces U.S. Team As It Plans For 2015 Launch In The U.S.

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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