Finovate Alumni News

On Finovate.com

  • “Finovate Alums Earn Spots Among Finalists in UBS Future of Finance”

Around the web

  • Arxan announces Cyber Security scholarship program.
  • PYMNTS.com interviews Adam White, Coinbase VP and product manager, on the “killer app” phase of bitcoin.
  • CNBC looks at Fastacash and the launch of its remittance app, XOPO.
  • CenturyLink adds former U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu to their board.
  • Banking CIO Outlook magazine features Praesidio.
  • Credit Karma gives away one-billionth free credit score since its 2008 launch.
  • Kony appoints Stephen J. Rohleder, former Accenture COO, to its advisory board.
  • Xero pilots program to allow users to file their GST returns.
  • Bloomberg: Banks Catching Up with Amazon Turn to Iceland Startup Meniga for Ideas.

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.

Finovate Alumni News

On Finovate.com

  • “Roostify Garners $500,000 in Funding from Wells Fargo Accelerator”
  • “Dream Payments Launches its EMV mPOS System in Canada”

Around the web

  • Digital Insight and CUneXus team up to bring digital lending technology to Digital Insight’s financial institution clients.
  • Thomson Reuters unveils its new desktop platform, grouping all FX transaction venues into one single point of access.
  • NBT Bank to deploy Sales Enablement from Fiserv, a mobile messaging solution for wealth managers.
  • PaySwag and PayPal are among the companies highlighted in Inc.’s look back at Money20/20.
  • Entrepreneur.com features Vouch, a social network for credit.
  • StartupSmart profiles document-capture specialist, Shoeboxed.
  • Persistent Systems designs and implements online communities for cloud-managed wi-fi solution provider, AirTight Networks.
  • Trulioo Selected as Runner-up for Startup Canada Award for Innovation.
  • Orasi Software signs partnership agreement with Kony Solutions.

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.

Finovate Alumni News

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.

Finovate Alumni News

On Finovate.com

  • “Kreditech Raises 82 Million in Series C Investment Led by J.C. Flowers”
  • “Ellevest Pulls in $10 Million from Morningstar”

Around the web

  • Ripple Labs and Coinbase are highlighted in this infographic on how banks are using blockchain technology.
  • Let’s Talk Payments takes a look at Aire and its alternative approach to credit scoring.
  • Venmo is featured along with nine other top bill-sharing apps.
  • Emerging Payments Awards selects Hyperwallet as a finalist for the Best Corporate/Government Payments Program award for 2015.
  • Kony to offer enterprise mobility cloud solutions to Etisalat.
  • Forbes: Nordea selects Temenos and Accenture to undertake the first major comprehensive European core-banking replacement in years.
  • ChicagoInno features Morningstar’s HelloWallet’s Best of Show win at FinovateFall.
  • PayPal unveils its chip-card reader in the U.S.
  • Hyperwallet counts down to next week’s FinDEVr developer conference. Come see Hyperwallet at FinDEVr, 6/7 Oct in San Francisco.
  • COO Connect calls Blooom, the future of retail savings.

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.

Finovate Alumni News

On Finovate.com

  • “What’s Trending at FinovateFall?”

Around the web

  • PayPal’s new PayPal.me gives users a customized URL to request money.
  • BigRentz and Kabbage partner to offer equipment-rental financing.
  • Forbes: “PayPal’s Small Business Lending ‘Accelerating‘ On The Way To $1 Billion”
  • EVO Payments purchases Citigroup’s merchant-acquiring business in Mexico.
  • ThetaRay launches its new credit-risk model for online lenders. See ThetaRay at FinovateFall 2015 in September.
  • Boku sells its pay-by-call business to DaoPay.
  • YA partners with InComm to enhance client program delivery.
  • Expensify now enables users to import Items from QuickBooks Online and use them in place of categories for expenses on policies.
  • Kony opens new company headquarters in Austin, Texas.
  • Adobe’s mobile marketing platform is combining Adobe Analytics and Adobe Target, to help app developers and marketers better understand, attract, and retain users. Come see Adobe’s live demo at FinovateFall.
  • itBit adds former NYDFS general counsel Danny Alter as chief compliance officer and general counsel.
  • First Internet Bank unveils Eyeprint ID authentication from EyeVerify for its mobile banking app.

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.