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By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Avoka, CSI globalVCard, Dashlane, iSignthis, Lendio, Misys, Mitek, NuData Security, On Deck Capital, Prosper, TransferWise

On Finovate.com

  • “TransferWise Lands $26 Million, Crossing into Unicorn Territory”
  • “Check out this week’s FinDEVr APIntelligence”
  • “Dashlane’s $22.5 Million in New Funding Comes with a Strategic Partner”
  • “Mitek and Avoka Team Up to Provide New Mobile Onboarding Solution”
  • “A Double-Edged Sword: Prosper Increases Rates to Attract Lenders”

Around the web

  • Lendio partners with GoDaddy marketplace to offer small business owners access to working capital.
  • Misys to integrate its FusionBanking Loan IQ technology with Debtdomain from Ipreo.
  • iSignthis announces pilot agreement with iFOREX.
  • CSI globalVCard teams up with MacNair Travel Management to develop a payment solution for travel managers and procurement professionals.
  • NuData Security partners with the National Anti-Organized Retail Crime Association (NAORCA).

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Marketplace Lending Power 20 List Honors 8 Alums

Marketplace Lending Power 20 List Honors 8 Alums
By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Credit Karma, Kabbage, Lending Club, Lendio, LiftForward, On Deck Capital, Patch of Land, Prosper

Power20This week, small business lender Mayava Capital honored the most influential people in small business lending in its Marketplace Lending Power 20 awards.

Representatives from eight Finovate alums were ranked among the group who are, as Mayava puts it, “redefining lending, resurrecting small businesses across the country, and consequently rebuilding the American economy, one loan at a time.” For more information about the awards, check out What Powers the Power 20.

The recipients in order of rank:

Lending Club CEO and Founder Renaud Laplanche
Rank: #1

Lending Club’s FinovateSpring 2009 demo

Prosper CEO Aaron Vermut
Rank: #5

Prosper’s FinovateSpring 2009 demo

OnDeck Capital CEO Noah Breslow
Rank: #8

OnDeck’s FinovateSpring 2012 demo

OnDeck’s FinDEVr New York 2016 presentation

Kabbage COO and Co-founder Kathryn Petralia
Rank: #9

  • Has grown to 80 employees since launching in 2009
  • Has gained 100,000+ customers
  • Has furnished almost $1 billion in loans

Kabbage’s FinovateSpring 2015 demo

Kabbage’s FinDEVr San Francisco 2015 presentation

Credit Karma CEO and Founder Kenneth Lin
Rank: #10

  • Ranked a top-free finance app in iTunes
  • Serves 50+ million users
  • Founded in 2007

Credit Karma’s FinovateSpring 2009 demo

LiftForward President and CEO Jeffrey Rogers
Rank: #17

  • Has secured credit facilities of up to $250 million
  • More than 70% of the company’s SMB borrowers return for a second loan

LiftForward’s FinovateFall 2015 demo

Patch of Land former CEO* and Co-founder Jason Fritton
Rank: #18

  • Formed the idea of the company in 2011 to help Chicago recover from the real estate crash
  • Since launching in 2013, has funded 217 loans totaling $97 million
  • Has returned $25 million to investors

Patch of Land’s FinovateFall 2014 demo

Lendio CEO and Founder Brock Blake
Rank: #20

  • Has helped more than 500,000 small business owners secure loans since launching in 2005
  • Holds a database of more than 3,500 active U.S. lenders
  • Recognized as one of Utah’s fastest growing companies in 2011

Lendio’s FinovateSpring 2011 demo

*Just this week Patch of Land appointed Paul Deitch, former managing director of Oaktree Capital Management, to take Fritton’s place as Patch of Land CEO.

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American Express Launching Small Business Loans with Lendio

American Express Launching Small Business Loans with Lendio
By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: American Express, Lendio

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Small business loan-marketplace Lendio recently partnered with American Express to power the credit card company’s merchant financing offering.

The loans, which will help Amex expand its customer base, will range from $5,000 to $2 million for up to a 2-year term. To qualify, a business must have been in operation for at least two years and have a minimum of $50,000 in revenue.

The partnership is expected to help Amex make up for the termination of its alliance with Costco, which accounted for 20% of Amex’s outstanding loans.

Lendio works on behalf of small business borrowers to match them with the right loan, helping the 75 lenders on its platform reach qualified borrowers. Last year, the Utah-based company facilitated over $128 million in financing to more than 5,100 businesses. Lendio debuted at FinovateSpring 2011.

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Finovate Alumni News

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Check Point, Entersekt, Fastacash, Featurespace, Finaeos, Lendio

On Finovate.com

  • “American Express Launching Small Business Loans with Lendio”
  • “Finovate Debuts: Featurespace’s ARIC Sandbox Offers a Safe Environment to Test Fraud Models”

Around the web

  • SMART Awards Asia honors Fastacash for the Best P2P Payment Initiative.
  • CNBC Africa interviews Schalk Nolte, CEO of Entersekt.
  • Check Point Software Technologies and ElevenPaths partner to provide Joint Mobile Protection Services Globally.
  • Finaeos to sell its platform-as-a-service offering on Microsoft Azure.

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Finovate Alumni News

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Categories: BBVA, BillGuard, Cachet Financial Solutions, Capitalise, CashSentinel, Financial Apps, i-exceed, Insuritas, Lendio, mBank, Mitek, Nexmo, Prosper, StockViews, Stratumn, Tradeshift, Xignite

On Finovate.com

  • “BillGuard App Changes Name to Prosper Daily”
  • “Capitalise.com to Join Microsoft Accelerator London”
  • “CashSentinel Launches in France with SFPMEI Partnership”
  • “StockViews Raises $355k in Seed Funding; Adds Fidelity’s Balk as Chairman”

On FinDEVr.com

Around the web

  • Poland’s mBank elects to focus on HCE for mobile payments over NFC.
  • Spain’s BBVA upgrades its ATM network to enable cash recycling.
  • TechCrunch features multiple Finovate and FinDEVr alums in its recommendations of financial products for the gig economy.
  • Mitek elects CEO James B. DeBello as chairman of the board.
  • CereTel, selects Cachet Financial Solutions to develop, deploy and manage new prepaid mobile banking platform.
  • Lendio partners with SBE Council to offer its lending resources to SMB owners.
  • Tradeshift announces MetaProcure as reseller.
  • First National Bank to install Insuritas insurance agency solution for its customers.

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Loan Matchmaker Lendio Posts 2015 Growth Numbers

Loan Matchmaker Lendio Posts 2015 Growth Numbers
By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Lendio

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Small business loan marketplace Lendio released a report stating it helped fund more than 5,100 businesses in 2015, up almost 13x from the 400 the company served in 2014, and that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

The Utah-based company experienced record growth across all areas of its business in 2015. Here are the highlights:

  • Facilitated $128+ million in financing for small businesses (up more than 10x from $12 million in 2014)
  • 100% YOY revenue growth
  • 57% of customers returned for additional financing
  • Average loan size of $25,000
  • Helped fund businesses in all 50 states and part of Canada

Founded in 2005, Lendio prides itself on “fueling the American Dream” by working on behalf of small businesses as a lender-matchmaking service. At FinovateSpring 2011, Lendio showed how it works on behalf of the 75 lenders on its platform, helping them expand their reach to find qualified borrowers. The platform enables lenders to filter borrower applications by preferences such as credit score, time in business, revenue, profits, etc.

Lendio’s infographic offers further insight into its 2015 activity:

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Lendio’s CEO Brock Blake and CTO Trent Miskin presented at FinovateSpring 2o11.

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Finovate Alumni News

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: BBVA, eWise, Featurespace, Lending Club, Lendio, Payfone, Striata, Taulia, Temenos, ThreatMetrix, Zooz

On Finovate.com

  • Check out this week’s “FinDEVr APIntelligence”
  • “Loan Matchmaker Lendio Posts 2015 Growth Numbers”
  • “Open API! Shamir Karkal to Head BBVA’s New Developer Platform”

Around the web

  • eWise expands data aggregation network to include institutions in Singapore and Thailand.
  • Peel Hunt Technology’s sector report highlights Featurespace.
  • ThreatMetrix enters into agreement with FUJI SOFT to provide online fraud solutions to Japan.
  • Lending Club opens to retail investors in Maryland and North Dakota, bringing its total to 45 states and Washington D.C.
  • Striata makes its Secure Document Repository (SDR) available for general release.
  • Spend Matters interviews Cedric Bru, Taulia CEO.
  • Zooz taps former Worldpay executive Chester Ritchie as its new EVP of sales and development.
  • Temenos announces plans for $500 million refinancing of its banking facilities.
  • Payfone deploys at an additional tier-1 bank in the U.S., now protects 50+ million U.S. accounts.

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Finovate Alumni News

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Cardlytics, Compass Plus, CSI globalVCard, Lendio, Moven, Silanis Technology, Temenos, True Potential

On Finovate.com

  • “Moven Partners with CommonBond and Payoff for Customer Loan Refinancing”
  • “True Potential Scores Significant Investment from FTV Capital”

Around the web

  • MoneySummit interviews Brock Blake, Lendio CEO and founder.
  • PYMNTS interviews CSI globalVCard about trends guiding the evolution of payments in fleet.
  • AdExchanger considers Cardlytics use-cases.
  • WealthSuite from Temenos goes live at Nordea Bank Luxembourg.
  • Compass Plus earns PCI DSS version 3.1 certification.
  • ISCS integrates eSignLive into its SurePower Innovation modern enterprise suite.

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Finovate Alumni News

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Arroweye Solutions, Boku, Lendio, LiftForward, MaxMyInterest, Personal Capital, Trizic, WealthForge

On Finovate.com

  • “Finovate debuts: LiftForward Allows Clients to Offer Risk-free Purchase Financing”
  • “Trizic raises $2 Million to Help Advisers Compete with Algorithms”

Around the web

  • Financial Planning speculates about Personal Capital’s future.
  • Utah Business Magazine names Lendio one of the best companies to work for in Utah for the third consecutive year.
  • Arroweye Solutions selected to provide prepaid card production and personalization services for The Members Group.
  • Microsoft partners with Boku for carrier billing.
  • Financial Times mentions MaxMyInterest (paywall).
  • Wealthforge one of three winners of the UBS Future of Finance Challenge.

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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.

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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 Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Bill.com, Check Point, DarcMatter, Dream Payments, Kreditech, Larky, Lendio, Malauzai Software, Narrative Science, PayItSimple, peerTransfer, Prosper, Rippleshot, WorldPay

On Finovate.com

  • “Finovate Debuts: Dream Payments Solves Your Payment-acceptance Nightmare”
  • “Bill.com Unveils its iOS App for Small Business Owners”
  • “Malauzai Software Raises $11 Million in Venture Funding”

Around the web

  • Bloomberg: Barclays’s Michael Rake to Become WorldPay Chairman in September. See WorldPay at FinDEVr this October.
  • PaySimple introduces BookSimple, its cloud-based scheduling software.
  • Check Point partners with Vmware partner to bolster security in data centers.
  • Boston Business Journal: peerTransfer to open office in Shanghai, China, this year.
  • Bank Innovation reviews Narrative Science and its plans to enter the robot-advisor market.
  • Let’s Talk Payments interviews Ron Suber, Prosper President.
  • Credit Union Times features Rippleshot CEO and co-founder Canh Tran in its column on fraud detection for CUs.
  • Sang Lee, CEO of DarcMatter, quoted in RIA Biz column on robo-advisors.
  • PYMTNs.com profiles Kreditech as the company pursues Series C investment.
  • Belvoir FCU launches Belvoir Buck$ loyalty program courtesy of partnership with Larky.

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