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A Baker’s Dozen of Our Favorite Russian Fintechs

A Baker’s Dozen of Our Favorite Russian Fintechs
By David Penn Posted on
Categories: Ak Bars Digital Technologies, C24, JuicyScore, LifePAD, LifePay, List series, myWishBoard, PayReverse, Sberbank, SoftWear Finance, SpeechPro, Tinkoff Bank, Tinkoff Credit Systems, Yandex

News this week that Russia’s Yandex had agreed to acquire the country’s biggest online bank Tinkoff was a reminder of how vibrant fintech is not just in Europe, or even just in Central and Eastern Europe, but in Russia, as well.

As our Senior Research Analyst Julie Muhn noted in her coverage of the news, “This is a pretty big deal, not necessarily because of the size of the transaction, but because of the players involved. Yandex is essentially the Google of Russia– it is a tech giant in the region. And Tinkoff Bank is the world’s largest digital bank in terms of customers, boasting more than 10 million clients.”

With this in mind, we want to send out a shout-out to the many fintech companies based in Russia that have demonstrated their technologies live on the Finovate stage over the years. Here’s a look at our Russia-based alums going back to our first European conference in 2012.

PayReverse – FinovateAsia 2018. Founded in 2017. Headquartered in Moscow. Offers a white label cashback service.

Ak Bars Digital Technologies – FinovateFall 2018. Founded in 2016. Headquartered in Kazan. Offers a payments via face recognition technology, Face2Pay.

Tinkoff – FinovateFall 2018. Founded in 2006. Headquartered in Moscow. Offers a digital ecosystem of financial and lifestyle products and services.

JuicyScore – FinovateMiddleEast 2018. Founded in 2016. Headquartered in Moscow. Offers a digital risk-management-as-a-service solution for the financial industry.

SMART Valley – FinovateEurope 2018. Founded in 2017. Headquartered in Moscow. Offers a distributed innovation platform that enables key players to collaborate effectively.

Speechpro – FinovateSpring 2017. Founded in 1990. Headquartered in St. Petersburg. Offers a voice biometric technology, VoiceKey.FRAUD for use in contact centers. Finovate Best of Show winner. U.S.-based subsidiary of Russia’s STC Group.

Sberbank – FinovateSpring 2016. Founded in 1841. Headquartered in Moscow. Offers banking and financial services as the core bank of an international financial group. One of the largest banks in Russia and Europe.

C24 – FinovateEurope 2015. Founded in 2013. Headquartered in Moscow. Offers a multi-channel platform that enables users to connect and aggregate their accounts with different banks. Became Paysend.

LifePay – FinovateEurope 2015. Founded in 2012. Headquartered in Moscow. Offers payment services as one of the largest mPOS EMV chip and pin companies in Russia.

My Wishboard – FinovateEurope 2014. Founded in 2013. Headquartered in Moscow. Offers a social crowdfunding platform to help users fund their goals along with the help of friends, family, and subscribers.

SoftWear Finance – FinovateEurope 2014. Founded in 2012. Headquartered in St. Petersburg. Offers a platform that enables banks to provide their customers with the best possible user experience regardless of platform or device.

Yandex.Money – FinovateSpring 2013. Founded in 2002. Headquartered in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Offers a fast, reliable way for online businesses to collect payments for Russians and customers in Russian-speaking countries. The solution, since sold to Sberbank, originally was launched by Yandex, the leading IT company and search engine in Europe.

LifePAD – FinovateAsia 2013. Founded in 2012. Headquartered in Moscow. Offers a “personal online bank manager” in a table, providing customer service 24/7.

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LifePAD Pledges a Personal Online Bank Manager in Every Tablet

By David Penn Posted on
Categories: FinovateAsia 2013, LifePAD

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This post is part of our live coverage of FinovateAsia 2013.

Our next presenter is Moscow-based LifePAD.

“LifePAD gives every customer an opportunity to have a personal online bank manager in his tablet that can be reached with any question 24/7.”


Presenting Alexey Mikhaylik (CEO) and Marina Lapshina (Coordinator)

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Product Launch: January 10, 2013

Metrics: Private funding $6M, life-pad.ru launched in 2013
Product distribution strategy: Direct to Business (B2B) & through financial institutions
HQ: Moscow, Russian Federation
Founded: October 2012
Website: life-pad.ru

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FinovateAsia 2013 Demo Companies Bring Global Innovation to Singapore

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Advanced Merchant Payments, App Annie, Arkalogic, ArthaYantra, Backbase, BehavioSec, BlueKite, BRIDGEi2i, CustomerXPs, Dragon Wealth, FinovateAsia 2013, GMC Software Technology, i-exceed, IND Group, Intuition Intelligence, KlickEx, Kofax, LifePAD, Luminous, Mambu, Matchi, Mistral Mobile, Mobexo, Mobino, Pangea Payments, Payoneer, Pixeliris, Red Zebra, SaaS Markets, Serverside Group, Smart Engine, TIBCO Software, Tootpay, TradeNet, TSYS, White Label Personal Clouds, Yodlee

FinovateAsia is typically our most globally diverse show, and this year is no different. Two weeks from now, we will showcase 37 demos from companies spanning the globe that are innovating in everything from remittance to small business tools to back office solutions and much more. 

Given that diversity, we thought it would be fun put together a map showing the geographic spread of the demoing companies that will take the stage (click the map to enlarge).

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Here’s the breakdown of the number of companies from each region:

  • Asia: 12
  • Europe: 11
  • North America: 9
  • Africa: 1
  • Oceania: 2
  • Middle East: 2

To refresh your memory, the list of the companies that we’ve hand-picked to show off their new technology at the Max Atria @ Singapore Expo on November 14, include:

  • Advanced Merchant Payments
  • App Annie
  • Arkalogic
  • ArthaYantra
  • Backbase
  • BehavioSec
  • BlueKite
  • BRIDGEi2i
  • CustomerXPs Software
  • DragonWealth
  • GMC Software Technologies
  • i-exceed
  • IND Group
  • Intuition Intelligence
  • KlickEx
  • Kofax
  • LifePAD
  • Luminous
  • Mambu
  • Matchi
  • Mistral Mobile
  • Mobexo
  • Mobino
  • Pangea
  • Payoneer
  • Pixeliris
  • Red Zebra
  • SaaS Markets
  • Serverside
  • Smart Engine
  • TIBCO
  • Tootpay
  • TradeNet
  • TSYS
  • White Label Personal Clouds
  • Yodlee

To see live demos of the new technology, meet the entrepreneurs responsible, and network with others in the industry, get your ticket to FinovateAsia here. If you have questions about the show, check out who is attending or email asia@finovate.com.

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Showing Our Age: A Look at FinovateAsia 2013 Demo Company Launch Timeline

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Advanced Merchant Payments, App Annie, Arkalogic, ArthaYantra, Backbase, BehavioSec, BlueKite, BRIDGEi2i, CustomerXPs, Dragon Wealth, FinovateAsia 2013, Funding, GMC Software Technology, i-exceed, IND Group, Intuition Intelligence, KlickEx, Kofax, LifePAD, Mambu, Matchi, Mistral Mobile, Mobexo, Mobino, Pangea Payments, Payoneer, Pixeliris, Red Zebra, SaaS Markets, Serverside Group, SinoLending, Smart Engine, TIBCO Software, Tootpay, TradeNet, TSYS, White Label Personal Clouds, Yodlee

At Finovate, we’ve seen how great innovation comes from companies of all ages. All we have to do is look at the Best of Show winners from FinovateAsia 2012. The founding dates of the winners ranged from 1858 (NAB, the parent company of UBank) to 2012 (SocietyOne).

We don’t know who will win Best of Show at FinovateAsia in Singapore this year, but looking at the launch date of the 37 companies taking the stage November 14, we found a 28-year spread. 

Here they are in reverse chronological order with funding amounts, if disclosed:

2013- 2012
  • BlueKite: 2013
    Total Funding: $1.5 million Seed funding
2011-2008
  • KlickEx: 2011
    Total Funding: $1.3 million
  • Mambu: 2011
    Total Funding: $2 million Series A

2007 or earlier
  • Yodlee: 1999
    Total Funding: $124 million
  • BehavioSec: 1998
    Total Funding: $2 million (€1.5 million)
  • Kofax: 1985
    Public LON: KFX

To learn more about each of these companies, check them out here and come see their live demos in Singapore on November 14.

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All numbers and funding information sourced from Crunchbase.com

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