Finovate Alumni News– March 9, 2012

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  • Credit Union Times reports Geezeo signs Alabama Telco & San Francisco FCU, totals over 85 clients.
  • P2P Money blog reports Zopa celebrates its 7th birthday.
  • Finextra reports MoBank announces the launch of MoPowered mCommerce service.
  • Detroit Free Press shows how BillGuard has helped people avoid unnecessary charges.
  • SafetyPay selects ZipZap’s CashPay solution as its preferred cash payment option.
  • AppStorm shows off doxo.
  • Finovate shares Best of Show winners from 2007 to present.
  • Linkable Networks launches mobile app & API.
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– January 5, 2012

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  • American Banker describes how T8 Webware, Micronotes, and FreeMonee predicts what customers will buy.
  • Seattle’s King 5 News highlights Linkable Networks’ digital coupons.
  • TechCrunch reports Credit Karma enrolls 100,000 users for its credit monitoring service in one day.
  • Business Insider recommends using BillGuard to prevent credit and debit card fraud.
  • BetaBeat looks at what LearnVest is doing with its $19 million round of funding.
  • ReadyForZero introduces its New Year’s challenge.
  • TechCrunch reports John Donahue, Ebay CEO will serve as PayPal’s interim president since PayPal President Scott Thompson left for Yahoo.
  • ProfitStars reaches milestone of providing image & data conversions for 1,000 FIs over the past 5 years.
  • Check Point Software Technologies works with Amazon Web Services secure the cloud.
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.

Linkable Networks Partners with Mphoria, Becomes Mobile in First App

LinkableNetworksLogo.jpgToday, card-linked offer innovator Linkable Networks (formerly CLOVR Media) announced a partnership with mphoria, a mobile and social merchandising platform:

“This agreement will transform retail deals available on the mobile web and via mobile apps into linkable offers.”
The startup also announced that CardStar will be the first mobile app to feature its card-linked offer technology:

“Both partnerships mark the launch of the Linkables mobile API and the first mobile deployment for the card linked offer industry. Now any type of restaurant, service provider, retailer or brand may capitalize on card linked offers in a mobile environment.”

The two developments bring Linkable Networks into the mobile environment and allow retailers and service providers to benefit from mobile card-linked offers.

To learn more about Linkable Networks, watch its FinovateSpring 2011 demo.

Finovate Alumni News– December 21, 2011

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  • Fox News discusses how Prosper & Lending Club help small businesses.
  • BizReport examines card-linked offers from Linkable Networks (formerly CLOVR Media).
  • ReadWriteWeb’s Richard MacManus lists Xero as #8 in his 2011 list of top 10 web products.
  • Inc Magazine lists Expensify as 1 of 8 startups to watch in 2012.
  • Ping Identity makes the top 10 list of most exciting IT security vendors. Come see Ping Identity’s live demo at FinovateEurope.
  • HelloWallet gives away 20,000 free subscriptions in 2011 to families in need.
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– December 9, 2011

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  • San Francisco Chronicle discusses the 700 investors chasing after Dwolla.
  • Fiserv signs Sunrise Community banks for prepaid services.
  • Arizona Business Gazette lists using MyCyberTwin as 1 of 6 effective tools to boost your sales in 2012.
  • Computerworld profiles Linkable Networks.
  • TechCrunch reports founder of Mint.com spends his time inventing a vehicle transit system.
  • StockTwits enables public companies to publish news on the Yahoo! Finance site.
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– November 10, 2011

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  • FeeFighters shares its web traffic spikes from being in TechCrunch articles.
  • Monitise launches mobile checkout service.
  • Fox Business News mentions how Tyfone is helping to retrofit cellphones with NFC capability.
  • Reuters reports how Lending Club uses consumer sentiment towards banks as an opportunity.
  • Striata selected by Securitas, a growing security company in South Africa, to provide eBilling & ePayment to customers.
  • ThreatMetrix deploys multi-layered data encryption architecture in new release of Cloud-Based Fraud Prevention Platform.
  • Iowa-based UNI CU and W.Va-based WV United FCU sign on for Dwolla’s FiSync.
  • MyBankTracker compares Offermatic to Groupon and Womply.
  • Linkable Networks (formerly Clovr Media) partners with 24/7 Real Media to tap into card linked offers.
  • Wade Arnold, T8 Webware CEO, is selected for The Courier’s Class of 2011 20 Under 40 award.
  • Bill.com’s paperless bill management wins silver award.
  • Simple explains its new “Simple” name.
  • DoughMain launches financial education game Sand Dollar City.
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.