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Finovate Alumni News

By David Penn Posted on
Categories: BBVA Compass, blooom, Cloud Lending, CurrencyFair, Expensify, Fastacash, IDology, Interactions, Kantox, Payfone, PayPal, Persistent Systems, SnoopWall, TransferWise, WorldPay

On Finovate.com

  • “IDology Announces “Significant,” Strategic Equity Investment in Payfone“
  • “Worldpay Goes Public; Shares Rally on Trading Debut”

Around the web

  • Fastacash announces strategic investment in Myanmar-focused, MyPAY.
  • American Banker interviews CEO Manolo Sanchez, BBVA Compass.
  • Persistent Systems announces technology partnership with Municipal Corporation.
  • Independent.IE features CurrencyFair, Expensify, and PayPal in a review of 20 PFM apps.
  • Fox Business interviews Blooom President Greg Smith on the future of 401(k) plans.
  • Silicon Review lists SnoopWall as 1 of 20 fastest growing security companies.
  • The Hindu features Cloud Lending Solutions’ co-founder Snehal Fulzele.
  • Interactions wins bronze Stevie Award in the Most Innovative Tech Company of the Year category. This is its fourth consecutive Stevie Award.
  • Slush.org interviews Kristo Kaarmann, TransferWise co-founder.
  • The Culture Trip highlights Kantox in its review of successful Barcelona startups.

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.

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FinDEVr APIntelligence

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Aerospike, American Express, Authy, Avalara, Braintree, Fidor Bank, FinDEVr APIntelligence, Hyperwallet, Interxion, MX, On Deck Capital, PayPal, Personal Capital, Thomson Reuters, Twilio, Xero

FinDEVr2015LogoV2DateAre you building new financial technology? Be sure to register soon for the only event exclusive for fintech developers, FinDEVr 2015, 6/7 October (just a few days away!) in San Francisco.

Developer news

  • “Thomson Reuters considers how APIs are changing the fintech narrative”

The latest from upcoming FinDEVr 2015 presenters

  • FinDEVr San Francisco 2015 Presenters All Mapped Out.
  • PayPal unveils its chip-card reader in the U.S.
  • Hyperwallet counts down to next week’s FinDEVr developer conference.
  • Munich-based Fidor Bank Launches in the U.K.
  • OnDeck partners with Association for Enterprise Opportunity to facilitate up to $10 million in small-business loans.
  • Aerospike releases version 3.6 of its NoSQL operational database.
  • TechCrunch: Klarna adds American Express as a partner.
  • Emerging Payments Awards selects Hyperwallet as a finalist for the Best Corporate/Government Payments Program award for 2015.
  • Braintree and PayPal reflect on their two-year anniversary.
  • CNET features Personal Capital in a look at investment in robo-advisers.
  • Kaspersky’s blog mentions Twilio’s Authy as a way to protect your ID on a smartphone.
  • Avalara announces the availability of a benefits program exclusively for U.S. QuickBooks ProAdvisors® and their clients.
  • Celent advises banks to be more like Fidor Bank in order to remain relevant.
  • The Neutral Internet Exchange NL-ix will use Interxion Cloud Connect to connect to Microsoft Azure as a part of its new cloud connectivity services.
  • MX Lands $4 Million from CheckFree Founder Pete Kight.

Alumni updates

  • Xero surpasses milestone of 100,000 subscribers in the U.K.

Stay up to date on daily developments by following FinDEVr on Twitter.

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Finovate Alumni News

By David Penn Posted on
Categories: Aire, blooom, Coinbase, HelloWallet, Hyperwallet, Kony, Kreditech, PayPal, Ripple, Temenos, Venmo

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.

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Finovate Alumni News

By David Penn Posted on
Categories: Aerospike, Betterment, Braintree, DAVO Technologies, Digital Retail Apps, Fidor Bank, FutureAdvisor, itBit, Kashoo, Ldger, PayPal, PaySwag, Personal Capital, SigFig, StreetShares, Venmo, Wealthfront

On Finovate.com

  • “Munich-Based Fidor Bank Launches in the UK” —Check out Fidor Bank at FinDEVr, 6/7 October, in San Francisco.

Around the web

  • New P2P lending app, Ledge, leverages Venmo technology.
  • CNET features Wealthfront, Betterment, FutureAdvisor, SigFig, and Personal Capital in a look at investment in robo-advisers.
  • American Banker profiles PaySwag and its strategy to put a gamified face on debt collection.
  • Kashoo unveils version 4.4 of its iOS app.
  • American Legion magazine interviews Mark Rockefeller, StreetShares CEO and co-founder.
  • itBit announces new higher withdrawal limits.
  • Digital Retail Apps CEO and founder Wendy MacKinnon Keith wins 2015 Women in Payments Innovation Award.
  • InvestorJunkie lists its top 15 robo-advisers, featuring eight Finovate alums.
  • Braintree and PayPal reflect on their two-year anniversary. See Braintree show off its APIs at FinDEVr in San Francisco, 6/7 October.
  • EQ features DAVO’s sales-tax solution.
  • Bank Innovation highlights Ldger’s demo at FinovateFall last week.
  • Forbes features Aerospike. See Aerospike’s presentation at FinDEVr San Francisco on 6/7 October.

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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FinDEVr APIntelligence

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: BehavioSec, Currency Cloud, FinDEVr APIntelligence, Intuit, Kantox, On Deck Capital, PayNearMe, PayPal, Personal Capital, Tradier, Xero

FinDEVr2015LogoV2DateAre you building new financial technology? Be sure to register soon for the only event exclusively for fintech developers, FinDEVr 2015, to be held on 6/7 Oct in San Francisco.

Developer news

  • Fusion, Switzerland’s first fintech accelerator, selects 10 startups for its 12-month acceleration program that starts on 5 October.

The latest from upcoming FinDEVr 2015 presenters

  • PayPal explains its recently launched API Transactions Dashboard.
  • BehavioSec joins PwC’s Accelerator Programme.
  • Personal Capital appoints Mark Goines as CMO.
  • Business Insider ranks Currency Cloud among top fintech companies in Britain.
  • Let’s Talk Payments lists 25 top alternative lending startups including OnDeck.
  • Kanto X hits $2+ billion in currency exchange transactions.
  • 7-Eleven and PayNearMe launch PayNearMe Bill Pay app, a full-service bill payment center.
  • OnDeck and Intuit join forces to launch $100 million lending fund for small businesses.

Alumni updates

  • Dynamic Trend integrates with Tradier Brokerage API.
  • Xero previews two new features—billable expenses and invoice reminders—for small-business users of its platform.

Stay up to date on daily developments by following FinDEVr on Twitter.

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Finovate Alumni News

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: BehavioSec, Concur, Currency Cloud, Dwolla, eToro, Flywire, iSignthis, Lending Club, Nutmeg, On Deck Capital, PayPal, Personal Capital, Red Giant, Simple, Stratos, StreetShares, Tradier, TransferWise, TSYS, Xero, Zopa

On Finovate.com

  • “From API to UX/UI: A Preview of FinDEVr 2015“

Around the web

  • Stratos wins Fast Company’s Innovation by Design Award, the company’s third product award.
  • Business Insider ranks Algomi, Currency Cloud, eToro, Nutmeg, Zopa, and TransferWise among top fintech companies in Britain.
  • Concur integrates with GigSky to enable travelers to access the internet while traveling.
  • Dwolla expands its credit services to include instant money transfers among friends and family.
  • Let’s Talk Payments lists 25 top alternative lending startups including OnDeck, Street Shares, Zopa, and Lending Club.
  • Xero previews two new features—billable expenses and invoice reminders—for small-business users of its platform.
  • peerTransfer announces U.S., Europe expansion; rebrands as Flywire.
  • TSYS to expand its Enterprise Tokenization technology to support Android Pay.
  • Red Giant launches its Red Giant Family Plan to offer families a way to manage daily spending.
  • iSignThis‘ KYC services now satisfy U.S. anti-money laundering requirements.
  • PayPal explains its recently launched API Transactions Dashboard.
  • BehavioSec joins PwC’s Accelerator Programme.
  • Lending Club’s Carrie Dolan named one of American Banker’s 2015 Most Powerful Women in Finance.
  • Personal Capital appoints Mark Goines as CMO.
  • Matt Compton becomes COO of Simple, which has tripled its staff to 300 employees from February 2014.
  • TechCrunch features Lending Club’s coming-of-age story.

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 Alumni News

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Adobe, BlockCypher, Boku, Coinbase, Evo Snap*, Expensify, EyeVerify, Finicity, Hyperwallet, InComm, itBit, Kabbage, Kony, Lleida.net, PayPal, Personal Capital, Qapital, ThetaRay, Thinking Capital

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.

 

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Finovate Alumni News

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Coinbase, Holvi, Klarna, Narrative Science, PayPal, Prosper, Thinking Capital, TSYS

On Finovate.com

  • “Narrative Science Enhances Quill Engage for Google Analytics”
  • “Klarna makes U.S. Debut with New Overstock.com Partnership”

Around the web

  • Thinking Capital announces back-to-school contest for SMBs.
  • Holvi launches Supercharge, a secure and fast way to move money.
  • Pymnts: PayPal could see a 40% jump to $46/share if recent investments pay off.
  • Vogogo is now live with bitcoin-exchange, Coinbase.
  • Prosper taps Parker Barrile as new chief product officer.
  • TSYS to process credit and debit card portfolios from Metro Bank as part of new payments agreement.

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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FinDEVr APIntelligence

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Avoka, Credit Karma, FinDEVr APIntelligence, Intuit, Nymi, PayPal, Personal Capital, ReadyForZero, Venmo, Xero, Yodlee

FinDEVr2015LogoV2DateAre you building new financial technology? Be sure to register soon for the only event exclusive for fintech developers, FinDEVr 2015, Oct 6-7 (fewer than 6 weeks away!) in San Francisco.

Developer news

  • Royal Bank of Scotland to host hackathon in partnership with Open Bank Project.

The latest from upcoming FinDEVr 2015 presenters

  • PayPal’s One Touch Instant Checkout platform is now available in 13 new markets.
  • Let’s Talk Payments looks at Venmo and its new group-payments feature.
  • Intuit to sell off Quicken with no plans to divest Mint or Mint Bills.
  • Yodlee cites innovations from PayPal, Credit Karma, Personal Capital, and ReadyForZero in its 7 Habits of Highly Successful Fintech Startups.

Alumni updates

  • Global News interviews Karl Martin, Nymi CEO and founder.
  • The Denver Post profiles Broomfield-based Avoka Technologies. See Avoka at FinovateFall 2015 in New York City in September.
  • CIO cites Avoka’s win of most innovative customer solution in Citi’s demo day in London.

Stay up to date on daily developments by following FinDEVr on Twitter.

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Finovate Alumni News

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: FIS, FutureAdvisor, HedgeCoVest, PayPal, WealthForge, Zumigo

On Finovate.com

  • “BlackRock Acquires Online Investment Adviser, FutureAdvisor.
  • “Finovate debuts: WealthForge is a Private Placement Compliance Engine Wrapped in Technology”
  • “Finovate debuts: INETCO Analytics Helps FIs Leverage Transaction Data to Boost Customer Engagement”

Around the web

  • HedgeCoVest adds two models to its platform.
  • Zumigo launches Assure Radius in India to protect consumers and merchants in the credit, debit and mobile payments market.
  • bobsguide ranks the $9-billion acquisition of SunGard by FIS as the #1 fintech M&A deal of 2015.
  • PayPal’s One Touch Instant Checkout platform now available in 13 new markets.

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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More Than 30 Alums Make Hot Topics 100 Most Influential People in Fintech

More Than 30 Alums Make Hot Topics 100 Most Influential People in Fintech
By David Penn Posted on
Categories: Algomi, Betterment, Bill.com, BillGuard, BizEquity, Coinbase, CurrencyTransfer, Dwolla, Ethoca, eToro, Fastacash, Feedzai, Fenergo, Kabbage, Kantox, Klarna, Kreditech, LearnVest, Lending Club, Moven, Nutmeg, PayNearMe, PayPal, Prosper, Realty Mogul, TransferWise, Wealthfront, Xero, Yodlee, Zopa

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If you drew up a list of the 100 most influential men and women in fintech, how many of them would be alumni of our Finovate/FinDEVr conferences?

The answer is about a third, according to Hot Topics, which released its list of the top 100 fintech influencers this week.

“More transactions taking place online mean more opportunities to help consumers manage their money in digital form: enter the fintech platforms,” wrote Joel Watson for Hot Topics. “Whether it be securing mortgagees, getting a loan, transferring money abroad, spending money in an ecommerce store, or one of a thousand other applications, the marketplace is fiercely competitive and growing all the time.”

See if you agree with who made the cut, who was overlooked, and who deserves at least an honorable mention.

Hot Topics is an online community of more than 300 entrepreneurs, corporate executives, venture capitalists, journalists, bloggers and other professionals interested and involved with technology.

 

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Finovate Alumni News

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Categories: Cachet Financial Solutions, Credit Karma, Dwolla, Holvi, Kony Solutions, Lending Club, LendingRobot, Loop, Motif Investing, PayPal, Personal Capital, ReadyForZero, Rippleshot, TSYS, Yodlee, Zopa

Around the web

  • TSYS launches new data analytics platform, Analytics Intellisuite.
  • Let’s Talk Payments interviews Rippleshot CEO Canh Tran, co-founder.
  • International Business Times previews the arrival of LoopPay-powered Samsung Pay in the U.K.
  • Business Insider looks at the growth prospects for Zopa, P2P lender.
  • New investors can now open Lending Club accounts on LendingRobot.
  • CU Mobile Apps (CUMA) chooses Cachet Financial Solutions as its preferred mobile deposit provider.
  • Holvi launches iframe to enable users to embed Holvi online store products into external websites.
  • Yodlee cites innovations from PayPal, Credit Karma, Personal Capital, and ReadyForZero in its piece 7 Habits of Highly Successful Fintech Startups. Check out Yodlee, PayPal, and Personal Capital at FinDEVr San Francisco 2015.
  • Dwolla gives account holders option to enable two-factor authentication.
  • Lend Academy: Lending Club announces open integration, third parties jump on board.
  • Kony achieves mobile competency status awarded by Amazon Partner Network.
  • Motif Investing celebrates the launch of dollar-based trading with Free Trading Day on Friday

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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