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By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Conversation.one, Dorsum, Flywire, NuData Security, Ondot, Ondot Systems, Prosper, Risk Ident, Standard Chartered Bank, ThetaRay, Tuition.io, unblu, Wealthify, YellowDog, Yoyo

On Finovate.com

  • Risk Ident to Help Universum Protect Retailers from Fraud.
  • Dorsum Unveils My Wealth Mobile App.
  • Ondot Introduces Digital Card Services Platform.

Around the web

  • NuData Security named a “Top 100 in Tech” by Business in Vancouver.
  • ThetaRay wins ATMIA’s Next Generation ATM Security Award.
  • Tuition.io to power student loan repayment benefits for Hulu employees.
  • Standard Chartered Bank announces intentions to apply for the virtual banking license.
  • Conversation.one is Amazon Alexa-Certified for Financial Institutions.
  • Flywire and UnionPay Partner to Take the Cost Out of Cross-Border Payments from China.
  • Yoyo introduces quarterly tracker to monitor customer activity in closed catering environments.
  • U.K.-based Business Leader magazine features Wealthify and YellowDog among its 32 South West Tech Businesses That Are Shaping the Future spotlight.
  • Unblu opens offices in London.

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: AI Foundry, Coinbase, Daon, Dorsum, Entersekt, eToro, First Data, Insuritas, Jack Henry, Klarna, Mambu, MasterCard, MX, PaySend, Prosper, Revolut, rplan

On Finovate.com

  • Daon Partners with Tradelink to Bring Biometrics to Dah Sing Bank.
  • AI Foundry Overhauls Agile Mortgages Solution.

Around the web

  •  Klarna partners with EMaC, a U.K. automotive service plan provider, for a drive now, pay later service.
  •  Paysend triples its customer base over the last 6 months.
  • eToro announces that clients can now invest directly in shares on the platform.
  • MX appoints Ben Holzman, a former managing director of Bain Capital Ventures, as new COO.
  • TechCrunch: Coinbase opens its crypto index fund to accredited U.S. investors.
  • Langley FCU to deploy Symitar Episys core processing platform from Jack Henry & Associates.
  • Mambu announces new board member, former SAP CEO, Henning Kagermann.
  • Revolut partners with Cyprus-based telecommunications company, PrimeTel.
  • First Data and Mastercard collaborate on a digital disbursement platform for business customers.
  • Entersekt opens new office in Atlanta, Georgia to support the company’s growth in North America.
  • The Open Bank Project collaborates with Citizens Bank on innovation event.
  • First National Bank Texas ($1.8B Assets) selects Insuritas to power turnkey insurance agency.
  • Prosper resumes operations for Montana residents

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

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Categories: Blend, BondIT, Currency Cloud, Ellie Mae, Fiserv, Google, Lending Club, OurCrowd, PayPal, Prosper, Revolut

On Finovate.com

  • BondIT Raises $4 Million in New Funding, Adding to Series B.
  • Mortgagetech Magnates Ellie Mae and Blend Team Up.

Around the web

  • Merchant Bank of Sri Lanka & Finance to deploy core account processing platform and front-end teller systems from Fiserv.
  • PayPal expands its relationship with Google Pay, enabling PayPal as a payment option across the Google ecosystem.
  • Revolut announces plans to open office in Edinburgh, Scotland later this year.
  • Prosper increases borrower lending cap to $40,000, matching Lending Club’s cap.
  • OurCrowd signs MOU with Intesa Sanpaolo to promote access to capital.
  • IDG Connect interviews CurrencyCloud CTO Ed Addario.

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Finovate Alumni News

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Bankjoy, Lendio, Modo Payments, Neustar, Prosper

On the web

  • Bankjoy Signs Credit Union of Ohio.

Around the web

  • Digital Signage Pulse interviews Neustar’s Kathleen Dundas about the company’s expansion to the digital-out-of-home (DOOH) market.
  • Lendio franchise announced in Seattle Central region.
  • PYMNTS talks to Modo CEO Bruce Parker about payments in the cloud.

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Finovate Alumni News

By David Penn Posted on
Categories: Blackhawk Network, Boku, D3 Banking, FICO, Lighter Capital, Prosper, Quid, Thomson Reuters, TrueAccord

On Finovate.com

  • TrueAccord Lands $22 Million to Humanize Debt Collection
  • Rising in the East: Asian Fintech Startups Shine in Showcase
  • BOKU to Raise $60 Million Ahead of London IPO

Around the web

  • UBS Card Center leverages AI technology from FICO to lower fraud write-offs.
  • D3 Banking adds new payment options, flexible card controls to its digital banking platform.
  • Thomson Reuters introduces new set of MiFID II reference data capabilities available on its data and analytics platform, DataScope.
  • Prosper Reports Third Quarter Growth; Closes $1.5 Billion of Securitizations in 2017
  • AngelList picks Quid as a top machine learning company.
  • Lighter Capital partners with Intuit to launch $15M fund for QuickBooks developers.
  • Blackhawk Network Expands Partnership with eBay to Provide B2B Gift Card Solutions

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With New Funding, Prosper’s Valuation Stands at $550 Million

With New Funding, Prosper’s Valuation Stands at $550 Million
By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Funding, Prosper

U.S. peer-to-peer lending giant, Prosper has landed $50 million in a Series G funding round. The capital come from Hong Kong-based FinEx Asia and LPG Capital and raises the San Francisco-based company’s total equity funding to $410 million.

Prosper will use the financing to make strategic investments in the company’s platform and products. “This investment is a strong signal of confidence in our business fundamentals and the momentum we are seeing right now,” said David Kimball, CEO of Prosper Marketplace. “Over the past year, we’ve shown that we can build a sustainable business that continues to redefine the online lending experience for our borrowers and investors. We believe this partnership will open up additional opportunities for our business as we continue to grow.”

According to Lend Academy, Prosper’s valuation is now $550 million; a 70% drop from the company’s estimated 2015 valuation of $1.87 billion. However, Lend Academy also noted that Prosper’s decline aligns with competitor Lending Club’s valuation, which experienced a share price drop of 68% since April of 2015.

Marketplace lending as a whole has experienced a downturn in the past couple of years, and Prosper had to endure a stumbling block of its own in July of this year when it shuttered its Prosper Daily app. Aimed at prospective borrowers, the app was built from Prosper’s purchase of BillGuard in 2015 for $30 million.

Despite the setbacks, Prosper reported relatively strong second quarter performance this year, with $775 million in loan originations. This represents a 32% quarter-over-quarter increase and 74% year-over-year increase. Overall, the company has facilitated more than $10 billion in consumer loans over its platform since launching in 2006.

Prosper presented at FinovateSpring 2009 as well as the inaugural Finovate in 2007. Earlier this year, the company appointed Usama Ashraf as Chief Financial Officer and in November of 2016, selected David Kimball to succeed Aaron Vermut as CEO. Forbes interviewed Kimball in a feature this spring.

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Finovate Alumni News

By David Penn Posted on
Categories: AutoGravity, Bento for Business, Infosys, Jumio, Kasasa, Prosper, ThreatMetrix, Tuition.io, Xero

On Finovate.com

  • With New Funding, Prosper’s Valuation stands at $550 Million.
  • Tuition.io Raises $7 Million in Series B.
  • AutoGravity Teams Up with Hyundai Capital America.

Around the web

  • Infosys Finacle partners with ToneTag to leverage sound wave technology to drive contactless authentications and transactions.
  • PYMNTS interviews Jumio CEO Stephen Stuut on the challenge of combating cybercrime in “real time.”
  • Xero teams up with TradeGecko to help Singapore’s SMEs Go-Digital.
  • Bento for Business appoints Jeff Pomeroy to the role of Vice President of Product.
  • ThreatMetrix Announces Smart Authentication Platform.

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Finovate Alums Among Top Investment Targets for Top European Banks

Finovate Alums Among Top Investment Targets for Top European Banks
By David Penn Posted on
Categories: Kabbage, Personetics, Prosper, Ripple, SaveUp, SigFig, Socure, SumUp, Symphony Software Foundation, Tradeshift, Tyfone

Earlier this year, CB Insights took a look at where fifteen of the top European banks were spending their investment dollars. The result is an interesting portrait of an industry appears very committed to three areas of fintech in particular: blockchain, financial services software, and Regtech. Of the 15 banks represented in CB Insights’ survey, all but one had invested in R3, the blockchain consortium, with ten banks investing in financial services software companies, and eight banks funding Regtech firms.

Also noteworthy is the presence of ten Finovate/FinDEVr alums among the investments. Symphony Software Foundation, an alum of our developer’s conference, FinDEVr, was the alum with the most support from among the 15 European banks. Santander was the bank with the broadest support among our alum community, backing six out of the 11 alums listed.

Kabbage (FinovateSpring 2015)

  • Founded in 2009
  • Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia
  • Total Capital Raised: $488 million
  • Top European banks: Santander, ING

Personetics (FinovateFall 2016)

  • Founded in 2010
  • Headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel
  • Total Capital Raised: $18 million
  • Top European bank: Santander

Prosper (FinovateSpring 2009)

  • Founded in 2006
  • Headquartered in San Francisco, California
  • Total Capital Raised: $355 million
  • Top European bank: Credit Suisse

Ripple (as OpenCoin, FinovateSpring 2013)

  • Founded in 2012
  • Headquartered in San Francisco, California
  • Total Capital Raised: $93.6 million
  • Top European bank: Santander

SaveUp (FinovateSpring 2014)

  • Founded in 2011
  • Headquartered in San Francisco, California
  • Total Capital Raised: $7 million
  • Top European bank: BBVA

SigFig (FinovateFall 2011)

  • Founded in 2007
  • Headquartered in San Francisco, California
  • Total Capital Raised: $60 million
  • Top European banks: Santander, UBS

Socure (FinvoateFall 2015)

  • Founded in 2012
  • Headquartered in New York, New York
  • Total Capital Raised: $29.4 million
  • Top European bank: Santander

SumUp (FinovateEurope 2013)

  • Founded in 2011
  • Headquartered in Dublin, Ireland
  • Total Capital Raised: $44.3 million
  • Top European bank: BBVA

Symphony Software Foundation (FinDEVr New York 2017)

  • Founded in 2014
  • Headquartered in Palo Alto, California
  • Total Capital Raised: $229 million
  • Top European banks: BPCE/Natixis, UBS, Deutsche Bank, Societe Generale, BNP Paribas, Credit Suisse

Tradeshift (FinovateEurope 2012)

  • Founded in 2010
  • Headquartered in San Francisco, California
  • Total Capital Raised: $182 million
  • Top European banks: Santander, HSBC

Tyfone (FinovateSpring 2008)

  • Founded in 2004
  • Headquartered in Portland, Oregon
  • Total Capital Raised: $13.4 million
  • Top European bank: Deutsche Bank

The analysis focused on fintech investments from 2012 through June 2017, and includes investments made by the venture arms of the banks shown.

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Is Prosper Prospering?

Is Prosper Prospering?
By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Prosper

Peer-to-peer lender Prosper released its second quarter earnings recently, just days after the company shuttered its consumer-facing bill management system. Given this, we wanted to take a look to see how the 11-year-old company is doing these days.

The good

Here are some positive highlights from the company’s second quarter results:

  • Facilitated $775 million in loan originations. This is up 32% quarter-over-quarter and 74% year-over-year.
  • Grew transaction fee revenue 32% quarter-over-quarter and 84% year-over-year.
  • Issued around $500 million worth of notes in its second securitization from the Prosper Marketplace Issuance Trust

In the press release announcing the results, David Kimball, Prosper CEO said that the company’s growth this quarter was  “driven by strong interest from borrowers, our partnership with a consortium of investors, and innovations from our talented team.” Regarding the securitization, the company’s CFO Usama Ashraf said, “With this second securitization, we continued to see strong demand for our assets, underscoring investors’ confidence in our business and this asset class in general.”

The not-so-good

Just days before closing out its second quarter, the company shut down its financial wellness app, Prosper Daily. The app targeted borrowers and served as a way for Prosper to capture users who failed to qualify as borrowers. The aim of the app was to help users track their spending, protect their identity and monitor their credit score. Prosper launched the app in March of 2016, after the company acquired BillGuard, the app that structured the bones of Prosper Daily, for $30 million in 2015.

Monetarily, the company suffered a net loss of $41.4 million in the second quarter of this year. This is down from the $35.6 million loss Prosper saw in the second quarter of 2016. Overall, the company’s adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization totaled $6.7 million this quarter, up from negative $11.6 million in the second quarter of last year. This is due in part to a deal Prosper closed with a group of institutional investors to buy up to $5 million in loans from February 2017 to February 2019.

Despite the loss of its borrower-facing app, the San Francisco-based company appears to be performing well on the investor side. Founded in 2006, Prosper presented at FinovateSpring 2009 as well as the inaugural Finovate in 2007. Earlier this year, the company appointed Usama Ashraf as Chief Financial Officer and in November of 2016, selected David Kimball to succeed Aaron Vermut as CEO. Forbes interviewed Kimball in a feature earlier this year.

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Finovate Alumni News

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: AutoGravity, Biometric Signature ID, Prosper, Shoeboxed

On Finovate.com

  • Shoeboxed Launches Fetch to Remove Blood, Sweat, and Tears from Expense Reporting

Around the web

  • AutoFinance highlights AutoGravity as 1 of 10 auto finance and mobility companies leveraging AI
  • Biometric Signature ID partners with National Fingerprint to provide virtual ID proofing and verification services

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Finovate Alumni News

By David Penn Posted on
Categories: BioCatch, Credit Karma, DemystData, Green Key Technologies, IdentityMind Global, Malauzai Software, Mitek, NCR Corporation, Prosper, Socure, SoFi, Vantiv

On Finovate.com

  • Socure Raises $14 Million in New Funding
  • BioCatch Partners with LexisNexis to Leverage Data and Analytics for Better Risk Management
  • Colorado’s PSCU Completes Digital Banking Roll Out Powered by Malauzai Software

Around the web

  • Voice collaboration specialist GreenKey wins patent for speech-to-text technology.
  • NCR deploys Windows 10 IoT Enterprise with major European financial institution.
  • IdentityMind Global announces enhancements to its Enterprise Fraud Prevention platform.
  • Vantiv goes live with its cloud payment API, triPOS.
  • Forbes lists SoFi, Credit Karma and Prosper in its list of the 10 biggest fintechs in America.
  • ABN AMRO selects DemystData for Launchpad Program.

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Finovate Alumni News

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Braintree, eMoney Advisor, Lendio, Prosper, Temenos, TransferWise, VASCO, WorldPay

On Finovate.com

  • Lendio’s Marketplace surpasses $500 Million in Loans.
  • Worldpay Ships New Features for Worldpay Total
  • Braintree Tops A Billion Transactions Per Quarter Mark

Around the web

  • Temenos Marketplace now hosts Moroku’s Chore Scout.
  • TransferWise links with Apple Pay globally.
  • Vasco names Scott Clements president and CEO.

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