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Finovate Alumni News– October 18, 2012

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on October 18, 2012
Categories: Bolstr, BrightScope, Fiserv, Kabbage, PlayMoolah, SecondMarket, The Currency Cloud, ThreatMetrix

BrightScope adds Dr. Stephen Coggeshall, CTO of ID Analytics, to Advisory Board.

Channel News Asia features PlayMoolah.

ChannelAdvisor partners with Kabbage to enable retailers to secure funding for e-commerce growth.

Fiserv adds features to wealth management platform.

The Paypers interivews Andreas Baumhof of ThreatMetrix.

The New York Post features SecondMarket.

Compliance Week explains how Bolstr enables small business capital ahead of JOBS Act.

Digital Money Blog features podcast of Michael Laven of The Currency 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.

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Finovate Alumni News– October 12, 2012

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on October 12, 2012
Categories: Arroweye Solutions, Bazaarvoice, Currensee, Finsphere, Geezeo, IDTheft 911, Klarna, Manilla, Monitise, mShift, Pageonce, ReadyForZero, SoMoLend, ThreatMetrix, TIO Networks

IDentity Theft 911 to offer Humana members ID management & credit monitoring services.

ThreatMetrix honored as bronze winner in the 4th annual 2012 Golden Bridge Awards.

Euromoney looks at SoMoLend as a funding alternative.

ReadyForZero answers questions about debt on Lifehacker.

Geezeo opens API to third party developers.

Monitise CFO John Brougham retires.

Finsphere issued 4th patent.

TIO transforms bill pay options for growing Hispanic marketplace through partnership with Progreso Financiero.

Arroweye Solutions’ digital tech powers growth at GiftCard.com.

Allied Wallet partners with Swedish e-commerce payment services provider Klarna.

Finance 2030 profiles Currensee.

Janrain and Bazaarvoice team to enhance social shopping experience via social login.

Pageonce and Blackstone Tech Group partner to bring utility companies a mobile payment option for customers.

Idaho Central CU launches RDC powered by MShift.

MyBankTracker reports Fifth Third Bank Statements Now Available on Manilla.

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– October 1, 2012

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on October 1, 2012
Categories: Dwolla, Expensify, InComm, Kabbage, Lighter Capital, Outright.com, PayPal, PlayMoolah, SigFig, Tagit, ThreatMetrix

American Banking Journal reflects on FinovateFall.

USA Today launches portfolio tracker powered by SigFig.

Tagit appoints new CEO, gears up for rapid expansion.

American Banker looks at Dwolla’s ACH alternative.

Moment NYC blog considers tech from FinovateFall.

GigaOM reports Outright teams up with PayPal and Expensify.

Inc. Magazine features financing from Lighter Capital as a way to expand small business.

Huffington Post reports Kabbage faces competition from Amazon’s new lending service.

InComm partners with Ifeelgoods to offer electronic gift cards.

WSJ names ThreatMetrix to “Next Big Thing” list. Ranks among top 50 startups in US.

Singapore-based PlayMoolah announces partnership with OCBC Bank.

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– August 21, 2012

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on August 21, 2012
Categories: Credit Karma, Dashlane, Geezeo, Lending Club, PaySimple, SimpleTuition, TASCET, Taulia, ThreatMetrix

ThreatMetrix announces availability of the latest ThreatMetrix Cybercrime Defender Platform.

Dashlane wins Two Awards for Innovation in Data Privacy and Personal Data at DataWeek. Come to FinovateFall to see Dashlane’s demo.

PaySimple appoints Sue Heilbronner as Chief Revenue Officer. See PaySimple’s demo at FinvoateFall next month.

Taulia provides e-invoicing & supplier self-service capabilities to a select group of suppliers for large enterprises, free of charge.

Credit Union Times reports Geezeo reaches 100 clients.

2 Minute Finance interviews TASCET at FinovateSpring 2012.

E-Loan partners with Credit Karma, Lending Club, and SimpleTuition.

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– June 14, 2012

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on June 14, 2012
Categories: Backbase, BillGuard, Boku, CSI globalVCard, Firethorn, FutureAdvisor, ThreatMetrix

Albany Times Union reports CSI’s globalVCard leads execs out of ID theft and into mobile payments.

$3.7 bil Patelco CU commits to ThreatMetrix’s malware defense software.

Backbase powering online banking platform for Absa Group, a subsidiary of Barclays.

American Banker reports Firethorn Mobile to power Burger King’s mobile app.

GlobalCollect offers BOKU as Mobile Payment Checkout to its Merchant Network.

Financial Services and Big-Data Executive Mary Anne Keegan joins BillGuard as CMO.

The WSJ reviews FutureAdvisor.

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– June 12, 2012

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on June 12, 2012
Categories: ClairMail, ID Analytics, Intuit, Ixaris, T8 Webware, ThreatMetrix, TSYS, Tyfone, ValidSoft

Clairmail receives Frost & Sullivan Customer Value Enhancement Award.

T8 Webware adds Des Moines Office.

Ixaris names Kenneth Bonnici CFO.

ValidSoft partners with SOCURE to bring security and ID theft protection to social networks.

Intuit launches Mobile Banking Purchase Rewards for iPhone and Android.

ID Analytics names Larry McIntosh as CEO.

TSYS Acquiring Solutions launches Value Added Resource (VAR) Partner Connect Program.

Tyfone signs 10-year partnership with PT Number One in Indonesia.

ThreatMetrix forms partnership with Imperva.

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– June 7, 2012

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on June 7, 2012
Categories: Bill.com, Braintree, Cachet Financial Solutions, Cartera Commerce, ClairMail, Lending Club, mFoundry, SaveUp, ThreatMetrix

Check out VC funding trends in financial services startups.

Cartera Commerce raises $12.2 Million in growth equity.

Braintree expands payments gateway to merchants in 30 countries.

Lending Club receives $15 mil from Kleiner, Mary Meeker joins board.

ThreatMetrix positioned as a “Visionary” in the Magic Quadrant for Web Fraud Detection.

MyBankTracker reviews SaveUp.

Clairmail awarded 2012 Best Mobile Application or Service.

mFoundry launches mobile banking solution for Eli Lilly Federal Credit Union.

City National Bank partners with Cachet Financial Solutions and Panini to deliver RDC to Mac users.

Bill.com receivables wins ninth annual Tax and Accounting Technology Innovation Awards.

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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First Quarter 2012 Funding for Finovate Alumni, $150 Million Raised

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on April 20, 2012
Categories: Boku, Capital Access Network, Currensee, Dwolla, eToro, Finsphere, HelloWallet, Jemstep, Kabbage, ThreatMetrix, Xero

Since we are nearing the end of the first quarter, we wanted to look back at all of the Finovate alums who have raised funding over the past few months.

Here’s the month-by-month breakdown:

January — $25 million raised by 3 companies

Currensee: $2 million — Blog post
Finsphere: $11.3 million — Blog post
HelloWallet: $12 million — Blog post

February — $57 million raised by 5 companies

Capital Access Network: $30 million — Blog post
Dwolla: $5 million — Blog post
Jemstep: $6 million — Blog post
Kabbage: Undisclosed — Blog post
Xero: $16.6 million — Blog post

March — $68 million raised by 3 companies

Boku: $35 million — Blog post
eToro: $15 million — Blog post
ThreatMetrix: $18 million — Blog post

Note: Funding that companies received before they demonstrated at Finovate was not counted. If you see any funding that is not on this list, please send the name of the company along with a link to the funding information to julie@netbanker.com and I will add it.

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ThreatMetrix Lands $18 Million in Series D Funding

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on March 27, 2012
Categories: ThreatMetrix

Cybercrime prevention company, ThreatMetrix, announced it recently closed an $18 million investment round, led by August Capital.

Existing investors Tenaya Capital, US Venture Partners and CM Capital also contributed to the of Series D round.

Reed Taussig, CEO of ThreatMetrix, states that the funding will go toward expanding globally into e-commerce, financial services and remote access solutions for enterprise employees.

The company also announced that Vivek Mehra, August Capital general partner, will join the ThreatMextrix board of directors.

To learn more about ThreatMetrix, watch its FinovateStartup 2009 demo.

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Finovate Alumni News– March 27, 2012

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on March 27, 2012
Categories: Kony Solutions, Meniga, Seeking Alpha, Simple Tuition, Swipely, ThreatMetrix

SimpleTuition’s PayBackSmarter.com now used by over 40 colleges & universities.

Meniga’s PFM goes live within Skandibanken’s online bank in Norway.

Mobile Enterprise Strategies interviews Kony’s VP of Mobile Strategies, Sam Lakkundi.

Super Sprowtz to implement Virtual Piggy’s child-safe e-commerce tool.

Swipely launches Main Street Marketing Manager.

Seeking Alpha passes 1 million members, doubles its size in less than 2 years.

ThreatMetrix lands $18 million in Series D funding.

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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ThreatMetrix Launches Program to Report Malware Capabilities

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on February 29, 2012
Categories: ThreatMetrix

Cybercrime solutions company ThreatMetrix announced yesterday it launched ThreatMetrix Labs, a program that informs financial institutions, government agencies, and retailers about that latest capabilities of malware:

“To generate each report, a team of independent researchers analyze, examine and reverse-engineer the most sophisticated malicious software running on computer systems worldwide.”

The public reports are available for free download. The first report was released this month and covers man-in-the-browser threats.

To learn more about ThreatMetrix, watch its FinovateStartup09 demo.

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Finovate Alumni News– February 29, 2012

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on February 29, 2012
Categories: BancVue, Bill.com, BrightScope, Credit Karma, Diversinet, Dwolla, Handpoint, PayPal, peerTransfer, ThreatMetrix, Weemba

Bank Technology News reports HomeDepot now accepts PayPal payments at all 2,000 retail stores.

Des Moines Register interviews Jordan Lampe, Dwolla’s director of communications.

BancVue completes sale of $120 million credit card portfolio to First Arkansas Bank & Trust.

Bill.com introduces CashView.

ThreatMetrix launches program to report malware capabilities.

Accounting Today selects Bill.com Receivables for its Top New Products of 2012.

Diversinet names Dr. Hon Pak as CEO.

Sallie Mae & peerTransfer partner to facilitate international tuition payments.

Credit Karma celebrates 4-year anniversary.

Reuters looks at FINRA and Brightscope to give more information on financial advisors.

Omaha.com looks at how Dwolla survived the downturn.

Weemba celebrates 6 months of operation, unveils operating stats.

Handpoint Headstart wins 2012 Channel Awards.

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can also follow all the alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.

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