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Finovate Alumni News– October 28, 2013

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Kony Solutions, Locaid, Swipely, TipRanks, Tyfone, wipro
  • Finovate-F-Logo.jpgSwipely named one of America’s top job creators with 2013 ‘Hire Power’ Award from Inc. Magazine.
  • Wipro launches Mobility Center of Excellence with Kony in Hyderabad.
  • Tyfone trials smart card-based mobile banking security.
  • Locaid CEO Rip Gerber talks location verification services in new interview.
  • TipRanks launches Windows Phone mobile 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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FinovateFall 2013 in the Press

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Akimbo Financial, Backbase, BizEquity, FinovateFall 2013, FlexScore, Float Money, FutureAdvisor, Instabank, Interactions, mBank, Mitek, MoneyDesktop, Narrative Science, Numbrs, Saved Plus, SECOM GMixon Pixeliris, SpearFysh, Think Finance, TipRanks, WordSentry, Yodlee, Zighra
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Affluent Strategies
Finovate Fall 2013 Best of Show Winners
by JP Nicols
All Marketing (in Hebrew)
הסטארט-אפ הישראלי, TipRanks, זוכה זה בפעם השנייה בכנס Finovate
by Shirley Asa
American Banker
Business Lender Finds Trove of Insights in Client CRM Data
by Penny Crosman
MoneyDesktop Launches Long-Term Goal Setting Tool
by Sean Sposito
PFM Apps Dominate FinovateFall Day One
by Mary Wisniewski
Reporter’s Picks: Three Top Apps at FinovateFall
by Sean Sposito
The Cutting Edge of Online Banking, as Practiced by a Polish Bank
by Mary Wisniewski
The Top 10 Tweets of Finovate
What Engagement Banking Needs Is Less Engagement
by Jeanine Skowronski
Backbase Blog
Backbase Unveils New Commercial Banking Portal Solution at FinovateFall 2013
by Prue Duggan
Bank Innovation
‘Electronic Checks’ Give Paper Payments New Life
by Philip Ryan
European Innovators Throw Down the Gauntlet: Where’s the Innovation, Americans?
by Philip Ryan
Finovate 2013: Our take on the Best of Show winners
by Steven Ramirez
Finovate Fall ’13: Numbrs, Pixeliris, Word Sentry, and Mitek Come on Strong
by Philip Ryan
Finovate Fall ’13: Strong Demos from Float Money, BizEquity, Zighra & SpearFysh
by Philip Ryan
Finovate Fall ’13: Strong Demos from Instabank, SavedPlus & TipRanks
by Phillip Ryan
Finovate Fall ’13: Think Finance, MBank Lead the Pack
by Philip Ryan
Bank Marketing Strategy
Ten Tips To Doing Finovate Like A Pro
by Jim Marous
Bank Systems & Technology and Wall Street & Technology
5 Game-Changing Financial IT Startups
by Becca Lipman
5 Ways Mobile Banking Is Evolving: Finovate
by Jonathan Camhi
Finovate Fall 2013: A Few FinTech Providers for Capital Markets
by Zarna Patel
Finovate 2013: We’re All Infected With Malware
by Becca Lipman
Making Personal Finance Social Spotlighted At Finovate
by Jonathan Camhi
Barlow Research Associates
Innovations that Improve Business Banking Workflow
by Donna Arce
BostInno, Streetwise Media
Franklin-Based Interactions Reinvents the Virtual Assistant Application, Wins Finovate’s Best in Show
by Andrew Amato
Crain’s New York Business 
Financial-technology startups roil banking’s status quo
by Judith Messina
Hottest tech sector is all about money
by Judith Messina
Credit Union Times
Mitek Debuts Mobile Photo Account Opening
by Robert McGarvey
CreditUnions.com
5 Areas Of Innovation All Credit Unions Need To Monitor
by Scott Patterson
The Role Of Innovation In Today’s Credit Union
by David Mooney
CU Insight
Barclays Just Showed Up to the Party We’ve Been Hosting for a Year
by 
Ron Daly
Discerning Technologist
Just In Time For Finovate: Adding More Fun (And More Focus) To Fintech Applications
ExecutiveBoard.com
Scores of fun at Finovate and Money2020
by CEB Icono
Finextra
Yodlee launches financial relationships app
Finovate blog
FinovateFall 2013 Best of Show Winners
by Julie Schicktanz
Forbes
4 New Online Money Management Tools Worth A Try
by Richard Eisenberg
Forrester blog
Highlights and Thoughts From Finovate Fall 2013
by Peter Wannemacher 
GonzoBanker
Finovate Fall 2013 – The Big Apple
by Scott Hodgins
Hotwire PR blog
Mobile, data and security are hot at FinovateFall
by Lindsay Goldwert
Huffington Post Tech
NextGen Investment Advisory Firms–Go Tech Or Go Home!
by April Rudin
Investment News
Start ups pitch automated advice at tech confab
by Trevor Hunnicutt
Javelin Strategy & Research Blog
FinovateFall 2013. Drinking from the Proverbial Firehose.
by Nick Holland
The Jerusalem Post
Tel Aviv-based start-up TipRanks takes top prize at Finovate
by Niv Elis
Medium.com
Reflections On Five Hundred Minutes of Fintech
by Bradley Leimer
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Fintech Trends From The Innovators at FinovateFall
by Cassie Anderson
Mindful Insights blog
FinovateFall 2013 
The Modesto Bee
Modesto financial planners offer online tool for success
by Patty Guerra
My Bank Tracker
FlexScore Aims to Complement FICO Credit Scores
by Simon Zhen 
FutureAdvisor: Automated Investing With Tax Efficiency in Mind
by Simon Zhen 
Mitek to Simplify Account Opening on Mobile Devices
by Simon Zhen 
MoneyDesktop: Declutter and Visualize Your Financial Goals
by Simon Zhen 
SavedPlus Makes You Save Every Time You Spend
by Simon Zhen 
Yodlee’s New Mobile App Deals With Money Side of Relationships
by Simon Zhen 
The New Age Online
Finovate and the Rise of the African Entrepreneur
by Douglas White
PandoDaily
Taking data analysis to a new plateau: Narrative Science raises $11.5M
by cale Guthrie Weissman 
Payments Source
E-Check Service Offers an Alternative to Online ACH Payments
by Austin Kilgore
PC World
New services tackle small business finance challenges
by Yardena Arar
Plus World (in Russian)
Инновация ТКС Банка представлена на
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Payment Innovators Impress At FinovateFall 2013
by Dan Rosen
Silicon Hills
Akimbo and Toopher Pitching at Finovate in New York
by Laura Lorek
Snarketing 2.0
Finovate Fall 2013: Snarketing’s Best-In-Show Awards
by Ron Shevlin
What To Look For At Finovate Fall 2013
by Ron Shevlin
TechCrunch
Mobile-First Banking App Numbrs Bags Further $3.8M For U.S. Launch
by Steve O’Hear
Upstart Business Journal
Bitcoin’s missing link sneaks into main event at Finovate
by Michael del Castillo
Financial gladiator battle ends with 8 startups standing tall
by Michael del Castillo
The Wall Street Journal

How to Get Investment Advice for Less Online

by Andrea Coombes

‘Stupid’ Banks Look for Innovation
by Michael Hickins
William Mills Agency blog and Beyond the Arc blog
Day 1: Live Blog, FinovateFall 2013 by William Mills III & Steven Ramirez
by Steven Ramirez and William Mills III
Day 2: Live Blog, FinovateFall 2013 by William Mills III & Steven Ramirez
by Steven Ramirez and William Mills III
Finovate 2013: Our take on the Best of Show winners
by Steven Ramirez
We’ll continue to add coverage throughout the next few weeks. If you have FinovateSpring press coverage you would like to add, please email the link to julie@finovate.com.

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Finovate Alumni News– September 13, 2013

By David Penn Posted on
Categories: Dashlane, eDeposit, Emida, IDology, InComm, Interactions, LearnVest, mBank & Accenture, Mitek, MoneyDesktop, Motif Investing, Numbrs, TipRanks, TradeKing, Yodlee
  • FinovateLOGO.jpgTradeKing wins FINRA approval for acquisition of GAIN Securities.
  • Numbrs AG earns $3.8M in funding from parent Centralway.
  • Interactions, LearnVest, mBank & Accenture, Mitek, Money Desktop, Motif Investing, TipRanks, and Yodlee pick up Best of Show awards at FinovateFall 2013.
  • InComm, in partnership with CVS/pharmacy wins Best Third-Party Card Retailer Award.
  • Standard Distributing and Other Side Produce select eDeposit as their web and mobile payment solution.
  • Emida launches new smartphone POS app, available worldwide.
  • IDology launches ExpectID Global, an international expansion of its solution.
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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FinovateFall 2013 Best of Show Winners

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: FinovateFall 2013, Interactions, LearnVest, mBank, mBank & Accenture, Mitek, MoneyDesktop, Motif Investing, TipRanks, Yodlee

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We just wrapped up FinovateFall 2013 in New York. After a successful two days filled to the brim with 69 live demos, the audience voted for their favorites. Ultimately, the top eight companies were named Best of Show, and took home a trophy.

The winners (in alphabetical order):

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Interactions, for its voice-based virtual assistant technology

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LearnVest, for its iPad app and Workplace Solutions Center
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mBank & Accenture,  for their Bank 3.0 online platform
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Mitek for its Mobile Photo Account Opening solution
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MoneyDesktop, for its GuideMe solution
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Motif for its platform that lets you invest in ideas in one click
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TipRanks, cloud-based accountability engine for investors
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Yodlee, for its debut of TANDEM that helps groups manage and discuss shared finances
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All of the 69 demo videos will be posted on Finovate.com in a few weeks.

A huge thank you to everyone who joined the audience and participated in our largest New York show so far. And, of course, thanks to the 69 innovative companies who took on the FinovateFall stage in front of a crowd of 1,100+ audience members.

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Notes on methodology:  
1. Only audience members NOT associated with demoing companies were eligible to vote. Finovate employees did not vote.     
2. Attendees were encouraged to note their favorites during each day. At the end of the last demo, they chose their three favorites.    
3. The exact written instructions given to attendees: “Please rate (the companies) on the basis of demo quality and potential impact of the innovation demoed.”  
4. The eight companies appearing on the highest percentage of submitted ballots were named Best of Show.  
5. Go here for a list of previous Best of Show winners.

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TipRanks Presents its Cloud-Based Accountability Engine for Investors

By David Penn Posted on
Categories: FinovateFall 2013, TipRanks

TipRanksLogo.jpgThis post is part of our live coverage of FinovateFall 2013.

Next up in our second session of the day is TipRanks. TipRanks was recognized among the “Best of Show” at FinovateSpring 2013 in San Francisco.
“TipRanks is an independent, cloud-based service that collects, sorts, and presents unbiased, comparative metrics about stock recommendations published online from financial experts. TipRanks categorizes this advice by a combination of two key factors: the ability of a recommendation to generate excess profit above the S&P 500, and the percentage of times recommendations outperform the S&P 500.
“These metrics help communicate in real-time the accuracy and credibility of individuals providing such advice. It allows the individual investor to decide who to trust.”
Product Launch: April 2013
Metrics: $700,000 raised & 10 employees
Product distribution strategy: Direct to Consumer (B2C), Direct to Business (B2B), through financial institutions, through other fintech companies and platforms, & licensed
HQ: Tel Aviv, Israel
Founded: June 2012
Website: tipranks.com
Twitter: @TipRanks
Presenting Gilad Gat (Co-Founder & CTO) and Tomer Turgeman (VP, Business Development)
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The full demo video will be available at Finovate.com in mid-September

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FinovateFall 2013 Sneak Peek: Part 3

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Guide Financial, Lumesis, mBank, SpearFysh, TipRanks, Toopher, Versafe

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This week, we’re bringing you part three of our FinovateFall Sneak Peek series. If you missed the first two installments, check them out:

Here are a few more of the 70 companies that will demo their new technology on September 10 and 11 in New York: Guide Financial, Lumesis, mBank & Accenture, SpearFysh, TipRanks, Toopher, and Versafe.

Want to join us in New York in September? Get your ticket to FinovateFall 2013 here. To learn more about FinovateFall, check out the FAQ.

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GuideFinancialLogo.jpgGuide Financial’s Guide is a personal money mentor to mainstream America – providing free, unbiased, and comprehensive guidance for the 55 million Americans lacking access to financial advice.
Features:
    • Finds users thousands in savings 
    • Provides step-by-step guides to capture savings 
    • Simplifies complex choices like refinancing and retirement saving
Why it’s great: An unbiased, free and personalized money mentor for the millions of people without access to quality financial advice

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Uri Pomerantz has built career in finance and technology from founding a microfinance lender at 21 to roles at Microsoft, Goldman Sachs, and McKinsey.
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Scott Burns, CFA, has driven financial innovation for social impact, from retail banking in India to private equity investing in emerging markets
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Lumesis’ DIVER Advisor delivers critical information in a simple to access and deliverable report to satisfy regulatory requirements while providing users important client portfolio monitoring tools.
Features:  
    • Satisfy Time of Trade Regulatory Obligations in Seconds vs. 30 Minutes Per Trade
    • Monitor Key Metrics for Client Holdings 
Why it’s great: DIVER brings software solutions to the once dormant and technologically underserved fixed income municipal market.

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Gregg Bienstock, Esq. co-founded Lumesis. Previously he led Strategic Initiatives for Ambac FG and served as their CAO. He practiced law for 8 years.
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Tim Stevens, CFA co-founded Lumesis in 2010. Previously he was Sr. Managing Director and led Capital Markets for Ambac FG. Prior to that he was a CPA at Deloitte.


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mBank and Accenture will present the redesigned online banking system with one of the coolest, most high-tech banking experiences introduced to 3.5 million mBank users.
Features:
    • Financial information presented with complexity-on-demand
    • PFM scenarios incorporated throughout the platform
    • Branch-like experience through video chat
Why it’s great: New mBank introduced the most advanced online banking experiences worldwide on an unprecedented scale of 3.5 million customers.

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Michal Panowicz, Harvard MBA Alumnus 2006, previously working for Boston Consulting Group, eBay and Microsoft. Joined BRE Bank in 2011.
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Maciej Jopyk, Senior Manager at Accenture; Financial Services Systems Integration since 2003.

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SpearFysh leverages mobile, speech analytics, big data, & SaaS technology to improve sales process & drive growth.
    • 100% recall of sales conversations
    • Interaction sharing with all involved in the sales process
    • “Voice of customer” mined for sales intelligence
Why it’s great: We help sales organizations drive more predictable revenue growth by leveraging technology to capture, share & analyze the “voice of the customer.”

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Marc Miller, Founder & CEO

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Gregory Pacholski, President
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TipRanks is the first cloud-based service that collects, analyzes and displays unbiased, comparative metrics regarding published stock recommendations, helping retail investors make better decisions.
Features:
    • Bloggers added to TipRanks’ universe
    • Email Alerts regarding picks from top performing experts
    • Easy to embed data widgets for discovery
Why it’s great: TipRanks technology collects, measures and displays the performance of anyone providing investment advice online, so you know who to trust.
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Gilad Gat, Founder & CTO
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Tomer Turgeman, Business Development Director
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Toopher is the most usable, most secure authentication solution available. It’s an invisible, multifactor authentication product.
Features:  
    • Better security (broader, deeper, taller)
    • Productivity
    • Business growth
Why it’s great: Toopher is simple, secure, and stays in your pocket.

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Josh Alexander, CEO and Co-Founder: It’s ironic when the person in charge of strategic vision wears glasses.
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Versafe protects organizations and their users from the full range of malware and online threats, across all devices, without requiring endpoint software or involving the user in any way.
Features:
    • Transparent protection against malware and online threat types
    • All web
      and mobile apps supported 
    • 90%+ reduction in malware and phishing attacks
Why it’s great: Versafe protects ALL online users against ALL threat types and attacks, across ALL devices, ALL transparently to the user.  
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Eyal Gruner, CEO and Co-Founder

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Jens Hinrichsen, VP, Marketing and Development 
Jens is responsible for Versafe’s go-to-market strategy, guiding its products and services evolution, as well as developing a network of strategic technology and channel partnerships. 
Stay tuned next week for another sneak peek of FinovateFall 2013 companies.

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Meet the Innovators of FinovateFall 2013

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Categories: Akimbo Financial, authenticID, Backbase, BehavioSec, BillFloat, Biometric Signature ID, BizEquity, Capital Access Network, Cardlytics, CommunityLend, CoverHound, CR2, DoubleBeam, Financial Guard, Finect, Fiserv, FlexScore, Float Money, GMC Software Technology, Guide Financial, Ignite Sales, Innovation Agency, Instabank, Interactions, Jumio, Kofax, LearnVest, Level, Lighter Capital, Lumesis, Luminous, Manilla, MasterCard, mBank, MiiCard, Mitek, MoneyDesktop, Motif Investing, Narrative Science, Numbrs, P2P Cash, PayWith, Pendo Systems, Phony Invoices, Place2Give, QuarterSpot, RevolutionCredit, SaaS Markets, Saved Plus, Simple Verity, Socure, SpearFysh, Spreedlly, StockSmart, StrategyCorps, Tinkoff Credit Systems, TipRanks, Toopher, Unleash, VerifyValid, Versafe, WordSentry, Yodlee, Yseop, Zenmonics, Zighra, Zooz

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FinovateFall 2013 is right around the corner. That means it’s time to start getting to know the entrepreneurs and innovators that will be presenting their technologies on stage in New York City in September.

Remember, the early bird deadline is this Friday, August 2nd. So to reserve your spot and register now.

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Akimbo Financial offers a social bank account alternative that makes sharing money easier than ever.
authenticID‘s identity tools pictureID and catfishID, are the most accurate, time-saving solutions for the forms of ID we already carry.
Backbase‘s Launchpad, the Commercial Banking Edition, making CFO’s work easier.
BehavioSec uses behavioral analytics to transparently tackle web and mobile security.
BillFloat revolutionizes credit delivery to consumers and businesses.
Biometric Signature ID has a patented software-only biometric for secure ID online verification.
BizEquity is the first and leading cloud-based business valuation engine, an innovative solution to small business lead generation.
Capital Access Network is the largest and most experienced small business finance specialist.
Cardlytics uses consumer purchase data to drive a patented advertising platform. Ads are so relevant–they’re expected. 
CoverHound is a comparison insurance adviser, helping people discover, buy, and manage insurance online.
CR2 is the innovative provider of self-service banking solutions including ATM, Internet, and mobile banking.
DoubleBeam‘s SDK powers mPayments inside other mobile apps, helping signup customers quickly and save a ton on the cost of payments.
FinanceIt offers businesses the ability to provide consumer financing to their customers at the POS.
Financial Guard helps you protect your investments, providing online investment advice at the right price, finally.
Finect is the leading online network for the financial services industry.
Fiserv is a leading global technology provider serving the financial services industry, driving innovation in payments.
FlexScore “gamifies” financial planning, gives a “score” of your financial fitness, and provides education, advice, peer comparisons.
Float Money offers interest-free credit to members of its shopping club and financial health partners.
FutureAdvisor manages your investments for better returns, making quality financial advice available to everyone.
GMC Software Technology is a leading software developer of solutions that transform the customer experience.
Guide Financial is like a healthcheck for your finances – automatically scanning your accounts for ways you can earn or save more, and providing simple, easy fixes.
Ignite Sales is the leader in retail banking, customer acquisition, and retention technology.
Innovation Agency, where you can execute on your innovation mandate and unlock the wealth of ideas in your ecosystems.
Instabank – Beautiful money.
Interactions provides natural language Virtual Assistant application services for the automation customer care processes.
Jumio is a next generation credentials management company offering payments and ID scanning and validation products for mobile and web transactions.
Kofax is a leading provider of smart process applications that simplify the business critical First Mile of information-intensive customer interactions.
LearnVest empowers people everywhere to take control of their money and live their richest lives.
Level Money is a financial GPS, designed to replace budgeting.
Lighter Capital provides growth capital to technology companies in a highly-automated basis – Capital-as-a-Service.
Lumesis provides software for the fixed income municipal market. Compliance and credit-focused. 
Luminous is a boutique innovation company that has become synonymous with innovative banking around the world.
Manilla is the leading free and secure service to simplify and organize daily financial life.
MasterCard is a technology company in the global payments industry, operating the world’s fastest payments processing network.
mBank is the biggest, pure-play online bank and the third largest retail bank in Poland.
miiCard is the first digital identity verification service to prove ‘you are who you say you are’ entirely online.
Mitek is positioned as the leading innovator in mobile imaging software. 
MoneyDesktop empowers financial institutions to provide online/mobile banking experiences to promote personal financial intelligence.
Motif Investing is a thematic, customizable, low-cost and crowdsourceable ETF-like product that is disrupting investing economics.

Narrative Science enables companies to uncover the insight hidden in their data and create new content at a scale and frequency never before possible.
Numbrs – One App – Every Bank.
P2P Cash is the mobile wallet with switch technology that allows us to aggregate all other mWallets and mobile financial services.
PayWith is powered by MasterCard. Funded by Merchants. Loved by Consumers.
PhonyInvoices provides invoice fraud detection and prevention. We check a company’s vendor lists and transactions for suspicious activity.
Place2Give provides valuable and trustworthy information to make the most impactful social capital investment decisions.
QuarterSpot lending platform delivers the lowest cost and most favorable term small business loans.
RevolutionCredit is a revolutionary solution that transforms the credit decisioning process for both creditors and consumers.
SaaS Markets is the enterprise app store company for financial organizations looking to leverage cloud-based applications for their employees or customers.
SavedPlus is an automatic savings program that helps customers save money with every purchase.
Simple Verity provides business credit reports on any SMB in America.
Socure offers a social identity verification solution to combat the growing risk of online identity fraud for financial institutions.
SpearFysh leverages mobile, speech analytics, big data, and SaaS technology to improve sales processes and drive growth.
Spreedly provides vault cards in the cloud and work with more than 50 payment gateways.
StockSmart apps and platform offer insight and information on the world’s best companies and people.
StrategyCorps delivers local/mobile/social consumer checking solutions so appealing and relevant, your customers will gladly pay for them.
Tinkoff Credit Systems is Russia’s leading provider of online financial services.
TipRanks is a cloud-based service that measures the performance of anyone giving investment advice.
Toopher eliminates online fraud using your phone’s location. Simple, secure, your phone stays in your pocket.
Unleash is the cloud CFO that helps small businesses make better decisions faster.
VerifyValid and Deluxe are giving checks their first major upgrade in more than 200 years.
Versafe protects all users from all malware, threat types. On all devices, all transparently. 
WordSentry software analyzes messages during composition, identifying non-compliant components, for correction before sending.
Yodlee is the platform for financial innovation, powering the world’s largest collection of transactional data.
Yseop creates a new age where financial services delivered to customers are driven by AI and human collaboration.
Zenmonics is a global technology services and mobile product provider to the financial services market.
Zighra empowers banks and financial institutions to leverage implicit mobile user authentication and accelerate payments.
Zooz provides complete payment essentials at your fingertips: a robust set of tools that will improve the payment process.
Plus more stealth companies to be announced in the weeks to come.
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To find out more about the upcoming FinovateFall 2013 event in New York, September 10 and 11, visit our FinovateFall information page here.

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Finovate Alumni News– June 7, 2013

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Arxan Technologies, Betterment, Boku, Dynamics, Emida, Kofax, Mint.com, Mitek, Personal Capital, ReadyForZero, SimpleTuition, TipRanks, TransferWise, Xero, Zooz
  • Finovate-F-Logo.jpgXero and Stripe partner to simplify online payments for small businesses.
  • Bank Innovation reports: Mitek Launches V 2.0 of Mobile Photo Bill Pay solution.
  • Boku teams with PlayJam to bring mobile payments to smart TVs.
  • SimpleTuition partners with College Parents of America to bring student loan and loan comparison insight from SimpleTuition its members.
  • Creditnet.com ranks the Best Personal Finance Software of 2013 (So Far): 1) Personal Capital, 2) Mint.com 3) ReadyForZero.
  • Emida adds Colombia to list of operating countries.
  • Kofax launches Analytics for Capture business intelligence solution.
  • Pymnts.com interviews TransferWise co-founder Kristo Kaarmann.
  • RightStartups takes a look at Betterment as a “new concept in a very traditional industry.”
  • Dynamics launches “Everything Else is Just Plastic” TV Ad.
  • TradeBox Media reviews Zooz’s retail app plug-in.
  • International Business Times looks at how Arxan’s technology is used to protect mobile banking apps from attacks.
  • Newfination interviews Uri Gruenbaum, co-founder and CEO of TipRanks.
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– May 24, 2013

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Categories: Flint Mobile, GMC Software Technology, Handpoint, Klarna, Lendio, Lighter Capital, Personal Capital, ThreatMetrix, TipRanks, Yandex
  • Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Finovate-F-Logo.jpgMainStreet features “stock tip truth-o-meter” and FinovateSpring 2013 Best of Show winner TipRanks.
  • GMC Software Technology enters partnership with PostConnect to deploy Inspire technology.
  • AppScout takes a look at Flint’s mobile app for iPad and iPhone.
  • Yandex.Money integrates with Еuropean payment provider Skrill.
  • Banking Business Review reports: Handpoint introduces Chip and PIN MPOS systems.
  • Newfination visits the Personal Capital offices, interviews Head Of Advisory Services, Kyle Ryan.
  • American Banker mentions how Lendio and Lighter Capital are changing the face of small business lending.
  • Internet Retailer reports: ThreatMetrix helps EMerchantPay reduce its clients’ chargeback rates.
  • Klarna named “most innovative company” at annual Media Momentum Awards arranged by GP Bullhound.
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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FinovateSpring 2013 in the Press

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: Banno, Expensify, EyeVerify, FamZoo, FinovateSpring 2013, Finovera, GoBank, IntelliResponse, Intuit, invoiceASAP, Kabbage, LendUp, Micronotes, Plastyc, Prestadero, Quantopian, Refundo, TipRanks, Zooz

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Last week’s FinovateSpring 2013 received great coverage through blogs, tweets and articles. Here are the highlights:

Full conference live blogs

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Three contributors risked carpel tunnel to cover all 72 demos. Thanks to Erin McCune and William Mills III and Phillip Ryan for going the extra mile!

Bank Innovation
by Phillip Ryan
FinovateSpring recap and ratings
Day one morning recap
Day one afternoon recap
Day two morning recap
Day two afternoon recap

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Live Blogging Finovate Spring 2013 San Francisco
by Erin McCune 
William Mills blog
Live Blog: FinovateSpring 2013 San Francisco by William Mills III-DAY ONE
by William Mills III
Other coverage
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Affluent Strategies
What About the Overbanked?
by JP Nicols

American Banker
5 Most Intriguing Companies at Finovate
by Sean Sposito
Bank Security Top Focus at Finovate
Banno Launches Data-Analytics Marketing Feature
by Sean Sposito
Crowdfunding Startups Pose New Competition to Commercial Lenders
by Sean Sposito
EyeVerify Rolls Out Authentication Service for Mobile Banking
by Brian Browdie

GoBank to Go Live on the Fourth of July
by Sean Sposito
The Buzz at Finovate: New Security Tech
by Sean Sposito
Bank Marketing Strategy
Musings of a Finovate Virgin
by Jim Marous
Bank Systems & Technology
Digital Marketing Solutions Stand Front and Center at Finovate Spring
by Jonathan Camhi
Banking 2020
FI Spotlight: USAlliance FCU Sees Cross-Selling Success
Barron’s
Algorithms for the Masses
by Theresa W. Carey 
Bloomberg Businessweek
Kabbage Expands Its Cash Advances to Brick-and-Mortars
by Patrick Clark

Celent
How to give a killer Finovate presentation
by Dan Latimore

Credit Union Magazine
Finovate Unveils Best of Show Winners

Finovate Highlights Industry’s Best and Brightest
by Steve Rodgers
Look into the Future of Finance
by Steve Rodgers
Scenes from FinovateSpring 2013
by Steve Rodgers

Credit Union Times
5 Things You Don’t Know Because You Weren’t at Finovate
by Robert McGarvey
Onsite Coverage: Finovate Crowns the Winners
by Robert McGarvey
Onsite Coverage: New Security Tools Take Finovate Stage in Numbers
by Robert McGarvey
Onsite Coverage: No Clear Winners at Finovate Day 2
by Robert McGarvey
Threat of the Week: DDoS Back at You
by Robert McGarvey
Tomorrow’s Ideas Spark Interest But Fail to Excite
by Robert McGarvey
Des Moines Register
Banno launches marketing product for banks
by Marco Santana
Ecommerce Bytes
ZooZ Lets Mobile Shoppers Tap an Ad to Buy
By Ina Steiner 
FamZoo blog
My Finovate Scorecard Winners Plus Snarky Tweet Highlights
by Bill Dwight
Spend Money Like a Pop Star…Or Not: FamZoo’s FinovateSpring 2013 Demo
by Bill Dwight
Filene blog
Filene Five: Promising Products from Finovate
The Financial Brand
7 Reasons to Love GoBank
by Jim Marous
Finews.ch
Neues aus der Finanzwelt der Zukunft
Finextra
Banno unveils marketing tool Kernel
Forrester blog
FinovateSpring Fling 2013: Another Year of Dazzling Financial Services Delight!
by Tiffani Montez
Hotwire blog
Innovations inspire at Finovate Spring 2013
by Annette Leach
IntelliResponse blog
IntelliResponse Takes Center Stage at Finovate Spring 2013
by Dwayne Weppler 
Investment News
Quantopian launches trading platform pilot program
by Davis D. Janowski
Kabbage blog
Kabbage and Intuit Partner to Fund Small Businesses!
Lisa LaMagna’s Slideshare
Finovate SF in 60 Seconds
by Lisa LaMagna
MainStreet
Kabbage Expands Small-Business Financing
by Laurie Kulikowski
Man in Ranks blog
I attended Finovate Spring in San Francisco
by Christopher Perrien
Intuit
by Christopher Perrien
Newfination
Finovate Spring 2013: Expensify Is At The Forefront Of Innovation In Business Expense Management
Finovate Spring 2013: On Finovera You Can Store Your Bills, Statements, And Financial Documents
Finovate Spring 2013: GoBank Is A New Finance Bank That Enables Smart Personal Money Management
Finovate Spring 2013: GoodApril Helps You With Your Taxes All Year Round
Finovate Spring 2013: In San Francisco At The Center Of The New Finance World
Finovate Spring 2013: Kabbage Approves And Lends Money To Small Businesses in 7 Minutes or Less
Finovate Spring 2013: Leaf.me Is A Multiprocessor Payment Platform For Merchants
Finovate Spring 2013: Prestadero Is A Mexican Peer To Peer Lending Marketplace
Finovate Spring 2013: Realty Mogul Is A Crowdfunding Platform For Real Estate Investing
Finovate Spring 2013: Refundo’s App Is For The Under and Unbanked
Finovate Spring 2013: Start A Trust Fund For Each Of Your Kids At TrustEgg
Finovate Spring 2013: Virtual Piggy Is A Safe Payments System For Your Kids to Spend their Allowance
Finovate Spring 2013: Walla.by Is A Full Service Credit Card Advisor
Newsday
Banking Up Launches at FinovateSpring, Lets Any Business Offer Customers a Trusted Alternative to Traditional Banking
PandoDaily
Finovate: Quantopian debuts live data trading for consumer quants
by Michael Carney
Pymnts.com
A VC’s Inside Look At FinovateSpring 2013
by Dan Rosen
GoBank Announces Timing of General Availability and National Distribution Relationships at FinovateSpring
Kabbage Extends Loan Services To Offline SMBs
TipRanks Wins Best of Show Award at Finovate
TransCard Congratulates FamZoo, Winner of One of Five 2013 FinovateSpring Best of Show Awards
The Paypers
InvoiceASAP, Zebra Technologies
partner for mobile invoicing solution
Refundo blog
FinovateSpring 2013 Trip – Demo Day
by Michael de Senna
SF Gate
ZooZ Previews “In-Ad Payments”™ at Finovate Spring
Silicon Prairie
Onstage at Finovate, Banno unveils ad platform for banks
by Danny Schreiber
Watch EyeVerify, Banno demo their wares at bank tech event Finovate
by Fred Bauters
TechCrunch
Mobile Payments Startup ZooZ Debuts In-Ad Payments (Yes, “Ad” Not “App”)
by Sarah Perez
VentureBeat
Expensify takes on Freshbooks with invoicing & billing features
by Sean Ludwig
Kabbage expands its loans business, now supports Quickbooks
by Christina Farr
Y Combinator Blog
LendUp (YC W12) wins Finovate 2013 Best in Show for consumer loan platform to help the underbanked build credit
We’ll continue to add coverage throughout the next few weeks. If you have FinovateSpring press coverage you would like to add, please email the link to julie@finovate.com.

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FinovateSpring 2013 Best of Show Winners

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: FamZoo, FinovateSpring 2013, LendUp, MoneyDesktop, PayNearMe, TipRanks

After the final demos wrapped up on two fintech-packed days at FinovateSpring 2013, the audience voted for their favorite demos to ultimately decide who would be named Best of Show. The overall top five took home the trophies.

The winners (in alphabetical order):

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FamZoo, for its prepaid card family pack
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LendUp, for its LendUp Ladder loan platform that helps the underbanked build credit
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MoneyDesktop, for its Target and Insight back-end data analytics and marketing platform
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PayNearMe, for launching the white-labeled version of its cash-dpayments platform
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TipRanks, for its solution that brings transparency to individual investors, helping investors decide who to trust
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We’ll have the videos of all 72 demos posted on Finovate.com in a few weeks.

Thanks to everyone who joined the audience and came to be a part of our largest show so far. And thanks to the 77 innovators* who braved the Finovate stage. 

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*Five demos hosted a co-presenting company, including Visa, MasterCard, USAlliance Credit Union, Intuit, and Paydiant

Notes on methodology:  
1. Only audience members NOT associated with demoing companies were eligible to vote. Finovate employees did not vote.     
2. Attendees were encouraged to note their favorites during each day. At the end of the last demo, they chose their three favorites.    
3. The exact written instructions given to attendees: “Please rate (the companies) on the basis of demo quality and potential impact of the innovation demoed.”  
4. The five companies appearing on the highest percentage of submitted ballots were named Best of Show.  
5. Go here for a list of previous Best of Show winners.

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FinovateSpring 2013 Best of Show Winners

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on
Categories: FamZoo, FinovateSpring 2013, LendUp, MoneyDesktop, PayNearMe, TipRanks

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After the final demos wrapped up on two fintech-packed days at FinovateSpring 2013, the audience voted for their favorite demos to ultimately decide who would be named Best of Show. The top 5 overall took home the trophies.

The winners (in alphabetical order):

FamZooLogo2Large.jpg

FamZoo, for its prepaid card family pack
famzooimg2.jpg
LendUp, for its LendUp Ladder loan platform that helps the underbanked build credit
LendUpLogo.jpg
IMG_2285.JPG
MoneyDesktop, for its Target and Insight back-end data analytics and marketing platform
MoneyDLogo.jpg
MoneyDesktopLogoNew.jpg

paynearmelogo2.jpeg

PayNearMe, for launching the white-labeled version of its cash payments platform
IMG_2157.JPG
TipRanks, for its solution that brings transparency to individual investors, helping investors decide who to trust
TipRanksLogo.jpg
TipRanksIMG.jpg

We’ll have the videos of all 72 demos posted on Finovate.com in a few weeks.

Thanks to everyone who joined the audience and came to be a part of our largest show so far. And thanks to the 77 innovators* who braved the Finovate stage. 

——————————————————————

*Five demos hosted a co-presenting company, including Visa, MasterCard, USAlliance Credit Union, Intuit, and Paydiant

Notes on methodology:  
1. Only audience members NOT associated with demoing companies were eligible to vote. Finovate employees did not vote.     
2. Attendees were encouraged to note their favorites during each day. At the end of the last demo, they chose their three favorites.    
3. The exact written instructions given to attendees: “Please rate (the companies) on the basis of demo quality and potential impact of the innovation demoed.”  
4. The five companies appearing on the highest percentage of submitted ballots were named Best of Show.  
5. Go here for a list of previous Best of Show winners.

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