FinovateSpring: Behind the Scenes with Market Prophit, Nearex, and Sureify

FinovateSpring: Behind the Scenes with Market Prophit, Nearex, and Sureify

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In our third installment of FinovateSpring Behind the Scenes, we introduced you to Tactile Finance, Visible Equity, and Vorstack.

This week, we talk about another three companies that made their Finovate debuts at the San Jose conference this spring. They are stock market sentiment analysis platform Market Prophit, micropayments innovator, Nearex; and insurance education specialist, Sureify.

If you missed our previous editions of FinovateSpring 2014 Behind the Scenes, click here for installment one featuring CUneXus, ID.me, and Venovate. Click here for installment two, with Rippleshot, TextPower, and WePay.

What they do
According to Market Prophit CEO Igor Gonta, his company may be most easily understood as MorningStar + Klout for financial pundits in social media.
Market Prophit gives financial bloggers and pundits an opportunity for greater recognition of their work than might have ever been possible in the pre-social era. “I’m going to make a lot of people famous,” Igor says.
And potentially a lot more people rich. In aggregating and scoring the stock-picking accuracy of financial analysts and pundits (tracking the performance of more than 350,000 people and ranking as many as 5,000 a day), the platform provides investors with the ability to find and trade or invest alongside the savviest of the financial blogging bunch. Investors can also use Market Prophit to see how the stocks they own are viewed by the top ranked, Market Prophit financial bloggers who know those stocks best.
Stats
  • Self-funded
  • Founded in January 2011
  • Launched technology in June 2013
The experience
“We are democratizing the marketplace for the everyday investor,” says Igor, “so they can get information as fast as the pros.” Igor points out that hedge funds have had access to similar technology for some time – though he believes his own data is unique enough for him to eventually be able to sell it to hedge funds. 
But the real goal is to help bring “hedge fund quality analytics” down to the consumer. “Why shouldn’t we all share in knowing what’s happening with our stocks as fast as it’s happening?” he asks.
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Market Prophit focuses on the stock market conversation that takes place over Twitter. And if you think Twitter is just digital greasy kids stuff, Igor cites a recent market-moving tweet about Apple by activist investor Carl Ichan and the frequent Twitter activity of notable investing personalities like CNBC’s Jim Cramer as reason why he monitors this social media channel above all others.
The technology generates a Market Prophit score based on the performances of the stocks mentioned. This enables users of the platform to find readily those successful pundits most worth following – some of whom are often far less well known compared to more famous, but less accurate stock market watchers.
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The advantage of crowd-sourcing stock predictions is that it allows you to filter the great mass of prognosticators from those who, historically speaking, have tended to know what they are talking about. Market Prophit has developed this kind of sentiment analysis tool, that helps separate the investing wheat from the chaff. 
In his demo in San Jose, Igor demonstrated how a negative turn in sentiment among the “smart money” anticipated a move lower in a stock several days before sentiment in what he calls “the crowd” began to sour. For both traders looking to take short-term profits and longer-term investors buying dips, this kind of information is broadly valuable.
Market Prophit has other unique features, such as Buzz that helps traders and investors detect spikes in “chatter” that may be indicative of increased interest and potential activity in a given stock.
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The platform also includes a number of features that stock traders and investors know and love such as heat maps (see above). Market Prophit’s map shows stocks by both Sentiment and Buzz. Users of the platform can also analyze stocks organized by top and bottom sentiment, sentiment change, buzz, price change, and other criteria. Again the goal is to provide as much easy to read, potentially actionable sentiment data to the average trader or investor as possible.
It is impossible for the average investor or trader to keep up with all the information that might impact a stock’s behavior. But by aggregating and scoring sentiment data on thousands of opinions on thousands of stocks, Market Prophit brings Big Data down to where the little guy and gal can get at it. 

What they do
Nearex specializes in micropayments. Specifically, the company’s goal is a technological replacement for the cash that is used for the low dollar and sub-dollar transactions that take place all day, every day in economies around the world. 
Their solution, the Xip Micropayments System, features an inexpensive hardware device for merchants and a card for consumers that enables
tap-and-go transactions that are as fast and easy as paying with cash. Xip is low-cost, and integrates well with existing payment and banking systems. In demo at FinovateSpring, the live transactions shown were quick and smooth.
The stats
  • Founded in December 2012
  • Technology launched in April 2014
  • $1 million in funding raised
  • Based in Singapore
The experience
The Nearex technology helps solve two mobile payments problems: hardware costs for the merchant, and the finding the right payment device for the consumer. And both of these challenges are all the more daunting when we consider third world economies and markets.
Nearex has clearly taken this into consideration. Although creating both a hardware device that is credit card sized and the width of a couple of SIM cards, and a secure card that enables contactless payments, the company has ensured that the costs of reproducing both are minimal. 
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In fact, company CTO Arun Tanksali called the device “the lowest cost merchant payment acceptance device that you can get today,” and noted that Nearex was targeting the same price point as that of the most basic mobile phone.
So how does the technology work? From the point of view of the consumer, the XipTAG is straightforward. Take the card to the merchant, who has entered in the value of the transaction. Tap the card to the merchant’s XipPOS device and the transaction is completed. The consumer receives confirmation on his or her mobile phone, while the merchant can retrieve transaction information from XipPOS.
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The merchant’s XipPOS devices uses a SIM card, and runs on a battery that lasts for days on a single charge. Merchants and consumers can check transaction histories and mobile money account balances. The technology also provides authentication and other controls. Users, for example,  can set spending limits that will prevent transactions above a certain value, or require additional identity verification such as a PIN.
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Mobile money service providers have been among the companies to express the greatest early interest in Nearex’s technology. There has also been interest by banks and financial institutions looking to better serve their mobile-first or mobile-only customers. Mayank says that in addition to looking for partners and raising funding, the company is looking to expand in emerging markets, particularly Latin America.

What they do
“We educate life insurance consumers before they become your customers,” explained Dustin Yoder, CEO of Sureify. The company offers a way for those seeking insurance to learn about insurance in general and their insurance needs in specific – without the pressure of dealing with an insurance salesperson at the same time.
The company is focused particularly on Millennials, who are moving into adulthood and family formation. This is a group Dustin and the Sureify team believes is especially attracted to the way Sureify presents educational and informative material on the business of buying insurance.
The stats
  • Founded in May 2012
  • Technology launched in April 2014
The experience
Sureify specializes in helping consumers understand the world of life insurance, arguably the most commonplace and most complicated of the kinds of insurance that most people buy sooner or later. The company offers a short online process that helps people determine their life insurance needs, and compare their needs with term and whole life policites to make the ideal fit.
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Sureify starts off the process of helping educate consumers about insurance by focusing on the options available to them. Here, the website provides a pair of videos featuring Sureify CEO Dustin Yoder himself, one video each for discussing term and whole life insurance.
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The next step is for insurance consumers to figure out how much insurance they need. Here, consumers simply answer 10 questions  (gender, age, marital status, income, etc.) that the Sureify algorithm uses to help determine the amount of life insurance needed.
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Sureify then provides a breakdown that lets consumers see individually and compare side-by-side term and whole life insurance options based on annual and monthly premiums, as well as cash value (if applicable). Consumers can see how the amount change based on 10-year, 20-year, and 30-year durations.
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Dustin says that he began Sureify as an educational resource for life insurance in large part because it provides the biggest challenge – and biggest insurance expense for the average insurance consumer. But over time, it is possible that tools to help consumers with other forms of insurance, as well, such as auto insurance.
“Right now the experience of shopping for and buying insurance is just awful,” Dustin says, positioning Sureify as
the kind of technological “unbiased mentor” that can make a difference in the way people learn about and purchase insurance. He talks about Sureify as a Mint.com or a Trulia of insurance. “Down the line” goals he admits. But given the fact that 86% of insurance consumers do research before buying a policy, his model of making that research more accessible and easier to understand may be particularly well-placed.

Our Behind the Scenes series continues next week. Stay tuned for more!
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Announcing FinovateEurope 2015 (February 10-11 in London) — Buy your ticket early to save big and lock in your seat!

Hot on the heels of our largest Finovate conference ever (just two weeks ago in Silicon Valley), we’re excited to announce the dates for FinovateEurope 2015.

The London event will take place on February 10 & 11, 2015, at the beautifully restored Old Billingsgate Market Hall. FinovateEurope grew tremendously in 2014 with a sold-out crowd of 1,000 filling the auditorium. With the strong growth of fintech across Europe, we expect an even higher level of demand for the 2015 event and another sold-out show!

If you’d like to apply to demo your company’s newest fintech innovation at the event, please email us at europe@finovate.com to get on the announcement list. We’ll be accepting applications starting in mid-summer.

And, if you’d like to attend and watch the cutting-edge of European fintech
debut via our fast-paced, demo-only format, tickets are now available at
the low pre-sale price of £895.00 (£400 off the list price) here. Tickets are limited, so please lock in your reservation today to guarantee your spot (and these savings)!

We’ll see you in London in February 2015 (or New York in September)!

FinovateEurope 2015 is sponsored by: Life.SREDA and more to be announced

Last Chance for FinovateSpring 2014 Tickets!

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FinovateSpring 2014 is almost here and we are very excited! With every passing hour, we are skyrocketing towards a new attendance record for the conference (and for any Finovate in our 20-show history)!

Based on current trends, we’re projecting almost 1,400 innovators will be in the audience to watch the future of financial technology unfold. (A few tickets do remain so please register soon to lock in your seat before it is too late.)

While we are thrilled with the record-setting size of the audience, what is truly impressive is the quality of the attendees and the organizations that they represent. Here is just a small sample of the organizations that will be in attendance:

  • A.T. Kearney
  • Bank of Ireland
  • Bank of the West
  • BBVA Compass
  • BECU
  • Bessemer Venture Partners
  • BlackRock
  • BNP Paribas
  • Canaan Partners
  • Capital One
  • Celent
  • Celtic Bank
  • CenturyLink
  • CFPB
  • Charles Schwab
  • Chase Paymentech
  • CIBC
  • Citi Ventures
  • City National Bank
  • Consulate General of Canada
  • Coupons.com
  • Deluxe Corporation
  • Diebold
  • Digital Insight
  • Discover
  • E*TRADE Financial
  • Edward Jones
  • Equifax
  • EverBank
  • Experian
  • Fidelity
  • Fifth Third Bank
  • Filene Research Institute
  • First Data Ventures
  • First Republic Bank
  • FIS
  • Fiserv
  • Forbes
  • Foundation Capital
  • Frost Bank
  • FTV Capital
  • Gartner
  • General Atlantic
  • GoDaddy
  • Goldman Sachs
  • Google
  • Google Capital
  • H&R Block
  • IBM
  • Institutional Venture Partners
  • Intel Capital
  • Intellectual Ventures
  • Intuit
  • Itau Bank
  • Jack Henry & Assoc.
  • KPMG
  • Lazard
  • Lending Club
  • Life.SREDA Venture Capital
  • Lightspeed Venture Partners
  • MassMutual
  • MasterCard
  • Maybank
  • McKinsey & Co.
  • Menlo Ventures
  • Microsoft
  • Mizuho Bank
  • Mohr Davidow Ventures
  • Morningstar
  • Mountain America CU
  • Nasdaq OMX
  • NCR
  • NEA
  • New York Life
  • North Hill Ventures
  • Norwest Venture Partners
  • NTT Data
  • PayPal
  • PNC
  • Principal Financial
  • RBC
  • Ribbit Capital
  • RBS
  • RushCard
  • Sberbank
  • Scotiabank
  • Sequoia Capital
  • Silicon Valley Bank
  • Stanford University
  • Swedbank
  • TD Ameritrade
  • The Bancorp
  • The Vanguard Group
  • TowerGroup
  • Transamerica
  • TransUnion
  • TTV Capital
  • U.S. Bank
  • Union Bank
  • USAA
  • UW Credit Union
  • VentureBeat
  • Visa
  • Wells Fargo
  • Western Union
  • Yodlee

Please don’t delay! Tickets are selling fast and space is limited so please be sure to register now to make sure you get a seat!

FinovateSpring 2014 is sponsored by: The Bancorp, Capital Source, Financial Technology Partners, Hudson Cook, KPMG, Life.SREDA, UK Trade & Investment, Visa, Xignite and Zions Direct.

FinovateSpring 2014 is partners with: Aite Group, ABA, Bank Innovators CouncilBankersHub, BayPay Forum, California Bankers Association, Fin-Tech.org, Government of Canada, Celent, Filene, Hotwire PR, Javelin Strategy, The Paypers, SME Finance ForumVisible Banking, & Western Independent Bankers.

Last Chance for FinovateSpring 2014 Tickets!

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FinovateSpring 2014 is almost here and we are very excited! With every passing hour, we are skyrocketing towards a new attendance record for the conference (and for any Finovate in our 20-show history)!

Based on current trends, we’re projecting almost 1,400 innovators will be in the audience to watch the future of financial technology unfold. (A few tickets do remain so please register soon to lock in your seat before it is too late.)

While we are thrilled with the record-setting size of the audience, what is truly impressive is the quality of the attendees and the organizations that they represent. Here is just a small sample of the organizations that will be in attendance:

  • A.T. Kearney
  • Bank of Ireland
  • Bank of the West
  • BBVA Compass
  • BECU
  • Bessemer Venture Partners
  • BlackRock
  • BNP Paribas
  • Canaan Partners
  • Capital One
  • Celent
  • Celtic Bank
  • CenturyLink
  • CFPB
  • Charles Schwab
  • Chase Paymentech
  • CIBC
  • Citi Ventures
  • City National Bank
  • Consulate General of Canada
  • Coupons.com
  • Deluxe Corporation
  • Diebold
  • Digital Insight
  • Discover
  • E*TRADE Financial
  • Edward Jones
  • Equifax
  • EverBank
  • Experian
  • Fidelity
  • Fifth Third Bank
  • Filene Research Institute
  • First Data Ventures
  • First Republic Bank
  • FIS
  • Fiserv
  • Forbes
  • Foundation Capital
  • Frost Bank
  • FTV Capital
  • Gartner
  • General Atlantic
  • GoDaddy
  • Goldman Sachs
  • Google
  • Google Capital
  • H&R Block
  • IBM
  • Institutional Venture Partners
  • Intel Capital
  • Intellectual Ventures
  • Intuit
  • Itau Bank
  • Jack Henry & Assoc.
  • KPMG
  • Lazard
  • Lending Club
  • Life.SREDA Venture Capital
  • Lightspeed Venture Partners
  • MassMutual
  • MasterCard
  • Maybank
  • McKinsey & Co.
  • Menlo Ventures
  • Microsoft
  • Mizuho Bank
  • Mohr Davidow Ventures
  • Morningstar
  • Mountain America CU
  • Nasdaq OMX
  • NCR
  • NEA
  • New York Life
  • North Hill Ventures
  • Norwest Venture Partners
  • NTT Data
  • PayPal
  • PNC
  • Principal Financial
  • RBC
  • Ribbit Capital
  • RBS
  • RushCard
  • Sberbank
  • Scotiabank
  • Sequoia Capital
  • Silicon Valley Bank
  • Stanford University
  • Swedbank
  • TD Ameritrade
  • The Bancorp
  • The Vanguard Group
  • TowerGroup
  • Transamerica
  • TransUnion
  • TTV Capital
  • U.S. Bank
  • Union Bank
  • USAA
  • UW Credit Union
  • VentureBeat
  • Visa
  • Wells Fargo
  • Western Union
  • Yodlee

Please don’t delay! Tickets are selling fast and space is limited so please be sure to register now to make sure you get a seat!

FinovateSpring 2014 is sponsored by: The Bancorp, Capital Source, Financial Technology Partners, Hudson Cook, KPMG, Life.SREDA, UK Trade & Investment, Visa, Xignite and Zions Direct.

FinovateSpring 2014 is partners with: Aite Group, ABA, Bank Innovators CouncilBankersHub, BayPay Forum, California Bankers Association, Fin-Tech.org, Government of Canada, Celent, Filene, Hotwire PR, Javelin Strategy, The Paypers, SME Finance ForumVisible Banking, & Western Independent Bankers.

Announcing the Full Presenter Lineup for FinovateSpring 2014!

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FinovateSpring 2014 is less than two weeks away, and the excitement is building! More and more tickets are selling with every passing hour and on April 29 & 30, we’re expecting to break Finovate’s attendance record for the second year in a row with an audience of over 1,400 industry professionals and entrepreneurs.

You’ve probably already seen a few of the companies presenting at FinovateSpring this year, but a bunch of presenters just came out of stealth mode on Friday to complete the lineup. So, without further ado, here’s the full lineup of 68 companies that will demo their latest fintech innovations in the heart of Silicon Valley in less than 14 days:

  • Artivest
  • Avoka
  • BodeTree
  • ChiaraMail
  • Coinbase
  • CREALOGIX
  • CUneXus
  • D3 Banking
  • Dealstruck
  • defi SOLUTIONS
  • Digital Insight
  • Digital Retail Apps
  • Encap Security
  • Endeavour
  • EyeVerify
  • FinBuddy
  • Fiserv
  • FlexScore
  • ID.me
  • Insuritas
  • IntelliResponse
  • Interactions
  • Jumio
  • Kofax
  • Kown
  • Kreditech
  • LendingRobot
  • LendingTree
  • LendUp
  • Loop
  • LOYAL3
  • Market Prophit
  • Motif Investing
  • MShift
  • Nearex
  • NICE Systems
  • OnBudget
  • Ondot Systems
  • Pellucid Analytics
  • Personal Capital
  • Pixeliris
  • Privatbank
  • Qapital
  • Quisk
  • Radius
  • RealtyMogul
  • Red Giant
  • Rippleshot
  • Roostify
  • SaveUp
  • SmartAsset
  • Spreedly
  • Stockpile
  • StrategyCorps
  • Sureify
  • Tactile Finance
  • TD Ameritrade & LikeFolio
  • TextPower
  • True Link
  • Venovate
  • Verde International
  • Visible Equity
  • Vorstack
  • WePay
  • Wipit
  • Yseop
  • ZenPayroll
  • Zumigo

Please don’t delay! Tickets are selling fast and space is limited so please be sure to register now to make sure you get a seat!

FinovateSpring 2014 is sponsored by: The Bancorp, Capital Source, Financial Technology Partners, Hudson Cook, KPMG, Life.SREDA, UK Trade & Investment, Visa, Xignite and Zions Direct.

FinovateSpring 2014 is partners with: Aite Group, ABA, Bank Innovators CouncilBankersHub, BayPay Forum, California Bankers Association, Fin-Tech.org, Government of Canada, Celent, Filene, Hotwire PR, Javelin Strategy, The Paypers, SME Finance ForumVisible Banking, & Western Independent Bankers.

Announcing the Full Presenting Lineup for FinovateSpring 2014!

FinovateSpring 2014 is less than two weeks away, and the excitement is building! More and more tickets are selling with every passing hour and on April 29 & 30, we’re expecting to break Finovate’s attendance record for the second year in a row with an audience of over 1,400 industry professionals and entrepreneurs.

You’ve probably already seen a few of the companies presenting at FinovateSpring this year, but a bunch of presenters just came out of stealth mode on Friday to complete the lineup. So, without further ado, here’s the full lineup of 68 companies that will demo their latest fintech innovations in the heart of Silicon Valley in less than 14 days:

  • Artivest
  • Avoka
  • BodeTree
  • ChiaraMail
  • Coinbase
  • CREALOGIX
  • CUneXus
  • D3 Banking
  • Dealstruck
  • defi SOLUTIONS
  • Digital Insight
  • Digital Retail Apps
  • Encap Security
  • Endeavour
  • EyeVerify
  • FinBuddy
  • Fiserv
  • FlexScore
  • ID.me
  • Insuritas
  • IntelliResponse
  • Interactions
  • Jumio
  • Kofax
  • Kown
  • Kreditech
  • LendingRobot
  • LendingTree
  • LendUp
  • Loop
  • LOYAL3
  • Market Prophit
  • Motif Investing
  • MShift
  • Nearex
  • NICE Systems
  • OnBudget
  • Ondot Systems
  • Pellucid Analytics
  • Personal Capital
  • Pixeliris
  • Privatbank
  • Qapital
  • Quisk
  • Radius
  • RealtyMogul
  • Red Giant
  • Rippleshot
  • Roostify
  • SaveUp
  • SmartAsset
  • Spreedly
  • Stockpile
  • StrategyCorps
  • Sureify
  • Tactile Finance
  • TD Ameritrade & LikeFolio
  • TextPower
  • True Link
  • Venovate
  • Verde International
  • Visible Equity
  • Vorstack
  • WePay
  • Wipit
  • Yseop
  • ZenPayroll
  • Zumigo

Please don’t delay! Tickets are selling fast and space is limited so please be sure to register now to make sure you get a seat!

FinovateSpring 2014 is sponsored by: The Bancorp, Capital Source, Financial Technology Partners, Hudson Cook, KPMG, Life.SREDA, UK Trade & Investment, Visa, Xignite and Zions Direct.

FinovateSpring 2014 is partners with: Aite Group, ABA, Bank Innovators CouncilBankersHub, BayPay Forum, California Bankers Association, Fin-Tech.org, Government of Canada, Celent, Filene, Hotwire PR, Javelin Strategy, The Paypers, SME Finance ForumVisible Banking, & Western Independent Bankers.

Apply to Demo Your Latest FinTech Innovation at FinovateFall 2014

btn3_ov.pngWith the presenter roster set for FinovateSpring, we’ve begun our global search for the financial technology innovations that will be showcased at FinovateFall 2014 on September 23 & 24 in New York City. 

Last year, FinovateFall welcomed a sold-out crowd of more than 1,100 executives who witnessed 69 new fintech innovations debut via our signature demo-only format.

This fall, based on the early interest, we expect the auditorium to be just as packed and to showcase even more great innovations than last year.

If your company is interested in debuting your latest and greatest at the premier event for fintech innovation, please email us at fall@finovate.com for more details.

If you’re interested in attending FinovateFall to watch the future of fintech unfold live on stage, tickets are now on sale for the event at the lowest price that we’ll offer.

We’ll see you in New York in September (or San Francisco in a few weeks)!

FinovateFall 2014 is sponsored by: The Bancorp, CapitalSource, Financial Technology Partners, Greater St. Louis Financial Forum, Hudson Cook LLP, UK Trade & Investment, Visa

FinovateFall 2014 is partners with: Aite, ABA, BankersHub, California Bankers Association, Canada, Celent, Filene Research Institute, Hotwire PR, Javelin Strategy, The Paypers, SME Finance Forum, & Visible Banking

Last Chance for FinovateSpring 2014 Early-Bird Tickets! Register Now to Save!

FinovateSpring 2014 is only five weeks away and the event is on pace to be the largest Finovate event to date. After our sold-out London event in February, we are projecting over 1,400 innovators will descend on Silicon Valley on April 29th and 30th to watch the future of financial and banking technology debut live!

If you would like to join that audience and discover the latest fintech innovations before your competition does, please register before this Friday March 28th in order to lock in your seat AND the early-bird discount.

If it makes it any easier to commit, here is a small sample of the amazing organizations that will be in attendance:

  • Altimeter Group
  • American Savings Bank
  • ATB Financial
  • Bank of the West
  • Bankers Trust
  • BBVA Ventures
  • Bessemer Venture Partners
  • BlackRock
  • C1 Bank
  • Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
  • Capital One
  • Celent
  • Celtic Bank
  • Charles Schwab
  • Chase Paymentech
  • CIBC
  • Citi Ventures
  • City National Bank
  • Commerce Bank
  • Commonwealth Bank
  • Consulate General of Canada
  • CFPB
  • Credit Suisse
  • Credit Union Times
  • Digital Insight
  • Discover
  • E*TRADE
  • EverBank
  • Experian
  • Federal Reserve System
  • Fidelity
  • Filene
  • First Data
  • First Republic Bank
  • FirstBank
  • FIS
  • Fiserv
  • Foundation Capital
  • FTV Capital
  • Fujitsu Research
  • General Atlantic
  • H&R Block
  • Hyundai Capital
  • IBM
  • Intel Capital
  • Intuit
  • Jack Henry
  • Jyske Bank
  • Lazard
  • Lexis Nexis
  • Lightspeed Venture Partners
  • MassMutual
  • Mastercard
  • Maybank
  • McKinsey & Co
  • Mergermarket
  • Mohr Davidow
  • Moody’s Analytics
  • Morningstar
  • Mountain America CU
  • NCR
  • NEA
  • New York Life
  • North Hill Ventures
  • U.S. Dept. of Treasury
  • Oracle
  • PNC Bank
  • Principal Financial
  • Sberbank Venture Capital
  • Scotiabank
  • Silicon Valley Bank
  • Stanford University
  • Swedbank
  • TD Ameritrade
  • The Vanguard Group
  • TowerGroup
  • Transamerica
  • TransUnion
  • U.S. Bank
  • USAA
  • VentureBeat
  • Visa
  • Wells Fargo
  • West Point Bank
  • Western Union

Please don’t delay! Tickets are selling fast so please be sure to register now to make sure you get a seat!

FinovateSpring 2014 is sponsored by: The Bancorp, Capital Source, Financial Technology Partners, Hudson Cook, Life.SREDA and Xignite.

FinovateSpring 2014 is partners with: Aite Group, Bank Innovators CouncilBankersHub, Bay Area Fintech Startups, BayPay Forum, California Bankers Association, Government of Canada, Celent, Filene, Hotwire PR, Javelin Strategy, The Paypers, SME Finance ForumVisible Banking, & Western Independent Bankers.

Last Chance for FinovateSpring 2014 Early-Bird Tickets! Register Now to Save!

FinovateSpring 2014 is only five weeks away and the event is on pace to be the largest Finovate event to date. After our sold-out London event in February, we are projecting over 1,400 innovators will descend on Silicon Valley on April 29th and 30th to watch the future of financial and banking technology debut live!

If you would like to join that audience and discover the latest fintech innovations before your competition does, please register before this Friday March 28th in order to lock in your seat AND the early-bird discount.

If it makes it any easier to commit, here is a small sample of the amazing organizations that will be in attendance:

  • Altimeter Group
  • American Savings Bank
  • ATB Financial
  • Bank of the West
  • Bankers Trust
  • BBVA Ventures
  • Bessemer Venture Partners
  • BlackRock
  • C1 Bank
  • Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
  • Capital One
  • Celent
  • Celtic Bank
  • Charles Schwab
  • Chase Paymentech
  • CIBC
  • Citi Ventures
  • City National Bank
  • Commerce Bank
  • Commonwealth Bank
  • Consulate General of Canada
  • CFPB
  • Credit Suisse
  • Credit Union Times
  • Digital Insight
  • Discover
  • E*TRADE
  • EverBank
  • Experian
  • Federal Reserve System
  • Fidelity
  • Filene
  • First Data
  • First Republic Bank
  • FirstBank
  • FIS
  • Fiserv
  • Foundation Capital
  • FTV Capital
  • Fujitsu Research
  • General Atlantic
  • H&R Block
  • Hyundai Capital
  • IBM
  • Intel Capital
  • Intuit
  • Jack Henry
  • Jyske Bank
  • Lazard
  • Lexis Nexis
  • Lightspeed Venture Partners
  • MassMutual
  • Mastercard
  • Maybank
  • McKinsey & Co
  • Mergermarket
  • Mohr Davidow
  • Moody’s Analytics
  • Morningstar
  • Mountain America CU
  • NCR
  • NEA
  • New York Life
  • North Hill Ventures
  • U.S. Dept. of Treasury
  • Oracle
  • PNC Bank
  • Principal Financial
  • Sberbank Venture Capital
  • Scotiabank
  • Silicon Valley Bank
  • Stanford University
  • Swedbank
  • TD Ameritrade
  • The Vanguard Group
  • TowerGroup
  • Transamerica
  • TransUnion
  • U.S. Bank
  • USAA
  • VentureBeat
  • Visa
  • Wells Fargo
  • West Point Bank
  • Western Union

Please don’t delay! Tickets are selling fast so please be sure to register now to make sure you get a seat!

FinovateSpring 2014 is sponsored by: The Bancorp, Capital Source, Financial Technology Partners, Hudson Cook, Life.SREDA and Xignite.

FinovateSpring 2014 is partners with: Aite Group, Bank Innovators CouncilBankersHub, Bay Area Fintech Startups, BayPay Forum, California Bankers Association, Government of Canada, Celent, Filene, Hotwire PR, Javelin Strategy, The Paypers, SME Finance ForumVisible Banking, & Western Independent Bankers.

Startupbootcamp’s FinTech Program Launches in London

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Startupbootcamp is a 3-month accelerator program that aims to give startups exposure to key players in their industry, while connecting them to a community of top-level mentors and advisors.

The organization recently launched a FinTech-exclusive accelerator in London, which will begin August 11. It is accepting applications from startups now through June 22, but the earlier you apply, the better chances you have to get into the program.

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In exchange for 8% equity, you get:
    • Extensive mentorship from +100 entrepreneurs, investors, and partners
    • Access to top markets in London, U.S. and APAC
    • 3+1 months free office space
    • €15K in cash per team
    • €450K+ in partner services
    • Exposure to 200+ Angels & VCs
    • Invitation to SBC global alumni network and growth program

Startupbootcamp’s other programs have so far proven their worth. In fact, over 70% of participating startups have gone on to receive funding.

In addition to the FinTech accelerator, Startupbootcamp has seven other programs located in Europe with unique foci:

    1. Istanbul serves as a hub for startups in the Middle East and North Africa regions.
    2. Israel is focused on startups within internet and mobile technology. 
    3. Amsterdam focuses on intensive mentoring from industry leaders across Europe and beyond to bolster their funding.
    4. Copenhagen works primarily with startups focusing on mobile devices and related technologies and solutions.
    5. Berlin helps entrepreneurs launch their business ideas into the global market.
    6. Another Amsterdam-located accelerator focuses on innovative solutions based on Near Field Communications and Contactless Interactions Technologies. 
    7. Eindhoven’s HighTechXL is the fastest way to accelerate your tech ideas-in-progress.

If you’re interested, check out the application page here

FinovateEurope 2014 is Sold Out!

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We’re very excited to announce that FinovateEurope 2014 is sold out and the wait list is growing quickly. The demand for our 4th annual event in London has been unprecedented and we believe yet another sign of how vibrant the European fintech industry has become.

On this Tuesday and Wednesday, almost 1,000 innovators will witness the future of fintech debut live at Old Billingsgate Market Hall in the heart of London.

Here is a small sample of the organizations that will be in attendance:

  • ABN Amro
  • ABN AMRO
  • Accel Partners
  • AIB Bank
  • American Express
  • AXA Bank
  • Balderton Capital
  • Banco Santander
  • Bank Julius Baer
  • Bank of America
  • Bank of East Asia
  • Bank of Ireland
  • Barclays
  • BNP Paribas
  • Bradesco Bank
  • Capgemini
  • Celent
  • comdirect bank
  • Cortal Consors
  • Credit Suisse
  • Datamonitor Financial
  • e-laCaixa
  • Ernst & Young
  • Erste Bank
  • Euromoney
  • Experian
  • FHB Bank
  • Fidelity Investments
  • Financial Technology Partners
  • Financial Times
  • Fiserv
  • Forbes
  • Forrester
  • Gartner
  • General Atlantic
  • Goldman Sachs
  • Google
  • HSBC
  • Index Ventures
  • ING DIRECT
  • Investec
  • Jyske Bank
  • KPMG
  • Lloyds
  • MasterCard
  • Mergermarket
  • Microsoft
  • Nationwide
  • OTP Bank
  • Ovum
  • PostFinance
  • Rabobank
  • RBKMoney
  • RBS
  • Riyadbank
  • Route 66 Ventures
  • Royal Bank of Scotland
  • S&P Capital IQ
  • Sberbank of Russia
  • SBT Venture Capital
  • Scottish Equity Partners
  • Silicon Valley Bank
  • SKAGEN Funds
  • SNS Bank
  • SocGen
  • Sparebanken
  • Standard Bank Group
  • Standard Life
  • Suncorp
  • Sutor Bank
  • Swedbank
  • SWIFT
  • Swisscom
  • T. Garanti Bankasi
  • TechCrunch
  • Techstars
  • The Bancorp
  • The Economist
  • The New York Times
  • The Wall Street Journal
  • Thomson Reuters
  • TSB Bank
  • UBS AG
  • Unicredit Bank
  • Velocity Capital
  • Visa
  • Volksbank Bühl
  • Wellington Partners
  • Western Union
  • Wonga.com
  • Yahoo Japan
  • And many more!

If you’re like to follow along with all the FinovateEurope innovations, our research team will be live blogging the conference at Finovate.com and you can also search for #finovate on twitter. If you’re interested in getting on the wait list for the event, please email us at europe@finovate.com.

Please note we’re also seeing strong demand for our FinovateSpring 2014 event in Silicon Valley in late April. If you’re interested in locking in your ability to attend that event, please register soon.

FinovateEurope 2014 is sponsored by: The Bancorp, Be Group, Financial Technology Partners, and Life.SREDA.

FinovateEurope 2014 is partners with: Aite Group, Bank Innovators CouncilBankersHub, Celent, The Financial Services Club, FSIC, Hotwire PR, Level39, Mapa Research, SME Finance ForumVisible Banking, & World Finance.

FinovateEurope 2014 Early-Bird Deadline is this Friday! Register Now to Save!

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FinovateEurope 2014 is barely more than a month away and we are projecting a record crowd will be on hand to witness dozens of the hottest new fintech innovations debut live.

On February 11 & 12, 68 hand-selected innovative companies will take the stage in London to showcase their latest ideas to a projected crowd of more than 900 financial executives, venture capitalists, press, industry analysts and entrepreneurs. 

If you would like to join the event, the early-bird deadline for the conference is this Friday. If you register before then, you will save £100 and lock in your chance to attend.

In case you’re curious, here is a small sample of the organizations that have already registered for the event. 

  • ABN AMRO
  • Accel Partners
  • AIB Bank
  • ANZ
  • AXA Bank
  • Balderton Capital
  • Bank of Aland
  • Bank of America
  • Bank of Ireland
  • Bank Julius Baer
  • Barclaycard
  • Barclays Bank
  • Be Group
  • Celent
  • Credit Suisse
  • Datamonitor
  • Ernst & Young
  • Experian
  • Fidelity Investments
  • Financial Times
  • FT Partners
  • Goldman Sachs
  • Google
  • Index Ventures
  • ING Direct
  • Jyske Bank
  • Life.SREDA
  • Lloyds
  • Riyadbank
  • Skagen Funds
  • SpareBank
  • Standard Bank
  • Swedbank
  • The Bancorp
  • Volksbank
  • Wellington Partners
  • Microsoft
  • PostFinance
  • Rabodirect

If you’re interested in witnessing the future of European fintech, please get your ticket today to guarantee your ability to attend as we’re headed towards a sellout crowd. 

We’ll see you in London in February (or Silicon Valley in April)!

FinovateEurope 2014 is sponsored by: The Bancorp, Be Group, Financial Technology Partners, and Life.SREDA.

FinovateEurope 2014 is partners with: Aite Group, BankersHub, Celent, The Financial Services Club, FSIC, Hotwire PR, Level 39, & Visible Banking.