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Alumni News– November 18, 2014

By David Penn Posted on November 18, 2014
Categories: Arxan Technologies, Azimo, Backbase, Coinbase, Credit Sesame, iQuantifi, Market Prophit, Mobino, On Deck Capital, PayPal, Prosper, SK Planet, Tradeshift, Venmo

Coinbase to introduce bitcoin tip button to enable micropayment acceptance online.

Venmo users can now log in using both bank ID and Touch ID.

OnDeck seeks to raise $150 million in initial public offering.

TechWeek Europe takes a look at Arxan Technologies’ State of Mobile App Security report.

Malaysian Digest features Azimo in a discussion on the revolution in the money transfer industry.

Dough Roller interviews iQuantifi CEO and Co-Founder, Tom White.

Business News Daily quotes Igor Gonta, CEO of Market Prophit on the importance of having a social media strategy.

PostFinance AG’s Monexio selects Mobino platform to help develop its own digital payment solutions.

SK Planet wins first prize at KPRA Awards 2014 for its filter program, Flitter.

Credit Sesame partners with Prosper.

Hiscox launches new digital insurance platform powered by Backbase CXP.

PayPal challenges Apple Pay with an app for the Pebble smartwatch.

The European Commission approves Tradeshift data format for government purchasing.

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Alumni News– November 17, 2014

By David Penn Posted on November 17, 2014
Categories: Arroweye Solutions, Arxan Technologies, Billhighway, Bluefin Payment Systems, Boku, Google Cloud Platform, Hoyos Labs, InComm, Knox, Minetta Brook, Rippleshot, TradeKing, TransferWise, Venmo, Zopa

Boku announces a pair of C-level appointments: Ingo Lippert as CBO, Christian Hinrichs as CFO.

Zopa partners with AltFi Data; plans to open loan book to the public in Q1 in 2015.

The Sunday Times profiles TransferWise founders Kristo Kaarmann and Taavet Hinrikus.

TradeKing begins rollout of its new 100% responsive website.

Bolstr surpasses $200,000 in 2014 investor payouts

Expensify featured in Slate. Check out the video.

Billhighway’s 523% Four-Year Growth earns it the #193 Spot on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 List.

ChicagoInno features Arroweye Solutions and Rippleshot for their listings on the FinTech Forward Rankings.

Check out Finovate Debuts: Minetta Brook’s Knewsapp.

MetaIntelli and Arxan Technologies partner to help developers mitigate mobile security and privacy risks.

Venmo gets Touch ID security, tagging, and direct linking to bank accounts.

MyBankTracker examines how 1U is using Hoyos‘ facial recognition security technology.

InComm launches New eCommerce Site for B2B Bulk Gift Cards.

Bluefin joins the New York Bankers Association.

Google Compute Engine now features intelligent horizontal Autoscaling.

Wharton Fintech blog features Knox Payments.

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Alumni News– November 5, 2014

By David Penn Posted on November 5, 2014
Categories: Betterment, Braintree, CAN Capital, Financial Guard, FutureAdvisor, Jemstep, MasterCard, Nutmeg, PayPal, SigFig, SumUp, Venmo, Wealthfront, Yodlee

Braintree announces new service that makes it easier for merchants to sign up for the platform.

MasterCard launches MasterPass in Czech Republic.

CAN Capital to offer loans via Yodlee’s Small Business solution.

PayPal’s Venmo to power payments for web and mobile chat app, Dasher.

Wall Street Sector Selector highlights Financial Guard and lists Betterment, FutureAdvisor, Jemstep, Nutmeg, SigFig, and Wealthfront in a column on using roboadvisors with retirement accounts.

SumUp partners with BitPay to integrate bitcoin into its mPOS solution.

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Alumni News– August 20, 2014

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on August 20, 2014
Categories: Cartera Commerce, CUneXus, Darwinex, Dwolla, Expensify, EyeVerify, Fiserv, ID Analytics, Kony Solutions, Mortgagebot, PayNearMe, PayPal, peerTransfer, Realty Mogul, Simple, ThreatMetrix, Venmo, Wallaby Financial, Zumigo

CUneXus improves loan acceptance by 68% over 2013 for Educational Employees CU.

With Simple’s 2.0 mobile app update, users can send paper check payments via mobile.

ID Analytics names Daniel Rawlings as Chief Revenue Officer.

Essent Guaranty offering lenders access to rate quotes through an interface with D+H’s MortgagebotLOS.

ThreatMetrix selected as one of CIOReview100s Most Promising Technology Companies.

EyeVerify and Zumigo selected for Wells Fargo’s accelerator.

Expensify integrates with Uber’s API to launch SmartRides feature.

PayNearMe and SIMI partner to offer cash collection services to US government agencies.

Kony launches MobileFabric to Accelerate Speed of Delivering Great Enterprise Mobile Apps.

PayPal announces access to its One Touch mobile payment solution. Join PayPal in San Francisco for FinDEVr this fall.

Cartera Commerce unveils new website.

Wallaby Financial launches CardBase and The Card Guide, opening its credit card database to the public.

National Real Estate Investor features Realty Mogul CEO and co-founder, Jilliene Helman.

Forex Brokerz talks about the beta release of Darwinex’s social trading platform.

peerTransfer tops $1 billion in international education payments, announces 500th client.

Bloomberg.com features Venmo, Fiserv’s Popmoney, and Dwolla in column on Millennials and mobile payments.

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Alumni News– August 14, 2014

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on August 14, 2014
Categories: Dwolla, Expensify, Fiserv, PayPal, Venmo

Fiserv and DBS win Asian Banker Technology Implementation award.

Expensify enables in-app report comments to make annotations directly on expense reports.

Merchants using WordPress now have access to two new payment gateways: Dwolla and PayPal Express Checkout.

Bank Innovation takes a look at how “Pay with Venmo” will impact mobile e-commerce.

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Alumni News– August 14, 2014

By David Penn Posted on August 14, 2014
Categories: Dwolla, Expensify, Fiserv, PayPal, Venmo

Fiserv and DBS win Asian Banker Technology Implementation award.

Expensify enables in-app report comments to make annotations directly on expense reports.

Merchants using WordPress now have access to two new payment gateways: Dwolla and PayPal Express Checkout.

Bank Innovation takes a look at how “Pay with Venmo” will impact mobile e-commerce.

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Eleven Finovate Alums Win Awards at PYMNTS Innovation Project 2014

By David Penn Posted on March 24, 2014
Categories: Bill.com, Credit Karma, Klarna, Lending Club, Mitek, PayNearMe, PayPal, PaySimple, Prosper, Ripple, Venmo

The votes are in. The judges have decided. And 11 Finovate alums have earned awards at the 2014 PYMNTS.com Innovation Project, including three gold medals.

Finovate alums won awards in a diverse range of categories, from “B2B Innovation” to “Best Comeback Story.” Areas where alums dominated included “Best Credit Innovation,” where Credit Karma, Lending Club, and Klarna swept the field, as well as “Best Innovation via ACH” and “Best Check Innovation.”

The Innovation Project is “powered by PYMNTS.com,” a joint venture between BusinessWire and Market Platform Dynamics. The event is in its second year, and was again held at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

A total of 49 awards were presented. Gold, silver, and bronze in fifteen categories, plus singular Catalyst, Women Driving Innovation in Payments, Lifetime Achievement, and Best in Show awards.

Also announced were three inductees to the Payments Hall of Fame.

See how the rest of the Finovate family fared below.

Catalyst Award

PayPal

International e-commerce payments and money transfers
Finovate demo video: Europe 2012

Gold

Bill.com

Best B2B Innovation
Cash flow management solution for business integrating electronic payments, accounting, digital documents, and more
Finovate demo video: Spring 2012

Credit Karma

Best Credit Innovation
Aggregates consumer financial data from bank accounts and credit scores to mortgage loans in one location
Finovate demo video: Startup 2009

PaySimple eCheck

Best Check Innovation
Enables check payments without having to write paper checks
Finovate demo video: Spring 2012

Silver

Lending Club

Best Credit Innovation
Online, peer-to-peer lender
Finovate demo video: Startup 2009

Pay Near Me

Best Cash Innovation
Cash transaction network
Finovate demo video: Spring 2013

Ripple Labs

Best New Technology
Open-source, distributed payment protocol
Finovate demo video: Spring 2013

Venmo

Best Innovation via ACH
Best Check Innovation
Send money to a Venmo account, bank account or supported debit card for free
Finovate demo video (with Braintree): Spring 2013

Bronze

Klarna

Most Innovative Company
E-commerce solution mitigates credit and fraud risk for online merchants
Finovate demo video: Spring 2012

Ripple Labs

Most Disruptive Innovation

Prosper

Best Comeback Story
Peer-to-peer lending
Finovate demo video: Finovate 2007

Klarna

Best Credit Innovation

Mitek

Best Innovation via ACH
Solution leverages mobile device camera to enable check deposit, account opening, and bill pay.
Finovate demo video: Fall 2013

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Finovate Alumni News– February 20, 2014

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on February 20, 2014
Categories: ACI Worldwide, BellaDati, Kalixa, ReadyForZero, Venmo

BellaDati launches SDK.

Mashable features ReadyForZero.

TechCrunch reports: Venmo Now Lets You Find And Pay Other Nearby Venmo Users.

Kalixa announces new offices in Sao Paolo and New York.

ACI Worldwide’s ACI Interchange strengthens support for UnionPay card network.

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