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Finovate Alumni News– July 30, 2012

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on July 30, 2012
Categories: AcceptEmail, Backbase, Boku, peerTransfer, Simple, Virtual Piggy, Xero

Virtual Piggy integrates its youth payment system into Arbor Collective’s ecommerce operations.

AcceptEmail featured in The E-invoicing Market Guide 2012.

BOKU receives A+Trust rating from the Better Business Bureau.

Barnard College partners with peerTransfer to streamline international education payments.

Simple begins on-boarding customers, loses CTO Alex Payne.

Xero reaches 100k paying customers, discloses additional metrics.

Tinkoff Credit Systems launches new online banking on Backbase.

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Finovate Alumni News– July 24, 2012

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on July 24, 2012
Categories: Blackhawk Network, Currensee, Figlo, InComm, Kabbage, Mint.com, Prepaid Resources, Silver Tail Systems, Striata, Virtual Piggy

WSJ blog features Virtual Piggy.

Silver Tail Systems announces the availability of Forensics 3.0 software.

International utility, National Grid, selects Striata for email billing and transactional services.

Social Trading Guru describes Currensee’s new leverage option.

Kabbage rolls out new tagline and logo design.

Mint.com updates Trends feature.

InComm forms partnership with Plastic Jungle and Zeevex.

Check out the latest CEO interview with Figlo’s Albert van den Broek.

Blackhawk Network to implement Prepaid Resources’ BenefitsDirect service.

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Finovate Alumni News– July 23, 2012

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on July 23, 2012
Categories: Akamai, Bolstr, Corduro, CurrencyFair, ImpulseSave, LearnVest, SmartyPig, Social Money, Virtual Piggy, Xero

Virtual Piggy expands merchant base with Blee Inara’s handcrafted original jewelry.

Umbel forms NetAlliance partnership with Akamai. Come to FinovateFall to see Akamai’s live demo.

Fast Company talks with Alexa Von Tobel, LearnVest CEO. Check out LearnVest’s live demo at FinovateFall.

USA Today features Social Money’s SmartyPig.

Startup America features Bolstr. Come see Bolstr’s live demo at FinovateFall.

The Independent looks at how CurrencyFair helps cut cost of cash transfers abroad.

Xero acquires Spotlight Workpapers.

The Financial Brand looks at how ImpulseSave hopes to create spontaneous savers.

GigaOM reports Corduro aims to win over big organizations that want to modernize their payment systems.

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Finovate Alumni News– July 16, 2012

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on July 16, 2012
Categories: Braintree, Dashlane, Intuit, Virtual Piggy, Wall Street Survivor

Zions Direct reviews Wall Street Survivor.

Braintree partners With Spreedly to provide payment gateway services.

Braintree hires Juan Benitez as CTO & SVP of Product and John Sturino as VP of Product.

Tech News Daily features Dashlane. Come see its live demo at FinovateFall Sept. 12 and 13.

ROXO adds Virtual Piggy as payment solution.

Intuit listed in top 10 in India’s Best Companies to Work for 2012.

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Finovate Alumni News– July 2, 2012

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on July 2, 2012
Categories: Blaze Mobile, Buxfer, Cartera Commerce, InComm, Lighter Capital, SigFig, Virtual Piggy

Cartera Commerce recognized with a Golden Link award for its OfferLink network.

Coffee Not Included blog looks at how Buxfer approaches money management.

Madame Noir interviews Blaze Mobile CEO & Founder, Michelle Fisher.

InComm to continue the sale of gift card products in all new jersey stores.

Virtual Piggy appoints John Paul DeJoria to board of advisors.

Lighter Capital invests in 3 new companies.

SigFig Launches Native Apps for iOS, Android.

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Finovate Alumni News– June 26, 2012

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on June 26, 2012
Categories: Arroweye Solutions, IDTheft 911, Intuit, Stocktwits, Virtual Piggy

Virtual Piggy’s platform now supports subscription payments.

Arroweye Solutions secures $3 million in funding.

Reamstown Mutual Insurance partners with ID Theft 911 to provide ID theft protection to policyholders.

Gigaom reports StockTwits relaunches with focus on real-time, curation.

Virtual Piggy announces agreements with Spyder Surf & Tahoe Mountain Sports.

Intiut ranks number 40 on the 2012 Computerworld 100 Best Places to Work in IT.

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Virtual Piggy’s Platform Now Supports Subscription Payments

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on June 25, 2012
Categories: Virtual Piggy

Virtual Piggy, whose technology enables children to safely make purchases online, announced last week that it now supports subscription payments.

With the new subscription model, Virtual Piggy supports users who want to pay subscription fees on a regular basis (usually monthly). Parents can even set the monthly payments to come out of their kids’ online allowance.

Fanlala, an online pop culture destination for tweens and teens, will be one of the first companies to implement Virtual Piggy’s subscription model. Users will be able to pay for subscription music and gaming services through Virtual Piggy’s online payment platform.

To learn more about Virutal Piggy, watch its FinovateSpring 2012 demo.

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Finovate Alumni News– June 13, 2012

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on June 13, 2012
Categories: Cardlytics, Kashoo, peerTransfer, ReadyForZero, SecondMarket, Taulia, Virtual Piggy

Kashoo signs accountant.org to its MVP program.

The WSJ looks at SecondMarket’s life after the Facebook IPO.

2 Minute Finance gets a personalized demo from Cardlytics.

Virtual Piggy moves headquarters to Hermosa Beach.

ReadyForZero announces product updates.

Taulia and Cloud Trade join forces to ease invoice process for buyers and suppliers.

peerTransfer partners with Educational Computer Systems (ECSI) to broaden its reach.

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Finovate Alumni News– June 4, 2012

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on June 4, 2012
Categories: Bazaarvoice, BillGuard, Diversinet, FutureAdvisor, InComm, Mint.com, PaySimple, SigFig, Silver Tail Systems, Strands, T8 Webware, Tyfone, Virtual Piggy

O’Reilly Radar takes an in-depth look at FutureAdvisor, interviews CEO Bo Lu.

Business Insider recommends Mint & BillGuard as worthy personal finance apps to help you control your finances.

Strands Finance, selected as tech partner of PostFinance, a Swiss FI & payment transactions provider.

HIT Consultant features Diversinet CEO on Newest Podcast.

Security Service FCU selects Tyfone to deliver next gen mobile services.

PaySimple named to JMP Securities Hot 100 Software Companies 2012.

Austin’s Statesman.com asks: Can Bazaarvoice IPO be catalyst for new wave of startups?

Altoona’s Hearld-Index profiles T8 Webare.

Barron’s looks at SigFig as A Take-Charge Portfolio Manager.

InComm & Absolute Software form partnership.

The Examiner looks at how Virtual Piggy is protecting kids online & interviews Founder & CEO, Dr. Jo Webber.

Check out the latest founder interview: Laura Mather of Silver Tail Systems.

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Finovate Alumni News– May 22, 2012

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on May 22, 2012
Categories: Acculynk, Bobber Interactive, CSI globalVCard, Figlo, Geezeo, Kabbage, Linkable Networks, Luup, MoneyDesktop, Mortgagebot, Personal Capital, Q2ebanking, ReadyForZero, SoMoLend, Virtual Piggy

Personal Capital updates privacy and security policy.

ReadyForZero announces its iPhone app.

Geezeo signs Westmoreland Community Federal Credit Union.

Bobber Interactive adds Scott Rigby, Ph.D, Founder of Immersyve Inc., to its executive team.

Mortgagebot launches consumer loan product to automate mortgage & consumer loan origination.

Pawtucket Credit Union selects Q2ebanking for ebanking services.

Virtual Piggy appoints best-selling author, Stedman Graham, to its board of advisors.

MyBankTracker comments on Money Desktop’s integration of Deals into a PFM.

Mobile Payments Today looks at the CSI globalVCard.

Business2Community looks at Linkable Networks’ technology.

Crain’s Chicago Business covers Kabbage’s Social Klimbing.

Acculynk announces a UX upgrade to their graphical PIN pad.

Luup powers National Bank of Abu Dhabi’s real-time international account-to-account money transfer service via mobile.

Figlo wins Best Demo award.

SoMoLend wins Startup 2012 business pitch competition.

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Finovate Alumni News– May 16, 2012

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on May 16, 2012
Categories: Bill.com, BillGuard, Business Centric Services Groups, CoverHound, Dwolla, Klarna, LearnVest, Silver Tail Systems, SoMoLend, ValidSoft, Virtual Piggy, Wonga, ZipZap

Bill.com integrates with NetSuite to deliver seamless, cloud-based financial management.

Inc.well interviews Candace Klein, CEO of SoMoLend, about crowdfunding.

Virtual Piggy partners with World Industries.

Wonga launches in South Africa.

American Banker considers if Dwolla is a threat or opportunity for banks.

Soshable covers Klarna, CoverHound, Giftly, ZipZap, BillGuard, Dwolla and Virtual Piggy.

The Next Web takes a closer look at the tech that powers LearnVest.

BCSG partners with Sage to offer MyBusinessWorks customers the bookkeeping application Sage One Accounts.

ValidSoft announces partnership with Spindle to provide advanced payments security solutions to US-based customers.

Fast Company names Laura Mather, Founder and Chief Visionary of Silver Tail Systems, as one of the Most Creative People in Business.

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Finovate Alumni News– May 15, 2012

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on May 15, 2012
Categories: BillGuard, BillShrink, Cachet Financial Solutions, Cartera Commerce, Kony Solutions, Ping Identity, Plastyc, Q2ebanking, TradeKing, Virtual Piggy, Yodlee

Financial services and Big-Data executive Mary Anne Keegan joins rapidly growing BillGuard as CMO.

CBS News recommends BillShrink for recent college grads.

Cachet Financial Solutions expanding, relocates to new facility.

Cartera Commerce links Offers to US Airways Dividend Miles members.

The Miami Herald reports Kony Solutions to Power Aetna’s Mobile Application Platform.

Ping Identity named a winner of the Midsize Enterprise Summit East 2012 XCellence Awards.

Plastyc launches Kindle Fire app for UPside Visa.

TradeKing ranked top in customer service for 3 consecutive year in SmartMoney Magazine’s annual broker survey.

YuuPay and Virtual Piggy partner to provide secure online and mobile payments for under-18 users.

Xconomy reports Yodlee secures $8,309,780 new financing.

Farmington Bank selects Q2ebanking’s online banking platform.

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