Celebrate Canada Day with Our Alums from the Great White North

Celebrate Canada Day with Our Alums from the Great White North

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July 1st is Canada Day, the day Canadians from Nova Scotia to British Columbia and all the provinces in between celebrate the day the country we know as “Canada” was officially formed as a single nation within the British Empire.

So if you’ve got room in your schedule for one more Canada Day Celebration, then please join us in spending a little time celebrating with a score of Finovate alums that are driving fintech innovation in and out of “the Great White North.”

And a special Canada Day shout-out to Finovate partner, the Canadian Trade Commissioner Service, which supports Canadian startups through mentorship and access to U.S. partners and investors.

Alumni News– November 21, 2014

  • Finovate-F-Logo.jpgUmbrella.co.uk migrates client base of 1,000+ freelancers and contractors to the FreeAgent platform.
  • Uber helping drivers manage and pay back their student loans by partnering with Tuition.io.
  • Actiance recognized in Gartner 2014 Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Information Archiving.
  • Bloomberg: CAN Capital to weigh IPO with up to $2 billion value.
  • Intuit’s Quickbooks and Xero coming to Square App Marketplace.
  • PayStand sets flat fees for e-check payment option.
  • Virtual Piggy, provider of Oink, launches the Oink Discover prepaid card for teens.
  • Fiserv links its Popmoney P2P payment solution to charitable giving.
  • Yodlee wins top honors at Citi Mobile Challenge Latam 2014.
  • Bazaarvoice announces plans to relocated to new corporate HQ in North Austin.
  • Kashoo announces enhancements to its web app, including more P&L options and increased security.
  • VoiceTrust launches strategic partnership with German biometric cloud security company, BioID AG.
  • The Washington Post features Bionym’s Nymiband.
  • Accenture mentions Thinknum as an innovation that is helping to change the banking industry.
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.

Finovate Alumni News– February 26, 2014

  • Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Finovate-F-Logo.jpgOn Budget wins 2014 Paybefore Award as “One to Watch.”
  • United Bank Limited picks VoiceTrust for voice biometrics.
  • InComm partners with Asia-based Money Online to launch POS-activated gift card mall solutions in Southeast Asia.
  • Rezzcard to integrate with InComm’s Cashtie to enable Rezzcard cardholders to pay their rent in cash at over 70,000 retail locations.
  • American Banker reports: Western Union to use NICE Customer Analytics. Come see its new tech at FinovateSpring.
  • Xero reaches 100,000 paying customers in Australia.
  • Check out an interview with BRIDGEi2i Director and Co-Founder, Ashish Sharma.
  • SecondMarket considering U.S.-based bitcoin exchange.
  • Live Gamer customers to get access to MasterCard’s MasterPass digital payment service.
  • authenticID enhances ID proofing technology to help combat cloned credit card fraud.
  • Green Dot wins top honors in four categories at 2014 Paybefore awards.
  • Global Banking & Finance Review takes a look at Kalixa Group’s American expansion.
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.

Finovate Alumni News– June 18, 2013

  • Finovate-F-Logo.jpgID Analytics and IdentityMind partner to reduce online fraud and stop merchant account creation fraud.
  • SimpleTuition adds 10 U.S. colleges as partners.
  • United Texas Bank selects Q2ebanking platform to accelerate unified virtual banking for anytime anywhere access.
  • SecureKey and Intel beef up authentication for MasterPass.
  • ShopKeep POS grows To 6.5K+ merchants.
  • Fairwinds Credit Union chooses Intuit for digital banking.
  • Realty Mogul and Entrepreneurial Finance Lab selected as 2 of 5 SWIFT Innotribe finalists of Startup Challenge New York.
  • Bank Innovation features how Entrepreneurial Finance Lab and VoiceTrust can combine psychographics and biometrics to revolutionize financial services.
  • ForexSmash reviews Currensee Social Trader.
  • Kansas City Business Journal profiles EyeVerify founder and CEO Toby Rush.
  • GigaOM Pro Blog takes a look at TransferWise through the lens of traditional Hawala informal money transfer networks.
  • My Money Blog reviews Realty Mogul and the concept of fractional investment property ownership.
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.

Finovate Alumni News– May 21, 2013

  • FinovateLOGO.jpgBirdback teams up with Braintree for 3-day payments hackathon.
  • Indiana Members CU chooses Jack Henry & Associates’ Symitar for in-house core processing.
  • Keynote DeviceAnywhere adds mobile scripting, UI enhancements.
  • VoiceTrust moves operational headquarters to Canada, opening offices in Toronto and Montreal.
  • Figlo expands partnership with Yellowtail Consulting to enable stronger focus on South Africa.
  • Wipit partners with Sprint/ Boost Mobile to bring mobile payment capability to cash-preferred consumers.
  • Virtual Piggy signs first UK partners, Toy Galaxy and Toadstool.
  • eToro granted UK financial regulation approval from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
  • Tyfone releases Connected Smart Card solution to allow FIs to enhance user ID info used to access sensitive data.
  • Tradeshift partners with Invoiceware International to deliver compliant e-invoice validation in Latin America.
  • BillGuard to integrate with Google Wallet for transaction monitoring.
  • SigFig Portfolio adds support for Windows Phone.
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.

Finovate Alumni News– March 22, 2013

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  • Fathead launches Virtual Piggy youth friendly payment system.
  • Fiserv processed more than 10 mil loan applications in 2012.
  • CNN Money lists Personal Capital as 1 of 5 best apps to invest smarter.
  • Temenos announces acquisition of compliance technology firm, TriNovus.
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  • VoiceTrust brings voice biometrics technology to USoft.
  • TSYS executive wins award at CPI Global Awards for Excellence in Commercial Cards and Payments.
  • Crackberry.com highlights Pageonce for BlackBerry 10.
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.

Finovate Alumni News– February 20, 2013

  • Finovate-F-Logo.jpgVoiceTrust and Finantix partner to provide voice-driven, secure mobile solutions.
  • Upstart Business Journal reports ShopKeep and LevelUp partner to keep up with the competition.
  • FamZoo introduces Family Pack of prepaid cards through partnership with TransCard.
  • Monitise collaborates with Blackberry & Permatabank to launch mobile payments service on Blackberry Messenger in Indonesia.
  • Lend Academy features Interview with New Prosper CEO Stephan Vermut.
  • SafetyPay partners with Computop to offer SafetyPay as part of its Paygate payment platform.
  • EnStream to enable the support of SecureKey’s authentication, identity & online payment solutions on mobile phones in Canada.
  • Virtual Piggy & WorldPay integrate to deliver youth payment solution internationally.
  • Luminous partners with Nihilent Technologies to sell Luminous’ solutions in India.
  • Tuition.io featured in this week’s Venture Capital program.
  • Mortgagebot expands space in Mequon with lease for new building.
  • PayPal to stop personal payments in Singapore on February 20 due to regulatory instructions.
  • iMore.com interviews Kashoo CEO Jim Secord at MacWorld|iWorld 2013.
  • TSYS announces acquisition of NetSpend in deal worth more than $1 billion.
  • ProfitStars announces year-over-year growth in P2P users, payments for its iPay Solutions service.
  • Metaforic’s product line now available for mobile apps written in Objective-C, the most commonly used language on iOS platform.
  • Delaware Online hails eDeposit as a boon for small businesses.
  • ACI Worldwide launches ACI Proactive Risk Manager to help FIs detect payment fraud.
  • Bazaarvoice builds new research and development unit, Bazaarvoice Media Labs.
  • Jack Henry & Associates add remote deposit capture to Android and iPhone versions of goDough app.
  • Opencart announces full integration of Klarna invoice and partial payment system.
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.

VoiceTrust’s inTalk Provides Voice Authentication Solution

This post is a part of our live coverage of FinovateEurope 2013.

VoiceTrust is coming to the stage right now. The company will be demonstrating its biometric security/identification solution:

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inTalk provides a simple, convenient and effective solution to the call center authentication problem by recognizing the customer’s voice and using voiceprint biometrics. inTalk passively listens to the person speaking, compares the speaker’s voice to the customer’s voiceprint, and provides identity feedback to the agent.
This is all done in the background during a normal, uninterrupted conversation in any language. A green light is displayed when the customer is recognized and a red light alerts the agent when inTalk detects the presence of an imposter.”
Product Launched: TBD
HQ Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Company Founded: April 2008
Metrics: VoiceTrust eServices Canada Inc., formerly Perceive Solutions Inc., was acquired in December 2011 by VoiceTrust
Twitter: @voicetrust
Presenting Roanne Levitt (VP, VoiceTrust Canada) and Hermann Geupel (Managing Director, VoiceTrust Germany)
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Finovate Alumni News– January 9, 2013

  • Gartner highlights Comarch Commission & Incentive in recent report.
  • FIS announces expanded relationship with Modern Woodmen Bank.
  • TomTom uses Keynote DeviceAnywhere for real-time performance monitoring in Paris.
  • The New York Times features Simple’s approach to customer service.
  • Check Point Software Technologies introduces new ZoneAlarm 2013 security product line, integrates Facebook Privacy Scan.
  • MyBankTracker looks at Movenbank’s new site layout. Come see Movenbank’s live demo at FinovateEurope Feb 12 and 13.
  • Daily Tekk interviews Brendon McQueen, CEO of Tuition.io.
  • eToro launches new version of its WebTrader platform.
  • Dwolla introduces new look, allows users to apply for higher transaction limits.
  • Cardlytics opens office in San Fran, appoints new SVP of Marketing. Come see Cardlytics demo at FinovateEurope next month.
  • CNBC interviews Barry Silbert, SecondMarket CEO, to understand why entreprenuers avoid IPOs.
  • Bank Systems & Technology considers how NICE’s newest solution uses voice recognition to prevent fraud. Come see NICE demo its new tech live at FinovateEurope in London February 12 and 13.
  • Biometric Update highlights a year of new customers and pilot projects from VoiceTrust.
  • TechCrunch features a video interview with Betterment CEO and founder, Jon Stein.
  • Experian announces deal to provide address and mortality screening services to Guardian Financial Services.
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.