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Alumni News– February 3, 2015

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on February 3, 2015
Categories: ACI Worldwide, Azimo, Banno, Betterment, Blockchain, blooom, eMoney Advisor, EyeVerify, Financial Guard, FIS, Jumio, Kabbage, Lending Club, Malauzai Software, Micronotes, Nymi, Personal Capital, ProfitStars, Ripple, TransferWise, VISA, Wealthfront

ProfitStars adds Banno Mobile solutions to the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) Preferred Service Provider program.

Lending Club to serve as exclusive POS financing for Alibaba.com’s U.S. business buyers.

Visa CEO selects NBCUniversal’s Vasant M. Prabhu as CFO.

On Finovate.com: “Fidelity Investments Acquires eMoney Advisor for Reported $250 Million”

The Philippine National Bank deploys core banking solution and EFT switching solution from FIS.

ABC2 News in Baltimore talks with Robb Gaynor of Malauzai Software about mobile banking apps.

Thinking Bigger profiles Blooom and its new way to 401(k).

The Costa Rica Star features Azimo, a money-transfer service.

Financial Advisor’s look at assets managed by roboadvisors highlights Wealthfront, Financial Guard, Personal Capital, and Betterment.

Jumio enhances capturing technology for its ID card-scanning service, Netverify.

Discussion of the “positive powers” of fintech in The Guardian features ACI Worldwide, Azimo, TransferWise, Ripple, and Blockchain.

Check out our final Sneak Peek before we launch into a record-breaking FinovateEurope.

Micronotes receives $910k in funding.

CSO Online features Nymi, Myris, and EyeVerify.

Kabbage funding More Than $3 Million per Day.

Remitly announces expansion into India.

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Alumni News– January 23, 2015

By David Penn Posted on January 23, 2015
Categories: Akimbo Financial, BankBazaar, Betterment, Bill.com, BlueVine, Encap, EZBOB, FutureAdvisor, Google Cloud Platform, Jemstep, Kreditech, LearnVest, MaxMyInterest, Mifos Initiative, Motif Investing, On Deck Capital, Personal Capital, SigFig, Toshl, TradeKing, Wealthfront

Internet Retailer looks at the relationship between product reviews and revenue courtesy of a new report from Baazarvoice.

Xero highlighted as “our best purchase of 2014” by Business Betties.

MakeMoneyYourWay profiles EZBOB and its new business loan promotion, the New Year’s Revolution.

Zee News’ Money Guru interviews Abhishek Dwivedi, vice president operations at BankBazaar.com.

Liverpool Echo features Toshl Finance in its list of must-have apps for busy moms.

Investopedia’s guide to choosing roboadvisors spotlights nine Finovate alums: Betterment, FutureAdvisor, Jemstep, LearnVest, Motif Investing, Personal Capital, SigFig, TradeKing, and Wealthfront.

Benzinga Fintech Awards publishes its video interview with Gary Zimmerman, CEO of MaxMyInterest.

American Banker covers OnDeck’s small business loan marketplace for institutional investors.

Pymnts interviews René Lacerte, CEO and Founder of Bill.com about how to simplify B2B payments.

Mifos welcomes new partners: SkooliLabs and iSystems

Google Cloud Platform releases beta of Google Container Registry for secure hosting, sharing, and management of private container repositories.

BlueVine Grabs $18.5 Million to Increase Small-Business Lending.

Encap Security CEO Thomas Bostrom Jorgensen asks if biometrics provide a “false sense of security” in a column for Bob’s Guide.

Akimbo Financial acquired by Payment Data Systems.

Kreditech Secures $200 Million Line of Credit.

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Alumni News– January 9, 2015

By David Penn Posted on January 9, 2015
Categories: Aptys Solutions, BillGuard, Cachet Financial Solutions, CAN Capital, CrowdCurity, Dwolla, Klarna, Kreditech, Mint Bills, Misys, Nymi, Receivables Exchange, Saved Plus, Taulia, TextPower, Wallaby Financial, Wealthfront, WePay, Xero_homepage

Kiplinger’s list of five great free financial apps features BillGuard, Mint Bills, Level Money, SavedPlus, and Wallaby Financial.

Aptys Solutions Announces New CEO and CTO.

Center for Financial Inclusion highlights Dwolla, Klarna, Kreditech, Receivables Exchange, and Wealthfront in its review of Australia Wealth Investor’s top 50 fintech innovators for 2014.

First Electric Cooperative deploying TextPower SmartAlerts.

WePay makes Bobs Guide’s “Fintech Startups to Watch in 2015” list.

Misys awarded SWIFT Certified Application labels for trade and supply chain management.

CrowdCurity launches newly designed website.

Time magazine lists Nymi as 1 of 5 most important things happening at CES 2015.

Forbes: Xero Wants All Small Businesses To Do Accounting In The Cloud.

Tradier releases Morningstar-sourced fundamentals APIs to beta.

Cachet Financial launches Co-Branded Option for Select Mobile Money Solution.

PYMNTS interviews CAN Capital CMO James Mendelsohn about access to alternative funding.

Taulia launches “Take Control” campaign to help companies better understand early payment solution.

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Alumni News– January 7, 2015

By David Penn Posted on January 7, 2015
Categories: Algomi, ayondo, Backbase, Betterment, Coinbase, Dwolla, Green Dot, Kabbage, Larky, LendingTree, Payoneer, SigFig, Toshl, Wealthfront

Green Dot boosts CTO Kuan Archer to Chief Operating Officer.

Algomi announces Jesper Bruun-Olsen as new head of Asia-Pacific operations.

LendingTree parent company, Tree, to change corporate name back to LendingTree.

New York Daily News coverage of financial advisor, Nicole Lapin, references Toshl Finance.

European CEO publishes an extended feature on ayondo.

American Banker considers how Larky offers geolocation-based offer services to community banks.

KissMyAds partners with Payoneer to receive funds through Payoneer MasterCard.

ABC News features Betterment and Wealthfront to help investments.

AboutThatRatio names Dwolla, Wealthfront and Kabbage as 3 fintech companies to watch.

How Backbase Engage Upgrades Banks’ Digital Channels.

Coinbase redesigns iOS and Android wallet apps.

SigFig Starts 2015 with New Mobile Features, Refreshed Look.

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Alumni News– December 22, 2014

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on December 22, 2014
Categories: Arroweye Solutions, Bluefin Payment Systems, Digital Retail Apps, Feedzai, FutureAdvisor, iQuantifi, Kensho, Motif Investing, Personal Capital, Strands, Tuition.io, Wealthfront

Deutsche Bank launches FinanzPlaner powered by Strands PFM. Check out Strands’ newest tech at FinovateEurope.

Cryptocoins News features Tuition.io.

Arroweye Solutions increases its payment card security.

SF Gate considers how Personal Capital brings a human touch to robo-advising.

Bluefin Payment Systems partners with 3Delta Systems to provide Bluefin’s Decryptx Point-to-Point Encryption Solution to 3Delta clients.

Financial Post takes a look at how innovations like SelfPay from Digital Retail Apps are helping small businesses.

Feedzai wins Silver Stevie Award in Most Innovative Company of the Year category in the 12th Annual American Business Awards.

Killer Startups profiles iQuantifi.

FTSE Global Markets looks at how Kensho, Motif Investing, FutureAdvisor, and Wealthfront are leveraging big data and big computing.

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Alumni News– December 19, 2014

By David Penn Posted on December 19, 2014
Categories: ayondo, Betterment, BrightScope, CardFlight, CREALOGIX, Financial Guard, FutureAdvisor, Holvi, IntelliResponse, Jemstep, Klarna, Loop, Meniga, Open Bank Project, peerTransfer, Personal Capital, SigFig, TradeKing, TransferWise, True Potential, Wallaby Financial, Wealthfront, Xero

Money Facts looks at how TransferWise helps consumers save on money transfer fees.

Huffington Post features Matthew Goldman of Wallaby Financial in a conversation on credit card strategies for travelers.

PYMNTS.com interviews LoopPay Chief Technologist George Wallner.

A comparison between Stockholm and Silicon Valley in The Independent highlights Klarna.

Virtual Agent Chat checks in on post-acquisition IntelliResponse.

Cardflight’s SwipeSimple joins MasterCard mPOS providers.

News.com.au reports: How Xero went from a scribbled figure on a serviette to a $2 billion company.

Crealogix and Meniga create Digital Bank and PFM Solution for BNP’s Consors Bank.

peerTransfer named 2014 Winner of BostInno’s 50 on Fire Award.

Forbes lists Holvi as 1 of 5 Finnish startups to watch.

Programmable Web considers how Open Bank Project’s API brings more openness to banking internationally.

Ayondo launches ad campaign on 2 major German TV networks.

Business Insider features Betterment, Financial Guard, FutureAdvisor, Jemstep, Personal Capital, SigFig, TradeKing, and Wealthfront in a look at the growth of robo-advisors.

BrightScope releases its Top 30 401(k) Plans List.

Management Today profiles David Harrison, managing partner at True Potential.

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Finovate Alums Fill Ranks of KPMG’s Fintech Innovators for 2014

By David Penn Posted on December 18, 2014
Categories: Betterment, Coinbase, Credit Karma, CUneXus, Dwolla, eToro, FutureAdvisor, Kabbage, Klarna, Kreditech, LearnVest, Lending Club, MiiCard, Motif Investing, Nutmeg, On Deck Capital, PayNearMe, Personal Capital, Prosper, SecureKey, SigFig, SocietyOne, Stockpile, SumUp, The Receivables Exchange, TransferWise, Wealthfront, Xero, Yodlee, Zopa

Draw up a list of the top fintech innovators of 2014. Got it? Now tell me how many of your top 50 companies are not just impressive companies in their respective fields, but Finovate alums, as well.

If you are global accounting and consulting group, KPMG, then the answer is “more than half.”

Of the 50 companies recognized by KPMG in its 2014 review of top fintech innovators, 27 have demoed their technologies at Finovate conferences. And of that 27, 13 have won Best of Show at least once.

The inaugural “50 Best Fintech Innovators” report is a joint venture between AWI Ventures KPMG Australia and the Financial Services Council (FSC).

The companies chosen were selected based on four factors: total capital raised, rate of capital raising, degree of sub industry disruption, and “degree of product, service, customer experience and business model innovation.”

Writing in an introduction to the report, AWI Limited CEO Ben Heap explained why fundraising played such a prominent part of the selection process.

“These assessment criteria reflect the fact that venture capital invested is a relevant measure of innovation which in turn fuels enduring competitive advantage,” he wrote.

“Venture capitalists seek this enduring competitive advantage over and above everything else.”

Here’s a breakdown of Finovate alums in the list, in order of appearance, along with links to their most recent demo video. Boldface indicates Best of Show winner.

Wealthfront – (as kaChing) FinovateStartup 2009
Kabbage – FinovateFall 2014
Motif Investing – FinovateFall 2013
Klarna – FinovateSpring 2012
Lending Club – Finovate 2007
OnDeck – FinovateSpring 2012, FinDEVr San Francisco 2014
Kreditech – FinovateSpring 2014
Xero – FinovateSpring 2011, FinDEVr San Francisco 2014
Yodlee – FinovateFall 2013, FinDEVr San Francisco 2014
Prosper – Finovate 2007
Coinbase – FinovateSpring 2014
Credit Karma – FinovateStartup 2009
LearnVest – FinovateFall 2011
Personal Capital – FinovateFall 2011, FinDEVr San Francisco 2014
PayNearMe – FinovateSpring 2013, FinDEVr San Francisco 2014
SecureKey – FinovateFall 2010
Nutmeg – FinovateEurope 2012
Transferwise – FinovateEurope 2013
Betterment – FinovateFall 2010
SocietyOne – FinovateAsia 2012
eToro – FinovateEurope 2011
SumUp – FinovateEurope 2013
Zopa – FinovateSpring 2008
Receivables Exchange – FinovateFall 2010
FutureAdvisor – FinovateFall 2013
Dwolla – FinovateSpring 2011
SigFig – FinovateFall 2011

“Ones to Watch”

CUneXus – FinovateSpring 2014
miiCard – FinovateFall 2013
StockPile – FinovateSpring 2014

See the full list of companies here.

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Alumni News– December 17, 2014

By David Penn Posted on December 17, 2014
Categories: Betterment, CashStar, Coinbase, CrowdFlower, ID Analytics, Kabbage, LearnVest, Lending Club, Mint.com, Motif Investing, Personal Capital, Prosper, Rippleshot, SigFig, TipRanks, Tradeshift, Venmo, Wealthfront, WingCash

The Jerusalem Post profiles Israeli startup, TipRanks.

CashStar Market Solution is now powering 150 promotions during this year’s winter holiday season.

Enterprising Investor highlights Betterment, LearnVest, Motif Investing, Venmo, and Wealthfront in its column on Millennials and money.

TechZone 360 discusses CrowdFlower in a review of “What’s Hot and What’s Not on Data Science for 2015.”

Yahoo! Finance features an interview with Rippleshot co-founder and CPO Yueyu Fu.

WingCash unveils Brand Cash, a digital currency that replaces merchant-specific gift and loyalty cards.

Financial Times profiles Betterment CEO and co-founder, Jon Stein.

After Manilla’s demise, Mint launches bill pay and bill management platform.

Time, Inc partners with Coinbase to accept bitcoin for subscriptions to Fortune, Health, This Old House and Travel + Leisure.

Tradeshift to waive 30% revenue share from organizations that build apps to support the circular economy http://bit.ly/13cY6S6

Wealth Management looks at the human advisors behind Personal Capital and SigFig.

Money Talks News lists alternative lending sites to consider: Prosper, Lending Club, and Kabbage.

ID Analytics names Timothy Laughlin as new CFO.

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Alumni News– December 16, 2014

By David Penn Posted on December 16, 2014
Categories: AnchorID, Arroweye Solutions, Arxan Technologies, Betterment, blooom, D3 Banking, Entersekt, EverSafe, EyeLock, FutureAdvisor, Insuritas, Interactions, iQuantifi, Jingit, Klarna, Lending Club, MaxMyInterest, Mint.com, PayPal, PayStand, ProfitStars, ShopKeep POS, Spreedly, Top Image Systems, TSYS, Wealthfront, ZenPayroll

Top Image Systems announces closing “six-figure eFLOW5 deal” with leading Asia-Pacific bank.

ACCESSbank to deploy turnkey insurance agency courtesy of Insuritas.

Klarna payment solution now integrated into ekmPowershop.

D3 Banking partners with ProfitStars to offer iPay Consumer Bill Pay.

Pymnts interviews Jingit, Spreedly, and TSYS CEOs on what they think will make or break 2015.

Pymnts: PayPal Loan Program to Compete with Lending Club.

ShopKeep gives free NFC reader to new customers wanting to accept ApplePay.

Finovate Debuts: EyeLock’s Myris Device Authenticates Using Iris Identification.

Arroweye Solutions to Provide Debit and Prepaid Card Production to DMS Bank & Trust Ltd.

ZenPayroll now lets companies match employees’ charitable donations.

Arxan Integrates With IBM Security AppScan and Trusteer Products.

Mint launches bill pay and management platform.

Entersekt Receives Honorable Mention in 2014 Gartner Magic Quadrant for User Authentication.

Coins Source features PayStand.

Interactions closes strategic deal to acquire AT&T Watson speech recognition and natural language understanding platform.

Consumer Reports features AnchorID, Betterment, Blooom, EverSafe, FutureAdvisor, iQuantifi, MaxMyInterest, and Wealthfront in its column, “Bright Ideas for a Prosperous 2015.”

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Alumni News– December 10, 2014

By David Penn Posted on December 10, 2014
Categories: Arxan Technologies, Backbase, Dwolla, eMoney Advisor, Entersekt, Kasasa, Lendio, MasterCard, Mitek, Motif Investing, Payfone, PayItSimple, PayPal, PayStand, Receivables Exchange, Temenos, Wealthfront, Xero

NCR to sell new mobile imaging solutions from Mitek.

Backbase teams up with Accenture to help FIs improve customer engagement through digital channels.

Dwolla announces role as payment partner for Microsoft for Government initiative.

Australia-based ME Bank deploys core banking system, business intelligence, and anti-money laundering solutions from Temenos.

MasterCard launches MasterPass in France and Russia.

Finovate Debuts: eMoney Advisor Provides Financial Advisors with a Suite of New Planning Tools.

Independent Financial Advisor takes a look at Motif Investing and Wealthfront.

Xero reaches 400,000 paying customers.

Entersekt responds to FIDO Alliance’s U2F specifications with its FIDO U2F-enabled authentication solution, Transakt.

Fintech for the Rest of Us blog mentions PayStand over PayPal and Stripe for bitcoin payments.

PayItSimple integrates with 30 more payment gateways in collaboration with Spreedly now integrated with approximately 70% of all gateways in the US.

Payfone and Early Warning partner on mobile authentication.

Marlborough Savings Bank now offers Kasasa to enhance checking account offering.

Spend Matters reports: Receivables Exchange the largest of the Online Invoice Auction Exchanges.

Arxan announces enhanced mobile runtime app self protection (RASP) capabilities.

Lendio named One of Utah’s Best Companies to Work For in 2014.

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Alumni News– December 9, 2014

By David Penn Posted on December 9, 2014
Categories: Actiance, App Annie, Betterment, Blackhawk Network, Cachet Financial Solutions, CrowdFlower, Dashlane, iQuantifi, Klarna, Knox, Mitek, Personal Capital, SecondMarket, SigFig, Trustev, Wealthfront, Yodlee

Cachet Financial Solutions to offer Mitek’s Mobile Photo Account Opening SaaS suite.

CrowdFlower CEO Lukas Biewald writes personally about the relationship between startups and their boards of directors.

Investor Junkie reviews roboadvisor, iQuantifi.

Knox Payments partners with ChangeTip to support bitcoin transaction via ACH.

CardNotPresent takes a look at Klarna’s US expansion plans.

Yodlee introduces transaction data enrichment service.

Fox News compares funding of Wealthfront, Personal Capital, Betterment, and SigFig.

Blackhawk Network’s closed loop gift cards available at some USPS locations.

VentureBeat: App Annie now tracks stats from Windows and Windows Phone stores.

SecondMarket wins 48,000 Bitcoin in U.S. Marshals auction.

Actiance extends security capabilities to email.

TechCrunch: Trustev Uses Fraud Detection Software to Crack Down on Internet Trolls.

Dashlane launches one-click password changer.

BehavioSec Lands $6 Million Led by Northzone and Octopus Investments.

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Alumni News– November 13, 2014

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on November 13, 2014
Categories: Betterment, BioCatch, CAN Capital, DeviceFidelity, Diebiold, Encap, FIS, Fiserv, Fuze Network, Guardian Analytics, Kantox, Larky, Linqto, On Deck Capital, Personal Capital, Ripple, Rippleshot, SigFig, The Currency Cloud, Trulioo, TSYS, VerifyValid, Wealthfront, Xpenditure

Kili acquires NFC microSD pioneer DeviceFidelity.

American Banker lists Currency Cloud, BioCatch, Linqto, VerifyValid, and Rippleshot as top 10 tech companies to watch.

Fintech in the fall: themes and company updates from CAN Capital, Encap Security, Fuze Network, Guardian Analytics, Larky, Ripple, and Xpenditure.

American Banker examines 2015 plans for FIS, Fiserv and Diebold.

Forbes looks at the success of RoboAdvisors: Betterment, Wealthfront, Personal Capital, and SigFig.

Forbes examines Kantox’s P2P FX trading technology.

TSYS partners with FICO to deliver a marketing product for card issuers called TSYS Targeted Messaging.

Digital Insight enters reseller agreement with Guardian Analytics to deliver anomaly detection services to financial institutions.

Trulioo wins 2014 Canadian Technology Companies to watch award from Deloitte.

Huffington Post interviews Andrea Gellert, SVP Marketing at OnDeck.

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