FinDEVr APIntelligence

FinDEVrSV16-withdateOur FinDEVr New York developer showcase was a success! FinDEVr Silicon Valley will be held 18/19 October in Santa Clara. Early bird tickets expire soon so register today to save your spot!

The latest from FinDEVr New York 2016 presenters

  • Fintech Trending: Look Who’s Chasing Venmo, Student Loan Servicing Falls Short

Alumni updates

  • Currency Cloud partners with Arkea Banking Services to provide faster payments and better reconciliation. Join Currency Cloud in New York next week for FinovateFall 2016.
  • Uber and Visa team up on local offers.
  • Bluefin Payment Systems unveils PAX devices for PCI-validated, point-to-point encryption (P2PE).
  • Backbase Partners with Entersekt to Deliver Authentication Technology
  • Intuit unveils personalized app recommendations for QuickBooks Online.
  • Quisk rolls out mobile money platform at National Commercial Bank Jamaica Limited.
  • Entersekt brings its Transakt technology to the Middle East in collaboration with IST Networks.
  • Temenos to provide core banking solutions for Microcred, international microfinance specialist.
  • Crowdfund Insider interviews Rob Frohwein, Kabbage CEO and co-founder.
  • Xero named most-loved accounting software for second year in a row.

Stay current on daily news from the fintech developer community! Follow FinDEVr on Twitter.

Finovate Alumni News

On Finovate.com

  • Slice Launches Smart Shopping Assistant Extension for Chrome
  • SelfScore Raises $7 Million to Bring Credit to International Students

Around the web

  • Temenos to provide core banking solutions for international microfinance specialist, Microcred.
  • US Bank Wealth Management to launch automated investing courtesy of new partnership with FutureAdvisor.
  • Entersekt brings its Transakt technology to the Middle East in collaboration with IST Networks.
  • Fortune follows CBW Bank’s journey.
  • Lighter Capital launches $25 million AppExchange Fund for Salesforce partners building AppExchange apps.
  • Crowdfund Insider interviews Rob Frohwein, Kabbage CEO and co-founder.
  • Xero named most-loved accounting software for second year in a row.

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.

FinDEVr APIntelligence

FinDEVrSV16-withdateOur FinDEVr New York developer showcase was a success! FinDEVr Silicon Valley will be held 18/19 October in Santa Clara. Early bird tickets expire soon so register today to save your spot!

The latest from FinDEVr New York 2016 presenters

  • PayPal Partners with Xero to Support B2B Invoice Payment

Alumni updates

  • London-based BACB to replace its legacy IT systems with CorporateSuite from Temenos.
  • Kontomatik announces expansion to Portugal, the ninth country where its API is available.
  • PrivatBank’s Partnership with InComm Initiates Launch of Prepaid Products in Ukraine
  • Ghana-based startup, Sovereign Bank, deploys T24 core-banking system from Temenos.
  • CenturyLink to host SatuitCRM and SatuitCRA software as part of new agreement.

Stay current on daily news from the fintech developer community! Follow FinDEVr on Twitter.

PayPal Partners with Xero to Support B2B Invoice Payment

PayPal Partners with Xero to Support B2B Invoice Payment

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PayPal has teamed up with Xero to enable small business users of the cloud-based accounting platform to pay for platform-generated invoices with PayPal. Along with this new PayPal Express Checkout option, users will also be able to track outstanding invoices and get real-time updates when invoices are paid.

Previewing the partnership, Xero CTO Craig Walker wrote on the company blog: “This update will deliver a seamless new checkout experience for customers that will make it easy for invoices to get paid as soon as they are received, using Xero’s online invoices and PayPal Express Checkout.” Walker added that the new integration would also make payment reconciliation and automatic fee creation easier.

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Steve Fusco, PayPal’s VP and GM for North American distribution, underscored Walker’s emphasis on the problem small businesses face with unpaid invoices. “Sometimes it feels like you have to go above and beyond to get your invoices paid,” he said. “But with PayPal Express Checkout, we are offering Xero customers a faster and simpler way to get paid, and reduce time spent on the payment process to just a couple of clicks.”  The technology is scheduled to be available “in the next few weeks.”

In writing about the news earlier this week, PYMNTS.com noted that the partnership with PayPal would help with Xero’s efforts to expand beyond its home market in New Zealand. Xero integrated with fellow Finovate alum BizEquity and launched a direct feed partnership with leading southeast Asia FI, UOB, earlier this month. In July, Xero announced a partnership with Commonwealth Bank, the largest bank in Australia.

Both a Finovate and FinDEVr alum, Xero demonstrated its Business Identification solution at FinovateSpring 2011. The company also presented its technology at FinDEVr Silicon Valley 2014, contributing a presentation and workshop on “Building an API-driven Ecosystem for Small Business.” Xero was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Wellington, New Zealand.

Founded in 1998 and headquartered in San Jose, California, PayPal demonstrated its Instant Account Creation technology at FinovateEurope 2012. The company also participated in our developers conference, FinDEVr Silicon Valley, in 2014.

Finovate Alumni News

On Finovate.com

  • PrivatBank’s Partnership with InComm Initiates Launch of Prepaid Products in Ukraine
  • Obloco Beta Tests Expense Reporting Solution with Washington Trust Bank
  • SocietyOne Has Facilitated $38 Million in Personal Loans in 2016
  • PayPal Partners with Xero to Support B2B Invoice Payment

Around the web

  • Boku partners with Google to enable carrier billing as payment option on Google Play in Lithuania.
  • Ghana-based startup, Sovereign Bank, deploys T24 core-banking system from Temenos.
  • CenturyLink to host SatuitCRM and SatuitCRA software as part of new agreement.
  • Risk Ident CEO Robert Valerio appointed to European Advisory Board of the Merchant Risk Council (MRC).
  • Fortune features PayPal, MasterCard, and IBM on its list of companies that will change the world.
  • Nikkei Asian Review looks at how Japanese banks will leverage Ripple.

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

On Finovate.com

  • Persado Earns Top 20 Ranking in Inc. 500 Fastest Growing Companies List
  • Qumram Wins Swisscom Startup Challenge (Note: See Qumram demonstrate its technology in New York at FinovateFall 2016 on 8/9 September.)
  • HelloWallet’s New Feature is a Budget Within a Budget
  • Upserve’s New Square Partnership Offers Clients Access to Funding via Square Capital

Around the web

  • New partnership lets small businesses using Xero pay invoices using PayPal.
  • TSYS extends payments agreement with Swisscard.
  • The Muse features Persado on its list of “20 companies that want you to be happy.”
  • CRN lists MapD Technologies as one of 10 of the coolest big-data startups of 2016.

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.

FinDEVr APIntelligence

FinDEVrSV16-withdateOur FinDEVr New York developer showcase was a success! FinDEVr Silicon Valley will be held 18/19 October in Santa Clara. Early bird tickets expire soon so register today to save your spot!

On FinDEVr.com

  • First Wave of FinDEVr Silicon Valley Presenters Revealed

The latest from FinDEVr New York 2016 presenters

  • NYMBUS Raises $12 Million in Round Led by Vensure  Enterprises
  • Braintree, Finicity, and Twilio Take Top Honors at API World Awards
  • Markit enhances WSO software suite to offer new levels of automation for syndicated loan market.

Alumni updates

  • National Bank of Kuwait goes live with Temenos Treasury Trader.
  • CardFlight to Power EMV Mobile Processing for BluePay
  • Trulioo announces enhancements to the global AML watchlist capabilities of its GlobalGateway platform.
  • Chain announces new partnership with Initiative for Cryptocurrency and Contracts (IC3).
  • Fintech News Switzerland highlights Currency Cloud in a look at London’s top rising fintech stars.

Stay current on daily news from the fintech developer community! Follow FinDEVr on Twitter.

Fintech Trending: Alt-Lending Woes, Asia Grows and Everbank Exits

Fintech Trending: Alt-Lending Woes, Asia Grows and Everbank Exits

A look at the trending topics of the past two weeks.

Trending highest: No Lush Life for Alt Lenders

LushLIfe_Coltrane_albumcoverIf unanimously positive perceptions are the hallmark of a bubble, then rest assured that the alt-lending market has moved past that stage. For every headline-grabbing C-level departure at Lending Club (F09)—CEO Renaud Laplanche stepping down in June, CFO Carrie Dolan announcing her resignation in August—there are successes: Prosper (F09) revealed its plan to sell $5 billion in loans to a group of private investors over the next two years; small business lender OnDeck (F12) surpassed earnings expectations despite its second consecutive quarterly loss and reported year-over-year quarterly revenue gains, as well as a year-over-year increase in loans under management of 47%.

So if there’s no bubble in the alt-lending part of the fintech universe, should we fear a bust? Diverging fortunes among these companies is a good sign. The more the fates of alternative lenders are linked to the decisions of individual corporate leaders, their business plans, and their customers rather than investing trends among venture capitalists (or hedge funds in the case of alt lenders gone public), the better. Looking at the P2P lending market in the U.K., LendInvest CEO Christian Faes told Business Insider, “Over the next few years, the businesses that can prove they can make a profit will be the ones [still] around in another ten years, making a lasting impact on finance.” In other words, just like any other business.

For Lending Club, the challenge is diversifying away from “fickle funding sources.” In addition to Prosper’s $5 billion move, Social Finance went so far as to launch a hedge fund, the $15 million SoFi Credit Opportunities Fund, to purchase its loans as well as those of its competitors.

  • OnDeck Loan Originations (And Loan Loss Provisions) Soar – PYMNTS.com
  • OnDeck Defends Strategy After $17.9 Million Loss – American Banker
  • Online Lenders Have a Tough Job Ahead – Wall Street Journal
  • The U.K.’s historically low interest rate could benefit alternative lenders – Business Insider
  • Lending Club’s latest results tell us a lot about the online credit business model – FT Alphaville

Other trending topics

Fintech Advances in Asia
While investors have been bullish on the tech scene in Asia for some time, a slew of new reports appeared this month. TechCrunch recently reported that in 2015 and the first half of 2016, fintech accounted for 21% of all VC funding in Southeast Asia. In a recent blog post, Trulioo (F15) said that fintech startups in Asia garnered $4.5 billion in 2015, triple what European fintech firms received during the same period. Recent developments include:

It’s no coincidence that Finovate is returning to Asia now to bring the innovators together in one place. Join us November 8, 2017, in Hong Kong for FinovateAsia 2016 as we showcase the latest and greatest.

Blockchain Developer, UNICEF Wants YOU!
The United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund is looking for a developer interested in using blockchain technology to help “solve the problems of the developing world.” Interested parties can find out more about the position here. And if the combination of blockchain and the developing world sounds familiar, it may be because you’re thinking of recent Finovate Best of Show winner BanQu (F16) which has developed a blockchain-based identity platform that promotes financial inclusion and empowerment among the underbanked, including refugee populations.

Hello, It’s Me: Voice Auth Comes to Barclays
Barclays adds instant voice authentication for all 12 million retail customers, ending 30 years of maneuvering through tedious telephone prompts and redundant authentication questions. – Bank Innovations

Everbank’s Awesome Exit
1990s digital banking pioneer Everbank exits for $2.5 billion in sale to TIAA. After PayPal (F12), this is the most successful fintech company to come out of the original 1990s dot-com era. – PYMNTS.com

Mastercard on the Move
Early Warning’s clearXchange saw some growth as of late. Mastercard, which announced this week that its Mastercard Send U.S. debit cardholders can send and receive money through the clearXchange network. Fiserv (F16) will also become a distribution partner for clearXchange, leveraging the partnership to provide a turnkey solution for banks.

Speaking of Mastercard, the company is looking at the newly announced partnership between PayPal and Visa (FD14), with an eye toward striking a similar deal. Finextra talked with Mastercard CEO Singh Banga who said it will be “important for Mastercard to provide something in addition to what Visa’s offered” as Mastercard “doesn’t have as much to offer PayPal” as Visa did because it has fewer consumers.

Azimo Goes Social
London-based Azimo (F13) took a step toward facilitating P2P payments by launching money transfers via Facebook Messenger. Interestingly, the transfer is initiated within the Azimo app (via Facebook integration) and completed in Facebook Messenger.

Insurance for Everything
Insurance startup investors are betting big that the smartphone platform allows a new breed of insurance products to flourish, so-called insurance on demand. The classic example is an alert when arriving at the airport asking if you would like to buy travel insurance. But the bigger market automobile/motorcycle policies are offering coverage only when you are using the vehicle. Our Insurance for Everything example of the week? On-demand insurance for your drone courtesy of Verifly. – Techcrunch

Also keeping our eyes on …

  • On August 2, 2016, Bitcoin dropped 20% after $70M worth of bitcoin (around 12,000 BTC) was stolen from Bitfinex exchange. The company is now offering a reward of up to $3.6 million for the recovery of the digital currency. Bitfinex said it has taken “significant steps” to improve its security, and resumed trading on its platform on Thursday, August 10. – TechCrunch
  • The U.K.’s FCA has granted app-only bank Mondo a banking license, thereby joining the ranks of neobanks Atom Bank, Tandem, and Starling. – The Financial Times
  • “An Interview with the Inventor of the Credit Card Chip Reader” – The New Yorker
  • “The Dawn of the Virtual Assistant” – The New York Times

Parentheticals after a company name refer to the year of their most recent Finovate or FinDEVr conference appearance (F = Finovate, FD = FinDEVr).

Finovate Alumni News

On Finovate.com

  • Fintech Trending: Alt Lending Woes, Asia Grows, and Everbank Exits
  • FinDEVr Alum UpGuard Raises $17 Million Series B
  • vaamo Partners with N26 (Formerly Number26)

Around the web

  • ayondo launches simulated trading app, the ayondo academy.
  • Chain announces new partnership with Initiative for Cryptocurrency and Contracts (IC3).
  • Shoeboxed launches Direct Downloads for reports.

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.

FinDEVr APIntelligence

FinDEVrSV16-withdateOur FinDEVr New York developer showcase was a success! FinDEVr Silicon Valley will be held 18/19 October 2016 in Santa Clara. Register today and save.

On FinDEVr.com

  • From the Tech Side: Interview with Checkbook.io CTO PJ Gupta

The latest from FinDEVr New York 2016 presenters

  • Q2 Leverages MX Technology to Launch Contextual PFM
  • France’s Groupe BPCE Acquires Munich-based Fidor Bank
  • Venmo named a Breakthrough Brand on Interbrand’s 2016 report

Alumni updates

  • Pennsylvania State Employees CU implement account origination module from Temenos.
  • Envestnet | Yodlee Forges Strategic Partnership with United Capital
  • Token opens new London office.
  • Trulioo earns top honors for ID verification in 2016 Global RegTech report.
  • PC Magazine labels Xero the fastest accounting-software innovator.
  • Entersekt to bring its 2FA technology, Transakt, to Nigeria via partnership with First Authentication Services Ltd (FASL).

Stay current on daily news from the fintech developer community! Follow FinDEVr on Twitter.

Finovate Alumni News

On Finovate.com

  • Check out this week’s FinDEVr APIntelligence.
  • Fiserv Adds clearXchange P2P Payments to its Offerings
  • Virtual Piggy Gets Real, Transitions from Payment Card to Mobile App
  • 7 Alum Leaders Named UK’s Coolest People Fintech

Around the web

  • Pennsylvania State Employees CU implements account-origination module from Temenos.
  • Algomi unveils its sell-side engine, Synchronicity, as an SaaS solution.
  • Walletron announces strategic partnership with payment-services company Speedpay.
  • Handpoint Extends Global Processor Reach With EMV Certification To EVO Payments International
  • Xero launches first direct bank feeds in Asia with Singapore’s UOB.

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

On Finovate.com

  • Q2 Leverages MX Technology to Launch Contextual PFM
  • PTIN Gives Members Access to BizFi’s Aggregation Marketplace

Around the web

  • iSignthis to verify ultimate beneficial owners (UBOs) for fellow Finovate alum, Ixaris.
  • ABA Bank leverages TranzWare from Compass Plus to launch new Cash by Code service.
  • Top Image Systems earns spot as sample vendor in Gartner Hype Cycle for Digital Banking Transformation 2016.
  • Coinbase to extend its Bitcoin, ether services to both Canada and Singapore.
  • The Economist reports how EquityZen is catching on.
  • PC Magazine labels Xero the fastest accounting-software innovator.

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.