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FinovateAsia 2012 Live Twitter Transcript

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Here is the live Twitter transcript from @Finovate during FinovateAsia last week:

Entries appear in chronological order.

Session 1

  • Innovation Agency begins Finovate with a unique new platform for fostering ideas internally.
  • Innovation Agency’s Innovation Café can be white-labeled & integrated with SharePoint, Oracle, and WebSpace; has mobile app
  • TIBCO Software launching Contextual Mobility to deliver superior offers on the go 
  • TIBCO demoing merchant’s social dashboard where they can converse with users (via facebook-like UI), track performance, etc.
  • Heckyl launching real-time trading & news dashboard to view aggregated info from millions of sources
  • Heckyl UI for traders. Color codes on news shows sentiment and trend over time; also has news cluster visualization 
  • eWise launching MyFin mobile banking platform PFM platform with account aggregation 
  • eWise demoing UI on iPad app; showing funds transfer; clients include HSBC, Citibank, Westpac 
  • Metaforic launching software to detect and respond to mobile security threats 
  • Metaforic system allows a variety of ways to handle attacks: warn, flag transaction, shutdown, silent alarm to bank, etc 
  • Backbase showing new Bank 2.0 portal; offers same UI across various devices 
  • Backbase showing how UI can be changed through online dashboard; using behavioral data, segmentation, etc
  • Striata launching its next-gen eBill; showing example in use by Barclays 
  • Striata e-statement includes interactive elements such as search, sort & cost saving “transaction dispute” right from the inbox
  • Perfectsen launches targeted ad platform, The Hook
  • Perfectsen showing how to “monetize” massive online/mobile banking traffic with highly-targeted ads located in wasted space
Session 2
  • Pendo Systems launching system to make asset data more transparent within banks 
  • Pendo Systems demoing Basispoint online dashboard; also has data visualization via iPad app 
  • Strands Finance launching its What If function within its PFM 
  • Strands showing what if on mobile app so users can look at what a purchase would do to their financial health
  • Barclays announcing launch of PFM powered by Strands, demoing UI to be available in a few days
  • CurrencyFair showing MarketPlace, a P2P currency exchange platform, that saves up to 90% on fx
  • CurrencyFair new MarketPlace allows users to ask for a certain price in the marketplace 
  • SocietyOne demonstrating Smartphone Loan Application that enables 3-min loan app 
  • SocietyOne runs P2P marketplace in Australia; uses Yodlee for acct access
  • Fiserv showing Mobiliti Reach Mobile Banking & Payments Platform
  • Fiserv demoing Control Centre management platform for mobile service offerings
  • Figlo launching tablet version of it PFM platform; demoing it at its client Knab Bank
  • Figlo showing how it connects to actual advisors within the platform; UI shows how current decisions change long-term finances
  • UBank from NAB launching People Like U allows customers to compare their spending/finances with peers 
  • UBank showing how to run http://peoplelikeu.com.au comparisons; uses transactions from 2.5 million users in Australia
  • Tagit launching Open Platform where merchants can develop and deploy mobile apps 
  • Tagit demoing creation of new app & offer and then shows new results across 4 different phones
  • DemystData demoing Credit-in-a-Box which shows how it uses big data to make better decisions
  • The DemystData system allows bank to accept more loan applicants
Session 3
  • Austria’s Smart Engine launching its offers platform
  • Smart Engine demoing the creation of a direct mail offer via its online dashboard; showing offers delivered to mobile 
  • BellaDati launching business analytics system for banking data
  • BellaDati has comprehensive data visualizations via online dashboard or mobile; showing developer tools & Salesforce integration 
  • Wipro Technologies launching SmartOffers digital offers/coupons platform
  • Wipro demos how offers appear on phone, limit to 3 to keep them relevant; showing mobile integration with mobile wallet 
  • BankersLab launching Sc
    oringLab a “flight simulator for bankers” to teach credit scoring
  • BankersLab showing how it gamifies training; demoing mobile BancIt option
  • InterAcct Solutions launching EZYsecure mobile authentication system 
  • InterAcct Solutions demoing how its delivers a popup overlay over mobile screen; user cannot miss and can stay on same screen 
  • InterAcct Solutions launching this year in Indonesia with a major bank
  • BankBazaar.com launching 7-minute Credit eApproval across online, mobile, and tablet interfaces
  • India’s BankBazaar.com demoing its 3-step loan app process; showing how it looks at ICICI Bank & Axis Bank 
  • PocketSmith launching cash flow forecasts; can see whole month calendar view with projections 30 years out 
  • PocketSmith demoing Zillow integration so to do what-ifs with the exact houses you are looking at buying
  • PocketSmith has a tool called “Mint Express” which allows users to transfer data from Mint to PocketSmith
  • Zighra launching ZFraudShield authentication system
  • Zighra adds a “crowdsourced” option, layering in a check of existing users to see if anyone has previously flagged trans as fraud
Session 4
  • Entrepreneurial Finance Lab’s Credit Scoring Tool allows lending to thin/ no-file small biz 
  • EFL has mobile tool to assess entrepreneurial ability & willingness to repay loans using personality testing; proven at banks
  • ayondo launching a social trading platform with “follow the followers” feature
  • ayondo showing portfolio dashboard and trading tools; version 3.0 out later this month 
  • BlinkMobile demos platform for creating mobile app-like experiences; showing “branch queue” app
  • BlinkMobile showing insurance claims app with photo integration & sketching capability 
  • Sandstone launching SmartBank with online/mobile banking, PFM & loans 
  • Sandstone showing loan application via iPad with home value integration; includes loan monitoring tool for user after submission 
  • Luminous launching BankFiling, which streamlines filing of docs by sm biz clients
  • Luminous showing how loan officer can identify problems & opportunities, e.g. to add interest penalty or cross sell
  • TradeHero launching virtual brokerage community for traders 
  • TradeHero demoing mobile trading leader board, with “trade heros” and their followers, which pay a fee shared with traders
  • Vermilian launching bancapp, a mobile platform using tile-based navigation 
  • Vermilian showing secure mobile inbox for secure messaging; demoing campaign with mobile product landing page & buying process 
  • Pandai showing P2P lending platform for the Chinese market
  • Pandai considers underwriter to be “third customer” (after lender & borrower) so have designed good UI for them 
  • Pandai has different loans for each segment; is only P2P platform that allows lenders to sell their loans, all or partial loans
  • CustomerXPs launching Clarify iRM, real-time Relationship Manager with “inference engine” 
  • CustomerXPs showing ipad with Skype integration; voice commands; use case when customer needs more funds on trip
  • Finantix debuting multi-channel Sharp Digital Banking platform with social elements, gamification #finovate 
  • Finantix showing ipad app with money transfer; integration w university database; “wonder bar” for natural language search 
  • Finantix showing Apple Passbook integration
  • Thats a wrap folks. Thanks to everybody for a great inaugural FinovateAsia!! See you next year. 
  • Congrats to FinovateAsia 2012 Best of Show winners: CurrencyFair, Finantix, SocietyOne, & UBank.