Finovate Alumni News

On Finovate.com SumUp Launches Air Register Around the web Visa builds new blockchain payments platform, Visa B2B Connect, in partnership with Chain. Wipro to acquire cloud services firm, Appirio, for $500 million. Open source subscription billing and payments platform, Kill Bill, integrates with Dwolla. Revolut wins Best New Customer Facing Innovation at Emerging Payments Awards Read more…

FinDEVr Silicon Valley: Celebrating the Best of the Builders

After watching two days of live presentations from fintech innovators from around the world, the attendees at FinDEVr Silicon Valley 2016 have made plain their preferences. So many presenters received enthusiastic praise for the way they are solving problems and developing tools/APIs to make payments more efficient, security more effective, and financial data more accessible. Read more…

Finovate Alumni News

On Finovate.com Welcome to Day 2 of FinDEVr Silicon Valley FinDEVr Silicon Valley: Celebrating the Best of the Builders Around the web FinDEVr alum Thinking Capital launches Lucy, an AI-powered chatbot for small business borrowers. Narrative Science forges strategic partnership with Deloitte to promote broader adoption of advanced NLG technology. AdviceRobo launches Seedrs crowdfunding campaign Read more…

Fintech Trending: P2P, EMV, NFC, NLP…. OMG

A look at the trending topics of the past two weeks, co-authored by Finovate’s research analysts David Penn and Julie (Schicktanz) Muhn. Big handshakes Cardtronics acquires DirectCash Payments In a $460 million deal, Texas-based ATM operator Cardtronics has acquired Canada-based DirectCash Payments. The deal is expected to help Cardtronics expand into Canada and the United Read more…

Lessons from Startups: Leveling Up the Waitlist at Zero Financial

On 8 Oct Ron Lieber’s NY Times column Your Money discussed alternatives for consumers looking to move from major banks (thanks, Wells Fargo). He started with credit unions, touched on community banks and then finished with a major shout-out to an unlaunched fintech startup Zero Financial. Not being familiar with Zero (other than its recent Read more…

Fintech Favorites

Featured U.K.-based challenger bank Atom opens to the public. The bank’s iPhone and iPad app is built on the Unity gaming platform and is the only way to access the mobile-only bank. Atom has a customer service team equipped with AI and machine learning, and has bolstered its security using voice and face biometric login. Read more…

Finovate Alumni News

On Finovate.com Financeit’s Fresh $17 Million to Fund TD Financing Acquisition Check out today’s FinDEVr Previews Cognitect Digital Business Art NuData Security Entrust Datacard MX Be sure to take a look at our latest round of FinovateAsia Sneak Peeks. NetGuardians Nexmo Bambu A Deep Dive into the Upcoming FinDEVr Silicon Valley 2016 Around the web Read more…

FinDEVr Preview: IBM

FinDEVr Previews highlight companies presenting new developer tools, platforms, and integrations at FinDEVr Silicon Valley 2016, October 18 & 19. Tickets are on sale now. Visit our registration page and save your spot today. Blockchain has fast become the new marketing buzzword for solving all financial and security woes, but what is it really? Demystify Read more…

FinDEVr Preview: PwC

FinDEVr Previews highlight companies presenting new developer tools, platforms, and integrations at FinDEVr Silicon Valley 2016, October 18 & 19. Tickets are on sale now. So visit our registration page and save your spot today. Improving the business process of trade finance operations to digitize the movement of services, goods, and capital could represent a Read more…

FinDEVr Silicon Valley: Looking Back, Moving Forward

With the third annual FinDEVr Silicon Valley 2016 only a few weeks away (and tickets still available), it’s a great time to look back and see what the FinDEVr alums have been up to this year. From new integrations, new solutions, and new partnerships to mergers, acquisitions, and initial public offerings, we were impressed at Read more…