Finovate Alumni News

On Finovate.com “Wallaby Upgrades Credit Card Optimization Solution with Spend Monitor”; come see Wallaby at FinDEVr, San Francisco, 6/7 Oct. Around the web Backbase-powered Touch Bank goes live in Russia. Check out what Backbase has for developers at FinDEVr San Francisco on 6/7 October. Top Image Systems appoints Andrew Pery as new CMO. Campus FCU Read more…

Finovate Alumni News

On Finovate.com “FinDEVr Alums Featured Among Top Hackathon APIs” Around the web New partnership gives Lending Tree customers access to financing solutions, line-of-credit products from Dealstruck. Backbase named “most visionary” in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Mobile Application Development Platforms. Chris Skinner interviews Giles Andrews, Zopa CEO and co-founder. INETCO Insight and Analytics help BECU win Read more…

Five Alums Earn Finalist Spots in Global Banking Innovation Awards 2015

Five Finovate alums, including three innovative bank partners, have made it to the finals of the BAI Global Banking Innovation Awards 2015. Lending Club, Moven, and PayItSimple will compete for top honors in the “Most Innovative Non-Bank Financial Services Organization Award.” Fidor Bank AG, headquartered in Germany, earned finalist honors in four categories. Fidor demoed Read more…

Finovate Alumni News

On Finovate.com “Five Alums Earn Finalist Spots in Global Banking Innovation Awards 2015″ “Capriza Chosen by Flextronics, Marvell, NTT, Symantec to Boost Workflow Efficiency” Around the web FusionInvest from Misys wins “Best buy-side pricing and market display” at Systems in the City Awards. Avalara and ePages partner to provide cross-border transaction tax-compliance solution. See Avalara Read more…

Finovate Alumni News

On Finovate.com “A First Look at What’s Coming to the FinDEVr Stage this October” “Santander UK Launches Cash Kitty PFM App Developed with Kalixa, Monitise” Around the web Lend Academy podcast features Kathryn Petralia, Kabbage co-founder. Come see Kabbage at FinDEVr 2015 in San Francisco. GMC Software releases GMC Inspire R10 customer communications management software. Read more…

Finovate Alumni News

On Finovate.com “Platform-as-a-Service Specialist Apprenda Raises $24 Million” “Azimo Launches New Service in 10 Countries in Africa, Asia-Pacific” Around the web Irish Tech News interviews Neil Costigan, BehavioSec CEO. InComm partners with Gemalto to offer a secure, prepaid mobile NFC-payment option. Zooz partners with Cardinal Commerce to offer Cardinal Consumer Authentication (CCA) to the Zooz Read more…

Finovate Alumni News

On Finovate.com “Dashlane Integrates Samsung Biometric Technology in Android App Upgrade” “Revolut Launches to Public, Announces $2.3 Million in Funding” Around the web PYMNTS looks at OnDeck’s record-breaking quarter. Red Herring names Kabbage a Top 100 Private Company. Geezeo to power BankMobile’s PFM. Alpha Payments Cloud using Snapcard to enable AlphaHub users to accept Bitcoin Read more…

FinovateFall 2015 Presenting Companies Announced

Since we received the highest-ever number of applications to demo during our FinovateFall conference in New York, we quickly discovered that electing presenters would not be easy. After a month-long screening process, we narrowed the pile to the newest and most innovative ideas in fintech. Today, we’re revealing the first group of companies that will Read more…

Finovate Alumni News

On Finovate.com “Realty Mogul Builds $35 Million in New Funding” “Fastacash Secures $15 Million in Series B Investment” “Fenergo Raises $75 Million from Insight Venture Partners” Around the web InComm adds new brands to its Incentives e-commerce site, including vacation brands. Green Dot opens subsidiary in Shanghai. Citizens 1st National Bank introduces mobile remote deposit Read more…

Finovate Alumni News

On Finovate.com “PayPal’s Early Valuation Tops $44 Billion” “Monitise to Emphasize API, On-Site Solutions in Strategy Shift” Around the web Xero to offer foreign invoice payments via new partnership with Midpoint Holdings. Loop featured in profile of Samsung Pay. PYMNTS.com takes a look at PayPal CEO Dan Schulman’s conversation with the Financial Times. Gulf News Read more…

Finovate Debuts: Bento Builds Banking Solutions for Small Businesses

Who is the most underserved community in banking? Immigrants? Millennials? People living in remote or rural areas? According to Farhan Ahmad, CEO and co-founder of Bento for Business, the answer is: Small business. “We are solving one of the largest unmet needs in fintech,” Ahmad said, “helping small businesses.” He says that banks want to Read more…

Finovate Alumni News

On Finovate.com Finovate Debuts: Bento Builds Banking Solutions for Small Businesses EverSafe and MaxMyInterest Present at Innovation Lab Demo Day in New York Around the web Bloomberg Business highlights Betterment, Financial Guard, Personal Capital, Vanguard, and Wealthfront in its look at robo-advisers. Nomis Solutions teams up with BRG to help FIs improve their mortgage-retention strategies Read more…