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After two successful events in San Francisco, FinDEVr is expanding to the East Coast next month. Like its predecessors, FinDEVr New York will focus on the technology side of fintech. Through an exciting dual-track, TED-style format, presenting companies showcase their latest APIs/platforms/SDKs, case studies, and tutorials to an audience of developers, software architects, CTOs, VPs of Engineering, and others involved Read more…
Lending and borrowing money using bitcoin just got a lot easier. P2P bitcoin lending platform, Bitbond, has released its API for investors and developers. Quoted at Usebitcoins.info, company CEO and founder Radoslav Albrecht said the API “reflects Bitbond’s desire to make the lives of investors on our platform as easy as possible.” Pictured (left to Read more…
On Finovate.com “FinovateEurope: Save £300 through Friday” “American Banker’s “20 Fintech Companies to Watch” Features Eleven Finovate Alums” “Kabbage’s Fresh $135 Million to Help Grow Karrot Consumer Lending Platform” “Hoyos Labs Unveils 4F Smartphone Authentication Technology” Around the web IDology makes an equity investment Payfone. Insuritas to install insurance agency solution for MAC FCU’s 14,000+ Read more…
FinDEVr Previews highlight companies that will present their latest developer tools, platforms, and integrations at FinDEVr 2015 San Francisco on 6/7 October. Pick up your ticket before Friday, 11 September, and save $100 on an early bird ticket! Token will present how developers can integrate fast, secure and low-cost payments with their applications. Why it’s Read more…
On Finovate.com “Friday is the Final Day to Save Big on FinovateFall 2015 Tickets” “Socure Secures $2.5 Million in Debt Financing” “Five Finovate Alums Named 2015 Technology Pioneers by World Economic Forum” Around the web Let’s Talk Payments interviews Stephane Dubois, Xignite CEO and founder. See Xignite at FinDEVr 2015 in San Francisco in October. Read more…
Are you building new financial technology? Be sure to register now for the only event exclusively for fintech developers, FinDEVr 2015, 6/7 October in San Francisco. Super Early-Bird tickets are on sale through this Friday, 10 July. Before diving into company news, check out American Banker’s thoughts on why U.S. banks are opening up APIs Read more…
There is little doubt that mobile (and whatever it evolves to) is where the vast majority of customer interactions will take place in the not-so-distant future. So why do so many banking-app home screens look like they were overlooked in the design process? To help you avoid the same mistake, and find inspiration, we’ll use Read more…
For several years I’ve used the forward-looking balance feature from Simple’s “Safe to Spend” and Key Bank’s MyControlBanking as a great example of where banking/PFM is headed (see notes 1, 2, 3). But this seemingly vital PFM feature has not been adopted by other major players. My hypothesis is that banks are (rightly) afraid of Read more…
This is a continuation of Friday’s post about using apartment rent-and-chore-tracking app HomeSlice to attract younger customers. The app is a classic Trojan Horse tactic, though not a nefarious one. The thing is, once you get customers digitally locked-in to your platform, they may never leave. And while this works on any age group, the Read more…
Just a few weeks shy of its Finovate debut, YapStone has secured $60 million in debt funding courtesy of Comerica Bank and Bregal Sagemount. The online- and mobile-payment technology specialist plans to use the capital to support growth in existing markets, as well as to support initiatives in new markets and new verticals. “Our mission Read more…
Finovate Alumni News for Friday, March 13, 2015 features Risk Ident, StreetShares, Wealthfront, Betterment, Motif Investing, Silanis, Realty Mogul, EZBOB, InComm, Visa, Mint Bills, Personal Capital, and Credit Karma.
“That’s a word you use with your enemies.” —Ripple Labs CEO and founder, Chris Larsen, on the term “disruptor” After two days at Bank Innovation 2015, I’m starting to believe that the fintech industry might be settling into, if not maturity, then at least a pretty responsible young adulthood. And it all has to do Read more…