FinovateFall 2012 / Luminous
Presenter Profile:
How they describe themselves: Luminous is the world’s first provider of bank-integrated money management solutions. The company has created a range of innovative solutions that offer financial institutions the ability to increase revenue and decrease costs in the areas of credit risk management, cross selling opportunities, reduced administration costs, customer retention and customer acquisition.
Luminous is active in North America, United Kingdom, Europe, Africa, India and Asia Pacific. Products include: BankFiling, Insights, Business Money Manager, Personal Money Manager and Merchant Insights.
How they describe their product/innovation: BankFiling is an innovative solution that enables banks to recover significant cost leakage by automating the timely collection of periodic financial information from business customers with credit exposure to the bank.
Contacts:
Bus. Dev. & Sales: Andrew Buchanan, Global Head of Sales,
andrew.buchanan@luminousbanking.com, Mobile: +44 (0) 7766 804968,
UK Phone: +44 207 692 4080
Press: Philippa Newnes, Head of Marketing, philippa.newnes@luminousbanking.com,
Mobile: +61 401 915 153
Website: www.luminousbanking.com
Twitter: @luminousbanking
HQ Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
Company Founded: 2007
Product Being Demoed: BankFiling
Product Launched: September 2012
Metrics: Luminous employs over 25 people globally. Our client base consists of financial institutions that have over 120,000 users to date.
- Key Executives
Warren Bond (CEO), Andrew Buchanan (Global Head of Sales), Philippa Newnes (Head of Marketing), Arno van der Walt (CFO), Andrew Teversham (CTO), Morne Norval (COO)
Key Stats
- Key Board Members
Warren Bond (CEO, Luminous), Arno van der Walt (CFO, Luminous), Andrew Teversham (CTO, Luminous), Paulo Froes (Head of Asia Pacific Sales, Luminous), Marc Balkin (Co-Managing Partner, Hasso Plattner Ventures)
- Key Advisory Board Members
Marc Balkin (Co-Managing Partner, Hasso Plattner Ventures Africa) and Paulo Froes (Head of Asia Pacific Sales, Luminous)
- Key Investors
Hasso Plattner Ventures (www.hp-ventures.co.za)
- Key Partnerships
Nihilent Technologies
- Key Customers
First National Bank South Africa, First Rand Bank India, Rand Merchant Bank South Africa, First National Bank Namibia, First National Bank Botswana, First National Bank Zambia