Here are the news headlines posted this week on Twitter (follow our feed here).
MoneyAisle appears in Kiplinger’s Retirement Report (print only). The story appears in the June issue and explains the new “auto loan search” features at MoneyAisle. More from MoneyAisle at http://bit.ly/FINOVATE671
BBVA Compass Bank replaces West Bank as SmartyPig’s banking partner. BBVA Compass is the 15th largest bank in America. http://bit.ly/FINOVATE672
Kapitall unveils “search by brand” feature. The new search helps investors to identify the parent company of their favorite brands. http://bit.ly/FINOVATE681 or www.kapitall.com
SecondMarket CEO Barry Silbert interviewed by Dan Rather [vid]. See more on SecondMarket’s management of “illiquid assets.” http://bit.ly/FINOVATE691
MoneyAisle featured in Wallet Pop. Read more about shopping for an auto loan from MoneyAisle at http://bit.ly/FINOVATE692.
SmartCredit.com featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show. See SmartCredit.com at work with Oprah and Jean Chatzky as part of the “Debt Diet” series on the program. http://bit.ly/FINOVATE693
Ebay recognizes Outright.com as most innovative app. Outright.com received an award for most innovative application at the Ebay developer’s conference. http://bit.ly/FINOVATE6101
MPower Ventures in the running for Business Week’s “Most Promising Social Entrepreneurs.” Twenty-five companies are finalists. Read more at http://bit.ly/FINOVATE6102 or www.mpowerlabs.com.
Micronotes raises another $1.6 million in funding. Yahoo Business reports on the startup’s fund raising success. http://bit.ly/FINOVATE6103
TransFS.com helps merchants shop for better credit-card processing. TransFS claims that user merchants can save up to 40% by shopping around for merchant services. http://bit.ly/FINOVATE6111
Billeo expands merchant directory. Billeo users can now pay their bills online with more than 10,000 merchants. http://bit.ly/FINOVATE6112
Peer-to-Peer lender Prosper.com seeks regulation as a lender to avoid SEC. Prosper has asked to become regulated as a lender to ease the regulatory burden of being regulated as an investment firm. http://bit.ly/FINOVATE6113
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