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Finovate Alumni News– November 30, 2012
- Bundle acquired by Capital One.
- Expensify now lets users submit employee expense reports to bill.com.
- Simple (Formerly BankSimple) Rolls Out Mobile Check Deposit.
- Virtual Piggy appoints Joseph Dwyer, former software executive as CFO.
- VentureBeat reports Kabbage wins CloudBeat’s Innovation Showdown.
- Acculynk announces full integration of recent acquisition, PayLeap.
Finovate Best of Show Winners: 2007 to Present
We recently looked back at Finovate’s Best of Show Awards archives and wanted to share the list of the 41 award-winning companies.
Here’s the Best of Show history that stretches back to 2007, the inception of Finovate:
Finovate Alumni Website Traffic in September
- Seeking Alpha and Cortera had the highest traffic in September with 2.1 and 2.0 million unique visitors, respectively. Cortera also had the highest increase in number of unique year-over-year visits with over 1.5 more visits in 2011 than in 2010.
- Kabbage had the highest percentage growth year-over-year, up 280x.
- Weemba saw the highest monthly growth percentage with more than 7.5 times the number of unique visitors in September compared to August.
- SmartCredit.com had the highest increase in number of unique year-over-year visitors, growing by 126,000.
- CheckFree had the highest percentage growth year-over-year, with over 7 times the number of visitors this year than last year.
- Intuit had a notable increase in number of unique, year-over-year visitors, increasing by 300,000 visits.
- Check Point had the highest month-over-month percent growth, with 41% more visitors in September than in August.
Finovate Alumni Website Traffic in August
- Seeking Alpha — the most-trafficked in August with 2.5 million unique visitors — also had the highest increase in number of unique month-over-month visits with 300,000 more visits in August than in July.
- Budgettracker.com saw the highest monthly growth percentage with more than 6.5 times the number of unique visitors in August compared to July.
- Betterment had the highest percentage growth year-over-year, up 88x.
- Cortera had the highest number of unique year-over-year visitors, growing by 1.5 million.
Bobber Interactive and Bundle Are Making Finance Interesting with Social Engagement
Earlier this week, Bank Technology News wrote about the gamification of finance. The article describes Capital One’s promos in Zynga’s CityVille (a FarmVille-like game), then looks at Seattle-based Bobber Interactive’s new GoalCard:
“Users set up their accounts and access funds with a Visa debit card issued by Meta Financial Group Inc.’s MetaBank Inc. and offered by Plastyc Inc. They are encouraged to share their financial goals with their Facebook friends, and they get points and rewards for transacting and sharing the application with others.”
New York-based Bundle is also highlighted in the article for its spending tracker and comparison platform:
“Bundle, which is backed by Citigroup Inc., analyzes card transaction data to help customers track their spending. It also compares their spending to various demographic groups based on aggregated data provided by Citi and other sources.”
Both Bobber Interactive and Bundle demonstrated their platforms at FinovateFall last week. Full-length videos will be posted within the next two weeks. In the meantime, check out Bobber Interactive’s FinovateSpring 2010 demo and Bundle’s FinovateSpring2011 demo.
Bundle.com Personalizes Recommendations Based on Demographics
“Bundle.com has recently launched the ability for people to personalize their search based on select demographic or behavioral profiles. So, for example, if you want to figure out where foodies are going to eat in Chelsea or where the 26-35 yrs people are shopping for clothes, it’s all available on Bundle.”
Product Launched: August 2011
Finovate Alumni Website Traffic in July
- Seeking Alpha had the most traffic in July with more than 2 million unique visitors.
- eToro saw the highest monthly growth percentage with 3 times the number of unique visitors in July compared to June.
- Bundle had the highest increase in number of unique month-over-month visits, with 450,000 more visitors in July than in June.
- eRollover had the highest percent year-over-year traffic increase, with 260,000 more visitors from last July.
- PayPal had the highest number of U.S. visitors in July, with more than 30 million visitors.
- Jack Henry & Associates saw the highest monthly growth with twice as many visitors in July than June.
- Wipro Technologies had the highest year-over-year growth, with 3 times as many visitors this year compared to last year.
- FIS Global and Online Resources also doubled their traffic compared to last year.
PayPal and Cortera Take Charge in May’s Web Traffic
Each month we survey the Web-traffic performance of our alums, using data from Web-analytics company Compete to review the sites they operate.
Out of 255 alumni, 62 (24%) had more than 10,000 unique U.S. visitors in May 2011 (see tables below). Of the 62 reviewed, 25 (40%) had fewer visitors than in the previous month and 28 (45%) saw a decline year-over-year.
Private Companies
The 44 private companies are as follows:
Notable successes:
- Cortera saw the highest number of unique U.S. visitors in May, with almost 2 million hits.
- HelloWallet experienced the greatest month-over-month growth, with more than four times as many visitors.
- Betterment saw its traffic increase an impressive 38 times from May of last year.
Private Finovate Alumni With More Than 10,000 Unique Visitors in May 2011
Source: Compete.com retrieved June 29, 2011
Public Companies
The 18 public companies are as follows:
Notable successes:
- PayPal experienced the highest number of U.S. visitors in May, with over 32 million visitors.
- TransUnion Interactive saw the highest month-over-month growth with more than two times the number of visitors in May than in April.
- Sybase 365 experienced the highest year-over-year growth, with its traffic up almost 80% from last year.
Public Finovate Alumni With More Than 10,000 Unique Visitors in May 2011
Source: Compete.com retrieved June 29, 2011
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Notes:
1. We reviewed 255 unique sites. Data was unavailable or irrelevant for 201 sites because:
- They had been acquired.
- They were no longer available online.
- They were not covered by Compete for various reasons (including some that were not U.S. domestic companies).
- The number of unique visits was too small to be considered accurate.
- They were subdomains of larger websites.
2. Numbers have been rounded to three significant digits.
3. The charts include companies that did not have measurable traffic in May 2011, indicated by “N/A.”
4. Compete draws its information from the online activity of a panel of more than 2 million U.S. Internet users. It is only an estimate of traffic, and may undercount at-work usage.
FinovateFall 2010 Demo Videos Now Available
We’re pleased to announce that the demo videos from FinovateFall 2010 are now available for free download (or immediate consumption) from the Finovate archives.
This fall’s NYC conference showcased 56 handpicked companies doing 7-minute demonstrations (no slides allowed) of their latest technology innovations to a sold-out audience of 650 financial & banking executives, venture capitalists, press, analysts and entrepreneurs.
Check out these cutting-edge ideas in financial, banking, payments, mobile, lending, investing and security technologies today for inspiration and your next edge on the competition!
(P.S. If you’re interested in joining us at the next Finovate event, tickets are now on sale for FinovateEurope (Feb, 1, 2011 in London). It is going to be an amazing showcase of European and global fintech innovation!)
Eric Mattson is CEO of Online Financial Innovations, the parent company of NetBanker, Online Banking Report and the Finovate Conference Series. He can be reached at eric@netbanker.com.