Finovate Alumni News– December 10, 2013

• Capital Access Network changes its name to CAN Capital.

• Compass Plus survey reflects declining support for NFC amid growing popularity of mobile channel.

• CFA Institute’s Inside Investing takes a look at Motif Investing and “the secret revolution in finance.”

• Gartner places NICE in leaders quadrant of the 2013 Magic Quadrant for Contact Center Workforce Optimization.

• Wealthfront announces new ability to harvest losses on stocks that comprise an index.

• Fast Company features EyeVerify.

• Flint Mobile raises $2 million from Verizon Investments.

• Mint, Manilla, SigFig, Jemstep and Planwise featured in Kiplinger’s list of smart online tools to manage finances.

This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You can also follow all the alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.

Finovate Alumni News– May 9, 2013

• Forbes.com takes a look at the competition between Square and Flint Mobile.

• Compass Plus presents instant card issuance in debut appearance at CARTES America conference.

• SAGE SA names Amir Suleman as Head of Sales for Middle East.

• Striata receives PCI compliance for its Grade 1 infrastructure in the UK.

• New Europe Online interviews eToro’s Head of Product Marketing, Alon Levitan, about how eToro is changing online trading.

• Good.is features SaveUp’s Priya Haji.

• PEHub interviews Drew Sievers, who led mFoundry to an acquisition by FIS.

• Fraternity and Sorority Political Action Committee leverages Billhighway Give to Reach Fundraising Goals.

• Perfectsen selected as a semi-finalist for the Innotribe Startup Challenge 2013.

• OneID wins 2013 North America Frost & Sullivan Award for New Product Innovation. Come see their presentation at FinovateSpring next week.

• Locaid earns extended relationship with LaaS company Timesheet Mobile. See Locaid demo at FinovateSpring in San Francisco.

This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You can also follow all the alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.

Finovate Alumni News– March 5, 2013

• American Banker asks if Atlanta is a fintech startup Mecca and looks at Kabbage and Cardlytics as examples.

• Actiance debuts Vantage for Lync Voice to capture VoIP calls for Mircosoft Lync users.

• BBC News looks at BehavioSec’s biometric security.

• On Deck opens new regional office in Denver, Colorado.

• IDentity Theft 911‘s chief privacy officer Eduard Goodman talks smartphone privacy with Forbes.com.

• TransferWise announces support for peer-to-peer international payments using debit cards.

• TransWare from Compass Plus helps PrivatBank reach peak transaction processing.

• Balance Financial launches Digital Office suite to create personalized client portal templates that can be customized.

• Rebirth Financial launches nationally.

This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You can also follow all the alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.

Finovate Alumni News — February 19, 2013

• Rescuecom highlights TransferWise as low cost, currency conversion option.

• Acculynk‘s Payzur brings person-to-person payments to consumers on PULSE debit/ATM network.

• Compass Plus helps Russian-based FI SwitchMaster reach processing benchmark.

• ekmPowershop announces partnership with EZBOB.

• American Banker reports: Planwise to Participate in Yodlee’s Incubator Program.

• BillHighway hires new CFO.

• Arroweye Solutions reports 40% growth due to 175% uptick in open loop card production, added 27 new clients in 2012.

• Fuze Network now guarantees no late fees.

• Bill.com to provide Frantopia with accounting services.

• Prosper unveils new protection for lenders.

• The Next Web reports: Tradeshift adds support for accounting services Sage and Kashflow, helping businesses get paid.

• Forbes considers how SoMoLend provides capital to small businesses.

• VentureBeat reports SecondMarket is partnering with CircleUp to allow investors to invest in up-and-coming consumer product businesses.

• Thomaston Savings Bank selects Q2ebanking’s full suite of ebanking solutions.

• HiddenLevers launches portfolio stress testing app to help advisors generate leads.

• Fiserv awarded Best-in-Class rating in 2012 Anti-Money Laundering Technology Review.

• Gifting app Wrapp selects Braintree to power payments.

• Social Commerce Today features Azimo.

• FIS launches new P2P platform.

• Pageonce adds person-to-person payment functionality to mobile app.

This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You can also follow all the alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.

Finovate Alumni News– January 17, 2013

• BillFloat announces $21 million in new funding.

• Jack Henry & Associates launches retail and commercial lending platform.

• Compass Plus completes benchmark testing on HP servers.

• ImpulseSave releases Google Chrome e-commerce plug-in.

• Dashlane partners with Pwnedlist to enhance security alerts. Check out Dashlane’s live demo at FinovateEurope next month.

• Mitek to launch Mobile Deposit Alliance, allowing participant banks to share deposit data.

• TechCrunch reports: eBay And PayPal Expect To Do $20 Billion Each In 2013 Mobile Commerce.

• El Paso Electric Company partners with TIO Networks Corp to launch EPE MobilePay.

• Dwolla introduces Guest Send to help developers building bank software make payments from one account to another.

• Bill.com wins Best Software as a Service category of the 2012-2013 Cloud Awards Program.

• Clearstream chooses Standard Chartered Bank as its clearing and settlement agent for its investments in South Africa.

• Payments.com profiles MasterCard Worldwide’s initiatives in Africa.

This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You can also follow all the alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.

Compass Plus Helps Zapsibcombank Launch Loyalty Program

Russian bank Zapsibcombank will be offering customers a new loyalty program called PLUSES, courtesy of Compass Plus.

The deal will allow bank customers to participate in a discount program that is not tied to a specific retailer. By designating categories such as “My car” and “My supermarket”, customers in the program will have significant flexibility in the way that discounts are applied. Full integration between the loyalty program and the bank’s Internet service means that customers will be able to access the program remotely.

The bank will be relying on Compass Plus’s TranzWare CMS, which handles payment card issuance and circulation, as well as merchant and corporate account management.

Zapsibcombank is one of the TOP-100 largest Russian banks since 2009, with more than 500,000 cards in circulation and an ATM network of more than 400. The bank has more than 60 branches, and specializes in both consumer and SME lending.

Watch Compass Plus’s most recent Finovate demo here.

Finovate Alumni News– January 15, 2013

• Cortera rated higher than competitors in perceived value according to industry survey.

• Al Rajhi Bank launches online banking platform built with Backbase Portal. Come see Backbase at FinovateEurope Feb. 12 & 13.

• Brian Madden touts Metaforic’s app immune system.

• TechCrunch reports: SigFig Crosses $50 Billion In Assets Managed Through The Platform.

• Bloomberg reports: Fiserv Buys Open Solutions to Grow Financial Services. Come to FinovateEurope to see Fiserv’s live demo.

• Zapsibcombank launches loyalty program with technology from Compass Plus.

• Locaid adds Cricket Wireless devices to platform.

• Promo Codes 2013 features the top six promotions at TradeKing.

• Visa in India deploys TSYS technologies to assist in account holder authentication.

This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You can also follow all the alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.

Compass Plus Earns High Marks in Annual PayX Report

A perfect score in the “card-issuer processing capability” category helped TranzWare from Compass Plus earn high marks in the annual PayX report.

TranzWare helps financial institutions manage, switch, and route electronic payments from multiple devices. In this year’s PayX report, the TranzWare product suite earned perfect scores in “complementary products” and finished in the top three (out of 19 reviewed) in a number of other categories such as, “product,” “industry,” and “customer profile overview.”

The PayX report focuses on the year’s top card-acquiring-payment software solutions. This year’s appearance in the report was the second for Compass Plus.

Compass Plus demonstrated another of its recent products, TranzAxis, at FinovateFall 2012 in September.  See the demo from Compass Plus here.

Finovate Alumni News– December 10, 2012

• Xero’s new release includes new features: email templates, payments terms & outstanding statements.

• Purchasing Insight blog features Taulia.

• Financial Advisor Magazine considers EFL’s approach to determining risk in entrepreneurs.

• Business Insider recommends using Enloop to help draft business plans.

• Expensify gets a shout-out on NBC.

• Intern Match blog suggests using planwise.

• PC Mag recommends keeping Dashlane in your security toolkit.

• Wipro announces launch of SmartOffers solution demoed at FinovateAsia.

• Virtual Piggy enters into Partnership with WorldPay to further expand Virtual Piggy eCommerce service in the international marketplace.

• Tyfone and IQT sign strategic investment and tech development deal.

• Fenergo wins Best Customer Onboarding Solution award.

• DeviceFidelity extends Good Vault identity and access management system to iPhones. 

• Experian to help media giant Sky optimize customer prospect-marketing data.

• Compass Plus earns high marks in annual PayX report.

This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You can also follow all the alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.

Finovate Alumni News– November 28, 2012

• Payelp Global partners with SafetyPay to expand online payment options for merchants and customers worldwide.

• Enloop releases the next generation of its business planning app to help entrepreneurs plan businesses.

• Social Money announces launch of new product, CorePro, with a new partner, The Bancorp.

• Tradeshift announces partnership with Verbella CMG, an SAP Content mgmt. solutions provider.

• Anton Commissaris, a founding exec of Mint.com, joins Credit Sesame as COO.

• Betterment enhances advice for life goals.

• Capital Access Network names advisory board to guide launch and growth of latest offering to small businesses, CapTap.

• CNBC reports CashStar, WEX partner to provide eGift card services.

• New partnership with Klarna helps 3dcart reach European customers.

• Compass Plus earns high ranking in annual PayX report.

• AdExchanger interviews Bazaarvoice Media GM Barkow.

• Team Bronson Moneymakers reviews Jingit.

This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You can also follow all the alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.