Finovate Alumni News– October 14, 2013

• Forbes column on banking and mobile payments highlights Finovate alumni Check, Fiserv, and FIS.

• BBC features MasterCard’s efforts to replace food stamps and cash with cards in Lebanese refugee camps.

• Jim Marous references GoBank and Moven in report on innovation in mobile banking functionality.

• LowCards.com reports: Dynamics offers artistic credit cards.

• Flint Mobile opts for camera over card reader.

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– September 18, 2013

• Kalixa Group to provide payment services to Italian gaming services provider, Sisal.

• ACI Worldwide recognized as fastest growing biller direct electronic bill payment provider by Aite Group.

• Manilla tops 15 million bills and statements delivered.

• Netbanker reports: Simple Revamps Homepage http://bit.ly/16j6SsM

• 200 Financial institutions adopt Lodo Software’s PFM.

• Jumio adds facial detection to Its web and mobile identify verification service, Netverify.

• MyBankTracker looks at MoneyDesktop’s uncluttered visualization of financial goals.

• The Business Review blog highlights Dynamics’ partnership with Key Bank. 

• TIO Networks forms partnership with Cowlitz Public Utility District.

• Gartner names Backbase a Visionary Portal Software Vendor for the third year running.

• Tradeshift Collaborative Workflow wins this year’s AP Innovative Technology of the Year Award.

• Check partners with Irvine Ranch Water District to provide billpay and tracking for IRWD customers.

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.

Dynamics Showcases its Solution to Gamify Your Checking Account

This post is part of our live coverage of FinovateFall 2013.

Then, Dynamics took the stage:

“Dynamics brings a new solution to stimulate fee income from  checking accounts in a post-durbin world. It aims to convert cash-heavy consumers to a prepaid card by drawing them in with a real-time rewards-based platform. This brings them directly to POS, driving value through interchange.”

Product Launch: September 2013

HQ: Pittsburgh, PA

Founded: September 2007

Website: dynamicsinc.com

Twitter: @DynamicsInc

Presenting Jeff Mullen (CEO, Dynamics), Jonathan Beaver (Chief Architect, Dynamics), and Brandon F. Nowac (Team Leader Prepaid Cards, Key Corporate Bank)

The full demo video will be available at Finovate.com in mid-September.

Finovate Alumni News– August 29, 2013

• TechCrunch reports: Lendio using new funding to help SMBs secure loans & avoid bad credit.

• Payments Source considers how SumUp is competing in a Square world.

• Cards International reports: Dynamics unveils U.S.A credit card with stars and stripes magnetic strip. Come to FinovateFall in NYC to see Dynamics showcase its new innovation.

• MasterCard, C-SAM, DNP team up to bring white-label NFC mobile wallet service to Japan. See MasterCard demo at Finovate Fall in September.

• OxGadgets reviews miiCard as a solution for online identity authentication. Join miiCard in New York for FinovateFall.

• Mashreq Bank launches EMV chip and PIN-compliant mobile POS service via partnership with Swiff and MasterCard.

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– July 30, 2013

• OpenCoin is among the virtual currency innovators looking to form a self-regulatory body for the industry.

• MasterPass from MasterCard launches in the United Kingdom.

• Bank Innovation takes a look at FIS Global’s recent remarks on the company’s technology deal with Sainsbury.

• Yahoo Finance looks at rewards earned using Dynamics ePlate credit card.

• StreetFight features reasons to opt in for card-linked loyalty programs from Cartera Commerce, Cardlytics, edo Interactive and Swipely.

• Netbanker features BillGuard, Manilla, and Credit Karma as value-added apps driving mobile adoption.

• eToro adds price alerts to eToro Trader app.

• Bright Ideas features Noreen Hafez, senior product marketing manager at Akamai.

• Kasasa holds sweepstakes, films big-bank breakup video, featuring CEO Gabe Krajicek.

• Betterment joins fellow Finovate alumni FutureAdvisor and LearnVest in this NYT column on bringing “financial planning to the masses.”

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– June 7, 2013

• Xero and Stripe partner to simplify online payments for small businesses.

• Bank Innovation reports: Mitek Launches V 2.0 of Mobile Photo Bill Pay solution.

• Boku teams with PlayJam to bring mobile payments to smart TVs.

• SimpleTuition partners with College Parents of America to bring student loan and loan comparison insight from SimpleTuition its members.

• Creditnet.com ranks the Best Personal Finance Software of 2013 (So Far): 1) Personal Capital, 2) Mint.com 3) ReadyForZero.

• Emida adds Colombia to list of operating countries.

• Kofax launches Analytics for Capture business intelligence solution.

• Pymnts.com interviews TransferWise co-founder Kristo Kaarmann.

• RightStartups takes a look at Betterment as a “new concept in a very traditional industry.”

• Dynamics launches “Everything Else is Just Plastic” TV Ad.

• TradeBox Media reviews Zooz’s retail app plug-in.

• International Business Times looks at how Arxan’s technology is used to protect mobile banking apps from attacks.

• Newfination interviews Uri Gruenbaum, co-founder and CEO of TipRanks.

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.

Dynamics Launches “Everything Else is Just Plastic” TV Ad

Double the value and 12 new rewards?

That’s the news out of Dynamics, which has made significant upgrades and enhancements to its ePlate intelligent payment card. 

The company has launched its first television ad, in partnership with Visa, touting the changes, which include a “no annual fee” version of the ePlate Visa card, and rewards ranging from private jet flights to race car driving lessons.

Dynamics launched ePlate in the UK during FinovateEurope 2013. ePlate cards include a programmable magnetic stripe that limits fraud by rewriting itself with each new transaction. Additionally, users can access the Dynamics system to program the card to respond to preferred offers, rewards, and other incentives.

The generousity of the rewards available to ePlate cardholders is meant to represent a sharp distinction with industry norms. Dynamics CEO and founder, Jeff Mullen, said in a release that while traditional cards often provided rewards of 1% of each purchase back, “the ePlate card (provides) new rewards as high as 50% or more.”

Dynamics Launches ePlate, a Better Rewards Card, in UK

This post is a part of our live coverage of FinovateEurope 2013.

Dynamics came up to the stage next, launching their ePlate device to enable consumers to build a better rewards card, in the UK:

Dynamics’ intelligent powered payment cards include a fully card-programmable magnetic stripe that can be re-written with each transaction to reduce fraud. Using Dynamics’ backend system, users can select from a list of rewards, to tailor their own experience.

Product Launch: February 2013

HQ: Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Founded: September 2007

Website: dynamicsInc.com

Twitter: @DynamicsTweet

Presenting Jeff Mullen (CEO) 

Finovate Alumni News– January 2, 2013

• American Banker features Banno CEO Wade Arnold, calling him a “coder in the cornfields.”

• American Banker names PayPal and Wonga 2 of 8 non-banks to watch in 2013.

• Mint.com encourages users to add goals by holding $500 sweepstakes.

• Deccan Herlad examines Yodlee’s plan to move into India.

• Programmable Web profiles Dynamics.

• Forbes considers the best job titles of 2012: Min Xuan Lee, PlayMoolah’s Princess of Possibility named #1.

• MoneyDesktop to power Cubus Solutions’ online banking services.

• Geezeo to power Wings Financial PFM.

• Billion Success blog interviews David Barrett, Expensify CEO.

• OneDayGlobal blog profiles Entrepreneurial Finance Lab.

• Silicon Prairie reports: Dwolla-powered Koala Pay aims to help merchants, customers connect.

• Andera adds Gesa CU & Central Star CU for online account opening, loan applications.

• Marketing Technology Blog highlights Flint Mobile and its camera-based payment processing system.

• Ixaris completes move to new offices in San Gwann.

• TSYS announces ProPay acquisition now complete.

• Experian is offering a searchable consumer credit database.

• Locaid Technologies wins FastPitch competition at Locations & Beyond Summit 2012.

• Billhighway provides mobile donation services for Make A Difference animal rescue event.

• Huffington Post features WattzOn among its best apps for tracking home energy use.

• The Tennessean takes a look at the rebranding of Portfolio Football as Sports Lever.

• LifeHacker quotes SmartCredit.com president of consumer education on credit and credit scores.

• Betterment and PageOnce earn spots in TechCrunch’s feature: “7 Apps That Will Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions Alive”.

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– December 4, 2012

• American Banker looks at how UMB is implementing Dynamics’ ePlate card technology.

• peerTransfer rolls out international payment solution to the K-12 (kindergarten through twelfth grade) education market.

• InComm Canada launches No-Fee Vanilla Prepaid Product Line.

• The CUNA Technology Council presents MoneyDesktop with Best of Show Award at the 17th Annual CUNA Technology Council Conference.

• Cachet Financial Solutions powers Simple’s Remote Deposit Capture.

• STL Beacon reports SoMoLend blazes new funding path in St. Louis through loans.

• Expensify launches new feature: Commercial Card Reconciliation.

• Desert News reports Virtual Piggy helps parents control children’s online spending.

• Prosper launches new data enhancements.

• VentureBeat reports Equifax buying CSC’s credit-services biz for $1B in cash.

• Banno partners with ProfitStars to offer remote deposit, integrated bill pay.

• Thomson Reuters upgrades user interface, functionality for FX Matching platform.

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.