Alumni News– July 25, 2014

• Fox Business News features Kabbage’s small business lending process.

• Huffington Post describes how DemystData’s big data analytics help evaluate creditworthiness.

• Cartera Commerce’s CFO Karen Cambray named a finalist in Boston Business Journal’s 2014 CFO of the Year Awards.

• Bloomberg: BillGuard programmers code in bomb shelters.

• Coinbase launches Coinbase Vault to Better Secure Your Bitcoins.

• MoneyDesktop appoints Brandon Dewitt as its first ever CTO.

• SecondMarket CEO Barry Silbert stepping down in order to refocus his attention solely on bitcoin.

• InvestmentNews features roboadvisors Jemstep, FutureAdvisor, Wealthfront, and Personal Capital.

• The Irish Times looks at Holvi’s move into Ireland.

• CMS Wire: Actiance wants to help companies curb social media mistakes.

• Karen Webster of Market Platform Dynamics interviews Zooz CEO Oren Levy.

• eToro announces new version of OpenBook for iOS.

• Mobile Entertainment talks with Adam Levene, SVP of Strategy at Monitise Create.

• LendingTree launches personalization platform.

• Pymnts takes a look at the partnership between Malauzai Software and Trusteer. See Malauzai at FinovateFall in September.

• Fortune.com interviews Bill Siegel, interim CEO of SecondMarket.

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.

Alumni News– July 3, 2014

• Misys launches new, modular core banking solution, FusionBanking Essence.

• MicroStrategy, TIBCO listed among 16 most significant business intelligence software vendors in new Forrester report.

• The New York Times Business Day interviews Adam Nash, CEO of Weathfront.

• Wired Money startup pitch competition features Finvoate alums CurrencyTransfer and eToro.

• Facebook chooses Braintree as sole payments provider for its FbStart program.

• Wepay launches new website.

• Tradeshift makes CPO Rising’s 2014 Hot Tech Prospect list.

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.

Alumni News– June 23, 2014

• Behind the Scenes with Digital Retail Apps and Verde International.

• CEOs and founders from eToro, BehavioSec, TransferWise, The Currency Cloud, and Nutmeg earn spots on FN’s 40 fintech leaders list.

• Bill Harris, Personal Capital CEO, featured on CNBC to Personal Capital and how it differs from robo-advisors.

• Investment News looks at the humans behind FutureAdvisor’s robo-advisors.

• Betterment adds municipal bonds asset class to make client’s non-IRA portfolios more efficient.

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.

Alumni News– June 17, 2014

• Top Image Systems launches eFLOW Signature Verification.

• Cisco blog takes a look at the company’s partnership with Ignite Sales.

• Device Fidelity announces first combined module of wireless charging and NFC on iOS.

• D3 Banking partners with Blackstone Technology to help banks convert to the D3 Banking omnichannel platform.

• Currency Transfer covers top Israel-based fintech startups: eToro, Seeking Alpha, Zooz, BillGuard, TipRanks, and Payoneer.

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 Alums Make Fast Company’s Top 10 Most Innovative in Finance

Who knew? More than half of the world’s top 10 most innovative companies in finance are Finovate alums.

Don’t just take our word for it. Fast Company published its roster of innovation in the financial space as part of their quest to find those companies that are “creating radical new approaches to move cash from one place to another.” 

And among such widely-known and talked-about entities as Square and Bitcoin, we find more than a handful of innovators who have used the Finovate stage to help show their technology to the world.

Take a look at the companies below, accompanied by Fast Company’s take on just what makes each innovator truly unique.

#1 NICE Systems

Fast Company: “For connecting banks and other clients to frazzled end users when problems arise.”

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#5 Dwolla

Fast Company: “For daring to take on the fee-laden credit card establishment.”

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#6 TransferWise

Fast Company: “For slashing pesky foreign-exchange costs by creating a transparent peer-to-peer network.”

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#7 OneID

Fast Company: “For establishing a single login for web users and taking a giant leap toward eradicating the scourge of the Internet: passwords.”

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#8 MasterCard

Fast Company: “For luring international customers with a mobile-payment network that lets them purchase with a simple click.”

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#10 eToro

Fast Company: “For creating a social network that lets traders emulate those with skin in the game.”

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Finovate Alumni News– March 28, 2014

• Mambu wins Cloud Computing Innovation of the Year awards at 2014 FStech Awards.

• eToro launches new version of OpenBook.

• Nostrum Group ranked 9th in GP Bullhound’s Northern Tech 50.

• Global Payments to offer MasterCard’s MasterPass digital payments solution.

• New partnership means V&D customers will be able to pay via Klarna.

• Innotribe interviews Kantox’s CEO, Philippe Gelis.

• The Financial News features BehavioSec.

• BBVA and Google sponsor developer competition for SME business apps geared toward Spanish, Latin American markets.

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.

19 Finovate Alums Selected for 2014 European FinTech 50 Awards

The FinTech 50 awards highlight 50 European-based companies to watch over the coming year. The companies are selected by a panel of 15 fintech professionals. This year, 19 of the selected companies are Finovate alums.

Here are the Finovate alums selected, listed in alphabetical order:

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AcceptEmail, for its electronic billing and payment system that allows customers to make payments straight from their email.

• Founded: 2006
• Headquarters: Amsterdam, the Netherlands
• Demo videos: FinovateEurope 2011 & FinovateEurope 2012

BehavioSec, for its technology that uses behavioral biometrics to verify users, creating a secure environment without extra friction.

• Founded: 2009
• Headquarters: Lulea, Sweden 
• Demo videos: FinovateSpring 2012, FinovateFall 2013, FinovateAsia 2013, & FinovateEurope 2014

Credit Agricole Apps, for its online app store where financial apps are co-created between clients and developers.

• Founded: 1885
• Headquarters: Paris, France
• Demo video: FinovateEurope 2013

eToro, for its social trading and investment network

• Founded: 2007
• Headquarters: Limassol, Cypress
• Demo videos: FinovateEurope 2011, FinovateFall 2011, FinovateEurope 2012, & FinovateFall 2012

ETRONIKA, for its full suite of ebanking channels and BANKTRON management platform.

• Founded: 2000
• Headquarters: Vilnius, Lithuania
• Demo videos: FinovateEurope 2012, FinovateEurope 2013, & FinovateEurope 2014

Fidor Bank, for its innovative online banking community.

• Founded: 2009
• Headquarters: Munich, Germany
• Demo videos: FinovateEurope 2011 & FinovateEurope 2012

Five Degrees, for its integrated banking platform that extends from back-end systems to client-facing technology.

• Founded: 2009
• Headquarters: Breukelen, Netherlands
• Demo videos: FinovateEurope 2013 & FinovateEurope 2014

FreeAgent, for its SMB-focused online accounting system.

• Founded: 2007
• Headquarters: Edinburgh, UK
• Demo video: FinovateEurope 2013

Help my Cash, for its recommendation engine that informs consumers of their options when choosing and negotiating financial services.

• Founded: 2008
• Headquarters: Barcelona, Spain
• Demo video: FinovateEurope 2011

Holvi, for its smart checking account for group activities.

• Founded: 2011
• Headquarters: Helsinki, Finland
• Demo videos: FinovateEurope 2012 & FinovateEurope 2013

Ixaris, for its innovative global applications based on open-loop prepaid card schemes.

• Founded: 2002
• Headquarters: London, UK
• Demo videos: FinovateFall 2010, FinovateEurope 2011, & FinovateEurope 2012

Klarna, for its e-commerce payment solutions.

• Founded: 2005
• Headquarters: Stockholm, Sweden
• Demo video: FinovateSpring 2012

mBank, for its Bank 3.0 approach to online and mobile banking.

• Founded: 2000
• Headquarters: Warsaw, Poland
• Demo videos: FinovateEurope 2013 & FinovateFall 2013

Meniga, for its white-labeled PFM and next-generation online banking solutions.

• Founded: 2009
• Headquarters: Stockholm, Sweden
• Demo videos: FinovateEurope 2011, FinovateEurope 2012, & FinovateEurope 2013

Nutmeg, for its online savings and investing service that helps users manage their money.

• Founded: 2011
• Headquarters: London, UK
• Demo video: FinovateEurope 2012

The Currency Cloud, for its Cross Border Payments as a Service product that optimizes exchange rates and payment networks for both parties in a currency exchange.

• Founded: 2012
• Headquarters: London, UK
• Demo videos: FinovateFall 2012, FinovateEurope 2013, & FinovateEurope 2014

TransferWise, for its platform that allows expats, foreign exchange students and businesses to move money globally.

• Founded: 2010
• Headquarters: London, UK
• Demo video: FinovateEurope 2013

Wonga, for its service that provides small, short term cash advances to UK consumers online.

• Founded: 2007
• Headquarters: London, UK
• Demo video: FinovateFall 2010

Zopa, for its P2P money lending service that allows borrowers and lenders to deal with each other directly.

• Founded: 2005
• Headquarters: London, UK
• Demo video: FinovateStartup 2008

Finovate Alumni News — January 13, 2014

• eToro to allow its members to invest and trade in bitcoin.

• CaixaBank enables cardholders to make transaction-based, charitable micro-donations.

• PhotoPay wins spot in this year’s FinTech Innovation Lab London. See them in action at FinovateEurope.

• Flint Mobile, BillGuard both featured in Forbes column on companies “moving global commerce forward.”

• Daily Mail takes a look at Zopa and the Zopa Rate Promise.

• miiCard and Axiomatika partner to power identity verification solutions for the Russian financial industry.

• CoverHound grows 533% Year over Year in 2013 and Promotes Keith Moore to CEO.

• ShopKeep POS launches ShopKeep Mobile for iPod Touch.

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– July 22, 2013

• Prestadero raises 5 million pesos ($400,000 USD) in first round of funding.

• Geezeo partners with OSG Billing to offer new ways to leverage PFM within the bank statement.

• eToro OpenBook now a single-page application since Copy.Me is discontinued.

• The Sunday Times features Zopa.

• The Financial Brand takes a look at mobileBanker, a turnkey solution for mobile sales from Zenmonics. See Zenmonics at FinovateFall in September.

• FTRANS raises more than $2 million.

• TechCrunch interviews Michal Panowicz of mBank.

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.