Alumni News– August 19, 2014

• LivePlan launches its Black Widow update to enhance performance monitoring.

• Bank Innovation looks at GoBank’s decision to shorten holding periods for mobile check deposits.

• NICE Systems earns 2014 Star Performer award from Speech Technology magazine.

• Top Image Systems partners with Allied Payment Networks to implement MobiPAY.

• Time features ReadyForZero as 1 of 50 Best Websites for 2014.

• Hiveage compares OnDeck, Kabbage, PayPal Working Capital, & CAN Capital Come see OnDeck at FinDEVr.

• Quisk awarded US patent for enabling consumer activated security for a mobile payment system.

• The Rude Baguette interviews Yseop CEO, John Rauscher.

• New partnership brings Geezeo’s PFM solution to MEA’s native mobile banking platform. See Geezeo at FinovateFall 2014 in New York.

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– August 15, 2014

• Check out our latest CEO Interview: Paul Doyle of VerifyValid.

• Credit.com releases new version of its iPhone mobile app.

• Pymnts: EBay in talks to accept Bitcoin through its Braintree unit.

• Pymnts compares DoubleBeam to the Merchant Customer Exchange.

• GoBank now holds mobile check deposits for less than 10 days.

• Forbes features multiple Finovate financial management and wealth planning alums: LearnVest, Personal Capital, FutureAdvisor, SigFig, Wealthfront, Betterment, Motif, and Kapitall.

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 13, 2014

• AstroPay launches Ripple LatAm, a licensed money service business to use Ripple Labs’ payment network.

• Ron Shevlin looks at Credit Agricole’s bank-run mobile app store.

• FirstView selects Cachet Financial Solutions to develop a prepaid mobile app to offer to FirstView cardholders.

• Financial Review: James Packer, Lachlan Murdoch eye stake in peer-to-peer lender SocietyOne.

• Jumio brings NetSwipe to the mobile web for companies without a native app.

• PayPal rolls out PassPort to give merchants a resource for stats, tips and general information on selling internationally.

• Behind the Scenes with Digital Insight, Loop, and Qapital.

• Zopa wins Most Trusted Loan Provider and Most Trusted Specialist at 2014 MoneyWise Customer Service Awards.

• Thinking Bigger features the team from EyeVerify.

• Green Dot announces new GM of GoBank, Joshua Goines.

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 23, 2014

• Silicon Republic reports: Disruptive banking service Holvi gets regulatory approval to spread across Europe.

• Cardlytics named one of the Georgia Fast 40, which honors GA-based companies that sustain growth over a 3 year period.

• CBS 12 News features Arxan’s security tech.

• miiCard partners with eMerchantPay to offer merchants a more secure, compliant transaction processing solution.

• FinovateSpring: Behind the Scenes with Market Prophit, Nearex, and Sureify.

• Bank Innovation speculates on potential new features from GoBank.

• Finovate alums Fenergo and Thomson Reuters win recognition from Inside Reference Data Awards.

• Virtual Agent Chat takes a look at IntelliResponse’s OFFERS as a form of “just in time marketing.”

• Bloomberg BusinessWeek sources Scott Goldman, CEO of TextPower, on the eBay data breach.

• Deutsche Startups interviews Numbrs CEO, Julien Arnold.

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 25, 2013

• Atos to become preferred partner for one of the largest Islamic banks in the world for their solution based Backbase.

• Yseop Artificial Intelligence Software honored as French National Champion for European Business Awards.

• Moven, Meniga, GoBank, mBank, MoneyDesktop, BBVA Compass, and CaixaBank make Marous’ “Digital Banking Nirvana”.

• American Banker review of new research on e-statement adoption notes role of Check and GMC Software Technology.

• Fast Company profiles EyeVerify.

• Charitable givers now able to use Square Cash to donate via Bright Funds.

• ACI Worldwide extends ATM-powering relationship with VocaLink to 2021.

• MasterCard now accepted for ATM cash withdrawals at Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady Bank Ltd.

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– October 30, 2013

• Payments News reports: PayPal Launches Startup Blueprint Program.

• miiCard’s new directory API powers member lookup services to easily confirm ID and expand confidence online.

• EyeVerify featured in local broadcast on Kansas City’s tech community.

• GoBank, Moven, and Simple highlighted in Bank Marketing Strategy column on simplicity and bank product proliferation.

• TradeKing CEO Don Montanaro weighs in on the SEC’s crowdfunding approval announcement.

• Check releases version 6.26 of their money management app for Android.

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– 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– August 6, 2013

• ERN raises another $1 million, acquires two UK companies.

• Expensify announces additional approval modes.

• TMC selects Interactions’ Virtual Assistant applications for a 2013 Speech Technology Excellence Award.

• The Financial Brand looks at NeoBanks: Moven, Simple, GoBank.

• Reuters article features Wealthfront as a platform of choice for how millenials manage money.

• SocietyOne celebrates first birthday.

• MasterCard partners with United Bank for Africa to provide Nigeria’s first personalized debit card.

• BrightFunds announces that it is now an official contributor to Triple Pundit.

• The Economist talks with TransferWise co-founder Taavet Hinrikus about technological innovation in Estonia.

• Kabbage and On Deck Capital both featured in Fit Small Business column on raising money for an existing business.

• Allied Payment Network partners with Access Softek to provide Picture Pay mobile bill pay technology.

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 31, 2013

• Dwolla now supports wire transfers.

• Netbanker: BBVA Compass bundles microbiz checking with PAYware mobile card processing.

• FIS brings mobile, eBanking, remote capture and more to Sterling Bank.

• GoBank announces plan to promote its mobile-first bank account in more than 500 Barnes & Noble bookstores on college campuses.

• Pymnts.com interviews Allen Friedman of TSYS Acquiring Solutions on the role of EMV in a cardless world.

• NYT features how LearnVest is 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 29, 2013

• Jilliene Helman, CEO and co-founder of Realty Mogul, talks crowdfunding and real estate in NAWRB’s N Magazine.

• Bazaarvoice CEO Stephen Collins writes about why Big Data needs big problems.

• Finect’s Jennifer Openshaw talks about social media and the coming deluge of hedge fund advertising.

• Total Payments features Moven founder, Brett King, as he discusses the future of banking and payments.

• Bank Innovation looks at Moven, Simple, GoBank, and the decline of personal checks.

• TechPost considers the success Lending Club, SocietyOne, and Zopa have had implementing P2P lending platforms.

• American Banker reports ID Analytics announces updated ID fraud software, ID Score.

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.