Finovate Alumni News — May 5, 2014

• Check out our Twitter highlights of FinovateSpring 2014 – from the opening demo to Best of Show.
• LearnVest, Mint, and FutureAdvisor featured in Wall Street Journal column on managing your own money.

• Forbes highlights Demyst.Data, showing how Big Data can be used to determine loan suitability for the underbanked.

• Xconomy profiles authentication specialist, Jumio. Video of Jumio’s FinovateSpring 2014 demo will be available soon at Finovate.com.

• Kashoo and Xero are among the cloud accounting apps reviewed in a new ebook by the Sleeter Group.

• American Banker features Ondot Systems’ use of debit on/off controls via mobile device.

• Backbase launches Backbase Engage, an out-of-the-box digital banking solution for FIs.

• CUneXus proceeds to Innotribe Startup Challenge 2014 Semifinals.

• Tradeshift extends “App” ecosystem and offers co-investment to encourage development on its platform.

• Wearable tech company GTX now using Stockr to communicate directly with the investors.

• Motherboard looks at Zighra’s next-gen kinetic ID that will recognize users by how they swipe on their phone.

• MoneyDesktop named 1 of 8 of Utah’s Most Innovative Products.

• SafetyPay partners with UOL BoaCompra, a leader in monetizing online games for Latin America.

• VentureBeat looks at a government program that awards grants to companies working on an “Identity Ecosystem,” bringing to mind FinovateSpring 2014 alum, ID.me.

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 13, 2014

• Payments News: MasterCard, Fiserv partner on Debit EMV for Accel Network.

• Xero named top choice in the list of “favorite online-based business accounting apps” by both PCWorld and Macworld.

• Tate Design blog features BillGuard.

• Credit Karma brings in $85 million in financing led by Google Capital.

• Compliance Week reports: Actiance’s partnership with Shoutlet provides companies with compliant social marketing.

• Expensify integrates with NetSuite and Stripe, raises maximum expense report amount, and more.

• Cardtronics announces agreement with BBVA Compass for branded ATMs in Texas H-E-B stores.

• PayPal’s Pamela Rice joins OnDeck as SVP of Technology.

• Azimo raises $10 million in round led by Greycroft Partners.

• Freshminds explains how Tink, mBank and BBVA are “redefining customer centricity.”

• Kashoo earns spot on ICT 2014 Ready to Rocket list.

• Smart Data Collective highlights Quill from Narrative Science in a column on the business applications of artificial intelligence.

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 11, 2014

• Lighter Capital provides $1 million in growth funding to 3 tech startups.

• Check Point collaborates with VMware to provide network security for the private cloud.

• Monitise now offers mobile alerting software as a standalone product.

• Moven launches its mobile-first bank to public.

• ClickZ features Actiance’s compliance specialist, Joanna Belbey.

• SafetyPay and GlobalShopex partner to provide a secure international shipping solution for U.S. ecommerce sites.

• MacWorld Business lists Kashoo and Xero among their favorite online business accounting apps.

• Wells Fargo reversal on P2P loan ban for staff is good news for companies like Lending Club and Prosper.

• Kansas City Star features local biometric security startup, EyeVerify.

• TradeHero launches Android version of their stock market simulation 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– February 24, 2014

• NICE Systems named to Fast Company’s 50 most innovative companies list.

• American Banker takes a look at BBVA’s acquisition of Simple.

• MasterCard brings in-app payments to MasterPass; acquires m-wallet startup, C-Sam.

• CNBC Finance hosts Kasasa CEO Gabe Krajicek to discuss the drive to local banks and credit unions.

• Arxan Technologies partners with IBM to protect mobile apps against attacks.

• HelloWallet launches Insights app to help HelloWallet users better understand their financial habits.

• InterAksyon features TransferWise in column about transferring money overseas.

• Realty Mogul’s real estate portfolio surpasses $85 million mark.

• ExactCPA Tax Solutions introduces its app of the week: Kashoo Accounting.

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 17, 2013

• In The Capital features Tuition.io’s student loan gift payment feature.

• First Internet Bank leverages Mortgagebot Enterprise Solution to Win 2013 Online Mortgage Originator Award.

• Coinbase: SecondMarket’s Bitcoin Investment Trust Amasses $61.1m in 3 Months.

• TIO Networks to launch a full suite of electronic bill payment services for Gulf Power Company.

• Realty Mogul CEO Jillene Helman talks about crowdfunding real estate on Bloomberg TV.

• FIS wins Javelin’s Best in Class Overall Mobile Banking Vendor award for 2013.

• Kashoo, Mint named among “6 great iOS accounting apps for small business” by Business News Daily.

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 14, 2013

• Yseop selected as a finalist for the category of “Social, CRM and Loyalty” for the DMA Innovation Awards.

• Finextra reports: Virtual Piggy integrates with social game giant Habbo Hotel.

• TechCrunch reports: Braintree launches a new service called Marketplace, an API designed for mobile marketplace operators.

• The Sleeter Group reviews Kashoo, Xero, and others.

• The Guardian Money features social lending service Zopa.

• Transaction processing driving revenue growth for Jack Henry & Associates.

• Pymnts.com interviews Daniel DeMeo, CEO at Capital Access Network, on the rise of commercial lending.

• Snarketing 2.0 highlights Credit Karma, FlexScore, and Moven in a column on why the financial services industry needs a “FinScore”.

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 28, 2013

• Capital Access Network achieves new record of $66 million in monthly volume.

• CoverHound names Keith Moore Chief Marketing Officer.

• ProjectionHub and Lendio partner to help small businesses find the right loan.

• Green Bay Press Gazette features GoBank on the heels of the company’s public launch this week.

• Kashoo publishes interview with company “Jack of All Trades” Amrik Randhawa.

• OneID provided to students of Sydney, Australia’s MacQuarie University.

• Techcrunch takes a look at LendUp’s plan to provide instant online, mobile loans.

• SeedInvest raises $1 million in round led by the Jumpstart New Jersey Angel Network.

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 19, 2013

• BRE Bank, operator of mBank launches “new mBank”, which is based on Meniga´s PFM.

• U.S.-based life insurance carrier expands use of Kofax solutions by investing an additional $550k to automate document processing.

• Personal Capital introduces new dashboard features.

• Bank Innovation visits Dwolla’s new office in NYC.

• The Next Web reports: Simple launches its Goals feature on the iPhone.

• Ping Identity named in IDG’s Computerworld 2013 Best Places to Work in IT.

• Zopa cuts personal loan rate to 4.9%.

• QuantConnect adds FX, US equity tick data; raises capital.

• MicroStrategy to partner with Hortonworks to improve Apache Hadoop usability.

• ixaris shows off its new look and rebranding.

• Web AppStorm reviews Kashoo’s cloud-based accounting technology.

• eDeposit teams up with DoubleBeam to integrate mobile account enrollment and eCheck deposits into eDeposits mobile payment network.

• LICUOS named a finalist in the Next Bank Madrid – Innotribe Startup Disrupt.

• Fox Business News features Arxan CEO Mike Dager on mobile banking security.

• Better ATM Services CEO Todd Nuttall talks about the “real lessons” from the Cyprus financial crisis.

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.

Kashoo Tops 100,000 Users and 50,000 iPad App Downloads

Cloud accounting company Kashoo has announced surpassing a pair of major milestones: more than 100,000 registered users and more than 50,000 iPad app downloads.

News of these milestones, especially with regard to the number of iPad app downloads, comes in the wake of the company’s upgrade to its iPad accounting app last month (read our coverage of that announcement here).

In statements accompanying the announcement, Kashoo CEO Jim Secord suggested that strong sales of the iPad itself should be viewed as a positive for their accounting app. The thinking? More people using iPads = more mobile small businesses using iPads = more mobile small businesses with iPads using Kashoo to handle their accounting needs. Apple sold more than 19 million iPads in the previous (second) quarter, according to this report.

Kashoo is funded by private investment from FBC. FBC is the largest, small business tax preparation and planning company in Canada  Kashoo is based in Vancouver, British Columbia, and demoed its technology in October 2010 as part of FinovateFall. Watch them in action here.

Finovate Alumni News– May 7, 2013

• Expensify adds corporate card reconciliation for more banks, including Wells BofA, and Citi. See Expensify’s demo at FinovateSpring.

• Forbes interviews Marc Gorlin, co-founder of Kabbage. See Kabbage’s new tech next week at FinovateSpring.

• PayNearMe hires Billy Robbins, former VP of PFM at Wells, as its VP of business development. Come see PayNearMe’s demo at Finovate.

• Kashoo tops 100,000 registered users and more than 50,000 iPad downloads of its cloud accounting app.

• PaymentsSource interviews CashStar chief marketing officer Gene Cornfield on mobile commerce.

• Kalixa to become its own company, separating from Bwin.

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.