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Six Trees Capital Introduces its Cash Management Solution, MaxMyInterest

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This post is part of our live coverage of FinovateFall 2014.

Making its way to the stage next is Six Trees Capital introducing MaxMyInterest, a way of helping investors dynamically allocate their cash in an optimal manner to maximize returns on cash and FDIC insurance.

“MaxMyInterest is a new automated cash management solution that helps depositors earn more on their cash balances via their existing checking account and online savings accounts. Max’s patent-pending technology platform uses proprietary algorithms to help ensure cash is dynamics allocated to the member’s banks offering the best interest rates at any given point in time. Max also helps keep cash below the FDIC limits at each bank. Max includes other powerful cash management tools, including monthly cash sweep and Intelligent Funds Transfer (SM) technology, which makes managing a portfolio of online bank accounts as simple as ‘checking’ and ‘savings’.”
Presenting: Gary Zimmerman (CEO & Founder) & Richard Wu (Director, Engineering)
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Product Launch: April 2014
Product distribution strategy: Direct to Consumer (B2C), Direct to Business (B2B), through financial institutions, licensed
HQ: New York, NY
Founded: July 2013
Twitter: @maxmyinterest

FinovateFall 2014 Sneak Peek: Part 5

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After resting up over the weekend, we hope you’re ready to take a look at six more companies that will demo their newest fintech creation in New York City at FinovateFall this September 23 and 24.

Over the course of the past few weeks, we’ve seen:

Don’t miss out; get your ticket here to be a part of the action.



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Business Centric Services Group (BCSG) is a cloud- services brokerage offering business apps for small businesses via FIs with a platform reaching over 4 million SMBs worldwide.
Features:
    • Modularized platform that allows FIs to tailor their offering
    • 24×7 support for SMBs on all apps
    • Client support: from proposition design, to go-to-market strategy, to ongoing delivery
Why it’s great:
Its platform will continue to evolve with the market. Whatever it does, it will always start with the small business need.
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Presenters:

1) John Davis, Managing Director
Prior to BCSG Davis spent 10 years at Barclays where he was Marketing and Product Director for Barclays Business, and also Managing Director of Clearlybusiness.
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2) Andrew Garney, Commercial Manager

Before joining BCSG Garney held various technical and project delivery roles at Hewlett Packard Enterprise Services and De La Rue.

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Diebold’s evolution of Relationship Banking lowers the costs of self-service channels in the branch, combined with a seamless extension of tablet-based Sales, Servicing and Account Opening
Features:
    • Advanced teller transactions moved to self-service terminals
    • Personalized Account Opening, Sales & Service via Tablet
    • Shared customer history and product promotion across channels
Why it’s great:

Diebold furnishes the ability to effectively identify, engage, service and anticipate the needs of customers across your self-service and assisted channels will differentiate your brand.
Presenters:
1) Shelly Ewing, New Business and Solution Incubation for Diebold  
2) Chris Siemasko, SVP Product Solutions for Zenmonics  

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Larky delivers engagement and loyalty through a unique platform that provides point-of-sale discounts at local and national merchants and magically reminds users of offers at the right time and place.

Features:

  • Location-triggered alerts when a discount is near
  • Tracks 2,000+ memberships. Users never miss an offer they deserve (including yours!)
  • White-labeled platform seamlessly ties in with your brand
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Presenter:

Andrew Bank, Co-Founder
Successful start-up entrepreneur with substantial experience identifying and developing products, services, and business relationships with high ROI. Passion for creating compelling new solutions.

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MaxMyInterest by Six Trees Capital LLC is an intelligent cash-management solution that helps investors earn up to 0.80% more on FDIC-insured bank deposits, rebalancing funds automatically as rates change.

Features:

    • Earn up to 0.80% more on cash without changing your checking account
    • Get the best interest rates, automatically, even as rates change
    • Funds move to and from checking as needed
Why it’s great: 
Max brings efficiency and transparency to the $12 trillion market for cash, making it easy for investors to securely and effortlessly increase the yield on the cash portion of their portfolios.
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Presenters:

1) Gary Zimmerman, Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Zimmerman is an investor and entrepreneur, focused on financial technology. Prior to founding MaxMyInterest, he was an investment banker at Citigroup. He graduated from Harvard University with a degree in economics.
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2) Richard Wu, Director of Engineering

Wu leads the technology development team and is an expert in interface design. He graduated from the University of Illinois at Chicago with a degree in Computer Engineering.  

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Sonavation empowers trust through ultrasound technology by creating more secure environments in which to access sensitive financial data, conduct non-cash transactions and offer peace of mind.

Features:
    • Impenetrable security using ultrasound technology and cloud-based Identity-as-a-service infrastructure
    • Protection of sensitive banking information
    • ATM, credit and debit card protection
Why it’s great:
Sonavation is on a mission to replace passwords and PINs with highly secure biometric solutions, leveraging the power of ultrasound to deliver piece of mind.
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Presenter:

Bob Stewart, Chief Operating Officer
Stewart is the Chief Operating Officer at Sonavation, currently focused on delivering the convergence of physical and cyber security.

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TickSmith has built the first commercial Big Data platform for financial data.

Features:
    • Powerful and scalable Big Data technology and analytics
    • Management of all types of financial data
    • Solve compliance, reporting, analytics and distribution problems on huge data sets
Why it’s great:
TickSmith provides out-of-the-box, previously unavailable possibilities to exploit financial big data.
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Presenters:

1) Francis Wenzel, CEO
Seasoned financial data and technology executive and entrepreneur with 28 years of experience.
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2) David David Côté, CIO

Entrepreneur, consultant and IT Architect with 17 years of experience developing, architecting, deploying and running technology solutions and infrastructure for banks, travel and IT companies.
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Check back this Thursday to see another six companies that will demo at FinovateFall 2014.

Alumni News– August 4, 2014

  • Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Thumbnail image for Finovate-F-Logo.jpgOink adds payment solutions provider Merchant e-Solutions to its Channel Partner program.
  • American Banker takes a look at Credit Karma’s plan to provide free, weekly credit reports to its 25+ million members.
  • Allied Payment Network announces 99.2% read success rate when processing payments via PicturePay.
  • Intuit to acquire tax filing software startup, KDK Software.
  • MorningStar’s Christine Benz interviews MaxMyInterest founder, Gary Zimmerman. See MaxMyInterest at FinovateFall 2014 in New York.
  • EZBOB reports boost in client volume.
  • Wall Street & Technology talks gamification and compliance training with True Office.
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.