Finovate Alumni Website Traffic in September

Each month we survey the Web-traffic performance of Finovate alums using data from Web-analytics company Compete. 

Out of 268 alumni, 80 had more than 10,000 unique U.S. visitors in September 2011 and are included in the tables below. Of those, 33 (41%) had more visitors in September than August. Year-over-year, 42 (52%) had traffic increases.

Private Companies

• Seeking Alpha and Cortera had the highest traffic in September with 2.1 and 2.0 million unique visitors, respectively. Cortera also had the highest increase in number of unique year-over-year visits with over 1.5 more visits in 2011 than in 2010.
• Kabbage had the highest percentage growth year-over-year, up 280x.
• Weemba saw the highest monthly growth percentage with more than 7.5 times the number of unique visitors in September compared to August.
• SmartCredit.com had the highest increase in number of unique year-over-year visitors, growing by 126,000.

Source: Compete.com retrieved the week of October 26, 2011

1) The previous month recorded was August 2011

2) Sears Credit Score is powered by CreditKarma.com

3) Truaxis was formerly BillShrink

4) Kasasa is powered by BancVue

Public companies

• CheckFree had the highest percentage growth year-over-year, with over 7 times the number of visitors this year than last year.
• Intuit had a notable increase in number of unique, year-over-year visitors, increasing by 300,000 visits.
• Check Point had the highest month-over-month percent growth, with 41% more visitors in September than in August.

Source: Compete.com retrieved the week of October 26, 2011

1) The previous month recorded was July 2011.

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Notes:

1. We reviewed 268 Finovate alumni. Only those with at least 10,000 unique visitors in July are listed. 

3. NM = not measurable

4. t= tie

5. Compete estimates online visitors based on the activity of a panel of more than 2 million U.S. Internet users. It is only an estimate of traffic and may undercount at-work usage.

Finovate Alumni Website Traffic in August

Each month we survey the Web-traffic performance of Finovate alums using data from Web-analytics company Compete. 

Out of 268 alumni, 75 had more than 10,000 unique U.S. visitors in August 2011 and are included in the tables below. Of those, 41 (55%) had more visitors in August than July. Year-over-year, 45 (60%) had traffic increases.

Private Companies

• Seeking Alpha — the most-trafficked in August with 2.5 million unique visitors — also had the highest increase in number of unique month-over-month visits with 300,000 more visits in August than in July.
• Budgettracker.com saw the highest monthly growth percentage with more than 6.5 times the number of unique visitors in August compared to July.
• Betterment had the highest percentage growth year-over-year, up 88x.
• Cortera had the highest number of unique year-over-year visitors, growing by 1.5 million. 

Source: Compete.com retrieved week of October 3, 2011

1) The previous month recorded was July 2011

2) Truaxis was formerly BillShrink

3) Sears Credit Score is powered by CreditKarma.com

4) Kasasa is powered by BancVue

5) Checkingfinder.com is powered by BancVue

Public Companies

• Fiserv had the highest month-over-month percent growth, with 50% more visitors.
• CheckFree had the highest percentage growth year-over-year, with over 5 times the number of visitors.
• S1 also had a high percentage growth year-over-year, doubling its visitors.

Source: Compete.com retrieved the week of October 3, 2011

1) The previous month recorded was July 2011.

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Notes:

1. We reviewed 268 Finovate alumni. Only those with at least 10,000 unique visitors in July are listed. 

3. NM = Not measurable

4. t= Tie

5. Compete estimates online visitors based on the activity of a panel of more than 2 million U.S. Internet users. It is only an estimate of traffic and may undercount at-work usage.

Finovate Alumni Website Traffic in July

Each month we survey the Web-traffic performance of Finovate alums using data from Web-analytics company Compete. 

Out of 255 alumni, 59 (23%) had more than 10,000 unique U.S. visitors in July 2011 (see tables below). Of those, 19 (32%) had more visitors than in the previous month and 25 (42%) were flat. Year-over-year, 26 (44%) had an increase, 10 (17%) were flat, and 23 (39%) were down. 

Private Companies

Notable successes:

• Seeking Alpha had the most traffic in July with more than 2 million unique visitors.
• eToro saw the highest monthly growth percentage with 3 times the number of unique visitors in July compared to June.
• Bundle had the highest increase in number of unique month-over-month visits, with 450,000 more visitors in July than in June.
• eRollover had the highest percent year-over-year traffic increase, with 260,000 more visitors from last July. 

Source: Compete.com retrieved week of August 15, 2011

1. The previous month recorded was May 2011

2. Sears Credit Score is powered by CreditKarma.com

3. Kasasa is powered by BancVue

Public Companies

Notable successes:

• PayPal had the highest number of U.S. visitors in July, with more than 30 million visitors.
• Jack Henry & Associates saw the highest monthly growth with twice as many visitors in July than June.
• Wipro Technologies had the highest year-over-year growth, with 3 times as many visitors this year compared to last year.
• FIS Global and Online Resources also doubled their traffic compared to last year. 

Source: Compete.com retrieved the week of August 15, 2011

1. The previous month recorded was May 2011.

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Notes:

1. We reviewed 255 Finovate alumni. Only those with at least 10,000 unique visitors in July are listed. 

3. NM = Not measurable

4. Compete estimates online visitors based on the activity of a panel of more than 2 million U.S. Internet users. It is only an estimate of traffic and may undercount at-work usage.

Alumni News — Week of July 25, 2011

Clairmail

Clairmail chose Jigsaw’s Data Cloud to help its mobile banking client improve marketing and receive more leads. During vendor trials it saw an increase in productivity, response rates, sales, and marketing effectiveness. Link

Clovr Media 

Boston Business Journal reported that Clovr Media is preparing for the launch of its credit 

card-linked offers at the end of the fourth quarter by hiring 12 new staff members. Link

Confident Technologies

Confident Technologies released a two-factor mobile phone authentication platform that requires the user to memorize images. Because this second factor security is not stored on the user’s device, it mitigates the opportunity for Zeus-in-the-middle attacks. Link

Currensee

The Forbes blog looks at Currensee for social foreign exchange investing, paying special attention to its rapid growth rate. Link

doxo 

The Entrepreneur blog compared doxo’s document storage and online payment system to PayPal, citing that the cost to collect payment is less than half of a typical PayPal transaction. Link

Dynamics

The Pittsburgh Business Times interviewed Jeff Mullen, CEO of Dynamics, Inc on the naming of the company. Link

eToro 

• The Forbes blog looked at eToro for social foreign exchange investing, paying special attention to its rapid growth rate. Link
• The World Finance Awards selected eToro as Best Social Trading Network, Best Mobile Trading Platform, and Best Trading Software Provider. Link

Geezeo

Geezeo was selected by The Coca-Cola Family Credit Union to provide a PFM solution and integrated marketing platform. Link

Ideon Financial Solutions

Ideon Financial Solutions was granted a patent for its Choice Savings technology, a system that allows financial institutions to provide their clients with a variety of customizable savings products. Link

Identity Theft 911

Identity Theft 911 partnered with Arabella Protection Insurance Company to offer commercial data breach services like preparedness and response. Link

Intuit 

TechCrunch reported that Intuit launched a QuickBooks mobile app for the Android that 

allows small businesses to access their data from QuickBooks Pro, Online, and Premier. Link

Lending Club 

• American Consumer News provided a comparison guide for borrowers and lenders to Prosper’s and Lending Club’s services. The benefits included high rates of return and flexibility. Link
• Brian Wong’s Database blog looked at what its like to invest in Lending Club. He presented his opinion on the usability of the service. Link

Metavante 

EverBank, a $7 billion Internet bank, announced that it is seeking to be an early adopter of Metavante’s customer information management product, a product that was built from the Temenos Core Banking Platform, a result of the partnership formed in 2007. Link

mFoundry 

NEFCU added a mobile app for the Android, using mFoundry’s technology to offer account balances, check history, transfers, and bill pay. This is in addition to its existing apps for Blackberry and the iPhone. Link

Micronotes 

1st Advantage Federal Credit Union, a major Virginia credit union, announced that it will use

 Micronotes’ cross-sell engine, KulaX, to improve lead generation. Link

Prosper 

American Consumer News provided a comparison guide for borrowers and lenders to Prosper’s and Lending Club’s services. The benefits included high rates of return and flexibility. Link

Syphr 

Syphr was among 6 out of 90 fintech companies selected by the Fintech Innovation Lab who will present their innovations to Wall Street venture capitalists. Link

PayPal and Cortera Take Charge in May’s Web Traffic

Each month we survey the Web-traffic performance of our alums, using data from Web-analytics company Compete to review the sites they operate. 

Out of 255 alumni, 62 (24%) had more than 10,000 unique U.S. visitors in May 2011 (see tables below). Of the 62 reviewed, 25 (40%) had fewer visitors than in the previous month and 28 (45%) saw a decline year-over-year.

Private Companies
The 44 private companies are as follows:

Notable successes:

• Cortera saw the highest number of unique U.S. visitors in May, with almost 2 million hits.
• HelloWallet experienced the greatest month-over-month growth, with more than four times as many visitors.
• Betterment saw its traffic increase an impressive 38 times from May of last year.

Private Finovate Alumni With More Than 10,000 Unique Visitors in May 2011

Source: Compete.com retrieved June 29, 2011

Public Companies
The 18 public companies are as follows:

Notable successes:

• PayPal experienced the highest number of U.S. visitors in May, with over 32 million visitors.
• TransUnion Interactive saw the highest month-over-month growth with more than two times the number of visitors in May than in April.
• Sybase 365 experienced the highest year-over-year growth, with its traffic up almost 80% from last year.

Public Finovate Alumni With More Than 10,000 Unique Visitors in May 2011 

Source: Compete.com retrieved June 29, 2011

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Notes:

1. We reviewed 255 unique sites. Data was unavailable or irrelevant for 201 sites because: 

• They had been acquired.
• They were no longer available online.
• They were not covered by Compete for various reasons (including some that were not U.S. domestic companies).
• The number of unique visits was too small to be considered accurate.
• They were subdomains of larger websites.

2. Numbers have been rounded to three significant digits.

3. The charts include companies that did not have measurable traffic in May 2011, indicated by “N/A.”

4. Compete draws its information from the online activity of a panel of more than 2 million U.S. Internet users. It is only an estimate of traffic, and may undercount at-work usage.