Finovate Alumni News– June 17, 2013

• Virtual Piggy grows to over a quarter million users.

• TrustedID launches new service to help protect AARP members from identity theft.

• Lendio launches new small business resource center to give business owners access to products and services to help grow their businesses.

• Vator News features Stockr.

• Newfination features BillGuard.

• Geezeo advances social finances by launching Friend and Feed tools.

• Plastyc now named Banking Up.

• FreeAgent launches Invoice-o-matic, a free online invoicing tool for small businesses and entrepreneurs.

• EZBOB announces new, 12-month business loan with decreasing rate over term.

• Realty Mogul featured in Herald-Tribune column on bringing real estate investing “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 — May 29, 2013

• PaymentsSource talks with Noam Inbar, VP for product development for Zooz.

• OneID takes a look at the “security theater” of Twitter’s two-factor authentication.

• TSYS renews payment processing arrangement with Nationwide Building Society.

• Pizza Marketplace interviews Leaf director of sales Alex MacKenzie on mobile marketing.

• MIT Technology Review features OpenCoin.

• Waspit to release new UX & mobile Apps in August to coincide with the new academic year.

• TIO Networks partners with the State of Washington Department of Social and Health Services and payment processor Paymentus to help customers make child support payments.

• Virtual Piggy partners with ClickandBuy to Increase Customer Signups, Conversions, and Sales.

• Mitek receives patent for signature verification and fraud detection.

• Christian Lanng, TradeShift CEO, takes on the position of Chairman alongside the responsibilities of CEO.

• CU Times highlights Moven, Micronotes, GoBank, Refundo, AuthenticID, MoneyDesktop, Mint, FIS, Escardgo, and GoNow as noteworthy demos at FinovateSpring 2013.

• Silicon Prairie News features Banno and EyeVerify demos at FinovateSpring.

• Check (formerly Pageonce) and Lending Club are among the emerging financial services companies highlighted in Mary Meeker’s Internet Trends report.

• SaveUp helps credit union members save more than $400 million.

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 21, 2013

• Birdback teams up with Braintree for 3-day payments hackathon.

• Indiana Members CU chooses Jack Henry & Associates’ Symitar for in-house core processing.

• Keynote DeviceAnywhere adds mobile scripting, UI enhancements.

• VoiceTrust moves operational headquarters to Canada, opening offices in Toronto and Montreal.

• Figlo expands partnership with Yellowtail Consulting to enable stronger focus on South Africa.

• Wipit partners with Sprint/ Boost Mobile to bring mobile payment capability to cash-preferred consumers.

• Virtual Piggy signs first UK partners, Toy Galaxy and Toadstool.

• eToro granted UK financial regulation approval from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).

• Silicon Republic features Holvi.

• Tyfone releases Connected Smart Card solution to allow FIs to enhance user ID info used to access sensitive data.

• Tradeshift partners with Invoiceware International to deliver compliant e-invoice validation in Latin America.

• BillGuard to integrate with Google Wallet for transaction monitoring.

• SigFig Portfolio adds support for Windows Phone.

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.

Virtual Piggy’s New Mobile App Helps Kids Make Online Transactions

This is a part of our live coverage of FinovateSpring 2013.

Third up to the stage this afternoon, Virtual Piggy showcased its mobile app:

“Virtual Piggy’s new mobile app will bring an innovative new technology to the market that will have a disruptive impact on global m-commerce. With over a billion U18’s worldwide shopping online at an earlier age and becoming more proficient than any previous generation with internet enabled devices, Virtual Piggy noticed that there was no easy mechanism for this group to transact online. All existing methods involved friction and often resulted in undesirable outcomes, such as fraud. 

Virtual Piggy’s technology allows merchants to sell to U18s in a COPPA compliant, parent approved manner, unlocking an estimated $211B in annual spending power for online retailers.”

Product Launch: May 2013

HQ: Hermosa Beach, CA

Founded: February 2008

Metrics: Public Company (OTC: VPIG)

Website: virtualpiggy.com

Twitter: @followpiggy

Presenting Jo Webber (CEO & Founder) and Pradeep Ittycheria (CTO & Co-Founder)

Finovate Alumni News– May 10, 2013

• Palo Alto Software and Ping Identity partner to provide single sign-on.

• PC World features Virtual Piggy. Come see its live demo at FinovateSpring next week.

• Bolstr launches in Chicago neighborhoods.

• ForexThink takes a look at QuantConnect and the rise of algorithm-based trading.

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 2, 2013

• Newfination interviews Adhil Shetty, founder and CEO of BankBazaar.

• Pymnts.com features TipRanks Financial Accountability Engine. Join TipRans in San Francisco for FinovateSpring.

• Klarna co-founder Niklas Adalberth talks about hyper growth in Europe.

• InvestmentNews columnist takes a look at Finect. See them demo at FinovateSpring in May.

• Yodlee forms partnership with London fintech incubator Level39.

• Virtual Piggy wins The National Parenting Center’s 2013 Seal of Approval under the Websites category. See it demo live at FinovateSpring.

• Signifyd receives the Merchant Risk Council’s 2013 Emerging Technology Award in the startup company category. Come see it demo live at FinovateSpring.

• Engadget reports: PayPal and Discover expand partnership, will reach 2 million stores by year-end.

• PandoDaily looks at Xero’s stealth period.

• Billhighway partners with the Automation Alley Fund organization.

• Braintree hires Google Wallet co-creator &
  former Square employee Rob von Behren as lead software engineer.

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– April 29, 2013

• NerdWallet profiles GoodApril. See them demo at FinovateSpring in May in San Francisco.

• California Business Journal takes a look at BillFloat.

• CSI Enterprises launches globalVCard for Travel mobile app.

• Cairo Amman Bank to deploy Temenos T24.

• Kashoo announces updates to its cloud accounting web app.

• Cardlytics named a Best Workplace by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution for second consecutive year.

• Virtual Piggy sees 100,000 new active users sign-up since March for its youth wallet solution. Come check out their demo at FinovateSpring.

• Gartner names Metaforic as a 2013 Cool Vendor in the Security Infrastructure Protection category.

• Arxan Mobile Application Integrity Protection for IBM Worklight Apps enables IBM Worklight customers to protect their mobile apps against hacking. Come check out Arxan’s new technology at FinovateSpring.

• ID Analytics introduces new version of Credit Optics Credit Score for more intelligent insight into consumer behavior.

• Newfination talks to BankBazaar about how it works.

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– April 8, 2013

• Investors Business Daily interviews Barry Silbert, SecondMarket CEO, who says the stock market is broken.

• Xero opening new LA office for Southern California team.

• Bank Innovation reports: Fiserv Tops 1 Million Mobile Deposit Capture Users, 7 Million Mobile Users.

• Radio New Zealand reports: Xero to launch fully into U.S. market in July.

• Candace Klein, SoMoLend CEO, discusses the hardship that the SEC’s delay of the JOBS Act has caused.

• Dwolla updates Magneto extension.

• Yodlee receives 2013 Honorable Mention in Industry Partner category for the Barlow Research Associates’ Monarch Innovation Awards.

• Virtual Piggy integrates with Oracle ATG Web Commerce, expands reach of network to more than 390,000 brands.

• Mitek’s Mobile Deposit solution receives top award for Overall Most Innovative from Barlow Research Associates.

• Management Today interviews Zopa CEO, Giles Andrews.

• TechCrunch looks at Realty Mogul and its recent win at the Founder Showcase pitch competition. See them in action at FinovateSpring in May.

• GreenDot and UniRush launch reloadable prepaid Visa card. Join GreenDot for FinovateSpring in San Francisco.

• Allied Payment Network bill payment technology integrates with CSPI’s Aurora online banking platform.

• Zooz announces partnership with ChronoPay. Join Zooz in San Francisco for FinovateSpring in May.

• Identity Theft 911 CEO to lead discussion on social media and insurer risk at upcoming NAMIC seminar.

• Roadtrip Nation interviews Dan Reed of Bazaarvoice.

• Money Street Smart reviews TradeKing.

• Hard Assets Alliance features an interview with Gold Bullion International CEO Steven Feldman.

• Newfination interviews Taavet Hinrikus of TransferWise.

• Engine talks about rewarding risk-takers with GoodApril founder Benny Joseph.

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– April 4, 2013

• Kabbage brings in $75 million in debt financing.

• Finextra reports: eToro launches social alerts app.

• PaymentEye features Virtual Piggy. Come see its live demo at FinovateSpring next month. http://bit.ly/Zaunjl

• InternetRetailer previews Giftly.

• Business Solutions speaks with Jason Richelson, ShopKeep POS CEO, who debunks the myth that cloud POS fails when the internet shuts down. 

• TechCrunch TV interviews Nick Hungerford, Nutmeg CEO on how he aims to disrupt the financial investment world.

• Verity CU features FamZoo, makes it available to members. Come see FamZoo’s latest development at FinovateSpring.

• Kashoo releases new version of iPad app.

• Monitise Executive Vice President Lisa Stanton interviewed by Bdaily.

• Jack Henry & Associates’s Symitar platform to be deployed by Kitsap Credit Union.

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 25, 2013

• Innovations in gamification help True Office win Computerworld Honors Program award.

• Aiming for the enterprise: Mobile Payments Today features Corduro.

• Azimo goes live on Google Affiliate Network.

• American Banker reports: Randolph-Brooks chooses Andera’s online account opening platform.

• The gamification revolution interviews Michelle Katics, CEO of BankersLab.

• Kabbage takes home first place for Top B2B Innovation from PYMNTS.com.

• Virtual Piggy taps into $10Bn Annual Market with epay Partnership.

• eToro placed on the 2013 FinTech50 Watchlist, a shortlist of 50 companies in Europe that are redefining financial services through technology.

• Macgasm features Tuition.io as 1 of 5 apps of the week.

• Newfination interviews SumUp’s Florian Richter.

• Tradeshift features Intuit’s Eric Dunn to talk about the recent partnership.

• TechCrunch reports: Yodlee Interactive now powers financial data for 300 apps and businesses; on pace to surpass 500 in 2013.

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.