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A look at the companies demoing live at FinovateFall on September 23 through 25, 2019 in New York City. Register today and save your spot.
IndiVideo is BlueRush’s interactive personalized video platform. IndiVideo improves marketing and sales performance across the buyer journey from acquisition to engaging statements and customer care.
Features
Seamless CX, improved conversions and ROI
Higher customer engagement and satisfaction for increased up/cross-sell
Data-driven customer insights for improved sales and marketing performance
Why it’s great Predictive analytics and customer data flow through IndiVideo for intelligent video production. Customer interactions with each video are captured for data analysis and deeper customer understanding.
Presenter
Ted Mercer From chartered accountant to sales consultant, Mercer leads the sales team at BlueRush, searching for new ways to drive value for leading financial institutions using interactive, personalized video. LinkedIn
PNC now usingRipple’s XRP for cross-border payments.
Mortgage Media interviews Steve Butler, founder and GM of AI Foundry.
Flywirepartners with Vietnam Prosperity Bank to simplify international tuition payments for Vietnamese students.
InSpirAVE is being issued its first patent for the technology underlying its savings social network system. The patent is part of the company’s portfolio of patents published internationally.
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Transferwisegoes live with new debit cad for customers in Australia and New Zealand.
Finastrainks cloud banking deal with U.K. neo bank Gravity.
Argentina’s largest national private bank Banco Galicia integrates PFM technology from Strands.
Overbond to open three AI analytics labs in Montreal, Quebec, Canada to support R&D in bond pricing.
Vymohires Rajesh Sabhlok as its new Chief Customer Officer, with an emphasis on Japan and APAC.
BlueRushannounces strategic partnership with InfoSlips.
Artivestnames Martin Bealieu, formerly executive chairman, as new CEO.
Lendio’s marketplace lending franchise program tops $50 million in loans facilitated via its platform.
Ignite Salesunveils the latest version of its customer engagement platform, Ignite Neuro 2.0.
Salt Edgeincreases the total number of connected banks in the E.U. to more than 300.
Experianunveils new configurations of its Ascend Analytical Sandbox.
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.
Personalized software-as-a-service innovator BlueRushunveiled a new distribution partnership designed to drive further market penetration of its Best of Show winning IndiVideo platform. BlueRush’s partner, Nikia Dx, will promote the company’s solution over its client network of insurers, financial service providers, and utility companies.
“We are delighted to partner with Nikia Dx to access their strong pipeline of market opportunities,” BlueRush CEO Steve Taylor said. He highlighted personalized video bills and financial statements as technologies that many companies are exploring, and noted that BlueRush’s platform was well-positioned to enable these initiatives. “Since these documents are sent in such high volumes, and IndiVideo is highly scalable,” Taylor said, “there is significant opportunity to add personalized videos to increase loyalty, engagement, retention, and investment in products or services, while capturing valuable data-driven insights.”
IndiVideo integrates readily into existing marketing infrastructure to accelerate and enhance the customer journey. The platform leverages predictive analytics and customer data to produce intelligent, personalized videos that are rendered locally on the viewer’s device. This boosts the technology’s scalability and avoids per render fees. The solution also captures customer interactions with the videos to enable it to better analyze data and understand customer preferences over time.
“We are focused on realizing the promise of customer engagement for our clients through disruptive digital solutions,” Nikia DX CEO Phil Santoni said. “Our team has been effectively delivering strategic transformation solutions in every business sector, unlocking assets and creating business value for our clients, for more than 30 years. We see exciting market opportunities for BlueRush’s IndiVideo platform.”
Toronto, Ontario, Canada-based BlueRush demonstrated IndiVideo at FinovateSpring earlier this year, winning a Best of Show award. Last month, the company announced that its platform had surpassed $100,000 in committed monthly recurring revenue. In April, BlueRush and its Chilean partner Kunder wonBest Financial Services Online Video at the 2019 Internet Advertising Competition awards. Also this spring, the company partnered with Bee Concept to help a large Colombian bank deploy the IndiVideo platform to boost the rate of mortgage sign-ups.
BeSmarteeannounces direct integration with real estate document collaboration and recording technology solution provider Simplifile.
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Fenergoenters the Taiwanese market through a partnership with TUNG-I Information Services (TUNG-I).
This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You can also follow all the alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.
It’s been great to be back in the city by the bay!
After two days of live fintech demos, the attendees of FinovateSpring here in San Francisco have made their selections as to which fintech products, services, and solutions were interesting, impressive, and innovative enough to earn one of our coveted Best of Show awards.
From solutions to help consumers better access credit to technologies that bolster the fight against fraud to “Is this @#$% real?!” demonstrations of AI-powered agents that sound – and feel – as real as any human, this year’s Best of Show winners are truly in a class of their own.
Arkose Labs for its technology that solves multi-million dollar fraud problems for the world’s most targeted businesses with zero impact to user conversion. Video.
Blytzpay for its text-to-pay solution that makes billing and communication simple, streamlined, and secure, while providing flexibility to pay by card, check, or cash. Video.
BlueRush for Individeo, an interactive and personalized video platform for financial institutions to drive online sales success. Video.
Everplans for its solution that helps advisors create better interactions, establish new connections, strengthen relationships, and gain introductions to heirs. Video.
Glia (formerly SaleMove) for its technology that creates digital-first moments that simplify and transform communication between companies and their customers using messaging, video/voice, co-browsing, and AI. Video.
Invest Sou Sou for its smart social banking account designed to help community banks cultivate low-cost deposits and credit-ready borrowers in a secure and cost-efficient way. Video.
Neener Analytics for its regulatory compliant social media analytics platform that delivers specific individual risk outcomes for thin-file, no-file, and credit-challenged consumers. Video.
Voca AI for its smart, human, and empathetic virtual call center agent for financial institutions and service providers. Video.
A thousand thanks to all our demoing companies, our sponsors and partners, and, most importantly, our awesome attendees whose passion and enthusiasm for fintech innovation makes our events all the more engaging and entertaining. We’ll see you next year!
Notes on methodology:
1. Only audience members NOT associated with demoing companies were eligible to vote. Finovate employees did not vote.
2. Attendees were encouraged to note their favorites during each day. At the end of the last demo, they chose their three favorites.
3. The exact written instructions given to attendees: “Please rate (the companies) on the basis of demo quality and potential impact of the innovation demoed.”
4. The eight companies appearing on the highest percentage of submitted ballots were named “Best of Show.”
5. Go here for a list of previous Best of Show winners through 2014. Best of Show winners from our 2015 through 2018 conferences are below:
Citiintroduces biometric authentication for institutional customers in the APAC region.
With its IndiVideo solution, BlueRush and Chilean partner, Kunder, winBest Financial Services Online Video at the 2019 Internet Advertising Competition awards.
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A look at the companies demoing at FinovateAsia Digital on June 22, 2021. Register today and save your spot.
BlueRushwill demo IndiVideo — interactive, personalized videos for bills and statements. This iteration offers a a more compelling, data-driven way to issue bills and statements.
Features
Increase engagement
Drive conversions
Capture customer insights
Why it’s great Personalized video is a natural enhancement to bills and statements. This format increases customer satisfaction and loyalty, decreases customer care costs, and enables cross/up-selling.
Presenter
Ted Mercer, VP Sales At BlueRush, Mercer searches for new ways to drive value for clients using the company’s interactive personalized video platform. LinkedIn
Finovate Global is our weekly look at fintech innovation in developing economies in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, and Central and Eastern Europe.
Latin America and the Caribbean
PayPalinvests $750 million in Argentina-based e-commerce company MercadoLibre.
First Data to acquire Brazilian electronic funds transfer (EFT) solution provider Software Express.
NCR, Bluefin, and Powertranz team up to support POS card processing for Caribbean quick serve restaurants.
BlueRushdeploys its Individeo platform with a large Colombian bank courtesy of a partnership with Bee Concept.
The Wall Street Journal looks at how global FIs are gaining interest in the Latin American alternative lending market.
Asia-Pacific
Experianlaunches Singapore-based incubator, Experian X Labs.
South Korean crypto company Kakao raises $90 million via private coin offering.
Thai Stock Exchange to launch a digital asset exchange next year.
Sub-Saharan Africa
Front office and core banking technology from Temenos to drive digital revamp for African challenger bank, Vista Bank.
Financial Software and Systems takes 46% stake in South Africa’s Ecentric Payment Systems.
South Africa’s second largest retail bank, Capitec, extends its partnership with ACI Worldwide.
ThreatMetrixteams up with Blue Turtle Technologies to help market its fraud prevention solution to customers in Africa.
Central and Eastern Europe
Tinkoff Bankreports 2018 highlights including launch of new mortgage app, a joint P2P money transfer offering with Sberbank, and more than 2.7 million new active credit customers.
iSignthisInks Banking and Payments Deal with Ibanera.
Bulgaria-based Software Group scores €18 million loan from Europe Investment Bank.
EU Startups features lending platform Inlock its look at 10 Hungarian startups to look out for in 2019.
Bulgaria’s Municipal Bank to deploy new core and payments solutions from Oracle.
Middle East and Northern Africa
Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC) launches $10 million fund for fintech startups in the MENA region.
PayActiv and Visa Help Workers Access Earned Wages Earlier.
TemenosDrives Digital Transformation for Africa’s Vista Bank.
iSignthisInks Banking and Payments Deal with Ibanera.
Around the web
BioCatchadds touchscreen pressure as a new behavioral biometric value.
NCR, Bluefin, and Powertranz team up to support POS card processing for Caribbean quick serve restaurants.
Experianlaunches Singapore-based incubator, Experian X Labs.
ETFLogicunveilsETFLogic Pages, a new platform for analyzing exchange-traded funds.
Minna Technologies and Exateearn spots in the fourth edition of ING’s FinTech Village.
BlueRushdeploys its Individeo platform with a large Colombian bank courtesy of a partnership with Bee Concept.
Inspire Federal Credit Union goes live with NYMBUS.
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.
