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FinDEVrNY16-V2(wdate)We’re taking our FinDEVr developer showcase to New York on March 29 & 30, 2016. Register today.

Developer news

The latest from upcoming FinDEVr New York 2015 presenters

  • PayStand to power new online payments service from ONE UP.
  • Xignite announces its XigniteGlobalCurrencies API is now available in the Oracle Cloud Marketplace.

Alumni updates

  • PYMNTS reports: Worldpay transactions up 14% post-IPO.
  • Mitek launches mobile deposit in the United Kingdom with other countries to follow.
  • CardFlight integrates with Stripe to encourage developers to build EMV payment functionality within their mobile apps.
  • Xero extends partnership with MidPoint to make cross-border procurement easier.
  • Personal Capital exceeds $2 billion AUM.

Stay current on daily news from the fintech developer community! Follow FinDEVr on Twitter.

Finovate Alumni News

On Finovate.com

  • “Expensify Leverages Uber Partnership to Create the Lazy Man’s Expense Report”
  • “Finovate Debuts: Innofis Enhances the UX for Banks and Customers”
  • “Prosper Appoints USAA Exec as New CFO”

On FinDEVr.com

  • “PayStand to Power New Online Payments Service from ONE UP”

Around the web

  • Luxoft integrates P2P payment technology with connected, self-driving car.
  • Thomson Reuters teams up with Hong Kong-based accelerator, SuperCharger.
  • Misys unveils Standardized Approach for Counterparty Credit Risk (SA-CCR) module for FusionRisk.
  • PYMNTS interviews Richard Stegall, CEO and Co-founder of Urban FT.
  • NPR highlights Blooom for helping manage student-loan debt.
  • The New York Times features Narrative Science in a look at 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.

Thinking Capital & Flybits Make Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50 Canada Awards

Thinking Capital & Flybits Make Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50 Canada Awards

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Deloitte last night announced the winners of its Technology Fast 50 rankings, and two Finovate and FinDEVr alums made the cut.

The Technology Fast 50 awards, which are split across three categories, recognize achievements and evolution in the Canadian tech sector.

THinkingCapitalHomepageFirst up is Thinking Capital which achieved a Fast 50 award*. This award lists the 50 fastest growing Canadian technology companies based on the highest percentage of revenue growth over the past five years.

Thinking Capital’s alternative lending platform has helped more than 10,000 SME’s gain access to capital. The company offers merchant advances and term loans up to $300,000.


 

Screen Shot 2015-11-13 at 11.03.18 AMFlybits was listed among 11 others in the Companies to Watch category, which is based on the same criteria for the Fast 50 award without requiring the company to be in business for 5 years.

Flybits helps financial institutions deliver a more personalized mobile experience by leveraging all aspects of a user’s context.

*Qualifying companies must have: headquarters in Canada, been in business for at least five years, revenues of at least $5 million, their own proprietary technology, research and development activities in Canada.

Finovate Alumni News

On Finovate.com

  • “Thinking Capital and Flybits earn Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50 Canada Awards”
  • “ID Analytics, Payfone Win at 2015 Fierce Innovation Awards”

Around the web

  • American Banker features PayActiv in a look at budgeting apps.
  • Let’s Talk Payments presents a roundup of wealth managers turned robo-advisers, including Nutmeg.
  • Yodlee features how DoubleNet Pay enables automatic bill pay and financial health for employees.

This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You can also follow alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.

Flybits’ Context-aware Apps Deliver Personalized Experiences

Flybits’ Context-aware Apps Deliver Personalized Experiences

This post is part of our live coverage of FinovateFall 2015.

FlybitsLogoOur first presenter of FinovateFall is Flybits showing how it uses user context to personalize apps:

Context-aware apps that deliver personalized experiences have always required lots of custom development. The sheer variety of interfaces usually leads to complex apps that are hard to change. Flybits solves this problem with a simple, integrated way to incorporate all aspects of user context—including location from beacons, wi-fi, etc.—and personalize app behavior. Our SDKs let you Flybits-enable any app and transform it. Our visual Experience Studio gives you unprecedented agility in changing live apps as you refine your customer-engagement strategy. Flybits runs in the cloud for ease of use, scalability, and elasticity.

Presenters: Hossein Rahnama, founder and chief product officer of Flybits, and CEO Jerry Rudisin

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Product Launch: September 2015
Metrics: $4.75M in Series A financing raised to date, 26 employees
Product distribution strategy: Direct to Business (B2B)

HQ: Palo Alto, California
Founded: October 2012
Website: flybits.com
Twitter: @FlybitsInc

FinovateFall Sneak Peek: Flybits

FinovateFall Sneak Peek: Flybits

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The Sneak Peek series looks at the innovators demoing live on stage at FinovateFall 2015. Be sure to pick up your tickets to our annual autumn conference, and we’ll see you in New York!

FlybitsLogoFlybits is the first context-as-a-service software platform. Develop better mobile apps, sooner, and for less. Get agile as you tailor your customer engagement strategy.

Features:

  • Flybits-enabled existing apps in 15 minutes
  • Location support is hardware agnostic
  • Non-developers can easily change app content and behavior

Why it’s great
The Flybits context-as-a-service platform has all the infrastructure needed to make your apps context-aware, so you can deliver fresh and personalized mobile experiences.

Presenters: Hossein Rahnama, Chief Product Officer, Founder; Jerry Rudisin, CEO

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Finovate Alumni News

On Finovate.com

  • “SumUp Raises €10 Million in Round Led by BBVA Ventures, Groupon, American Express”

Around the web

  • In its fiscal year 2015, Avoka signs record number of clients and experiences 70% year-on-year bookings growth.
  • Yodlee is accepting applicants for its upcoming Ynext Incubator class.
  • Markit acquires FX trade-processing specialist DealHug. See Markit at FinDEVr 2015 in San Francisco in October.
  • Emailage opens European data center.
  • After BlackRock’s acquisition of FutureAdvisor, ThinkAdvisor considers the fate of Wealthfront and Betterment.
  • Forbes looks at Mint, MaxMyInterest, Moven, and Venom in a discussion on the connection between mobile, messaging, and financial services.
  • Mainstream features a quote from founder of DoubleNet Pay, CEO Brian Cosgray, on the impact of debt on new retirees.

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.