Archive for the ‘finovate’ Category

News From FinovateSpring: Dwolla Speeds Up ACH Payment

Finovate Spring is going on in San Francisco.  I will attend Finovate Fall in New York, but I heard some news that really got me excited. Dwolla releases the FiSync services which  allows banks to integrate simple peer-to-peer payments into their own systems. It’s designed to cut the wait time on payment processing from three to [...]

Paying With Cash Online

I met the founder of Pay Near Me at Finovate two years ago.  Via Netbanker, I hear that  PayNearMe launched a mobile version of its cash-based payment service that allows users to buy online then take the receipt to 7-11 to pay in cash (or card). Until now, the system relied on a printed receipt to [...]

#Finovate Day One Highlights

When I attended Finovate for the first time two years ago, it seemed like everyone was gunning to be next Mint.com. Mint made having a clean design and clearly defined dashboard to be a priority for any personal finance management (PFM) application.  PFMs are moving beyond the dashboard that only shows what happened with users’ [...]

Can Watching Ads Make You Money? Finovate Starts Tomorrow

Jingit is a new app that actually rewards people for watching ads and taking survey with cold hard cash–actually it’s a debit card. Jingit will be presenting at Finovate this week. I will be attending part of the conference to see the latest in financial innovation whether it is personal finance management tools, banking or [...]

Finovate Spring: May 10-11

On May 10th and 11th, Finovate returns to San Francisco with FinovateSpring, a two-day showcase of cutting-edge financial and banking technology innovations from leading established companies and hot new startups. Join us at the awesome San Francisco Design Center Concourse to watch the cutting edge of banking and financial technology unfold, and get a chance [...]