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• Financial Post highlights planwise.

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• Huffington Post recommends Mint.com, HelloWallet, Credit Karma, TradeKing, ReadyForZero, & Betterment for college students.

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• Doxo looks back at 2011 achievements.

• AGBeat highlights doxo's free cloud storage and bill pay.

• Blogger Crystal Beasley analyzes the password selection process in Simple's interface.

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• FiPath For Advisors (formerly eRollover) partners with social media monitor, Arkovi.

• American Banker describes how T8 Webware, Micronotes, and FreeMonee predicts what customers will buy.

• Seattle's King 5 News highlights Linkable Networks' digital coupons.

• TechCrunch reports Credit Karma enrolls 100,000 users for its credit monitoring service in one day.

• Business Insider recommends using BillGuard to prevent credit and debit card fraud.

• BetaBeat looks at what LearnVest is doing with its $19 million round of funding.

• ReadyForZero introduces its New Year's challenge.

• TechCrunch reports John Donahue, Ebay CEO will serve as PayPal's interim president since PayPal President Scott Thompson left for Yahoo.

• ProfitStars reaches milestone of providing image & data conversions for 1,000 FIs over the past 5 years.

• Check Point Software Technologies works with Amazon Web Services secure the cloud.

• RobotDough leaves GoDaddy due to SOPA support conflict.

• Philly.com describes the Jemstep signup process.

• Providence Business News reports Andera moves to a new office building.

• Zopa Italy rebrands as Smartika.

• eToro blog launches new column dedicated to analyzing the weekly activity on eToro OpenBook.

• Forbes looks at Dwolla's payment revolution.

• Ping Identity announces PingFederate is now available as an Amazon Machine Image on the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud.

• Credit Karma launches free credit monitoring service.

• The Receivables Exchange announces strategic alliance with Insperity Investment.

• Lending Club removes service fee on large loans.

• Steven Kietz, former Mobile Money Ventures CEO, joins EDO Interactive as GM & EVP of Strategic Partnerships.

• CNNMoney discusses how Simple can provide a no hassle bank account.

• Melrose Mutual Insurance Company, Grinnell Mutual, & ID Theft 911 partner to remind shoppers to safeguard identities.

• Forbes names Dwolla's Ben Milne to '30 Under 30' list for finance.

• BizReport interviews Xero to discover how the cloud is helping small businesses.

• Fox Business News recommends visiting Credit Sesame and Credit Karma to check your credit score.

• INOVA FCU depicts its success from using Mortgagebot's PowerSite.

Credit Karma announced today that it has teamed up with Intuit to provide free credit scores to Intuit-powered financial institutions within their online banking platfom:

"With NorthCountry FCU as Credit Karma's first Intuit-powered partner, Credit Karma is certified to work with Intuit Financial Services clients to provide the Free Credit Score Service within the financial institution's branded environment. The Free Credit Score for Members Service gives consumers a monthly credit score and a suite of personalized credit management tools to better manage their credit."

When signing in to Credit Karma via Intuit's Digital Insights online banking system, consumers will have the benefit of a single sign-on.

To learn more about Credit Karma and Intuit, watch Credit Karma's FinovateStartup09 demo and Intuit's Finovate 2009 demo.

• The Wall Street Journal lists Prosper, Lending Club, and Weemba as resources for home financing.

• PayNearMe partners with iSend to simplify international gift giving this holiday season.

• Doxo wins Red Herring Global 100.

• Kony Solutions launches KonyOne.

• Credit Karma and Intuit team up to provide credit services within FI-branded environments.

• Credit Union National Association reports ProfitStars' service helps FIs support energy markets.

• Lifehacker recommends visiting Credit Karma or Credit Sesame to view your credit score for free.

• Computerworld takes you behind-the-scenes with MyCyberTwin's AI technology.

• Kabbage joins the X.commerce Global Ecosystem.

• RIABiz profiles HiddenLevers.

• ID Theft 911 chosen to offer data breach services to Safeonline LLP.

• MyBankTracker explores how FeeFighters cuts payment processing fees for merchants.

• Expensify lists growth figures.

• Fox Business News recommends banking with Simple as a way to counter bank fees.

• The Sacramento Bee reports SafetyPay expands to U.S. marketplace in the airline & travel payments industries.

• GeekWire reports Lighter Capital awards undisclosed amount of cash to HireAHelper.

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• Business Insider explores the differences between SecondMarket and SharesPost.

• Sun Life partners with Kony on claims mobile app.

• eToro soft launches MT4.

• Weemba adds 3 financial institutions to its network of lenders.

• Two credit unions deploy Credit Karma's tools on their online banking platforms.

• GoalMine to launch holiday gift card trade-in service.

• FamilySearch now using eWise's Secure Vault Payments Technology.

• Business Insider recommends Credit Karma as a free way to learn your credit score.

• Netbanker: WV United FCU offering both Square and Dwolla payments.

• The Globe and Mail adds ticker content from StockTwits.

• Brightscope holds off on adding yelp-like investor reviews in order to add a Q&A section to the site.

• Wall Street Survivor launches affiliate program.

• Williams-Sonoma works with CashStar to provide e-gift cards.

• Lendio works with LegalZoom to bring legal resources to users.

• Credit Karma correlates consumers' credit scores with their email domain name.

• Fierce Finance IT looks to Cardlytics, BillShrink, Clovr Media, FMN Technologies & Segmint for transaction-driven marketing.

• Credit Union Times shares Andera's stats from bank-transfer day.

• GCS Federal Credit Union to offer Geezeo's online PFM tools.

• Hub Pages, The Fiscal Times, CIO Magazine, and Forbes on Dwolla's payment platform. 

• CIBC selects Kony Solutions to develop and deploy CIBC's mobile brokerage app.

• Mommy Head blog spotlights DoughMain.

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• Citywire money discusses P2P platforms Zopa, Prosper, and Lending Club.

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• Kony and CIBC deliver new mobile brokerage application.

• Ixaris to introduce the Opn Payment Partner.

• Backbase & Forrester Research to host free webinar Nov 9: 'Banks Need to Become SUPER.'

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• eToro launches mobile HTML 5 App for social trading on the go.

• SecureKey Technologies Inc. to power the Government of Canada's new online authentication service.

• Malta Independent Online looks at Wesabe, Geezeo, and Budgettracker as key online money management tools.

• BankSimple launches to the public, changes its name to Simple.

• eToro launches iOS mobile app for on-the-go trading.

• 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.

• Credit Karma is giving away free credit-monitoring service to first 12,500 readers.

• HelloWallet opens a second office in San Francisco.

• FreeMonee tells AOL Daily Finance that it is to launch a merchant-reward plan with a major U.S. bank on Nov 17.

• Credit Union Times reports that mShift is one of the three largest providers of mobile banking tools to credit unions.

• ABC News looks at BankSimple's alternative banking approach.

• Auto insurance & finance providers The General, Mark One Holdings, &  Freeway Insurance add BillFloat as a payment option.

• Continuity Control endorsed by Western Independent Bankers.

• Expensify launches an app for the Windows phone.

• Mlive.com recommends using BillShrink (Truaxis) to avoid an outrageous mobile bill.

• Mint.com and Budgettracker.com are recommended as two tools for mitigating financial mistakes.

• BankFutura.com profiles Offermatic.

• Bank of America will use Yodlee's FinApp Platform.

• 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. 

• 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.

• GCS Federal Credit Union selects Geezeo to provide PFM service.

• eToro Blog increases number of daily posts.

• T8 Webware presents Thinc Iowa Opening Party Oct. 20.

• Clairmail wins BAI Mobile Pace Setter Award.

• Silver Tail Systems is selected as a SINET 16 Innovator.

• CarryQuote wins prestigious 2011 Bully Award.

• Everything Finance Blog reviews Prosper.com.

• Bank Innovation reports that Tyfone now allows banks to provide clients with mobile wallet solution.

• Financial Edge lists the Credit Karma blog as 1 of 6 blogs to help you budget better.

• T8 Webware signs 14 bank customers to its Grip Platform.

• FinovateFall 2011 demo videos are now posted!

• Lighter Capital CEO Andy Sack guest-posts about revenue-based financing on AVC blog.

• Q2ebanking partners with Unwired Nation to expand its mobile banking.

• Mountain West Capital Network names Lendio fastest-growing company in Utah.

• Business Insider recommends signing up for BillGuard if you're a victim of ID theft.

• Firmology profiles Samurai by FeeFighters.

• Truaxis wins the Innotribe Start-Up Challenge for StatementRewards Platform.

• Kony names Sriram Ramanthan as Chief Technology Officer.

• The Examiner advises using Credit Karma's Credit Simulator and reading LearnVest's blog to keep aware of money matters.

• Dave Enjoys' blog highlights features of BankSimple.

• Credit Karma's CEO Ken Lin reports What Banks and Lenders Know About You From Social Media on Mashable.

• KAPITALL launches interactive news site KAPITALL WIRE.

• Netbanker highlights BillGuard's monthly credit/debit card scan report.

• Offermatic unveils OfferMatch, a pay-for-performance marketing channel that brings customers.

• NBC Chicago names Ben Milne, Dwolla CEO, as a person to watch during Ideas Week.

• WealthTouch partners with TILE Financial to create portfolio-reporting offerings for high net worth young adults.

• Wall Street and Technology lists Zecco as 1 of 6 brokerages leading the way in social media.

• New York Times blog reports BankSimple to go live on the Web next month.

• HelloWallet announces its fall webinar series.

• Business Daily Africa compares Xero and Kashoo accounting services with QuickBooks.

• Credit Karma's new feature graphically compares credit card clientele.

• CBS Money Watch discussed Credit Karma's data on America's debt. Link
• Fox Business News listed Credit Karma's credit score simulator tool as a 15-minute fix for your credit score. Link

• Dwolla hit $1 million in payments per day and Ben Milne, CEO, shared a sneak peak of future plans. Link
• Ace Community Credit Union provided customers with access to Dwolla through its site.
• Dwolla CEO Ben Milne explained why starting a business in Iowa isn't hard. Link
• Dwolla introduced a new Autoload feature. Link
• Dwolla was listed on The Next Web as one of eight awesome ways to pay with your phone. Link

• The Info.rmatics blog testified to Expensify's ease of use. Link
• ipCommerce showcased Expensify's innovation. Link

• ATM Options discussed seven good reasons to invest through Lending Club. Link
• Netbanker discussed Lending Club's record high growth. Link

• Lendio added TAB Bank to its network of lenders. Link
• Reuters reported that Swift Capital and Lendio partnered to help small businesses. Link

• American Banker considered Bank of America's recent investment in mFoundry. Link
• Credit Union Journal discussed Colombia Credit Union's adoption of mFoundry's mobile banking. Link

• Mint.com introduced a manual transactions feature for its iPhone app. Link
• TechCrunch reported Mint.com's debut of a new feature that tracks bills and sends reminders. Link

• Monitise signed over 6,000 users in Nigeria to a mobile payments trial. Link
• TechMarketView discussed Monitise's financial success. Link

• Netbanker discussed Prosper's record high growth. Link
• Prosper raised its interest rates by 2.5 percent. Link

• The Forbes blog recommended BrightScope as a tool to check your financial advisor's history. Link
• The Washington Examiner discussed how BrightScope helps consumers make informed decisions about their 401(k) plan. Link

• Credit Union Times reported that SilverTail Systems' capabilities enable financial institutions to comply with FFIEC guidelines. Link
• Homeland Security Television profiled SilverTail Systems. Link

• Yodlee released its new MoneyCenter app. Link
• Quickbooks' blog examined Yodlee's PFM tool. Link
• TechCrunch reported that Yodlee reached 30M users. Link

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.

• Former Lending Club director Joseph Toms joined Prosper as its Chief Investment Officer. Link

• The San Francisco Times reported on Prosper's growth. Link

• June 2009: Financial advice center, which allows members to share experiences and questions with one another (see image 1). 

• September 2009: a white-label platform currently in use by Sears/KMart among others (see  Netbanker article) provides even more consumers with free credit-score information. 

• February 2010: launches a free service that allows members to view how much they could save by refinancing their existing loan products (see our earlier post). The service works by evaluating the information on the user's credit report and credit score. It runs in real-time, encouraging users to frequently return not only to check their score, but also their financial options (see image 2).