Based on a vote of attendees – bankers, investors, industry experts, financial company executives from companies large and small – the best of show awards went to:
- BancVue (Kasasa) – national checking/savings account brand
for community banks and credit unions
- Credit.com – report card with letter grades to help users
make sense of the underlying data - Digital Insight (Intuit) – integration of tax preparation
with online banking - Silver Tail Systems – real-time security monitoring
to shut down fraud attempts immediately - Yodlee – new FinApp store modeled after Apple’s
iPhone App Store
Links to the rest of my live coverage of Finovate2009 are here:
- Intro
- Morning Demo Session 1
- Morning Demo Session 2
- Afternoon Demo Session 1
- Afternoon Demo Session 2
There was extensive blog and Twitter coverage of Finovate2009. Here are the highlights:
- Twitter transcript (compiled by Jim Bruene)
- Bank Innovation.net: Finovate Presenters Focus on Savings
- TechCrunch: Financial Startups Demo Their Dashboards at Finovate
- WSJ Digits blog: Finovate: The Quest for User-Friendly Cellphone Banking
- Visible Banking: links to Twitter coverage and lots of pictures
- Fincision: Finovate2009 – live blog
- Fitlife: Take It to the Bank
- SpendonLife.com: Hot Financial Trends: Finovate2009
- MoneyUnder30: Ten Financial Companies to Watch from Finovate 2009
- #Finovate at Twitter
[Editor’s note: If you’ve seen a particularly good write-up let us know in the comments and we’ll add it to the list.]
During his 30-year career in financial services, Bryan has developed new strategies and innovative business models for banking technologies ranging from mobile payments deployment and online payment security to remote ATM operations and healthcare payments. Before becoming managing partner at Glenbrook, Bryan served as vice president of strategic development for Cyota and worked for First Data Corporation (FDC) as senior vice president for deposit access products at First Data Merchant Services.
Earlier in his career, Bryan established the Electronic Banking Division as a senior vice president at NatWest Bancorp in New York and worked as chief financial officer and head of strategic planning for NatWest’s retail bank. He performed similar duties within Citibank. Bryan began his career as a consultant at McKinsey & Company, where he managed strategy development engagements for large financial institutions. He also worked as an equity research analyst covering large capitalization bank stocks at Morgan Stanley.