Finovate2009 – Morning Session 2

I am live blogging Finovate2009 from NYC. MORNING SESSION #2 Outright.com – Kevin Reeth, CEO Online tools for tracking small businesses and self-employed people for records like business expenses Imports and classifies expenses from credit card statements...

Finovate2009 – Morning Session 1

I am live blogging Finovate2009 from NYC. MORNING SESSION #1 BrightScope – Ryan Alfred, President Mission:  Help Americans retire in dignity Website provides additional information on existing employer 401k plans Provides ratings and does comparisons on plan...

Finovate2009 Kicking Off in NYC

I am attending Finovate 2009 in NYC today – a whirlwind of financial innovation. Each company has seven minutes to demo their latest and greatest technology; no PowerPoint allowed!  I’ll do my best to keep up and give you real-time updates on the...

The Era of Responsible Credit Card Borrowing Begins Today

Chase Blueprint brings new transparency and consumer control to credit cards Today’s announcement of the new “Blueprint” functionality by Chase Card Services represents a significant generational inflection point in the evolution of the US credit card business....

This Revolution Will Be Televised

Fresh off raising another $42 million of star-studded (Goldman Sachs this time) venture capital, Steve Case and Jason Hogg came to the NACHA Payments 2009 conference today to tell the banking world about their payments “Revolution”. Apart from reiterating...