Glenbrook’s Bryan Derman is live blogging from FinovateFall 2010. This is one of several posts; you can find an index to his coverage here.
Last session — hang with me!
- Nicely designed PFM system that uses aggregation
- It let’s you set goals and track them
- It’s not easy being the last PFM company in a two-day conference
- Introducing the Optimizer, a PFM-type Dashboard targeted to the management of the bank!
- Allows bank executives to review loan and deposit trends and their margins
- Creates a summary P&L and produces alerts on lines and organizations that are under-performing
- Reporting synchronizes with MS Outlook, so it can be reviewed offline
- Banks need to personalize their messages through various channels in order to build relationships
- Segmint reviews customer transactions and tags them in order to generate relevant offers and messages from the bank and its partners
- Segmint is now integrated with GBS/ShareTech, making it easy for their small bank clients to participate
- Provides businesses with a forward-looking view of their cash flow – a PFM for small business
- Mobile app can take photo of receipts and upload to the expense management system
- System also quickly pulls bills into the receivables system so they can be factored into the cash flow projection and run through the approval process
- Also supports automated invoicing and factors receivables into the cash flow projection
- Integrated with QuickBooks and FreshBooks, with more partners to come
- Mobile financial service for people without bank accounts
- Plastyc’s iBankUp service tries to deliver a bank-like experience to prepaid cardholders
- Mobile app runs on browser because most of these customers don’t have smartphones
- Lots of easy links to find key information (routing and transit number for direct deposit)
- Gives the user check-writing capabilities, right from the mobile device
- Can do mobile top-up within the mobile session
- Lots of complexity in merging healthcare and financial services
- FIS portal can be rebranded by a bank
- Portal includes instructional videos that explain how tax-advantaged healthcare accounts work and for whom they are appropriate
- Content is also provided for employers that may be providing these accounts
- Can also configure a Personal Health Record by pulling in data from other sources
- All portal functionality will also be available on a mobile app called “Pocket Benefits”
- 200 bank customers and 1 MM users on their mobile banking apps
- Now introducing remote deposit capture by mobile phone
- Have also mobilized the Starbucks gift card into a 2D barcode (I’ve done this — it’s very cool. Try it in a Starbucks store in a Target store near you!)
- Can also send a virtual gift card to another cell phone (delivered through a text message that opens a card image with one-time card number)
Thanks for hanging in. I’ll be back with a report on the Best in Show winners and some synthesis of what we heard the past two days.
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.

