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Finovate 2008 - On October 14, 2008, twenty-four of the most innovative technology companies in the banking, finance and lending industries will gather at the Finovate 2008 conference in New York City to demo the future of online banking and finance.

Each presenting company will have only seven minutes onstage to demo (no slides allowed) their latest and greatest product to an audience of hundreds of leading executives, investors, analysts, press and bloggers. The demos will be followed by several hours of intimate networking sessions where attendees will get direct access to the presenting companies and their executives.

Well over 100 companies were considered before the final twenty-four were selected. The presenting companies will showcase the best new

ideas in person-to-person lending, lead generation in financial services, personal financial management and online banking, mobile banking and payments, investing and retirement planning online, security technologies and social media.

The innovative companies that have been selected to present at Finovate 2008 are: BillShrink, Boulevard R, CheckFree, Checkpoint, CreditKarma, Digital Insight (Intuit), FiLife (Dow Jones/IAC), mFoundry, Mint, MoneyAisle (NeoSaej), mShift, Inner8, LendingClub, Pertuity Direct, Quicken Online, SmartHippo, Sybase 365, Vidoop, Wesabe, WeSeed, Yodlee and three that must remain confidential for now.

Complimentary press passes are available at the website www.finovate2008.com.

About the Finovate Conferences

The Finovate conference is the first demo-based conference for the financial, banking and lending technology industries. Held annually in New York City, the conference offers a chance to explore the future of finance in a fast-paced, intimate and unique environment. Finovate is organized by Online Financial Innovations. For more information on this year's conference, please visit finovate2008.com.

About Online Financial Innovations

Founded in 1995 by former banker Jim Bruene, Online Financial Innovations is a Seattle based research company. OFI is best known for publishing the Online Banking Report, a regular newsletter featuring in-depth analysis, relevant data, and informed recommendations to financial services executives in 50 countries. For more information and free sample reports, visit www.onlinebankingreport.com, email info@netbanker.com or call (206) 517-5021. You may also find OFI's blog on the latest in online finance & banking at www.netbanker.com.

Online Financial Innovations
Jim Bruene, 206-517-5021
info@netbanker.com