Deloitte Joins FinCapDev Competition Group

BOSTON - (BUSINESS WIRE) - The Financial Capability Development Competition (FinCapDev) - a $100,000 competition facilitating the development of innovative, market friendly mobile apps - announced today select finalists will have access to Deloitte's Highly Immersive Visual Environment (HIVE) located in Rosslyn, Virginia. Administered by the Center for Financial Services Innovation and the D2D Fund, FinCapDev facilitates the development of mobile apps that increase consumer access to high quality, fairly-priced financial products and services.

"Mobile apps can pose an incredible opportunity for innovation in the personal finance landscape," said Risa Freedman, Director, Deloitte Services LP. "We are excited to help the FinCapDev finalists in their efforts to build the next generation of personal finance apps for consumers."

Other FinCapDev competition participants include Braintree, EachScape, Citi, Dell Social Innovation Challenge, Facebook, H&R Block, ideas42, MasterCard, Women Innovate Mobile, and Yodlee; and financial supporters including the Ford Foundation, the Citi Foundation, and Omidyar Network.