Wallaby Financial Named Finalist in Samsung's Gear App Challenge 2014

PASADENA, Calif., Aug. 26, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Wallaby Financial, the leader in mobile and web-based credit card optimization solutions, today announced it has been named a finalist in Samsung's Gear App Challenge 2014. Wallaby's unique solutions, including its financial apps for iPhone, Android, and wearables, ensure that consumers maximize rewards and minimize fees with their credit cards.

Samsung last week announced the winners from Round 1, including Wallaby. The Challenge, launched in May 2014, recognizes developers that are creating apps optimized for Samsung wearable devices. More than 900 entries were received from 69 countries, spanning a wide range of ideas. The winners were selected based on the uniqueness of app, overall usability, and the developer's understanding of Gear features by a panel of judges.

Wallaby, along with other finalists, will proceed to the second round of the Challenge, where winners compete for more than $850,000 in prizes. The overall winner of the challenge will receive $100,000, and the top 10 entries will go through a public vote for the Popular Choice Prize at http://gearappfinal.challengepost.com/. The final top 10 winning entries will be announced at the 2014 Samsung Developers Conference in San Francisco, November 11-13, and will be invited to exhibit and demonstrate their app at the conference.

"This competition demonstrates the overall growth potential in the wearable market today," said Wallaby Founder and CEO Matthew Goldman. "There's substantial excitement today by developers around the globe to be part of this ever-growing wearable ecosystem, and we are thrilled to be selected as a finalist by the great panel of judges at ChallengePost and Samsung."

Wallaby is a leader in both financial services and wearable technologies. Wallaby is available on multiple wearable and mobile platforms and continues to embrace wearables as an optimal platform for consumers to use important financial data on the go.

About Wallaby Financial

Wallaby's is the leader in credit card data and consumer financial information applications. Powered by CardBase™, a proprietary database of more than 2,000 credit card profiles, and Wallaby's unique real-time optimization algorithms, Wallaby's product suite helps consumers to earn more rewards and save more money.  Wallaby informs consumers about which card to use when shopping and helps consumers to find the best credit card to add to their wallets, by taking into account rewards, fees, interest rates, and more financial data. Wallaby products are available for Web, iPhone, Android, wearables, and more. For more information, please visit http://www.walla.by. Stay connected with Wallaby on Facebook, on Twitter @wallabycard or on Google+.

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