The boys at Finovate did another bang-up job in showcasing some great financial technology innovators in their fall conference in NYC. Gotham was hot and sweaty this year, and the sold-out venue was jam packed with attendees, presenters and press. That’s right – nothing like the smell of bankers enjoying themselves to inspire a little innovation!

As always, the pace was break-neck, and we all loved attending a two-day event that didn’t show a PowerPoint slide even once. It has been a tradition with me to cover the semiannual Finovate events in short, Twitter-based spurts of awesomeness in a tip of the hat to Finovate’s presentation style, and that’s what I’ll do again this time.

And as a reminder for you non-Twitter users (probably the smartest group in GonzoBanker’s readership):

You don’t have to be a Twitter accountholder to soak in my summary.

Just click this link and you’ll be in the know, Twitter user or not. Once you get there, just select the “View All Tweets” link at the bottom and you’ll be good to go.

For Twitter users, it’s under #GonzoFinovate.

By the time you read this, you may have to sift through some vendor comments about how misleading or cynical my analysis is, but scroll down and you’ll find the meat.

Like I did with the spring 2013 Finovate conference, we’ll have full coverage of all 70+ Finovate Fall 2013 presenters available in the near future. Stay tuned.

-Hodgins