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Yodlee

The founders of this online banking tech vendor were fans of the Indian singer Kishore Kumar, who was famous for — you guessed it — yodeling. (Image: ThinkStock)
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Debitman

The decoupled debit company was named for founder R. Scott Hatfield, who was nicknamed "The Debitman." For a time, the company's logo depicted a cartoon superhero. In 2006, Debitman became Tempo Payments. The company became collateral damage of Dodd-Frank and shut down last year.
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Geezeo

This vendor originally offered a personal finance site directly to consumers. Its name emphasizes the letter "G," which is slang for money. (Image: ThinkStock)
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Wesabe

The failed personal financial management company chose its name by combining the English word "we" with the Spanish word "sabe," or "know." (Image: ThinkStock)
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Passfaces

This security company's name is as odd as its product: a grid of faces that can substitute for a typed password. Passfaces has few customers in banking, but it has found some success among health care providers.
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Solidus

This failed company operated under the name "Pay By Touch," which was more descriptive of its biometric fingerprint-scanning payment system. Its real name, Solidus, is a type of coin. (Image: ThinkStock)
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Plastyc and PrepaYd

The Y's have it when it comes to naming prepaid card companies. PrepaYd, for example, chose its name for its open-ended nature — it used to be Prepaid Card Holdings (no "Y"), but renamed itself when it decided to expand beyond cards (the same reason Apple no longer calls itself Apple Computer). (Image: ThinkStock)
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SmartyPig

Michael Ferrari, co-founder of this online savings site, says he picked the name because it was his favorite among those a friend suggested. Perhaps his tastes have changed — the company now uses the brand "Social Money." (Image: ThinkStock)
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Bling Nation

"Bling" is a slang term associated with gaudy fashion and jewelry, and Bling Nation's payments pitch was all about showing off one's style. Its contactless payment stickers came in a number of colors and patterns, including pink camo. The company shut down after its loyalty program failed to take off. (Pictured: Earl Bradley, CEO of First Advantage Bank of Clarksville, Tenn.)
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Dwolla

The online alternative payment system, famous for its use among Bitcoin proponents, blends the words "Dollar" and "Web." (Image: ThinkStock)
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BillMyParents

Sometimes the straightforward names are the best. The company behind BillMyParents, IdeaEdge, used to do business as Socialwise — but it eventually dropped both names to instead use the name of its online parent-billing product. (Image: ThinkStock)
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Virtual Piggy

The online payment system for kids is meant to limit spending by invoking the discipline of a physical piggy bank. (Image: ThinkStock)
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X.com

"X" might seem like a meaningless name, but PayPal's portal for software developers, X.commerce, has a rich history to it. The portal takes its name from PayPal's old Internet bank, X.com. (Image: ThinkStock)
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