LenderClose and California-based MeridianLink are partnering to integrate LenderClose’s platform with the LoansPQ loan origination platform, LenderClose announced on Tuesday. The integration should streamline lender access to all vendors needed to approve, underwrite and close a mortgage or HELOC loan, LenderClose said.
BY KATE HAYDEN: I opened the Wall Street Journal story seeking the Dwolla mention, and finished it considering whether the office might approve playing Bach’s Cello Suites the rest of this week (politics aside – that would just be nice to listen to in colder weather). Companies nationwide, like the Des Moines-based Dwolla, are engaging […]
Hy-Vee is warning shoppers of a scam that has surfaced on social media, reports the Quad City Times. The post includes a fake “$80 off groceries” coupon at Hy-Vee stores. This is a scam and “our stores are not able to honor this,” Hy-Vee said in a Facebook post Sunday. Hy-Vee said that shoppers need […]
The insurance industry revolves around a core promise: to take care of consumers, no matter what the future holds. So who makes that same promise for the insurance carriers? At the 2018 InsureTech Week hosted by the Global Insurance Accelerator, 14 startups made the public pitch to resolve industry worries, with 158 international visitors to […]
The Iowa Utilities Board is considering regulations around electric vehicle charging stations after Alliant Energy protested the Iowa 80 Truckstop’s plans to offer stations, reports the Midwest Energy News Network. Under the Iowa 80 Truckstop’s proposal, customers would be charged for each kilowatt hour put into a vehicle; Alliant Energy, the truckstop’s electric utility, claims […]
Des Moines-based RosterApps, a provider of airline ground crew scheduling software, has been acquired by Ohio company ARCOS LLC, reports Silicon Prairie News. ARCOS will retain RosterApps’ Iowa office and employees. The acquisition will combine RosterApps’ software-as-a-service airline platform with ARCOS resource management to fully automate scheduling, shift-trading, callout and track of flight and ground […]
Ann Torry, vice president of marketing at Des Moines firm BirdDogHR, has been named to the SaaS (software as a service) Report’s 2018 Top Women Leaders in SaaS, BirdDogHR announced Tuesday. Torry, who joined BirdDogHR in 2013, is one of 50 women named out of more than 3,500 nominations.
Rantizo, Inc.: $500,000, completed in October. Based in Iowa City. Participating: Innova Memphis (Memphis, Tennessee).
Reuters: Alphabet Inc.’s Google announced today that it would grant about $25 million globally next year to humanitarian and environmental projects seeking to use artificial intelligence to speed up and broaden their efforts. The “AI Impact Challenge” is meant to inspire organizations to ask Google for help in machine learning, a form of AI in […]
One-day programming camp GirlsCode++ returns to NewBoCo in Cedar Rapids on Nov. 17, NewBoCo announced on Tuesday. The beginning group, aimed at female students in grades 8-12, will learn HTML and CSS to build their own website. Girls with prior experience may choose to add JavaScript in an advanced group. The camp will also discuss […]