Waukee-based payment processor VizyPay announced Tuesday the creation of a new advisory board, made up of leaders from within and outside the payments industry. According to a news release, the board’s purpose is to leverage those leaders’ experiences and knowledge to advise VizyPay on its growth and mission to make a difference for small-town businesses across rural […]
VizyPay finds innovation through diverse hiring The vast majority of employees — more than 9 out of 10 — working at VizyPay had no previous experience in the credit payments industry when they were hired at the fast-growing, Waukee-based financial technology company. But they all have some degree of what co-founder and CEO Austin Mac […]
Workiva Inc. announced it has acquired next-generation iPaaS provider OneCloud Inc., a move that the Ames-based company said solidifies and accelerates Workiva’s position as a leading cloud platform for financial, regulatory and operational reporting. OneCloud is a pioneer in iPaaS (integration Platform as a Service) technology that offers code-free and intuitive integration, automation and data preparation for […]
The city of Johnston’s operating budget, available for public viewing through Johnston Open Finance. Screencap/City of Johnston Johnston residents keeping an eye on the city’s finances have a new tool to simplify the process. The city’s public Open Finance dashboard publishes the city’s entire budget and spending line items — down to the vendor and […]
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority has opened a new office to serve as the regulator’s hub regarding fintech innovation, reports Financial Planning. The Office of Financial Innovation was created out of the pre-existing Innovation Outreach Initiative, which was established in mid-2017 to help the regulator better understand fintech innovations.
The second annual report on the Women in Finance Charter just landed from the U.K. Treasury, and the good news is there has been an improvement in the past year, reports Bloomberg and the Washington Post. The bad news: out of 123 signatories to the charter, 10 percent reported they weren’t likely to meet their targets […]
