Tag: PayIt

PayIt lands partnership with the Sunflower State

By Tommy Felts / April 25, 2017

Financial tech startup PayIt announced Monday that it will work with the Sunflower State as its innovation partner.  The Kansas City-based firm will work with Kansas’ Office of Information Technology Services, offering its web and mobile app that streamlines financial interactions between citizens and government agencies. PayIt CEO John Thomson said he’s excited to partner…

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Top 10 Kansas City startups to watch in 2017

By Tommy Felts / January 9, 2017

Kansas City witnessed one of its biggest startup successes in 2016 with EyeVerify’s massive exit. Stories like this bring Kansas City’s potential to the foreground. It validates that not only building a wildly lucrative business is possible but also that the area community can help make it possible. While undoubtedly a triumph, EyeVerify is but…

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PayIt lands ‘the Lou’ as a client for mobile payments

By Tommy Felts / November 17, 2016

Government tech startup PayIt is working with the second-largest city in Missouri. The Kansas City-based company is now providing its mobile payment technology to the City of St. Louis, allowing its more than 300,000 residents to more easily pay property taxes via an app. Timing was apt for the partnership, as St. Louis’ property taxes…

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Continuing its hot streak, PayIt wins national pitch contest

By Tommy Felts / July 7, 2016

Government tech startup PayIt is on a roll. Only weeks after a earning a commendation from Amazon, the Kansas City-based firm recently won a national pitch competition as part of the annual United States Conference of Mayors. PayIt’s mobile and web app that streamlines citizens’ financial interaction with government agencies beat out dozens of other…

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From Slavic studies to coding, LaunchCode helps Kansas Citian find new career

By Tommy Felts / June 14, 2016

It’s been in Kansas City only four months, but LaunchCode is already making an impact. The St. Louis-based non-profit organization arrived in February to grow Kansas City’s tech sector by organically building its pool of talent. LaunchCode helps educate locals with an interest in changing careers to work in tech, and then connects them with…

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