Bay County, Florida Selects TaxSys®
February 16, 2018Today, Grant Street Group announced that the Bay County Tax Collector’s Office has selected TaxSys® as their new tax collection and billing system. Home to Panama City and with a population of over 180,000, Bay County will become the 24th Florida county to implement TaxSys. “After taking a close look at the tax systems in… Read more »
County of San Mateo, California Selects TaxSys®
July 26, 2017Today, Grant Street Group announced that the County of San Mateo California and Treasurer-Tax Collector, Sandie Arnott, selected TaxSys® as the new county property tax collection and billing system. Home to over 700,000 citizens and Silicon Valley, San Mateo will become the first California county to implement TaxSys, using the system to collect over $1.5… Read more »
Douglas County, NE Treasurer Takes Payments Online With Grant Street Group
April 27, 2017Today, Grant Street Group announced that the Douglas County, Nebraska Treasurer’s Office has implemented PaymentExpress, Grant Street’s electronic payment processing platform, as its new online payment solution. The Douglas County Treasurer processes payments for motor vehicle, real estate and personal property taxes. PaymentExpress had previously been implemented for in-office credit and debit card payments at… Read more »
MTA Hosts Successful $700M Note Sale on MuniAuction®
February 8, 2017The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) auctioned two series of tax-exempt notes totaling $700 million via MuniAuction® on Wednesday, February 8, 2017. MTA permitted underwriters to submit partial bids. In the $500 million Subseries auction, the MTA received 59 bids from 12 bidders. At the close of this auction, seven firms were “In the… Read more »
Orange County, CA Takes Tax-Defaulted Timeshare Auctions Online With Grant Street Group
December 20, 2016The Orange County, California Treasurer-Tax Collector’s office has selected Grant Street Group’s DeedAuction® platform to host its new online auction website for sales of tax-defaulted timeshares. Orange County becomes the fourth California county to select DeedAuction since 2013. Orange County’s Treasurer-Tax Collector will hold its first online auction from January 18-19, 2017 on their new… Read more »
Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles Goes Live with PaymentExpress® as New Point-of-Sale ePayment Solution
August 3, 2016FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Today, Grant Street Group announced that the State of Ohio has implemented PaymentExpress, Grant Street’s electronic payment processing platform, as the new point-of-sale solution for the Department of Public Safety/Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV). The Ohio BMV now offers citizens the ability to make payments with credit or debit cards at 191… Read more »
Escambia County, Florida Goes Live with TaxSys®
April 4, 2016FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Today, Grant Street Group announced that the Escambia County Tax Collector has gone live with TaxSys® a state-of-the-art, web-based tax collection and billing system. Home to the City of Pensacola, and one of Florida’s original counties, Escambia is among the 20 largest counties in the State with a population of nearly 300,000… Read more »
New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Hosts $628M Note Sale on MuniAuction®
December 9, 2015The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) was back in the note market again via Grant Street’s MuniAuction platform on Wednesday, December 2, 2015. The MTA competitively sold $628 million in tax-exempt notes. Last week’s auction followed the MTA’s initial MuniAuction sale in September 2015 of $500 million of Bond Anticipation Notes (BANs). PFM’s New… Read more »
PaymentExpress Processes Over $1 Billion in Payments in November 2015
December 1, 2015November is a busy time for our tax collector clients as the year draws to a close and many payments become due. It’s also a busy time for Grant Street Group’s payment processing app — PaymentExpress. In November, PaymentExpress had a record month, processing over 450,000 credit card, debit card, and e-check transactions exceeding $1… Read more »
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Selects PaymentExpress® as New Statewide ePayment Solution
November 23, 2015FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Today, Grant Street Group announced that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has selected PaymentExpress as a new statewide electronic payment solution. With this award, all agencies, departments, and executive offices within the Commonwealth will have the option to process payments with PaymentExpress. In addition, other government entities within the state — including counties,… Read more »