Guttenberg, Iowa, Launches New Payment Processing Service

GUTTENBERG, Iowa--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Residents of Guttenberg, Iowa, have a new online system for making payments to the city for dock rentals, building and gazebo reservations, and utility deposits and fees. The new service, called PayPort, accepts debit cards, credit cards, and eChecks online and over-the-counter in real-time. The services can be found online through the city website at www.cityofguttenberg.com.

"We're so excited to have this new system," said Jamie Blume, Guttenberg Assistant City Manager. "The administrative tool is intuitive, and it allows us to custom-tailor the services to Guttenberg."

The city of Guttenberg partnered with Iowa Interactive, LLC of Des Moines, to offer PayPort at no cost to taxpayers. The PayPort system includes an administrative module for creating payment items and options, processing payments and generating reports for reconciliation.

About Iowa Interactive

Iowa Interactive, LLC is responsible for the oversight of the development of the official website for the state of Iowa, Iowa.gov. The portal operates through a public-private partnership between the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) and Iowa Interactive, LLC, to help Iowa government entities Web-enable their information services. Iowa Interactive builds, operates, maintains and markets Iowa.gov and is part of NIC's (NASDAQ: EGOV) family of companies. Additional information is available at www.iowai.org.

About NIC

Founded in 1992, NIC EGOV is the nation's leading provider of innovative digital government solutions and secure payment processing, which help make government more accessible to everyone through technology. The family of NIC companies provides digital government solutions for more than 4,500 federal, state, and local agencies in the United States. Forbes has named NIC as one of the "100 Best Small Companies in America" six times and the company has been included four times on the Barron's 400 Index. Additional information is available at http://www.egov.com.

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