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Sept 2011
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Grant Street Group launched TaxSys® in Indian River County, Florida. |
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June 2011
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The Indian River County Tax Collector selected TaxSys® as the new revenue collection software for the County. |
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Sept 2010
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Grant Street Group launched TaxSys® in Charlotte County, Florida. |
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May 2010
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Grant Street Group launched two new custom-designed web applications for Zions Direct: a user authentication (Single Sign-On "SSO") application designed to simplify the customer authentication process, and an online brokerage account registration application. |
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Apr 2010
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The Charlotte County Tax Collector's Office launched its private label tax lien certificate site developed by Grant Street Group, at www.BidCharlotteCounty.com. |
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Mar 2010
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The Charlotte County Tax Collector selected TaxSys® as the new revenue collection software for the County. |
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Mar 2010
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The Monroe County Tax Collector's Office launched its private label tax lien certificate site developed by Grant Street Group, at www.BidMonroe.com. |
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Mar 2010
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Miami-Dade County selected TaxSys® as the new revenue collection software for the County. |
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Jan 2010
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Grant Street Group launched ClerkAuction® for the Clerk and Comptroller's Office in Palm Beach County, Florida. |
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Nov 2009
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Grant Street Group launched PaymentExpress™ for the Pinellas County Tax Collector's Office. PaymentExpress is Grant Street Group's electronic payment processing system, fully integrated with TaxSys®, which allows tax collectors to process payments made with Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover Card, and e-checks. |
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Oct 2009
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Grant Street Group launched TaxSys® in Volusia County, Florida. |
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Sept 2009
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Grant Street Group announced its enhanced Build America Bonds (BABs) electronic auction platform, which includes a unique option that allows bidders to submit their strongest All-Or-None bid by designating each maturity as either BABs or tax-exempt bonds. |
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Aug 2009
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Grant Street Group launched TaxSys® in Broward County, Florida. |
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May 2009
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Tax Collectors of Broward County and Pinellas County, Florida opened their tax lien auction web sites at www.BidBroward.com and www.BidPinellas.com, respectively. |
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Mar 2009
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Grant Street Group announced a new suite of revenue collection software: DeedExpress for online tax deed applications, EscrowExpress for online escrow tax processing and payment, and FRVIS Express for online cashiering and distribution with the Florida Real-Time Vehicle Information System (FRVIS). |
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Mar 2009
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Volusia County selected TaxSys® as the new revenue collection software for the County. |
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Sept 2008
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Grant Street Group exceeded $10 Trillion in auction volume, 100,000 auctions and 2,000 issuers. |
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July 2008
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Grant Street Group signed a contract with Broward County for TaxSys®. |
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July 2008
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Grant Street Group launched ClerkAuction™ a web site for online foreclosure and tax deed auctions. |
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Apr 2008
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Grant Street Group launched TaxSys® in Pinellas County, Florida. |
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Nov 2007
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Grant Street Group celebrated its 10th anniversary. Since its first auction in November 1997, Grant Street Group has grown to become the largest auction house in the world (by dollar volume). |
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Sept 2007
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Grant Street Group launched TaxSys® in Monroe County, Florida. |
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July 2007
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Grant Street Group launched TaxSys® in Lake County, Florida. |
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June 2007
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Grant Street Group launched TaxSys® in Highlands County, Florida. |
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| May 2007 |
Grant Street Group hosted the first ever electronic auction of $41.7 million in convertible Capital Appreciation Bonds (CABs) on MuniAuction.com for the City of Perth Amboy, New Jersey. |
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| Feb 2007 |
Grant Street Group launched TaxSys® in Citrus County, Florida. |
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| Feb 2007 |
Apache County, Arizona launched its private label tax lien certificate site developed by Grant Street Group, at www.BidApacheCounty.com. |
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| Feb 2007 |
Zions First National Bank launched a new online auction platform for FDIC-insured Certificates of Deposit (CDs). The CD auctions available at www.auctions.zionsdirect.com enable individual investors as well as institutions to bid directly in an online auction for CDs. |
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| Oct 2006 |
A 6-member jury found that media giant Thomson Financial and affiliated company, i-Deal, LLC (now IPREO) infringed a patent owned by Grant Street Group. The jury awarded Grant Street Group damages in the amount of $38.4 million for its lost profits resulting from the infringement. Subsequently, a federal judge ruled that Thomson's infringement was willful, doubled the awarded damages and added pre-judgment interest, bringing the total to $84.6 million. |
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| Oct 2006 |
Grant Street Group launched TaxSys® in St. Lucie County, Florida. |
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| Sept 2006 |
US Bank launched www.USBankAuctions.com, an auction rate securities web site. |
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| Sept 2006 |
Grant Street Group launched TaxSys® in Osceola and Okaloosa Counties in Florida. TaxSys is the only web-based Tax Collection and Billing System available to Florida Tax Collectors. |
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| June 2006 |
Zions First National Bank launched www.ESOARSauction.com, the first auction of Employee Stock Option Appreciation Rights Securities (ESOARS). |
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| May 2006 |
Tax Collectors of Clay County and Highlands County, Florida opened their tax lien auction web sites at www.BidClay.com and www.BidHighlandsCounty.com, respectively. |
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| Mar 2006 |
The City of Baltimore, Maryland launched its private label tax lien certificate site developed by Grant Street Group, at www.BidBaltimore.com. |
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| Mar 2006 |
West Virginia launched www.BidWVauction.com for quarterly auctions of $25 Million in certificates of deposit with West Virginia banks. |
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| Feb 2006 |
Maricopa County, Arizona launched its private label tax lien certificate site developed by Grant Street Group, at www.BidMaricopa.com. |
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| Dec 2005 |
Nassau County, New York utilized www.PFMauction.com to issue $120 Million in Tax Anticipation Notes — the first ever open note auction in the State of New York — home of New York City and "Wall Street". |
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| May 2005 |
Tax Collectors from the following Florida Counties launched LienAuction™ web sites for their annual tax lien certificate sales:
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| May 2004 |
Orange, Okaloosa, Volusia, and Miami-Dade Counties in Florida launched and successfully completed tax lien certificate auctions at the sites www.BidOrangeCounty.com, www.BidOkaloosa.com, www.BidVolusia.com, and www.BidMiamiDade.com, respectively — all web sites custom-developed and hosted by Grant Street Group. |
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| May 2004 |
Sarasota and Osceola Counties in Florida launched private label, data-only tax lien certificate sites, developed by Grant Street Group, at www.BidSarasota.com and www.BidOsceola.com, respectively. |
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| May 2004 |
Wells Fargo Bank launched Wells Fargo Online Auctions, developed in conjunction with Grant Street Group, at www.WFauctions.com. The site allows real-time access to "Dutch" auction information for investors, issuers, broker-dealers, and trustees. |
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| Feb 2004 |
Cook County, IL held the first online auction via GFOA's YieldAdvantage web site. |
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| Nov 2003 |
Grant Street Group entered into a joint marketing agreement with the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) to work together to brand and market GFOA's YieldAdvantage web site service at www.GFOAyield.com — where GFOA members can solicit bids to invest cash in money market instruments. |
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| Oct 2003 |
Wachovia Bank launched Auction Direct, a web site developed and hosted by Grant Street Group that provides full-service auction agent capabilities for issuers and broker-dealers by allowing accurate and efficient online bidding of auction rate securities. |
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| Sept 2003 |
Grant Street Group introduced LienAuction.com™ at the State of Florida's Tax Collector's Fall Conference. The LienAuction web site was developed and is hosted by Grant Street Group for conducting sales of tax lien certificates to individual and institutional investors. |
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| June 2003 |
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) launched www.TVAauction.com, a web site developed and hosted by Grant Street Group for conducting auctions of discount notes. |
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| Apr 2003 |
Freddie Mac launched Medium Term Note (MTN) Repurchase Operation platform, developed and hosted by Grant Street Group, at www.FreddieMacAuction.com. |
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| Dec 2002 |
Freddie Mac launched Euro Note Repurchase Operation platform, developed and hosted by Grant Street Group, at www.FreddieMacAuction.com. |
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| Aug 2002 |
Freddie Mac launched Dollar Note Repurchase Operation platform, developed and hosted by Grant Street Group, at www.FreddieMacAuction.com. |
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| May 2002 |
Federated Investors became first institutional investor to place funds using YieldAuction™. National City Bank won the bid to accept $300 million in overnight time deposits. |
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| Feb 2002 |
MUNIFLOW became first agent to use YieldAuction™ on behalf of its client, Monroe County, New York. Fleet Bank won the bid to issue $46 million of 13-day, non-negotiable CDs. |
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| Nov 2001 |
Pittsburgh School District conducted the first-ever internet auction over YieldAuction™. ESB Bank won the bid to issue $1.8 million, non-negotiable CDs. |
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| Oct 2001 |
Grant Street Group launched YieldAuction™: Money Market Place web site for purchases of money market instruments by governments. |
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| July 2001 |
The Idaho State Treasurer's Office launched www.BidIdaho.com, a web site developed and hosted by MuniAuction for conducting reverse auctions of jumbo CDs. |
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| May 2001 |
Mellon Financial launched www.MellonGSLauction.com, a web site developed and hosted by Grant Street Group for borrowing and lending securities by a custodian/lender. |
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| Feb 2001 |
MuniAuction changed its name to Grant Street Group. |
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| Feb 2001 |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts added a swap program to its BidMass.com web site, initially developed and hosted by MuniAuction for conducting bond, note, and GIC sales. |
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| Dec 2000 |
MuniAuction was granted sweeping patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office for its auction technologies. |
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| Dec 2000 |
The Texas State Treasurer's Office launched www.BidTX.com, a web site developed and hosted by MuniAuction for conducting reverse auctions of jumbo CDs. |
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| Nov 2000 |
The Allegheny County Treasurer's Office launched www.BidAllegheny.com, a web site developed and hosted by MuniAuction for conducting reverse auctions of jumbo CDs. |
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| Oct 2000 |
Deutsche Bank and Bankers Trust utilized MuniAuction to develop an internet-based sovereign debt exchange to receive tender offers and settlement instructions from debt holders or their agents. |
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| Oct 2000 |
Wilmington Trust launched www.WTauctions.com, a web site developed and hosted by MuniAuction for conducting auctions to reset rates for auction rate certificates. |
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| July 2000 |
The South Carolina State Treasurer's Office launched www.BidSC.com, a web site developed and hosted by MuniAuction for conducting reverse auctions of jumbo CDs. |
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| Jan 2000 |
Freddie Mac and Federal Home Loan Banks launched www.FreddieMacAuction.com and www.FHLBauction.com, respectively — web sites developed and hosted by MuniAuction for conducting auctions of discount bills and notes. |
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| Oct 1999 |
The City of Pittsburgh received the prestigious "Innovations in American Government Award" from the Ford Foundation and Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government for using MuniAuction in several competitive bond sales in 1997 and 1998. |
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| Sept 1999 |
The Ohio State Treasurer's Office launched www.BidOhio.com, a web site developed and hosted by MuniAuction for conducting reverse auctions of jumbo CDs. |
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| June 1999 |
MuniAuction hosted the first reverse internet auction (solicitation) of a guaranteed investment contract. |
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| May 1999 |
The Carlyle Group, based in Washington DC, invested $6 million in venture capital financing in MuniAuction. |
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| Apr 1999 |
New York City conducted first internet bond auction using MuniAuction. |
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| Nov 1997 |
Public Financial Management (PFM), the country's largest independent financial advisor to public entities, launched www.PFMauction.com, the first private label site developed and hosted by MuniAuction for conducting auctions of municipal bonds. |
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| Nov 1997 |
The City of Pittsburgh conducted the first-ever internet bond auction using MuniAuction. |
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