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Yahoo
13-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
KlariVis Named One of American Banker's Best Places to Work in Fintech for Third Consecutive Year
Banking data and analytics company recognized for excellence in workplace culture ROANOKE, Va., May 13, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--KlariVis, a pioneer in optimizing banking data analytics, has been named one of American Banker's 2025 Best Places to Work in Fintech for the third year in a row. Organized by Arizent, parent company of American Banker and Best Companies Group, this annual survey and awards program is designed to identify, recognize, and honor the best employers in the financial technology industry. "Being named one of American Banker's Best Places to Work in Fintech for the third year in a row is a direct reflection of the extraordinary team we've built at KlariVis," said Kim Snyder, founder and CEO of KlariVis. "Our culture is rooted in trust, passion, and a shared commitment to making a real impact in the banking industry. I'm incredibly proud of the environment we've created – one where team members feel empowered, valued, and connected to a meaningful purpose." This recognition adds to a growing list of honors for KlariVis, highlighting its continued leadership, growth, and workplace excellence. The company was named to the 2024 Inc. 5000 and 2025 Inc. Regionals lists, recognizing its rapid and sustained growth. It was also selected as a 2024 Inc. Power Partner for its measurable impact on helping other companies scale. Kim Snyder also earned a spot on Inc.'s 2025 Female Founders 500, celebrating top women entrepreneurs across the country. Most recently, KlariVis was further honored as one of Virginia Business Magazine's 2025 Best Places to Work and Best Women-Owned Businesses in Virginia, reinforcing its strong cultural foundation and leadership in the Commonwealth. Companies from across the United States entered a two-part survey process to determine the list. The first part consisted of evaluating each nominated company's workplace policies, practices, philosophy, systems and demographics. The second part consisted of an employee survey to measure the employee experience. The combined scores determined the top companies and the final ranking, where KlariVis landed at number 16. "The Best Places to Work in Fintech ranking is a glimpse into the company practices and policies that are popular with employees in the financial sector," said Penny Crosman, executive editor, technology at American Banker. "This year's honorees can serve as an inspiration or nudge to companies looking to attract and retain top talent." You can find the complete list of companies recognized at About KlariVis KlariVis is a data analytics platform built by former community bank executives to help financial institutions turn their data into actionable insights. By consolidating and simplifying data from across the bank, KlariVis empowers teams to make informed decisions that drive growth, efficiency, and customer impact. Built on a modern technology stack, KlariVis eliminates the need for manual reporting, allowing banks to focus on strategy, performance, and innovation. KlariVis: The banking intelligence platform built by bankers. To learn more, visit View source version on Contacts Media Contact Gracie GayWilliam Mills Agencygracie@ KlariVis Contact Erica StarrChief Marketing Officerericastarr@ Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Business Wire
13-05-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
KlariVis Named One of American Banker's Best Places to Work in Fintech for Third Consecutive Year
ROANOKE, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- KlariVis, a pioneer in optimizing banking data analytics, has been named one of American Banker's 2025 Best Places to Work in Fintech for the third year in a row. Our culture is rooted in trust, passion, and a shared commitment to making a real impact in the banking industry. I'm incredibly proud of the environment we've created – one where team members feel empowered, valued, and connected to a meaningful purpose. Share Organized by Arizent, parent company of American Banker and Best Companies Group, this annual survey and awards program is designed to identify, recognize, and honor the best employers in the financial technology industry. 'Being named one of American Banker's Best Places to Work in Fintech for the third year in a row is a direct reflection of the extraordinary team we've built at KlariVis,' said Kim Snyder, founder and CEO of KlariVis. 'Our culture is rooted in trust, passion, and a shared commitment to making a real impact in the banking industry. I'm incredibly proud of the environment we've created – one where team members feel empowered, valued, and connected to a meaningful purpose.' This recognition adds to a growing list of honors for KlariVis, highlighting its continued leadership, growth, and workplace excellence. The company was named to the 2024 Inc. 5000 and 2025 Inc. Regionals lists, recognizing its rapid and sustained growth. It was also selected as a 2024 Inc. Power Partner for its measurable impact on helping other companies scale. Kim Snyder also earned a spot on Inc.'s 2025 Female Founders 500, celebrating top women entrepreneurs across the country. Most recently, KlariVis was further honored as one of Virginia Business Magazine's 2025 Best Places to Work and Best Women-Owned Businesses in Virginia, reinforcing its strong cultural foundation and leadership in the Commonwealth. Companies from across the United States entered a two-part survey process to determine the list. The first part consisted of evaluating each nominated company's workplace policies, practices, philosophy, systems and demographics. The second part consisted of an employee survey to measure the employee experience. The combined scores determined the top companies and the final ranking, where KlariVis landed at number 16. "The Best Places to Work in Fintech ranking is a glimpse into the company practices and policies that are popular with employees in the financial sector,' said Penny Crosman, executive editor, technology at American Banker. 'This year's honorees can serve as an inspiration or nudge to companies looking to attract and retain top talent.' You can find the complete list of companies recognized at About KlariVis KlariVis is a data analytics platform built by former community bank executives to help financial institutions turn their data into actionable insights. By consolidating and simplifying data from across the bank, KlariVis empowers teams to make informed decisions that drive growth, efficiency, and customer impact. Built on a modern technology stack, KlariVis eliminates the need for manual reporting, allowing banks to focus on strategy, performance, and innovation. KlariVis: The banking intelligence platform built by bankers. To learn more, visit .
Yahoo
15-04-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
Federal grant cuts will end WMass hands-on science program for third-graders
SPRINGFIELD – The federal government has slashed a grant that provided hands-on science and engineering lessons for Springfield children, ending a learning opportunity for an estimated 1,000 third-graders. Officials at the Hitchcock Center for the Environment in Amherst learned last week that two of its federal grants totaling roughly $583,000 have been cut. One from the Institute of Museum and Library Services paid for its Schools Exploring Engineering Design and Sustainability in Springfield Public Schools, said Kim Snyder, director of development and communications for the center. 'It is a fabulous program and we were accumulating a lot of data on it,' she said.'Kids were seeing themselves as engineers and learning to work together.' The Hitchcock Center also lost another even larger Environmental Protection Agency grant totaling nearly $500,000 that was funding work to improve air quality issues in rural communities. The grant is designed to run programs in Springfield schools for children in a high-poverty district. City science teachers and center educators worked together and decided the program would best serve third-graders, Snyder said. 'The idea was to visit each third-grade classroom in Springfield four times and have them visit the Hitchcock Center for a culminating field trip,' Snyder said. By having five classes, Hitchcock Center instructors developed a relationship with the children and could build on lessons taught each week, she said. Lessons are all hands-on engineering challenges with children facing tasks such as creating a water capture system, a solar power station, a wind turbine and a water filtration system, she said. Along with learning about engineering, the environment and other science topics, children developed other skills, such as collaboration. They were able to try things out to see if they would work and to regroup and make another attempt when an idea failed, Snyder said. 'Kids were empowered to make mistakes and talk things through. They learned to be resilient,' she said. The program provided training for teachers so they could consider using similar lessons in their classrooms, Snyder said. The center's staff has been in 22 of the 33 third-grade classrooms in Springfield, providing science and engineering education to more than 1,000 students. 'We were on track to reach all third-grade classrooms by the end of the project next year,' Snyder said. Springfield school officials did not return a request for comment Monday. Shortly before receiving word the grant was being rescinded, the Hitchcock Center received approval to extend the funding for another year. For that reason, the cut is especially vexing, she said. 'Loss of the remaining $88,183 in this grant will mean that more than 1,000 additional students and their teachers will miss out on this opportunity for science and engineering education,' she said. On the lost EPA funding, the center is working with two organizations, including Lawyers for Good Government, to appeal the funding cut. At the same time, it is creating a fundraising plan and taking other steps to preserve programs amid the federal cuts, Snyder said. 'This is a lot of money taken out of our budget. Layoffs are under consideration,' she said.
Los Angeles Times
12-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
Documentary shorts nominees home in on gun violence, celebrate female musicians
The five films nominated for the documentary short subject Oscar, in the words of the poet, hit you hard and soft. They delve into crimes and their aftermaths, celebrate a trailblazer and delicately touch on the hopes of one young schoolgirl. Though its central event is the sentencing of the Parkland school shooter, 'Death by Numbers' is really about how such stories don't end when the news coverage does. The film follows Parkland survivor Samantha Fuentes. Director Kim Snyder says that when Fuentes addressed the convicted killer, who had expressed white-supremacist sentiments, in open court before his sentencing, she spoke powerfully about the youth trauma that resulted from his violent attack. 'Her having the courage to face this guy and say what she needed went beyond guns. It's resonating for people because it's really about standing up to hate in all its forms.' A former Marine commits a brutal murder during a robbery. Years later, he's captured, convicted and sentenced to death. 'I Am Ready, Warden,' based on reporting by L.A. Times writer Keri Blakinger, chronicles the period leading up to the 2022 execution of John Henry Ramirez in Texas, as well as the impact of the crime on the victim's now-grown son, Aaron Castro. Director Smriti Mundhra was with Castro when the news broke that Ramirez, who had become a devout Christian while on death row, had been executed. 'It was one of the most emotionally charged things I've ever filmed,' says Mundhra. 'I think he was unprepared to hear those words. It was like a punch in the gut for me [as well] to hear those words. 'We really believed John had changed. And we really believed Aaron needed and deserved closure for all the years of trauma he had to carry. We had to hold those two truths in our heads and hearts at the same time.' In 2018, a Chicago barber was stopped by police who'd noticed he had a gun. He showed them his concealed-carry permit, but after a sudden altercation, he attempted to flee and was shot to death. Filmmaker Bill Morrison assembled a multiperspective view of the fatal 'Incident' through available video footage, including from police body cams. 'I think the power of the film is that it keeps delivering shocking revelations,' he says. For instance, though the victim's gun was never drawn, footage shows two officers discussing how 'he had the gun and pointed it right at' the officer who fired. The footage also shows the lack of attempts to revive the suspect lying motionless in the street. 'I thought that it was a stronger choice to use what was available to the public, rather than interview people or introduce other sources,' says Morrison. Ema Ryan Yamazaki's film doesn't tackle big sociopolitical issues, but it's just as compelling as documentaries that do. 'Instruments of a Beating Heart' delicately observes the ups and downs of a Japanese first-grader working to participate in a school performance of Beethoven's 'Ode to Joy.' Yamazaki spent a year at a school with a thousand kids. Her eventual subject, Ayame, 'was so special, and I was waiting, praying, hoping for something to unfold. She was always not quite with the program. Always a little bit late but also had a strength, guts. So, when she epically failed her first audition, then came back the next day to go for another instrument, I knew ….' Of a scene in which a teacher comforts Ayame when she's upset after being strictly corrected by the band director, Yamazaki recalls, 'She says, 'Don't worry; I'll be scolded with you.' Both my camera guy and myself, we just lost it.' ' Orin O'Brien was the first woman to be a full-time member of the New York Philharmonic, hired in 1966 by Leonard Bernstein himself. The accompanying ballyhoo struck a dissonant chord. The child of movie stars, she shunned the limelight, picking an instrument — the double bass — that blends within the ensemble. She resisted her documentarian niece's attempts to tell her story for years. 'It wasn't until she was thinking of retiring, during the pandemic in 2021, that she finally said yes,' says filmmaker Molly O'Brien. Her aunt agreed to participate only after 'I finally got her to trust I was going to make a film that was uplifting about the double bass — which is misunderstood; the underdog of the orchestra — uplifting classical music and uplifting women in the orchestra.'
Yahoo
27-01-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
KlariVis Launches New Transactional Intelligence Features in Partnership with FinGoal
ROANOKE, Va., January 27, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--KlariVis, the trusted data analytics platform for community banks, and FinGoal, a leader in transaction data insights, have joined forces to deliver a powerful new suite of dashboards and insights, Transactional Intelligence, to help financial institutions deepen customer relationships, uncover revenue opportunities, and achieve profitable growth. This partnership enhances KlariVis' industry-leading platform with FinGoal's transactional insights, equipping banks and credit unions with advanced tools to identify critical customer behaviors and act on revenue-generating opportunities. By combining KlariVis' robust dashboards with FinGoal's expertise, financial institutions gain access to enriched customer insights that enable hyper-personalized engagement, tailored product recommendations, and strategies to safeguard and expand wallet share. "The deeper the insights banks have into their customers, the stronger their ability to personalize products and services — a critical advantage in navigating today's rapidly evolving banking landscape," says Kim Snyder, founder and CEO of KlariVis. "Every transaction holds valuable clues about customer needs and growth opportunities. FinGoal shares our unwavering commitment to harnessing the power of data, and we're excited to partner in empowering financial institutions to thrive." "Data is the foundation of every banking experience, and for community banks aiming to grow, the ability to personalize and differentiate is non-negotiable," says David Nohe, CEO of FinGoal. "KlariVis transforms data into actionable, easy-to-use insights, providing bankers with unparalleled opportunities to drive success. We are proud to partner with a company redefining what's possible in community banking." This collaboration reinforces KlariVis' mission to empower banks and credit unions with innovative tools that transform data into actionable intelligence. Building on KlariVis' lineup of over 650 prebuilt dashboards and reports, Transactional Intelligence delivers advanced insights into customer behavior, fee performance, and channel engagement— empowering financial institutions to act faster, engage smarter, and grow profitably. KlariVis' Transactional Intelligence is now available to community financial institutions in the U.S. For more information, visit About KlariVis Created by veteran community bank executives, KlariVis enables banks of any size to accelerate growth by leveraging the data locked in their siloed banking systems. KlariVis' modern technology stack empowers banks to see their data in ways that enhance decision-making, optimize operations, and improve customer experience. For more information, visit About FinGoal FinGoal's Insight Platform sits on top of digital banking and finance data. FinGoal's mission is to be the most trusted enabler of hyper-personalized financial services. FinGoal builds analytics and infrastructure for trusted financial institutions all predicated on understanding account holders on a more human level; what they care about, what they value, and what is motivating them right now. By turning transaction data into highly detailed personas of each user, FinGoal surfaces the most relevant calls to action to each user. To learn about FinGoal, visit View source version on Contacts Media ContactsGracie GayWilliam Mills Agencygracie@ Erica StarrChief Marketing Officer, KlariVisericastarr@ Sign in to access your portfolio
