Iowa State student creates PayHere (for Dwolla) with startup’s API demo

A few weeks ago, the Des Moines-based financial startup Dwolla released an API demo iPhone app on Github. Not long after, Iowa State University student Brett Neese took the API and began modifying it. Last week, his customized app—PayHere (for Dwolla)—appeared in the Apple App Store, with a version 2.0 already active …


Iowa State student Brett Neese used an API demo posted on Github and turned it into PayHere (for Dwolla). 

A few weeks ago, the Des Moines-based financial startup Dwolla released an API demo iPhone app on Github. Not long after, Iowa State University student Brett Neese took the API and began modifying it. Last week, his customized app—PayHere (for Dwolla)—appeared in the Apple App Store, with a version 2.0 already active. 

“I’ve never been a huge fan of Dwolla’s official iPhone app,” Neese wrote on Facebook. “PayHere is a simple, faster and smoother alternative. It also includes some features that Dwolla’s own app does not (such as depositing and withdrawing from bank accounts).”

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The app is Neese’s first, and while the product is technically an unofficial app, Neese says he will continue to make updates to the open-source code. The second version of the app fixed several bugs, added additional features and also improved UI design.

In fact, Dwolla founder Ben Milne reviewed the app in the App Store, giving Neese’s work five stars and writing, “Good functionality and love that it cites the github repo. Can’t wait to see support for push notifications and requests.” 

For the time being PayHere (for Dwolla) is free; however, Neese says he does eventually plan to charge $1.99 or $2.99 for the app. Neese says he’ll be releasing any changes he makes as open source, which can be found on his Github page

 

Credits: Product photos from Apple App Store

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