News and Corporate History
August 2009
Corporate Headquarters moved to Granite Bay, California
September 2008
End-user support fully transitioned -With the successful migration of existing customers to IP Commerce complete,
BIG Software Inc ceased all end-user support on September 12th, 2008.
August 2008
Rapid-Receipts Service Pack released - an updated version has been released resolving all know issues and with additional features including integration of a new receipt format specifically for credit card payments.
May 2008
New support contact information In conjuction with a new agreement with IP Commerce, customers of Rapid-Receipts 2008 will now receive support exclusively thru a new dedicated support team for customers connecting to the IP Commerce framework. Customers of Rapid-Receipts should contact 1-866-352-3683 or go to this link
April 2008
Quick-Payment Service Pack issued with new functionality- Quick-Payment 2008 has been updated with additional features including integration of the Quick-Receipt functionality and a new receipt format specifically for credit card payments.
February 2008
BIG software ANNOUNCES that the award winning credit card solution, Quick-Payment has been certified by Microsoft as an Office Accounting 2008 compatible solution. BIG software was the first ISV to pass this test ; As a result of this certification, BIG software has also achieved the Microsoft GOLD certfied partner level.
December 2007
NEW VERSION FOR OFFICE ACCOUNTING 2008 - Quick-Payment has been updated to support the newly released Office Accounting 2008.
November 2007
BIG SOFTWARE ANNOUNCES the immediate availability of a new payment application, RAPID-RECEIPTS. Rapid Receipts core engine provides credit card AND remote deposit capability with a simple to use, secure user friendly interface . Rapid Recieipts is available in an edition for QuickBooks users, Virtual Terminal, and developer edition.
October 2007
BIG SOFTWARE ATTENDED SLEETER ACCOUNTANTS CONFERENCE IN LAS VEGAS
BIG Software's president Ernest Cook parterned with Microsoft to demonstrate the presented the award winning Quick-Payment solution in the Microsoft booth at the Sleeter group's annual conference.
September 2007
BIG SOFTWARE ATTENDED TRANSFIRST FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS CONFERENCE
BIG Software president Ernest Cook presented the award winning Quick-Payment solution to attendee's of TransFirst's annual conference for financial institutions. See presentation
September 2007
QUICK-PAYMENT 2007™ FEATURED AT CONFERENCE FOR OFFICE ACCOUNTING 2007 ADVISORS!
The first ever MPAN Conference was held on the Microsoft Campus September 27-28 and BIG Software has the privilge of presenting Quick-Payment 2007 to the MPAN mambers from around the country. See presentation
August 2007
QUICK-PAYMENT 2007™ RECEIVES TOP SCORE FOR SOFTWARE QUALITY!
TuCows a successful software download site who seeks to make the Internet easier and more effective for passionate Internet users, awarded 5 cows to Quick-Payment 2007 to signal to users the high quality of the Quick-Payment solution. read more June 2007
BIG Software Inc announces the availability of a gateway to handle credit card transactions created in Quick-Payment. EProcessing Network has joined the growing family of payment service providers that offer services to Quick-Payment merchants.
April 2007
BIG Software Inc announces the availability of a 2nd processor to handle credit card transactions created in Quick-payment 2007. With the addition of Trans First, Quick-Payment 2007 provides more choices for consumers.
February 2007
BIG Software Inc announces the public availablity of Quick-Solutions, their new line of products made for Office Accounting 2007.
December 2006
Better Idea Group and BIG Software Inc announce the immediate availability of the Small Business Accounting 2006 version of Quick-Payment. In conjunction with the release, BIG announces a definitive partner agreement with Chase Paymentech making them BIG Software Inc.'s credit card payment processing partner.
September 2006
Better Idea Group founder Ernest Cook announces the signing of a new contract with IP Commerce to develop a payment enabling application for Microsoft Small Business Accounting 2006/ Office Accounting 2007. In conjuction with the contract a new division will be formed to service all software solutions previously created by Better Idea Group.