Financial technology company adding 419 jobs in NC

HICKORY, N.C. (AP) - Financial technology company Fiserv Inc. plans to open a new location in North Carolina and add more than 400 jobs.

State officials said Tuesday the Brookfield, Wis.-based company plans to invest $4.9 million in Hickory during the next three years. Employees at the facility will provide customer support and other services, and the jobs scheduled to begin in February will pay an average annual wage of $25,368.

Fiserv provides data processing and information management for financial companies. The company has 20,000 employees worldwide.

North Carolina is providing an $800,000 grant for the expansion. Catawba County had an unemployment rate of 13.6 percent in September.