Atlanta’s role as a payments juggernaut has been cemented for decades, but it’s only now that the story is starting to resonate globally and attract firms from a broader slice of the fintech sphere. That was the assessment of company executives and payments experts at the Cumming-Forsyth Chamber of Commerce’s “Fintech Factor” event April 25, […]
Atlanta’s Fintech Ecosystem Matures With Global Investment, Outreach
Looking at Georgia’s financial technology industry, it wouldn’t seem like there’s much more room to grow. The sector employs more than 38,000 people the state, and industry-leading companies that have helped generate the “Transaction Alley” moniker process 57.7 billion payments a year — about two-thirds of the total in the U.S. But the areas where […]
Conexx to Honor Familiar Faces for Israel Economic Engagement
Conexx, the Israeli business chamber based in Atlanta and focused on the Southeast U.S., is set to honor two familiar faces from the economic development community at its May 21 gala. Oded Shorer, economic and trade director at the Israeli consulate and the husband of soon-to-be-departing Consul General Judith Varnai Shorer, will be recognized for […]
Canada to Lead International Charge at the South’s Premier Fintech Conference
If FinTech South 2019 is aimed at telling the region’s story of financial-technology dominance to the world, Canada is listening. With nine companies scheduled to join a Canadian delegation, the country will have the leading presence at the international pavilion at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, which is to be in place for the second straight year. Last […]
Irish Innovators Target Atlanta Ahead of Fintech South
In the week leading up to St. Patrick’s Day, luck was the last thing the Irish government was relying on to help its financial technology companies gain an audience in Atlanta, the electronic payments hub of the U.S. Enterprise Ireland, a government agency that supports Irish firms going abroad, led a group of seven Ireland-based […]
Fintech Startup Sees Silver Lining in Dashed Export Deal
Monotto is looking in the next two years to gain its first international client. With a little more luck, the fintech startup could have met that goal more than a year ago. Monotto provides white-labeled software that allows banks to offer their customers an automated savings function, but not simply by rounding up to the […]
Global Payments Donation Software Launches in Canada
A Global Payments Inc. software platform used by nonprofits to process donations has launched in Canada. The Atlanta-based company late last month expanded the reach of its Greater Giving platform to the U.S.’s neighbor to the north, helping nonprofits there simplify fundraising via events and online payments. The cloud-base platform has processed $6 billion in […]
Alpharetta to Asia: Atlanta Fintech Firm DataSeers to Accelerate Growth With India Office
After ringing in the new year, metro Atlanta-based DataSeers is wasting no time getting started on its resolutions. Just in the last two months, it has checked off two major milestones: graduating from the Tech Alpharetta incubator in December, followed by gaining recognition in January as one of the Technology Association of Georgia’s 40 most innovative firms. […]
British AI-Enabled Fraud Detection Company Raises $32.3 Million for Global Expansion
Featurespace, a London-based firm that chose Atlanta as its U.S. headquarters, has raised $32.3 million more in funding for international expansion. Born out of research at Cambridge University, the company focuses on real-time fraud detection using artificial intelligence. The new round was led by Insight Venture Partners and MissionOG, two U.S.-based venture capital firms, but also […]
Atlanta’s Kabbage Fuels Small Business Financing for Alibaba
Atlanta-based fintech unicorn Kabbage Inc. is enabling an effort by Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba to offer credit to U.S. buyers on its original platform. Alibaba.com, a digital marketplace that grew by allowing customers to source online from China, began the company’s ascent into a publicly traded behemoth touching nearly all segments of online commerce. Its […]
