The particulars of across-the-pond collaboration may look vastly different, but links between Atlanta and London remain strong even as headwinds from the pandemic and Brexit continue to buffet companies on […]
Category: Fintech
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Canadian Fintech Firm Among Techstars Atlanta’s 2020 (Virtual) Cohort
Techstars Atlanta, the local iteration of the international entrepreneurship mentorship and accelerator program for early-stage startups, has named its 2020 cohort, attracting a Canadian fintech firm as this year’s sole non-U.S. […]
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Urjanet Raises $14.5 Million to Drive Digitization of Utility Payments
Atlanta-based Urjanet wants to help utilities go paperless, using a $14.65 million Series D raise announced this week to drive adoption of digital payments in a sector where most companies still […]
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Euronext Ireland Listing to Grow Trust Stamp’s Expanding Global Footprint
Atlanta-based Trust Stamp, a prime example of a local tech startup going global almost from inception, plans to go public via a direct listing on the Euronext Growth market in Dublin in September. […]
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Ebix Preaches Resilience as Extended India Lockdown Hits Bottom Line
Metro Atlanta-based Ebix Inc. says its broad diversification kept the company profitable in the first quarter, despite an extended lockdown in India and pandemic-related restrictions that pummeled business segments that are highly dependent on travel. The Johns […]
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Invoice Insights: PrimeRevenue Sees Early Indications of Recovery Among Chinese Suppliers
Editor’s note: The following commentary by PrimeRevenue CEO P.J. Bain first appeared on PrimeRevenue.com but has been adapted for this publication with permission. PrimeRevenue has closely monitored COVID-19 and its […]
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Dubai Makes Its (Pre-Pandemic) Investment Pitch in Atlanta
The focus may have been on its gleaming skyscrapers, upscale homes and a (potentially postponed) world expo in October, but a presentation on Dubai March 12 showed that the emirate […]
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Atlanta’s Riskonnect Expands Into U.K. With Acquisition, Belfast Office
Riskonnect, an Atlanta-based provider of software and solutions that help companies manage risk and government compliance, has made significant moves into the United Kingdom, opening a Belfast office and acquiring a […]
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Kabbage Co-founder Advocates Three-Week Global Quarantine to Mitigate Small Business Harm From Coronavirus
One prominent Atlanta tech executive is calling for a three-week global quarantine he believes could help the world get a handle on the novel coronavirus in relatively short order. In […]
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Atlanta to Kick Off Federal Reserve’s Fintech ‘Office Hours’
The Federal Reserve Bank early next year will open the doors of its banks across the country to private banks and companies seeking insight on innovations in financial technology, with […]