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 […]

German-owned Logistics Software and Robotics Firm to Put Global Base in Midtown

A German-owned supply-chain software and material-handling company will set up its global headquarters in Atlanta, city and state officials announced Wednesday. Dematic, which employs 7,000 people in 27 countries and is a subsidiary of the massive, Frankfurt-based Kion Group, is to hire 230 people while investing $30 million in Georgia Tech’s new Coda building, which is […]

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 […]

Chinese Security and Biometrics Firm to Move U.S. Headquarters to Alpharetta

ZKTeco, a China-based firm providing security, biometric access control and time management solutions, is moving its U.S. headquarters to Alpharetta, investing $5 million and creating 40 Georgia jobs in the process. The company, which has dual headquarters in the cities of Dongguan and Xiamen and a broad manufacturing base throughout China, currently has its U.S. […]

Irish Startup Picks Savannah Through ‘Tradebridge’ Link

An Irish startup that promises to enhance the recreational boating experience through experiential and social apps and hardware has picked Savannah as its beachhead for the U.S. Raceix believes the U.S. will be the top market for consumer products it plans to introduce here by 2020, which allow boaters to track their trips and share […]

Atlanta’s Technology Ties With Latin America Strong, Growing

Other cities like Miami might have the edge in recognition, but Atlanta’s ties with Latin America, especially on the technology front, are substantive and growing. Recognizing this — and strategizing around how to build on the momentum — was the subject of a late-January “Latinnovations” panel discussion organized by Global Atlanta. The event was part […]

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Canada

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 […]

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India

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 […]

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