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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Alpharetta Firm Chosen for U.S.-Israel Joint Research Grant
Alpharetta-based TEKWave Solutions and its Israeli partner have crafted one of eight projects selected to receive up to $1 million in government grants this year. The projects were green-lighted this week by the […]
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Books 2018: Key to Survival for Global Capitalism: Include More People
Book: Can Democracy Survive Global Capitalism? Author: Robert Kuttner Review by: Ahmet Bozer, a non-executive board member and retired executive vice president and president, Coca-Cola International. He serves on the […]
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Books 2018: How an ‘Ungentlemanly’ British Unit Showed Creativity Amid WWII Conflict
Book: Churchill’s Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: The Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler’s Defeat Author: Giles Milton Reviewer: Christopher N. Smith, Attorney at Law & Honorary Consul of the Kingdom of Denmark. “Operation […]
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China Expert’s Kiwanis Address Sounds Alarm for U.S. Tech Companies
China’s ambitions to enter new markets and expand its presence globally were stoked with its admission to the World Trade Organization on Dec. 11, 2001, Dr. Lora Saalman said at […]
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Dutch Consul to Stress Communication, Connectivity in New Atlanta Posting
Even before officially taking up his posting, Dutch Consul General Ard Van der Vorst has taken to riding a Lime electric scooter around the streets of Midtown Atlanta. It’s a way to […]