Georgia’s biggest annual financial technology summit showed how the state is aiming to enhance its global reputation, both by attracting investment from overseas and helping homegrown upstarts take on industry challenges with […]
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Atlanta to Partner With London on Annual Payments Summit
Atlanta may be the payments capital of the world, but the world doesn’t necessarily know it yet. That’s why, to get its due, Atlanta is teaming up with another global capital whose […]
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Atlanta Fintech Startup Enters Chile
Fresh off a $17.5 million funding round that it said would encourage global expansion, Atlanta’s First Performance Global has entered the Chilean market. The fintech startup, which provides software that enables […]
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India’s Next ‘Leapfrogging’ Act: Fintech and Payments
When it comes to financial technology, there’s an elephant in the room that companies in Atlanta’s “Transaction Alley” would do well to watch closely: India. While the country has its challenges with relatively low Internet […]
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Atlanta Events Coming Up on How Israel Works With India and Germany
Israel is a small country that naturally turns to partnerships to achieve its global objectives in business and security. That outward focus often manifests itself in the U.S.-Israel relationship, the nation’s […]
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Georgia Enhances Digital Outreach Beyond China’s Great Firewall
While Georgia’s top economic developers log thousands of airline miles each year to land face time with Chinese clients, that doesn’t mean the state is standing on the sidelines in the ongoing war for digital attention […]
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Former Indian Ambassador to Return to Atlanta Feb. 14
While serving as Indian ambassador to the U.S., Arun Singh predicted in Atlanta that close ties with the U.S. would continue no matter who was elected. At the time candidate Donald Trump […]
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Another 500-Job Irish Tech Center for Georgia, This Time in Brookhaven
Another Irish firm has announced plans to put a 500-job customer support center in Georgia, the latest example of how an outsourcing sector built up in Dublin to serve multinationals has swung back […]
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Georgia Tech to Work With Indian Software Association on Internet of Things
Georgia Tech has signed a deal with India’s national software industry association, NASSCOM, to jointly pursue research on the emerging “Internet of Things” sector. IoT, as it’s known, refers to the network […]
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Techstars’ First Atlanta Accelerator Draws Foreign Startups
Four out of the 10 early-stage technology companies joining Techstars Atlanta are from outside the United States, showing the city’s appeal among international startups looking into the American market as the […]