How the Payments Sector is Driving Atlanta Forward

Atlanta’s strength is in its economic diversity, but the lack of a signature industry cluster can give the impression that it doesn’t lead any one area.

The city’s Payments Processing industry shows that’s a myth. “Transaction Alley,” a newly labeled corridor of companies that move 70 percent of electronic payments in the U.S., is worth more than 30,000 jobs to Georgia and is driving growth across the city.

Midtown’s innovation hub is burgeoning with the arrival of giants like Worldpay and NCR and upstarts like ParkMobile. Payments also sits at the intersection other strategic tech sectors: mobility, cybersecurity and health care IT. This all comes at a time when the smartphone revolutionizes how payments and e-commerce work.

Join Global Atlanta, Arnall Golden Gregory and the American Transaction Processors Coalition for a morning program and lunch exploring the biggest industry sector you’ve never heard about.

-Explore the anatomy of a payment transaction

-Hear why Worldpay moved to Midtown and how it approaches innovation

-Learn how Fintech fits into Atlanta’s plans

-Gauge the industry’s international opportunity

Speakers:

• Peter Forbes, Senior Vice President, WorldPay
• Blake Patton, Managing Partner, Tech Square Ventures
• Grant Wainscott, Director, Technology Industry Expansion, Metro Atlanta Chamber