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3 Reasons Why Fintech is Thriving in Atlanta

William Mills

Metro Atlanta has established itself as a major hub for the fintech (financial technology) industry. According to the American Transaction Processors Coalition, more than 70 percent of all payments on a global scale currently pass through companies headquartered in metro Atlanta, earning the city the moniker “Transaction Alley.”

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NXTsoft’s Connectivity as a Service positions Financial Institutions to Capitalize on Unbundling

Bobsguide

April 4, 2022 – NXTsoft , a company focused on data connectivity, data analytics, data management and data migration announced plans today to accelerate adoption of leveraging APIs to automate and easily access data through a zero-integration effort called Connectivity as a Service for financial institutions and FinTechs. About NXTsoft.

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Paya Poised To Accelerate Growth As Payments Firm Goes Public

PYMNTS

Paya , the latest FinTech to the join the ranks of publicly-traded companies, made its market debut Monday (Oct. Shares of the Atlanta-based payment processor had risen by nearly 10 percent to $12.50 The launch follows the vote Friday by shareholders of a special purpose acquisition company, FinTech Acquisition Corp.

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Lending FinTech GreenSky Files For IPO

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Lending FinTech GreenSky has confidentially filed paperwork for an initial public offering (IPO). The Wall Street Journal reported that the Atlanta-based company, which enables retailers, health-care providers and home contractors to offer loans to their customers, could go public as soon as this summer.

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MineralTree Raises $50M, Buys Two Companies

PYMNTS

The funding initiative is being led by existing investors Great Hill Partners LP, the Boston-based private equity firm, Eight Roads Ventures, the global venture capital firm based in China and.406 406 Ventures, the Boston venture capital fund. Terms of the deals were not disclosed.

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Greenlight reaches unicorn status as TTV co-leads $215 million fundraiser

Payments Source

Atlanta-based fintech Greenlight has raised $215 million in a Series C round and announced that it has achieved a valuation of $1.2 billion, giving it unicorn status.

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New Greenlight Financial Round Pushes Valuation Past $1.2B

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FinTech company Greenlight Financial Technology , which makes products to help parents raise financially literate children, said Thursday (Sept. The round also included new investors BOND, DST Global, Goodwater Capital and Fin VC and Greenlight’s first institutional investor, Relay Ventures. billion, according to a company blog post.

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