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Today In Payments: Atlanta Fed Warns Outbreaks Could Stall Recovery; Big Tech CEOs To Testify In Antitrust Probe

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Atlanta Fed Warns Recovery Could Stall As Outbreaks Surge. New Report: How FinTechs Help Brazilian SMBs Solve Cross-Border Payments Pains. General Atlantic’s Dr. Jud Linville On FinTechs, Credit And What’s Ahead For Banks. He says that’s the only way they can a find a competitive advantage against nimble FinTechs.

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William Mills Agency Offers Atlanta Fintech Event Calendar

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William Mills Agency, the largest independent public relations and marketing firm specializing in the financial industry, has created a free, calendar resource called ATL FinTech Events. It includes local event happenings in financial technology, payments, banking and credit union areas and will be updated on an ongoing basis.

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3 Reasons Why Fintech is Thriving in Atlanta

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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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Paya Poised To Accelerate Growth As Payments Firm Goes Public

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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 on the Nasdaq Stock Market shortly before Wall Street's 4 p.m.

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Today In B2B: FLEETCOR's $1B M&A Plans; Statrys Lands Funding For SMB FinTech

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Plus, Hong Kong's Statrys raises funding for its SMB FinTech, Repay Holdings inalizes its CPS Payment Services takeover, and AlfaBank joins blockchain trade finance network Contour. Today in B2B Payments, commercial payments technology firm FLEETCOR reveals $1 billion plans for M&A activity. Repay Holdings said on Tuesday (Nov.

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Atlanta-based Porter Keadle Moore (PKM) Taps William Mills Agency To Lead Public Relations for Financial Services, Craft Brewery Markets

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The post Atlanta-based Porter Keadle Moore (PKM) Taps William Mills Agency To Lead Public Relations for Financial Services, Craft Brewery Markets appeared first on Financial PR and Marketing Agency & Financial Public Relations. For more information, visit www.pkm.com or call 404-588-4200.

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MineralTree Raises $50M, Buys Two Companies

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In addition, MineralTree acquired Inspyrus , a Silicon Valley FinTech that specializes in AP, and Regal Software , the Atlanta-based provider of B2B disbursement software. It will also allow the company to expand partnerships and product capabilities and to provide AP and payment automation to middle-market companies.

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