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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. Founded in 1980, The Advance Technology Development Center (ATDC) at Georgia Tech boasts a 90 percent success rate for its startups after their first five years. So how did we get here in such a short amount of time?

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FinDEVr APIntelligence

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Fiserv wins inaugural Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) Fintech ADVANCE Award for its Verifast palm authentication technology. Vantiv to provide debit, credit, and ATM processing services for Financial Technology Solutions International. billion in assets) picks Fiserv as its new technology partner.

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Fintech Fundings: 13 Companies Raise $900 Million Week Ending Nov 12

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Other than Blackstone’s $820 million bet on what is likely the oldest financial technology company on the planet, NCR founded in 1884 as National Cash Register, just $82 million flowed to the under-100-year-old crowd. ATMs, POS & financial technology. HQ: Duluth, Georgia. million this week. Source: WSJ.

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Finovate Fall 2016 Live Blog – Day 2

William Mills

After they bought CheckFree a lot of Fiserv folks have been based in Georgia. The former CEOs of AT&T Wireless, NYSE, Sprint, Telefonica International and Vodafone Group invested in Juvo, as well as leading VCs including Wing Venture Capital, Freestyle and Seed-Resolute. Fiserv is a such a big player in our space.