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TAG Fintech builds recognition of Georgia as the hub of choice for the world’s leading financial technology providers. The society’s goals include accelerating the accumulation of capital by its members, and to foster a business environment conducive to the ongoing success of companies, employees, service providers, educational institutions, entrepreneurs, and investors. As a result, this helps them to create, build, and maintain innovative financial services that meet their customers’ growing needs.
Driven by Innovation. Proven by Performance.
The Georgia-based Fintech ecosystem is dynamic and prospering. These representative numbers help define the ecosystem:
- Fintech companies in Georgia (as of May 2021) – 201
- Fintech employees in Georgia – 39,000+ (est.)
- Revenue of 12 GA-headquartered public companies – $37 billion
- Market capitalization of 12 GA-headquartered public companies – $192 billion (Dec. 2020)
- Estimated global payments transactions processed by GA-based companies – 300 billion
- 2020 investment funding for GA-based companies – $1 billion
- 2021 investment funding for GA-based companies thru May 2021 – $400 million
- Combined transaction volumes by Fiserv, FIS, Global Payments, and BofA Merchant Acquirers – 68.3 billion
Merger & Acquisition Activity
Private Fintech Companies
Public Fintech Companies
Fintech South 2021: On Demand Now!
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Recent Fintech News
Webinar: CMMC 2.0: Level 2 CUI Breakdown
Many DoD subcontractors will be required to meet Level 2 compliance under CMMC 2.0 moving forward. While the tiered structure has alleviated some of the challenges associated with 1.0, it’s important to understand the changes to each level and what requirements are still in place, particularly when it comes to CUI.
Georgia State University’s Robinson College of Business is Now Home for the Georgia Fintech Academy
The Georgia Fintech Academy, a collaboration between the state’s fintech industry and the University System of Georgia (USG), has transitioned to Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business. Robinson was selected as the Fintech Academy’s institutional home after an incubation period with the USG.
DefenseStorm Secures New $5M in Financing Round and Smashes its Own Records Heading into Fourth Quarter
DefenseStorm, the leading cloud-based cybersecurity, cybercompliance, and cyberfraud management provider to regional and community banks and credit unions, today announced that Curql Collective, through its Strategic Investment Fund, Curql Fund I has invested $5M thanks to DefenseStorm’s unprecedented growth, bringing total funding to $52M.
Recent Fintech blog posts
FinTech Lifetime Achievement Award
Meet Scott Grimes & Lynne Laube, the 2021 Hall of Fame Inductees
TAG FinTech ADVANCE Awards
The TAG FinTech ADVANCE program recognizes innovative U.S. FinTech companies with ties to Georgia.
Fintech Society Board
Mike Morris
Interim Board Chair
Joe Berklund
JC Boyanton
David Calhoun
Don Campbell
Amber Cutler
Rodrigo Dantas
Kathleen Devlin
Marie Ducheine
Jude Fils-Aimé
Collin Flotta
Cherie Fuzzell
Apple, Inc.
Laura Gibson
Jonathan Godbey
Jake Gocke
Qazi Haq
Chip Harden
Jim Hilley
Natalie Hogg
Bo Kamensky
Eric Leiserson
Tommy Marshall
Ann McDonald
Elizabeth McQuerry
Chuck Meyers
Austin Mills
Scott Mills
Kristina Morris
Dan Noyd
Esther Pigg
Maria Pineda
Reese Porter
Andy Roberts
Nick Rueter
Glen Sarvady
154 Advisors
Brian Schmidt
Basant Singh
Jonathan Siskin
Kristin Slink
Jagruti Solanki
Chris Stanley
James Stevens
Polly Van Duser
Grant Wainscott
Michael Wasserfuhr
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