Here’s the story of how 70% of all payments transactions are handled in Atlanta. So, how’d Georgia become the center of the future of payments? We know Fintech is where the next wave of innovation is hitting, from wearable contactless payment methods to Amazon’s totally contactless pop-up retail stores. But if you think Silicon Valley [...]
ATLANTA – Just days after history’s largest cyber-attack disrupted business worldwide and a new executive order from President Trump lent special urgency to the work of protecting the cybersecurity of federal networks and critical infrastructure, cybersecurity experts from both the public and private sectors gathered in Atlanta May 22 for the first Cyber-FORUM. With a [...]
Over the past few years, Atlanta has become somewhat of a Southern powerhouse in the financial technology world, attracting companies, talent and revenue that have put the Empire City of the South at the center of the burgeoning industry known as fintech. While Atlanta might be more famous for peaches than processing payments, the city [...]
Lori Johnston with Engineering Georgia magazine recently contacted the ATPC about a feature on FinTech and payments processing industry in Georgia. She spoke with ATPC Executive Director, H. West Richards; First Data exeuctive, FinTech Atlanta chairman, and ATPC board member Barry McCarthy; and other key industry experts for the article, which can be read in full by click [...]
Though the formal announcement of the P20 partnership between the cities of Atlanta and London was made one month ago today, its traction in the media has not faltered. In the last week, Global Atlanta's Trevor Williams published a piece online about the initiative after speaking with ATPC Executive Director H. West Richards on the subject. [...]
The P20, which will bring together the 20 most-influential people in payments for an annual conference, was simultaneously announced in the U.K. and U.S. on Thursday, February 2nd. The ATPC’s public affairs team at VALEO led distribution and media pitching efforts for the U.S. national, local Atlanta, and trade media publications. The announcement was covered [...]
Federal and state government affairs activities are now fully underway, and the ATPC is engaged. The 2016 elections brought a change in leadership and priorities at the federal level, and ATPC Executive Director H. West Richards recently took his first 2017 trip to Washington, D.C., attending meetings scheduled by the federal government relations team at [...]
The ATPC will convene leading voices from the public and private sectors to discuss cybersecurity issues at the first Transaction Alley Cyber Forum on May 22nd. The event, being held at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta will be hosted by both of Georgia’s U.S. Senators, Johnny Isakson and David Perdue each of whom are [...]
TSYS, the well-known payments company based in Columbus, Ga., is the latest to join ATPC at the highest level of membership. TSYS joins Elavon, FIS Global, First Data, InComm, Ingenico Group North America, Merchant e-Solutions (a Cielo company), and Worldpay US on the ATPC Executive Board. Pam Joseph – an ATPC board member while at [...]
The ATPC, its member companies, and consultant team are well-aware that one of Governor Nathan Deal’s priorities is cybersecurity, and he recently allocated funds to elevate Georgia to be a leader in this field. A recent press release from the Office of the Governor, stated: “With this amended budget, we are investing in Georgia’s top [...]