Sign in Subscribe

atdc fintech

atdc fintech

fintech south

Beyond Spare Change: Debt Payment Startup Qoins Wins Country's Largest Fintech Prize

Qoins, an Atlanta-based startup that rounds up users' spare change to help them pay off their debt, took home the largest equity-free cash prize for startups in the country as the winner of the Fintech Innovation Award Challenge at this week’s FinTech South conference. The audience

World’s Largest Payments Tech Event to Highlight Southern Fintech Startups, Atlanta HBCU Entrepreneurs

World’s Largest Payments Tech Event to Highlight Southern Fintech Startups, Atlanta HBCU Entrepreneurs

The Electronic Transactions Association (ETA) announced today that four payments and fintech-related startup programs will send select startups to be featured at TRANSACT, the world’s largest payments technology event. Amongst the programs chosen are the Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) at Georgia Tech, Queen City Fintech accelerator in

The Hackathon is Over. Now What?

The Hackathon is Over. Now What?

I recently helped manage the Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) FinTech/RetailTech Hackathon sponsored by Worldpay and Google. While there were several hackathon veterans in attendance, I was the newbie and was not quite sure to expect. As the weekend progressed, my thoughts crystallized that this type of event, while

Georgia's Major Fintech Players Help Startups Bring the Money to Vegas

Georgia's Major Fintech Players Help Startups Bring the Money to Vegas

The largest payments and financial services innovation event, Money 20/20, descended this week on Las Vegas for leaders in commerce, retail, mobile, and more to convene on a topic we all have a stake in — the future of money. And amongst those 10,000+ attendees were about 1,000

ATDC Companies See Record Investment Year So Far

ATDC Companies See Record Investment Year So Far

If there’s one area of the Atlanta startup ecosystem lagging behind the growth of the rest, it’s local capital. Talent, startup activity, public support for entrepreneurship, and corporate innovation are all consistently strong, but the region lacks the investment resources of many of its fellow top-ranked Global

engage fund applications

Newly-Formed Engage Ventures Team Opens Applications For First Startup Class

A small but powerful team of venture superstars at Engage, the Atlanta-based independent venture fund and accelerator backed by 10 corporate giants and Georgia Tech, is ready to begin sifting through startup applications. The first cohort of up to 8 companies will kick off the three-month program in