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Technology Association of Georgia Announces First 100+ Speakers to Fintech South 2021 Lineup
May 5, 2021 GMT
ATLANTA (BUSINESS WIRE) May 5, 2021
Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) announces the first 100+ speakers for Fintech South, the southeast’s largest event dedicated to financial innovation. A global exchange of insights and trends fueling tomorrow’s financial tech industry, the virtual conference will return June 22 – 24, 2021. The world-class speaker roster showcases startup founders, corporate CEOs and C-level executives, venture investors, financial regulators, retailers, top analysts and journalists – all leaders from the most important organizations in the fintech ecosystem in Georgia and around the world.
Readout: US Treasury Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo Met With the Payments Leadership Council Date
06/04/2021
Today, Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo met virtually with CEOs from seven U.S.-based payment companies and representatives from the Payments Leadership Council (PLC) to discuss the important role electronic payments and financial inclusion play in our economic recovery
. Deputy Secretary Adeyemo reiterated how critical it is that businesses and government work together toward a swift and inclusive economic recovery. In particular, Adeyemo stressed that the recovery must address the economic inequalities that existed before, but have been exacerbated by, the pandemic. Additionally, Deputy Secretary Adeyemo applauded PLC members for working with the Treasury Department to distribute more than 130 million Economic Impact Payments as rapidly as possible, and for devising innovative ways to distribute payments to underbanked and unbanked individuals. The group also disc