TAG Unveils Financial Technology Issue of Hub Magazine

Staff Report From Georgia CEO

Thursday, February 19th, 2015

The latest issue of Hub Magazine, was released today with Jeff Sloan, Chief Executive Officer of Atlanta-based Global Payments, on the cover. The magazine was unveiled at a special ceremony held at the Herman Miller Showroom in Atlanta’s Midtown West area.

As one of the largest payment solutions providers in the world, Global Payments serves over 1.5 million merchants and conducts business in 28 countries throughout North America, Brazil, Europe and the Asia Pacific Region.

Global Payment’s Sloan penned the feature article for the current issue of Hub Magazine entitled: “SERVICE. DRIVEN. COMMERCE”.  The article is one of several in the issue that is focused on Georgia’s Financial Technology sector.

Financial Technology (FinTech) is a unique line of business that involves the design, development, creation, use and maintenance of information systems for a whole range of financial transactions and related enterprises and their consumers. 

The FinTech issue of Hub Magazine offers a glimpse of the industry in Georgia which is recognized as one of the leading Financial Technology capitals in the nation. The sector produces more than $34 Billion annually, and employs 25,000 in the state and over 135,000 globally.  

Additional industry thought leaders are also featured in the issue including:

  • Scott Mills, William Mills Agency
  • Sean Banks, TTV Capital
  • Tony Gallippi, BitPay
  • Jenny Nelson, Cardlytics
  • James Livingston, River Valley Regional Commission

The issue also profiles the emerging tech scene in Columbus, Georgia, showcases Georgia’s crowdfunding companies, and provides a recap of the biggest technology headlines, TAG News and more.

View the digital version of the magazine here:

http://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/883063

Hub Magazine is the print component of Hub, which is the multimedia brand of the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG), one of the nation’s largest state trade organizations dedicated to technology and innovation. The magazine is the only statewide publication that’s exclusively dedicated to Georgia’s vibrant Technology community.