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LBA Ware™, a leading provider of automated compensation software and systems integration solutions for mortgage lenders, announced HousingWire (HW) magazine named its DevOps manager, Lisa Birmingham, a 2018 Insiders Award™ recipient. Macon, Georgia-based LBA Ware, is a company in the Advanced Technology Development Center’s (ATDC) portfolio of startups. Now in its third year, HousingWire’s Insiders Read more…

FinTech South, the Southeast’s largest event dedicated to financial innovation, announces its finalists for the TAG FinTech Innovation Award Challenge. The four startups will now present to a sold out crowd at FinTech South on May 8 for a chance to win the nation’s largest fintech prize package of $50,000. Conference attendees will be able to Read more…

LBA WareTM, a leading provider of automated compensation software and systems integration solutions for mortgage lenders, today announced that top ranking Nevada-based retail mortgage lender, Alterra Home Loans has chosen CompenSafe™ to automate commissions for its 65 branch offices licensed to operate in 30 states and deliver operational insights to executive management on its branches Read more…

Four of the incubator’s financial technology companies to showcase at TRANSACT. The Electronic Transactions Association (ETA) announced the Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) has been selected as one of only four leading payments startup incubators/accelerators to participate in TRANSACT, the world’s largest payments technology event, April 17-19 in Las Vegas. (Click here to register.) ATDC will Read more…

The smart debit card for kids sees extraordinary customer growth, establishes strategic partnerships, and launches a new Educational Savings Account for Kids. Greenlight Financial Technology, Inc., creator of the smart debit card for kids, teens and college students, announced a new milestone in reaching 100,000 customers. The company grew its customer base more than 300 percent Read more…

Greenlight Financial Technology, creator of the smart debit card for kids, teens, and college students, raised $16 million in Series A financing. TTV Capital led the funding round with participation from existing investors, New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and Relay Ventures, and new investors SunTrust Bank, Ally Financial, nbkc bank, Canapi, and Amazon Alexa Fund. Greenlight Read more…

Groundfloor, the first issuer qualified by the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission to offer real estate-based payment dependent notes that are available to non-accredited investors, raised $4.3 million from 687 participating investors in a combination of two recent financings, a private online bridge note closed late last year, and an initial closing of its online public Read more…

Financial Technology (FinTech) firm Verady said TTV Capital, an Atlanta-based early-stage venture capital firm focused exclusively on investing in finch companies has made an investment in the company. Terms were not disclosed. Verady, a startup in the Advanced Technology Development Center’s ATDC Accelerate portfolio of startups, brings accounting standards and audit services to the cryptocurrency market through Read more…

Financing led by Ingleside Investors with strategic investors International Airlines Group, JetBlue Technology Ventures, and Qantas Ventures. Volantio, a global leader in post-booking revenue and capacity optimization software for airlines, announced a $2.6 million funding round led by Ingleside Investors and strategic investors International Airlines Group (IAG), JetBlue Technology Ventures, and Qantas Ventures. Volantio is a startup in Read more…