P20 recently hosted the second annual P20 Conference, an international contingent of some 150 payments and fintech industry leaders from the U.S., U.K., Canada, Brazil and China.  The conference also included more than 50 international government leaders and supporters who joined to collaborate on opportunities and challenges the industry is facing.  The P20 forum alternates between London and Atlanta, and focuses on moving the payments industry forward across cyber security, regulatory clarity, fintech innovation and better access to payments around the globe. Atlanta’s fintech hub, called “Transaction Alley,” handles 70 percent of the nation’s payment transactions, provides 40,000 jobs and generates more than $72 billion in annual revenue.

Martin Luther King III (left), his wife, Arndrea Waters King (middle-left), Former British Prime Minister David Cameron (middle), Bruce Lowthers, P20 conference chairman and chief operations officer of FIS (middle-right) and P20 President & Founder H. West Richards (right), convene at the 2018 P20 Atlanta Conference at the Georgia Aquarium. This year’s conference brought together more than 150 senior leaders from across the industry and government to discuss progress toward improving cyber security, creating greater regulatory clarity, fostering collaborative innovation and expanding financial inclusion on a global scale.

Governor Nathan Deal opened the 2018 P20 Atlanta Conference focusing on the payments industry in Georgia and Atlanta’s “Transaction Alley,” which is responsible for processing 70 percent of the nation’s payment transactions and generating more than 40,000 jobs and $72 billion in annual revenue. This year’s conference brought together more than 150 senior leaders from across the industry and government to discuss progress toward improving cyber security, creating greater regulatory clarity, fostering collaborative innovation and expanding financial inclusion on a global scale.

James Ray, managing director of global enterprise accounts, J.P. Morgan (left), Scott Meyerhoff, chief financial officer, Incomm (middle) and TAG President & CEO Larry Williams (right) collaborate at this year’s conference, which brought together more than 150 senior leaders from across the industry and government to discuss progress toward improving cyber security, creating greater regulatory clarity, fostering collaborative innovation and expanding financial inclusion on a global scale.