Financial Technology As A Force For Good

by Jeff Bond

As Executive Partner at Chat With Leaders Media, Jeff Bond helps purpose-driven business, communications, and people leaders create high-impact content that strengthens relationships, fuels engagement, and drives meaningful impact.

His team partners with marketing and communications professionals to produce compelling podcasts, corporate event content, and leadership messaging—freeing up bandwidth while ensuring every message resonates.

Through the People First Elevation Team (PFET), Jeff and his colleagues turn company meetings into transformative experiences. By enhancing planning, elevating production, and coaching speakers, they ensure all-hands meetings and town halls inspire action, reinforce values, and build deeper connections.

Beyond media and communications consulting, Jeff serves on the Conscious Capitalism Atlanta Chapter Board, leading the Marcom Committee. He believes businesses thrive at the intersection of purpose and profit, leveraging storytelling and stakeholder-driven leadership to create sustainable impact.

In today’s episode, Jeff Bond and William Smith host a conversation with Larry Williams, President and CEO of the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) at the FinTech South 2022 conference at the Georgia World Congress Center, presented by TAG.

TAG is Georgia’s largest technology association with over 20 professional societies, 150+ events, and 30,000 members all committed to building a more inclusive and diverse technology ecosystem.

Larry shares his perspectives on the state of FinTech and the responsibility of its leaders in the areas of financial literacy, sustainability, inclusion, consumer payments, B2B, cryptocurrency, and more.

About Larry Williams

Larry Williams brings more than 25 years of experience in global branding, international trade and finance, public and industrial policy, and administration and management to TAG. As the former president and CEO of The Beacon Council, Miami-Dade County’s official economic development partnership, Williams helped facilitate local, national, and international business growth and expansion programs. Under Williams’ leadership, The Beacon Council created and executed a new economic development framework to help the area grow and secure investments in today’s innovation economy. This has resulted in $687 million in new investment, 119 company relocations or expansions, and more than 4,500 new jobs.

From 2011 to 2014 Williams helped shape the vision for Atlanta’s tech sector as vice president of technology development at the Metro Atlanta Chamber. He provided leadership and direction to the Chamber’s Mobility Task Force, positioning Atlanta as a global hub of mobile technology, and to the Technology Leadership Council.