Tagged: ireland

November 1, 2022 @ 7:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Gillian Lynch, Head of Ireland and EU operations at Gemini, notes that the digital asset firm is pleased “to announce that individuals and institutions in Denmark, Sweden, Portugal, Czechia, Latvia, and Liechtenstein can now open a Gemini account to deposit, trade, and custody over 100 cryptocurrencies.”… Read More

October 25, 2022 @ 3:45 pm By JD Alois  |  

Payments Fintech CleverCards has announced that it has integrated with Mastercard Processing Europe, as part of its recent partnership with Mastercard. This now allows digital Mastercards to be downloaded from the CleverCards platform. Ireland-based CleverCards explains that this card integration now enables payment administrators in… Read More

October 12, 2022 @ 9:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Customers and institutions in Ireland can now open a Gemini account in order “to deposit, trade, and custody around 100 cryptocurrencies.” Irish customers can “access the Gemini website or mobile app to securely buy cryptocurrencies with Euros (EUR) and Pound Sterling (GBP) with a debit… Read More

October 1, 2022 @ 11:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bank of Ireland Group has apologized to customers for “a wide range of failures in relation to the tracker mortgage issue.” This includes “an apology for the failures which led to customer harm and detriment, and for the length of time it took to recognize… Read More

September 22, 2022 @ 11:25 am By JD Alois  |  

  Linked Finance has topped €200 million in online lending in support of Irish SMEs. The Fintech reported that it had doubled its annual lending in less than 2 years. Linked Finance was launched in 2013 aiming to provide access to capital for Irish SMEs…. Read More

September 16, 2022 @ 8:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

On 13 September 2022, the Central Bank of Ireland reprimanded and fined Danske Bank A/S, trading in Ireland as Danske Bank, €1,820,000 pursuant to its Administrative Sanctions Procedure “for three breaches of the Criminal Justice (Money Laundering & Terrorist Financing) Act 2010, as amended (the… Read More

September 12, 2022 @ 10:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ForwardAI, a Fintech providing aggregated access to accounting & business data and analysis, announced today its partnership with Swoop Funding, the one-stop money shop “for businesses in Australia, Canada, Ireland, and the UK.” Through the partnership, Swoop Funding will be “augmenting its current data collection… Read More

September 1, 2022 @ 10:19 am By JD Alois  |  

Online lender Linked Finance says that Irish SMEs continue to pesevere even in spite the rising inflation and global conflict like Russia’s unprovoked war with Ukraine. The periodic Linked Finance SME Confidence Index states that: 82% of businesses report performance better or in line with… Read More

September 1, 2022 @ 4:00 am By JD Alois  |  

With the completion of the acquisition of Seedrs, Republic has announced that it is now the “first global private investment platform,” which will provide access to investment opportunities for retail investors around the world. Republic has shared that it has received final regulatory approval to… Read More

August 27, 2022 @ 3:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fenergo, which claims to be the leading provider of digital solutions for client lifecycle management (CLM), released its half year annual findings on global financial institution enforcement actions which “show the total value of penalties have fallen by a quarter (25%).” In the first half… Read More

August 18, 2022 @ 7:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Bank of London, which claims to be the first purpose-built global clearing, agency, and transaction bank, welcomed Economy Minister Gordon Lyons MLA “to mark the opening of its new Northern Ireland Headquarters, based in the landmark Soloist office at Lanyon Place in Belfast.” During… Read More

July 20, 2022 @ 7:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset firm Gemini  recently revealed that they’ve become the first company to be registered as a Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) by the Central Bank of Ireland. Their VASP registration comes on “the heels of [their] Electronic Money Institution (EMI) authorization in February of… Read More

July 7, 2022 @ 7:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Revolut, the super-app with over 18 million retail customers globally and more than 500,000 corporate clients, is offering Revolut Reader in the United Kingdom and Ireland. A “fast” and ‘powerful” lightweight card reader, the new product is designed “to allow merchants of all kinds to… Read More

July 6, 2022 @ 7:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Leo Varadkar TD, recently visited Ballycoolin in north Dublin in order to establish the 11 remote working hubs that have been launched as part of Bank of Ireland’s hybrid working model. These hubs are being worked… Read More

July 3, 2022 @ 10:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Synch Payments, the Irish instant mobile payments provider, recently announced that it has entered into an agreement with European Paytech Nexi as its platform and service provider to help bring the Synch proposition to Irish clients. Synch has reportedly obtained authorization from the Competition and… Read More

June 27, 2022 @ 6:01 am By JD Alois  |  

Neobank/digital bank Revolut will roll out its buy now – pay later (BNPL) product starting with Ireland. Revolut is entering a rather crowded market but is providing a service that has dramatically increased in popularity in recent years. According to Revolut Ireland as of last… Read More

June 22, 2022 @ 5:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Bank of London, which claims to be the next-generation tech firm and the world’s “first” purpose-built global clearing, agency, and transaction bank, recently announced its intention “to expand its footprint in the United Kingdom by opening its Centre of Excellence in Belfast, Northern Ireland,… Read More

June 14, 2022 @ 11:02 am By JD Alois  |  

Accelerated Payments (AP), an invoice financing Fintech, has hired Carolyn McClure as a Vice President to boost the development of the North American market. AP already operates in North America as well as the UK and Europe. Recently the company announced the hiring of Steven… Read More

May 21, 2022 @ 2:59 am By JD Alois  |  

Linked Finance SME Confidence Index,  based on research conducted by Behaviours & Attitudes, is the bearer of bad news but insight that should not be unexpected. The Index indicates that business optimism has declined – impacted by geopolitical concerns and rising inflation The Index is… Read More

May 18, 2022 @ 6:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Accelerated Payments (AP), an invoice financing Fintech, is reporting that it has hurdled  €750 million worth of financing to SMEs across the UK, Europe and North America. The financing arrives as most companies emerge from post-covid lockdown only to get hammered by rapidly rising inflation…. Read More