Tagged: paschal donohoe

March 22, 2020 @ 1:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Banks in the Netherlands are helping customers perform contactless payments at store locations without requiring them to enter their PIN numbers. This move is part of the extraordinary measures that have been taken to prevent the further spread of the deadly and highly contagious Coronavirus… Read More

June 14, 2019 @ 7:26 am By JD Alois  |  

Linked Finance, an Ireland based peer to peer lender serving SMEs, has topped €100 million in lending, according to a note from the company. Management states that this milestone indicates that P2P lending is a proven funding option which is being recognized by Irish SMEs…. Read More

January 28, 2019 @ 1:34 pm By JD Alois  |  

Blockathon Ireland, a blockchain hackathon for Public Services hosted by the Government of Ireland, has announced the winners of the competition portion of the event. The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, in association with The Department of Finance, brought together nine technical teams with… Read More

January 25, 2019 @ 2:19 am By JD Alois  |  

The government of Ireland is showing their support for the emerging blockchain technology sector by hosting a hackathon called Blockathon Ireland. Hosted by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in association with The Department of Finance, the hackathon seeks to highlight real-life use-cases of Distributed… Read More

September 26, 2018 @ 10:41 am By JD Alois  |  

Ireland is getting more serious about Fintech innovation. Announced late last week, the Irish government has partnered with ADAPT Centre for Digital Content Technology, commencing a new research program: Fintech Fusion. The program will be headquartered at Trinity College Dublin and will initially run for four… Read More

September 24, 2018 @ 11:52 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ireland’s Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform, Paschal Donohoe T.D., and the SFI Research Centre ADAPT,  announced last week the launch of a new fintech research programme, FinTech Fusion. According to the duo, FinTech Fusion will encourage breakthroughs in payment (PayTech), regulation (RegTech)… Read More