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Ireland
The latest fintech news, resources and expert analysis in Ireland by the leading intelligence provider for the worldwide fintech community.
Ex-TNEX chief Bryan Carroll heads new Credit-Decisioning-as-a-Service start-up SMEApprove
The platform seeks to assist banks in lending to underserved SME clients across emerging markets.
Ireland-based paytech CleverCards hires former Edenred exec Ray Brash as COO
Ireland-based paytech CleverCards enables corporates to pay their consumers, employees, and vendors with virtual cards.
SumUp’s Irish division makes series of senior leadership appointments
SumUp has named a new CEO and CRO of its Irish entity, SumUp Limited.
Ireland’s PTSB extends partnership with Worldpay to expand merchant services offering
PTSB will now make use of Worldpay’s DCC, ePOS and e-commerce solutions.
Caribbean-based Proven Bank taps Ireland’s Fenergo for transaction monitoring solution
Fenergo says its solution is designed to reduce false positives and automate manual AML processes.
Ireland’s An Post joins forces with Safecypher to combat CNP payment fraud
Safecypher’s tech tackles CNP fraud by enhancing CVV protection for card payments.
Ireland’s Payac taps Nexi for SEPA instant payments solution
Through the partnership, 1.8 million Irish credit union members will gain access to SEPA instant payments.
Corlytics hires new CTO, chief data officer and chief tech architect
Former AQMetrics exec Steve Barnes has been named as the group’s new chief technology officer.
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Bank of Ireland seeks to fill 100 technology roles to support new digital projects
The bank is seeking to expand its workforce in cybersecurity, delivery management, data, engineering and resilience.
Virgin Money taps Experian to streamline digital customer experience
Virgin Money says it plans to use Experian’s “full breadth of services” to enhance “all product lines”.
Regtech start-up Ondorse signs PayXpert, Assurdeal and Kota in UK and Ireland expansion push
Ondorse has also appointed OpenAI executive Olivier Godement to its board.
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AccountsIQ secures €60m to embed AI into accounting platform
The company says the investment will be used to “move to the next level of its development”.
HPS set to acquire digital banking and payment software provider CR2
The deal will see CR2’s BankWorld platform combined with HPS’ PowerCard suite.
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Ireland’s Corlytics snaps up Deloitte UK regtech platform
The regtech platform helps institutions manage, structure, and source compliance and regulatory change.
Bank of Ireland invests €34m in customer service enhancements
The funding brings the bank’s total commitment to customer service enhancements to nearly €150 million.
Stripe raises $694m through share sale to provide employee liquidity
The company had previously announced the tender offer to provide employee liquidity in February.
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BNY Mellon names Gary Delaney as new international CISO
Delaney will report to Matthew McCormack, who leads the bank’s Information Security Division.
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Aussie paytech EML Payments to wind down Irish subsidiary PCSIL
Interpath Advisory has been instated as provisional liquidator for PCSIL.
Ireland’s Davy Capital Markets taps Torstone for its post-trade platform
The deployment builds on an agreement between the two companies in August last year.
Dutch commercial bank NIBC taps Fenergo for KYC tech
The bank plans to streamline the onboarding of new clients with enhanced KYC processes.
John O’Beirne takes the reins as executive director of Square’s Europe operations
O’Beirne joins from Bank of Ireland, where he spent almost 20 years in various senior roles.
Irish paytech NomuPay acquires UK-based PSP Total Processing
Total Processing provides payment solutions to merchants in Europe, North America and MENA.
Fexco hires ex-JP Morgan Payments director Sara Savidge as CEO of corporate payments
Savidge previously served in several high profile roles at JP Morgan Payments, most recently as managing director.
Ireland’s Synch ditches plans to roll out mobile payments app
Synch says “it was no longer feasible to launch its payment app Yippay into the Irish market”.
Global enforcement fines rise to $5.65bn in Q3 2023
The first two quarters of this year saw global enforcement fines amount to $1.5bn and $2.27bn, respectively.
Block’s Cash App withdraws bid for Irish virtual asset licence
Cash App had been pursuing a VASP licence in the country since 2021.
Blackbullion taps Bud to streamline higher education student finance applications
Blackbullion will deploy Bud’s Assess solution and its open banking and transactional AI tech.
US Bank subsidiary Elavon lands UK banking authorisation
With the licence, Elavon intends to offer authorisation, settlement, card machines, and banking services in the UK.
Central Bank of Ireland proposes minimum knowledge requirements for credit union workers
The reforms will take effect from 1 October 2024 and will incur a four year transition period.
Crypto exchange Kraken lands EU e-money licence, secures VASP registration in Spain
The San Francisco-headquartered exchange plans to leverage the approvals to power its European expansion.
Bluestone Group to part ways with Irish motor finance business following sale to Close Brothers
Following the completion of the sale, Bluestone intends to increase its focus on its fintech business Fignum.
Irish lender Wayflyer lands $1bn financing deal with Neuberger Berman
Wayflyer plans to deploy the capital to its 3,000 global e-commerce clients.
LC Financial Holdings completes acquisition of BCM Global for undisclosed sum
LC Financial Holdings will help BCM Global expand its business and develop new services across Europe.
