JCB acceptance expands to UK and Ireland
The Japanese card issuer has partnered with EVO Payments.
Ireland
Enterprise Ireland invests €250k in CreditLogic
The firm uses AI and data analytics to speed up mortgage applications.
Gardenia Technologies wins the NadiFin accelerator
It takes home a €100,000 investment from MiddleGame Ventures.
CGI makes £78.9m all-cash offer for SCISYS
The deal would expand CGI’s reach in European space and defence markets.
Immedis secures €25m for payroll and tax tech
The Irish paytech will create over 200 new jobs in the next 18 months.
TransferMate lands major deal with WellsFargo
The financial details haven’t been disclosed.
Permanent TSB opens up new API portal
The Irish bank is keeping up with open banking developments.
Stripe acquires Touchtech Payments for SCA compliance
The Irish firm specialises in security for online payments.
PFS bags Irish licence for Brexit contingency plan
This follows the acquisition of Barclays’ prepaid business.
AIB picks Boxever to personalise customer experience
Three-year contract is part of AIB’s digital transformation project
eCurrency Mint ups security with nCipher nShield HSMs
To provided secure digital fiat currencies to central bank.
Irish insurtech hub brings feast in southeast
Institute of Technology Carlow powers up new centre for insurance start-ups.
Soldo gets sold on Irish e-money licence
It will be able to operate from Ireland post-Brexit.
Fears over Bank of Ireland €2bn tech revamp cost
Five-year Project Omega could be hit by “scope creep”.
Bank of Ireland unveils €2bn Brexit fund for SMEs
“Brexit isn’t ‘business as usual’.”
Video: fintech news weekly round-up – 11 February 2019
Challengers Starling and Revolut, Tink, and the importance of digital assets.
Starling Bank preps for Irish licence with euro accounts
CEO is in Ireland today and UK challenger bank is also gearing up for Brexit.
First Data joins AIB in €100m bid for Payzone
Duo targeting Dublin-based payments firm.
Video: fintech news weekly round-up – 14 January 2019
Featuring N26, RBS and Loot, Google in Ireland, and Alipay in Pakistan.
Brexit is real. What now for finance companies?
Frankly, the time to act is now.
AIB opens up to APIs
Irish bank introduces AIB Developer Portal.
KBC Ireland app to go multibanking
Thanks to open banking and PSD2.
Ireland Adapt-s to fintech with €5m research programme
No confusion as Adapt Centre will lead Fintech Fusion.
Irish P2P platform Flender raises €10m
Part of the €50 million investment sought.
Fexco to create 175 fintech jobs in Ireland
Fexco is seeking people in ICT engineering, software and sales.
MoneyConf 2018: spotlighting Ireland’s fintech factory
Dublin demonstrates its credentials as a world-leading centre for fintech and financial services.
Enterprise Ireland launches €750,000 fund for fintech start-ups
Applications will open on 19 June.
Banking Technology June 2018 issue out now
A sublime eternal tune to the rhythms of fintech.
Top fintech stories this week – 1 June 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Temenos Community Forum 2018: digital to the core
A round-up of TCF 2018 – all the best bits (and pictures).
Irish eyes are spying with AIB’s social media prying
O Big Brother, where art thou?
St Raphael’s Garda Credit Union extends Temenos contract
Deal includes digital channels platform, Temenos Connect, and T24 upgrade.
Life is a glitch: more IT outages at banks in UK and Ireland
TSB and Ulster Bank are not having a good time with their tech.
Ireland’s central bank to launch fintech innovation hub
News uncorked in a speech in Cork.
Atos in strategic partnership with low-code development platform OutSystems
Accelerating digital transformation initiatives.
Ireland – a land of fintech opportunity
Ireland’s future looks very promising in terms of fintech investment and for financial services more broadly.
First Data to open new fintech centre in Ireland
US payments firm also aims to hire 150 staff from around the world.
Top fintech stories this week – 6 October 2017
Catch up on Banking Technology’s top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Bank of Ireland’s new CEO reviews tech revamp
Bank of Ireland’s new CEO is understood to be reviewing its five-year €900 million modernisation initiative – aka Project Omega – according to the Irish Times. As Banking Technology reported last year, the new set-up will be hosted by Capgemini. The bank was known to be evaluating a joint Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offering from Temenos and […]
Five steps, five minutes, €5 – KBC launches new mobile app for current accounts
KBC Bank Ireland has unveiled a new mobile app that allows customers to open, activate and use their bank account “at any time, within just five minutes”. The bank says this is “completely unique to the Irish market” and the app’s official launch follows months of development and testing with consumers. The app is available […]
