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Starting with a tax refund business, Fexco has built a global financial services empire. However, it fears new rules arising from Brexit could have adverse consequences, and it is now asking government to remedy it.

Irish banks should embrace the trend toward higher degree of automation in management of clients' services and accounts, opening up the sector to fintech solutions rather than waiting for them to eat the banks' lunch.

Led by Germany, core EU countries are preparing to tax equity trading. Yet research shows that to reinforce financial stability, policy should instead encourage equity investment and tax debt.

Former minister and MEP Brian Hayes has bowed out of politics, preferring a new challenge as chief executive of the Irish Banking and Payments Federation. He talks about his transition to the private sector, fintech, the future of Irish banking and the long shadow cast by the recession.

This week, Prepaid Financial Services announced it is to be sold to Australia’s EML Payments for up to €327 million. Sean Keyes met with the founders Noel Moran and his wife Valerie, who started the company in 2007 and could walk away with €266 million.

Brian Winters worked on the ground in Ireland for Craven House Capital, helping source and close deals. Now, just months after stepping down as company secretary of the quoted British investment house, the Irish lawyer is suing the firm in the High Court.

Ronan Reid led Dolmen Stockbrokers through boom and bust, before selling it to Cantor Fitzgerald. In this interview he talks about the journey. However, he also speaks about the sad death of his wife Karen, and how it forced him to question the balance of building a business and raising a family.

Folllowing up on last week’s annual results announcement, Sean Keyes drills deepers into the Irish-Swiss baking giant’s latest figures.

The markets are continuing to ignore the build up of the new debt bubble. Trouble is looming.

In contrast to their bond brethren, stock investors have continued to be compensated by attractive income flows in return for risking their capital.