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Full coverage: Fintech

Dublin based fintech gears up for court showdown with investor

Barracuda FX provides foreign exchange software and risk management solutions to international banks. A hugely successful start-up, it was acquired by New York based Broadway Technology three years ago. Now the company's founders are suing the investors.

Francesca Comyn
22nd Jul, 2022 - 2 min read

Failure to launch: How the pandemic wiped out the Irish dreams of a global payments company

Fondy was supposed to hit €36 million in sales in its first year in Ireland. Instead it was decimated and has effectively retreated from these shores. So what happened?

Rosanna Cooney
17th Feb, 2022 - 3 min read

“Your personalised donation bucket at every register in the country”: How an Irish start-up is changing the way people give to charity

Charities had been under strain even before the pandemic due to a push towards a cashless society. However, Change Donations has created a technology that lets you donate your digital spare change to a range of charities.

Cait Caden
21st Sep, 2021 - 4 min read

An Irish company bet big on the mobile money market in Ethiopia. This is the story of how the bet went wrong

Dublin company M-Birr built a huge mobile money business in Ethiopia and secured a string of major shareholders. However, it has now collapsed and is currently up for sale. This is the story of what went wrong for the Irish company.

Ian Kehoe
10th Sep, 2021 - 5 min read

“Don’t call me a banker”: Bunq’s Ali Niknam on building a unicorn, buying Capitalflow, and taking on the pillar banks

Ali Niknam’s challenger bank Bunq has just acquired Irish alternative lender Capitalflow. In an exclusive interview, the entrepreneur talks about launching his own bank, why regulation favours the incumbents and his plans for the Irish market.

Ian Kehoe
25th Aug, 2021 - 7 min read

“I wanted to take credit and debit cards out of the fifties, and bring them into the modern age” 

Jacob Claflin is the co-founder and CEO of Cambrist, an Irish fintech start-up focused on optimising foreign transactions for banks. He talks about what brought him to Ireland, his frustration with the payments industry and the company's plan to expand into five new countries in the next six months.

Devin Seán Martin
11th Aug, 2021 - 4 min read

The Leveris money trail flows from Belize to Australia. Now, the Irish fintech is being liquidated with debts of €38m

Creditors, including companies in Australia and Belize, have appointed a liquidator to Leveris, an Irish fintech that was once valued at €190m. Documents reveal who was owed money and how much they lost.

Ian Kehoe
21st Jul, 2021 - 2 min read

Going Dutch: How digital bank Bunq plans to disrupt Irish SME lending after acquiring Capitalflow

Ronan Horgan’s Irish alternative lender Capitalflow has advanced €650m to Irish SMEs. It has now being acquired by Bunq, the Dutch challenger bank. Horgan explains the rationale for the deal and what it means for the Irish market.

Tom Lyons
8th Jul, 2021 - 7 min read

Having just closed a European acquisition, Kealan Lennon’s CleverCards plans to raise €60m this year

Digital payments company CleverCards has just acquired the business of ExpendiaSmart and a €10m funding round will close within weeks. But CEO Kealan Lennon is already thinking about the next acquisition and a follow-on €50m funding round.

Ian Kehoe
21st May, 2021 - 3 min read

Behind the scenes at PFS: Noel and Valerie Moran, the €148m sale and the unhappy Australians

Noel Moran devised Prepaid Financial Services on his kitchen table, hoping to just make enough to cover his bills. Eleven years later he sold the company to EML payments for €327m. That seemed to be the end of the story. Until a letter from the Central Bank of Ireland arrived at EML Payments this week.

Sean Keyes
20th May, 2021 - 5 min read
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