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Full coverage: Fintech

Stripe picks long-term Dublin lead to head up its UK business

The payments giant has appointed Stephen O'Callghan as the new chief executive of its UK business. The UK is Stripe's second-largest market.

Michael Cogley
29th May, 2024 - 2 min read

Numra is wasting no time in targeting the US market and has €1.5m to kickstart the push

After selling Peblo to Wayflyer, David Kearney’s AI start-up Numra has closed a seed round led by Elkstone and has eyes on internationalising ASAP.

Jonathan Keane
16th May, 2024 - 5 min read

No pay, empty promises and system lockout: The global workers caught up in an Irish fintech’s fall from grace

Layer Digital Solutions abruptly let staff go last year amid financial problems. Contractors across the world have come forward with stories of the promise of a new financial future that never materialised.

Niall Sargent
9th Apr, 2024 - 9 min read

Dublin blockchain company launches shareholder row over “valuable” IP worth over €1m

Fintech QPQ Ltd claims Dutch investor Geert Schute has appropriated its code and development team to build a rival software product for a Swiss company he co-founded.

Francesca Comyn
8th Apr, 2024 - 2 min read

“That’s a big amount to me”: Former worker seeks €15,000 in unpaid wages from troubled fintech

Felicia Kiruba Rajasingh is the seventh former staff member to take a WRC case against Layer Digital Solutions Ltd. Orders against the fintech for unpaid wages stand at €150,000.

Niall Sargent
26th Mar, 2024 - 3 min read

Unpaid wages, multiple layoffs and funding issues: Problems emerge at rising fintech

Layer Digital Solutions failed to pay staff in Ireland and Lebanon for several months last year before letting many go abruptly. What has gone wrong at the promising start-up?

Niall Sargent
11th Mar, 2024 - 6 min read

Fast-growing fintech Finbourne raises series B round as it prepares to expand

Finbourne is determined to make global financial services more efficient. It has won contracts with big customers, and now it has appointed a European investment bank to advise it on a new raise.

Tom Lyons
6th Mar, 2024 - 7 min read

The Gospel according to Klarna: Payments, shopping and banking

Klarna is back turning a profit after four years in the red. Colin Creagh, the company's top man in Ireland, talks about the buy-now-pay-later model's future, and its ultimate goal of being a truly global bank.

Rosanna Cooney
19th Dec, 2023 - 6 min read

Robert Hoban wants to disrupt the property industry and take Offr global. He explains how

From a standing start in 2019, Offr has raised €6m in three funding rounds and expanded into the UK and South Africa. The founder and CEO of the online property platform explains what is coming next.

Ian Kehoe
13th Dec, 2023 - 7 min read

EML executives and senior bankers to leave board of embattled fintech PFS

Burning cash and under the watch of regulators, the main Irish company operating Australian-acquired Prepaid Financial Services is now set to lose its directors.

Ian Kehoe
13th Sep, 2023 - 2 min read
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