The company is planning a major stock market listing in the US but faces questions over its links to China – all the while it is reshuffling its European structure.
Brian Norton founded lending start-ups Future Finance and Supply Finance in Ireland. The latter has now been wound down after being bought up by Swedish fintech group Multitude.
There has been little detail about Monzo's Irish ambitions since CEO TS Anil announced that Ireland would be the fintech's "gateway to European markets". But recent job postings give an insight into its plans.
British IT procurement fintech Ooodles just raised $2.7 million to fund its expansion into Ireland. Co-founder Leonardo Poggiali talks to The Currency about the post-Brexit allure of the Irish market.
The CTO of the £7.26 billion publicly-traded money transfer business talks to The Currency about the need for more competition in the Irish market and Monzo's imminent arrival.
Ghina Kamal is the ninth former staff member to win a workplace relations case against Layer Digital Solutions. The company failed to pay staff and contractors in multiple counties for several months last year before abruptly making them redundant as funds ran out.
The founders of Touchtech Payments, which Stripe bought in 2019, have tapped several VC firms for their next fintech play, Apata.
Fondy set up in Ireland with big plans but those ambitions drifted away after pandemic difficulties. Now its new owner, TBC Bank, has invested €300,000 into its Irish base.
The online travel giant set up a fintech unit a few years ago and got a licence from the Central Bank of Ireland. Now it’s putting it to use.
The London fintech is entering a market in dire need of competition but winning an Irish banking licence will be just as crucial to its international expansion plans.
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