Jamie Walker, the global CEO of payments giant Elavon, speaks to The Currency about his years spent building the business from Arklow, America's changing relationship with Europe, and the need for cryptocurrencies to develop consumer protections.
SumUp and Square have amassed significant market share in Ireland but their Irish businesses are rapidly evolving beyond just accepting payments, according to their CEOs.
The founders of Touchtech Payments, which Stripe bought in 2019, have tapped several VC firms for their next fintech play, Apata.
The payments company had set up shop in Dublin and sought an e-money licence from the Central Bank but has pulled the plug on that strategy.
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.
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?
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.
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