The Irish Times

Chargify appoints Sally O’Callaghan as EMEA regional director

Among priorities is growing the Irish office

Thu Apr 07 2022 - 11:54

Chargify’s Dublin CEO Paul Lynch steps down from post

Move comes as tech company combines with SaaS Optics following $150m investment in pair by Battery Ventures

Wed Aug 04 2021 - 21:14

Limerick-based Tango Telecom snapped up by Nasdaq-listed CSG

Tango has a long-standing relationship with the Colorado-headquartered company

Wed May 26 2021 - 16:36

Stripe returns to back fast-growing US mobile bank Step

Start-up has surpassed 1.5m teenage users less than six months after launching

Tue Apr 27 2021 - 15:40

Investment activity rebounds for Irish fintechs

Close to $400m in investment secured in 2020 but third quarter was washout

Thu Mar 11 2021 - 05:30

€12.5m sought for Clonskeagh office building rented by Ericsson group

Sale of Boole House includes adjoining site with full planning permission for five-storey office block

Wed Aug 05 2020 - 05:45

This year is shaping up to be another busy one on the M&A front

Deal activity in the mid-market space expected to continue to be the cornerstone of the M&A market in Ireland

Thu Feb 20 2020 - 00:00

Stripe ripe for stock market listing, says US-based analyst

Payments company is valued at $35.3bn, having raised $1.3bn across seven rounds

Tue Feb 04 2020 - 04:43

Iput seeks €50m for Dublin office investment portfolio

Sale of EastPoint and Richview business park properties offer buyer 6.55% net initial yield

Wed Jan 15 2020 - 06:00

Sage Group to sell payment processing unit for £232m

Software group also agreed to sell its US payroll outsourcing business earlier this year

Mon Nov 18 2019 - 08:17

AIB and First Data’s acquisition of Payzone gets regulatory green light

€100 million deal is part of sequence of deals involving traditional banks and payment firms

Thu Oct 24 2019 - 16:17

Payzone profits up by 10% to €6.3m as company diversifies

Payment processing firm bought by AIB and FDC joint venture earlier this year for €100m

Mon Aug 26 2019 - 21:09

M&A activity in Republic hits record high

CRH’s €300m sale of awnings division biggest of 94 deals, says Investec

Mon Aug 05 2019 - 02:09

Stripe leads $22.5m funding round for mobile banking start-up Step

Step aims to teach ‘pre-banked’ generation financial literacy through app

Thu Jun 06 2019 - 20:28

Why Facebook wants to launch its own currency

Tech giant planning to launch ‘stablecoin’, a digital currency pegged to the dollar

Fri May 24 2019 - 10:37

Kingspan strong in Dublin as long weekend approaches

CRH also solid, helped by positive data from US

Thu Apr 18 2019 - 19:03

AIB and First Data confirm deal to buy Payzone for €100m

Joint venture will acquire 96% stake in payments company

Thu Apr 18 2019 - 07:35

Merkel reminds May of warmth in the EU tent as Brexit is delayed

Business Week: also in the news were US tax and trade, the economy, AIB and bad loans

Fri Apr 12 2019 - 15:00

AIB and First Data edge closer to €100m purchase of Payzone

Mayor deal to buy Irish payments firm may be unveiled before Easter

Tue Apr 09 2019 - 05:33

US fintech FIS to buy payment processor Worldpay for $35bn

Biggest deal to date in payments industry

Mon Mar 18 2019 - 12:51

ConsenSys to take up 539sq m of space at Shelbourne Plaza

Tech firm has just completed extensive fit-out of the Dublin 4 premises

Wed Feb 13 2019 - 00:45

US-based First Data joins AIB in €100m bid for Payzone

Move would be bank’s first major deal since the onset of the financial crisis in 2008

Tue Jan 29 2019 - 05:59

European shares rise as investors reckon hard Brexit is less likely

FTSE 100 falls after pound strengthens, while US banks deliver upbeat earnings

Wed Jan 16 2019 - 18:20

State’s bid to become key blockchain player gets major boost

Dublin to host event where standards for blockchain technology will be discussed

Mon Oct 08 2018 - 04:54

Investors fret over European banking sector

Food group Aryzta slumps 9% after reporting flat revenues

Wed May 31 2017 - 01:00

Growth of US multinationals is a priority

Over 140,000 people employed by US companies across Ireland

Fri Jul 01 2016 - 00:00

Kelly revs up his ego over jobs

Minister for Environment could teach Italians a thing or two about braggadocio

Fri Jan 22 2016 - 08:00

Tech firm First Data to create up to 300 jobs in Nenagh

Company seeks skilled employees to work on payment platforms

Wed Jan 20 2016 - 18:24

Former Google Ireland head John Herlihy joins LinkedIn

Mr Herlihy has been appointed as vice president and managing director for EMEA

Fri Oct 30 2015 - 10:46

Ferrari faithful help rev IPO price to top of range

Company to start trading on Wednesday and list on NYSE under the symbol “RACE”

Wed Oct 21 2015 - 07:36

China opens door to Visa and MasterCard

Western firms face struggle to win market share from state-backed UnionPay

Mon Jun 01 2015 - 01:00

Irish founded payments start-up Stripe now valued at $3.5 billion

Firm set up by Limerick brothers John and Patrick Collison raises further $70m

Tue Dec 02 2014 - 19:34

Intercom teams up with online payments business Stripe

New integration aims to give businesses a better understanding of their customers

Thu Oct 30 2014 - 12:57

E-payments company Stripe to power Facebook’s ‘Buy’ button

Function wil allow users to shop online via the social networking site

Mon Sept 29 2014 - 01:00