Crowdfunding: will Central Bank oversight help or hinder sector?
Experts hope it will help Ireland catch up with UK – but the model will always be risky
Zipp Mobility raises €1.3m in funding drive
E-scooter start-up lists Barry Maloney of Balderton Capital among investors
Etsy buys British fashion app Depop for $1.6bn in ‘Gen Z’ push
More than 90% of second-hand fashion app’s active users are under 26
Revolut shifts regulation of Irish customers to Lithuania
Fintech says move is temporary and due to Brexit while it awaits Irish e-money licence
Revolut raises additional $80m for new services
Digital challenger bank has raised more than $900m to date and claims to have 1m customers in Ireland
Revolut to double headcount in Ireland as it confirms payments shift to Dublin
Move, which has been long touted, comes as fintech plans to roll out new credit offerings
Revolut hires Ulster Bank veteran to be its Irish chief executive
Joe Heneghan to lead operations as fintech seeks e-money licence from Central Bank
Pay-as-you-go insurer Zego eyes Irish expansion after $42m fundraise
Company provides commercial insurance options for those working in gig economy
Revolut gets European banking licence, tops 200,000 Irish customers
Big bank alternative to start offering full banking services early next year
Globoforce profits jump by over 150% as revenues also soar
Software company says its market ‘is on fire’ as employee recognition comes to the fore
Draper Esprit leads £8.5m Crowdcube investment
Online crowdfunding platform popular with Irish start-ups also wins backing from Channel 4
Pay-as-you-go insurer for gig economy enters Irish market
Zego offers commercial insurance aimed at food deliverers and couriers
Openet settles patent infringement dispute with rival Amdocs
No details of agreement disclosed but Amdocs to license patents to Dublin tech firm
Draper Esprit leads $29m funding round for Aircall
French cloud-based call centre software business has over 3,000 business customers
Revolut introduces disposable virtual cards as rival N26 raises $160m
Card details destroyed after every transaction in effort to defeat online fraud
Revolut banking start-up looks to double customer numbers in Ireland
Fintech says it now has 1.5m customers in Europe, as transactions climb
Software firm Globoforce eyes IPO again as profits, revenues soar
Firm has recorded compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for the last six years of 21%
Fintech group Revolut signs up its millionth customer
App-based banking alternative has over 50,000 customers in Ireland
Jobbio to double Dublin workforce as it raises extra $10m
Firm has raised $15m in past year with backers including Dermot Desmond’s IIU
Is a crypto-currency bubble about to burst?
The price of a single bitcoin hit an all-time high of just under €3,000 this week
Andy Murray among Revolut investors on Seedrs
Tennis player among those who have invested more than €19m in internet bank
Revolut raises $66m in funding and gains 10,000 additional Irish users
London-based app-based banking alternative to open office in Dublin shortly
Revolut signals banking revolution with 30,000 Irish customers
The fintech start-up, which has raised more than $15m, is targeting 1m customers
Irish software firm Globoforce returns to profit as revenues soar
Company rebounds from $9.47m loss to $2.85m profit as turnover rises to $282m
Dublin lags behind as London still top for tech start-ups
Survey shows UK, France and Germany house two-thirds of tech start-up talent
How a Dublin firm finds people jobs all over the world
Recruitment company Jobbio raises €5m as it plans to grow in New York and Canada
Venture capital funding in European start-ups falls by a third
Technology executives in London worry if Brexit will jeopardise UK capital’s future
Online recruiter Jobbio adds 25 jobs with new funding
Balderton chief Barry Maloney joins board as company gears up for international expansion
European venture capital funds go in search of tech start-ups
A series of new funds has sprouted in search of the next generation of tech start-ups
One more thing: Half the Irish business fraternity is football mad
Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary must be having kittens over his beloved Manchester City
How Setanta survives and thrives in the competitive world of TV sport
After founding the sports network in 1990, owner Mickey O’Rourke has seen it endure some tough times
‘Big year’ for tech firms in Europe as investment hits four-year high
Growth in Europe surpassed the US in terms of funding, with some $5.7 billion invested in 855 deals
Payday lender Wonga to close Dublin office
175 jobs expected to go at Dublin support office as company sheds a third of its workforce in restructuring plan
UK lender Wonga writes off debt for 330,000 customers
Lender forced to overhaul its lending practices by Britain’s financial regulator
Intune lets staff go without December salaries
Receiver appointed to firm with about €10m deficit between assets and liabilities
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