Italian data firm buys 73% of Hire Purchase Ireland
Sale comes amid planned liquidation of HPI-linked Irish Credit Bureau
Dublin-based blockchain banking joint venture raises €5.5m
Consortium consists of 12 banks and IBM with CRIF also coming onboard as a backer
More than 60 companies formed every day in Irish economy
New figures also reveal a near 40 per cent drop in insolvencies in first quarter of year
Start-ups surpass 20,000 for first time in almost 20 years
New figures show total number of insolvencies has fallen to lowest since 2008
New company formations in first half of 2016 increase 21%
Rural counties see biggest rise in start-ups as insolvencies fall 12% nationally
Insolvencies down as start-ups at highest level since 2000
New figures show recession-hit sectors bouncing back last year
Number of new start-ups at six-year high
Almost a quarter of the businesses established last month were in professional services
Company insolvencies fall 18% in 2013
Number of incorporated companies increases 10% in ‘year of improvement’
Fewer insolvencies in October as rate of start-ups increases
But average size of judgments against consumers for bad debt rises, says Vision-net
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