Digital Payments

Mar
22

Digital Wallets are now the most popular payment method in the World

The big news this year was a surge in digital wallet spending, which became the most popular payment method for e-commerce and POS transactions.

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Mar
16

Stripe to create at least 1,000 new jobs in Ireland

Stripe, the online payments firm founded by brothers Patrick and John Collison, is to create at least 1,000 new jobs in Dublin over the next five years.

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Mar
16

Fintech Rush Gold and EML start a gold rush with mobile wallet innovation

Fintech Rush has partnered with EML Payments to deliver the prepaid Rush Mastercard card, which allows Rush customers to pay with real gold in real-time.

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Mar
15

Stripe has raised a new round of funding to accelerate momentum in Europe

Stripe, which builds economic infrastructure for the internet, has raised a $600 million (€500 million) funding round at a $95B (€80B) valuation.

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Feb
11

Mastercard expands partnership with CleverCards

Mastercard has expanded its partnership with CleverCards – the leading platform for mobile-enabled digital payments.

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Feb
09

Revolut makes virtual cards free for Irish customers amid Covid-19 ecommerce boom

Cashing in on the online shopping boom, fintech Revolut has rolled out virtual cards for its 1.2m Irish customers.

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Feb
05

Irish start-up Zazu Ents awarded $10,000 Covid-relief grant

Irish fintech start-up Zazu Ents has received a $10,000 grant from US investment firm KKR for its hospitality platform.

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Feb
02

eCOMM Merchant Solutions scoops Irish Times Innovation Award

Irish payments fintech company eCOMM Merchant Solutions has won the Irish Times Innovation Award for IT & Fintech.

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