Amazon will launch a dedicated online store in Ireland in 2025. The new Amazon.ie will offer more products from Irish businesses; low, local prices; and no additional customs charges, the company said in a Wednesday (May 8) press release. “This underscores our continued commitment to Ireland and will bring a wide selection...
Swedish-based FinTech company Treyd has expanded its “sell first, pay suppliers later” service to Ireland. “This marks a fantastic opportunity for Irish SMEs [small- to medium-sized enterprises] to embrace a fresh approach to financing their inventory,” the company said in a Friday (Dec. 15) post on LinkedIn. This...
Dublin-headquartered NomuPay has raised $53.6 million to expand its cross-border payment platform. NomuPay’s Unified Payments Platform is built for regions seeing high growth in cross-border and eCommerce and currently simplifies payments throughout Southeast Asia, Turkey and Europe, the company said in a Wednesday (May 31) press release. The platform...
Meta Platforms has been fined a record $1.3 billion for violating Europe’s data privacy law. The fine, announced Monday (May 22) by the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC), came after the regulator found that Meta violated Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) by failing to...
December 23, 2019
Credit unions remain strong, despite the many challenges they face. The G.19 Statistical Release, “Consumer Credit,” recently found that CUs hold $64.4 billion in credit card debt and $382.9 billion in car loans, a 6.9% and 4.1% year-over-year increase, respectively. However, it is a quickly changing industry, thanks to digital banking. Its omnipresence is altering […]
September 19, 2019
The Brexit saga is a case study in uncertainty ever since then-British Prime Minister David Cameron stepped down June 24, 2016, the day after the referendum vote unexpectedly ruled in...
April 12, 2018
Brexit looms large for Ireland amid trade and border concerns. But opportunity abounds, says minister of state Michael d'arcy, as financial services and Fintech beckon...and even the U.S. and China...
July 23, 2024
TikTok is reportedly planning to roll out in-app shopping for users in Spain and Ireland. The launch could come as soon as October, Bloomberg News reported Tuesday (July 23), citing sources familiar with the matter. Those sources say the launch will be smaller than previously planned, though TikTok is preparing to bring its shopping portal, […]
May 09, 2024
Amazon will launch a dedicated online store in Ireland in 2025. The new Amazon.ie will offer more products from Irish businesses; low, local prices; and no additional customs charges, the company said in a Wednesday (May 8)...
December 18, 2023
Swedish-based FinTech company Treyd has expanded its “sell first, pay suppliers later” service to Ireland. “This marks a fantastic opportunity for Irish SMEs [small- to medium-sized enterprises] to embrace a fresh approach...
May 31, 2023
Dublin-headquartered NomuPay has raised $53.6 million to expand its cross-border payment platform. NomuPay’s Unified Payments Platform is built for regions seeing high growth in cross-border and eCommerce and currently simplifies payments throughout Southeast Asia,...
