One of these eight start-ups will be Ireland’s entry for the KPMG Global Tech Innovator finals at Web Summit in Lisbon this November. KPMG Ireland has announced the eight Irish companies shortlisted for the inaugural Ireland [...]
Stripe, the digital payments company founded by Limerick brothers Patrick and John Collison and which was last valued at nearly $100bn, is in early discussions with investment banks about going public as soon as next [...]
A large windfall of corporation taxes from the tech sector has helped push overall Exchequer receipts more than €2bn ahead of target for the year so far. Corporation tax of more than €1bn was collected [...]
With the delta variant driving up COVID-19 cases across the country, more companies are mandating vaccinations for employees to ward off the economic losses that come from having an unhealthy workforce. Delta and United airlines, [...]
By Alan Werlau, Head of Investments, Barclays Bank Traditionally, sustainability was often, at best, alluded to somewhat vaguely in a paragraph in a company’s annual report, and considered a cost centre and a non-priority. Before [...]
Insurance companies are quitting parts of the Irish market rather than insure some businesses because of high legal costs and settlement payouts, research from the Central Bank shows. Insurers that provide liability and property cover [...]
Digital payments giant Stripe has hired a law firm to help prepare for a stock market listing according to reports. The company, which was valued at $95m in a fundraising round earlier this year, hired [...]
With an underbanked population and skyrocketing use of mobile tech, Mexico offers an open door to growth for Irish financial technology firms seeking new opportunities in the global market. This is a market with a [...]
Momentum towards a major reform deal on international corporate tax could be set to accelerate, with G7 finance ministers to discuss backing an agreement at an online meeting on Friday. If agreement is reached on Friday [...]
SPACs, or special purpose acquisition companies, have raised more than $100 billion so far this year compared to $83 billion last year and more than all that they have raised in their 30-year history, a [...]