Tagged: Banks & News
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Tech start-up of the week: Search4less News
14.04.2013 Our tech start-up of the week is Search4less.ie, a new online business information service that’s aiming to disrupt the online company search space by pushing out relevant... -
Tech sector is most trusted by public, but only one in four trust social media News
24.01.2013 The technology sector continues to be the most trusted sector of Irish society while Government, banking and financial services remain the least trusted sectors, according to... -
UK’s biggest banks to roll out smartphone money transfer service in 2014 News
16.01.2013 Eight of the UK’s biggest banks – comprising 90pc of UK current accounts – have committed to launching new mobile payment services that allow consumers to transfer cash to one...Categories: Phones, Mobility, Mobile, Financial Services, Financial, Digital Business, Consumer Tech -
Data Commissioner tells 80 Irish websites to explain approach to EU cookies law News
19.12.2012 Some 80 websites in Ireland – including major Government departments, like the Department of Health and the Department of Finance – have been written to by the Data Protection...Categories: Servers, Security, Legal, Internet, Intellectual Property, eCommerce, Digital Marketing, Digital Business, Data Management, Consumer Tech, Web -
Banks are not prepared for the digital age – need to embrace mobile and social banking News
17.10.2012 Given the pressures the financial crisis has had on the banking sector, banks have been slow to embrace the digital innovation customers now expect, PwC warned the Irish Banking... -
Interview: Banks must focus on APIs and apps, not applications – Gartner analyst News
11.10.2012 We caught up with Gartner analyst Kristen Moyer when she was in Dublin last week to talk to her about her recent research into banks, and the strategies they need to adopt to...Categories: Financial Services, eCommerce, Data Management, Apps, Application Design and Development, Analyst -
Banks warned of Trojan spree as cyber-criminals get away with US$5m heist News
05.10.2012 A Trojan heist on 30 US financial institutions that saw cyber-criminals make off with US$5m is a warning shot for Irish banks to be on the lookout for sophisticated threats. -
Ulster Bank IT crisis leads to calls for rigorous assessment of all banks’ IT systems News
18.07.2012 The recent high-profile collapse of Ulster Bank’s IT systems has impaired the overall confidence of people’s trust in the IT systems of financial institutions and the Innovation...Categories: Systems, Software & Web Development, Software, Servers, Security, IT Management, Financial Services, Financial, Data Management -
First Spar, Eurospar and Mace stores are equipped with terminals for contactless payments News
12.07.2012 Irish retail company BWG Foods and its technology partner CBE are rolling out terminals to enable customers to make contactless payments in Spar, Eurospar and Mace stores across... -
New microenterprise fund to give €90m in lending to 5,500 Irish businesses News
22.06.2012 The Irish Government has revealed details of a new microenterprise fund scheme, which it expects will be operational in the early autumn. The fund will aim to provide more than... -
Irish Stock Exchange joins BT’s Radianz global financial cloud News
21.03.2012 The Irish Stock Exchange has joined the BT Radianz Cloud of banks, brokers, investment managers and funds in a move that will expand the exchange’s existing international reach... -
Sage Pay acquires Dublin company Integral for €20m News
07.02.2012 Accounting software giant Sage’s payments division Sage Pay has acquired Dublin payments technology company Integral for €20m. -
Decision ‘imminent’ on connecting Cork to global US$300m fibre network News
03.11.2011 Government and telecoms industry decision makers have just a window of months to decide if Cork city and region – home to some of the biggest tech and pharmaceutical operations... -
Irish credit unions urged to modernise to compete with banks News
13.10.2011 Irish credit unions, which are to receive a €1bn bailout from the Government, have been urged to pool their resources and create a centralised system capable of issuing debit... -
EU to launch anti-trust probe into SEPA News
27.09.2011 The European Commission has launched an anti-trust investigation into the European banks’ plan for a Europe-wide electronics payment system called the Single Euro Payments Area... -
Future of online banking rests with the smartphone News
13.07.2011 Online banking is now the most commonly used method for banking amongst Irish youth, according to a survey by National Irish Bank, with 78pc doing their banking online at least...Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Mobility, Mobile, Financial, Economy, Digital Business, Apps -
Sage unveils new FX global payments service News
07.06.2011 Sage’s Irish operations have launched a new, free global payment service aimed at making it faster and cheaper for businesses or individuals to make foreign currency transfers... -
Asset Control to create 50 jobs in Dublin News
06.04.2011 Asset Control, a global provider of data technology for financial institutions, is to create 50 new jobs in Dublin with the expansion of its financial technology operation,...Tags: Finance, Banks, Jobs, Job Creation, IDA Ireland, IDA, Richard Bruton, Smart Economy, Dublin, Ireland, -
Technology remains most trusted sector in Ireland News
27.01.2011 Political shenanigans, gambling bankers and a dysfunctional economy aside, technology remains the most trusted sphere of life in Ireland, according to the annual Edelman Trust... -
Half of phishing attack victims’ credentials stole in first hour News
02.12.2010 Security investigators have discovered how the cyber criminals behind phishing attacks usually harvest their victims’ credentials within the first hour of a phishing email...