Shoppers spent 6% more in final months of 2022 than 2021, MasterCard report highlights

Iseq index gave back 0.76% on Thursday, slightly outperforming its European peers

Irish IT market remains a ‘hot space’ for acquisitions and consolidation despite gloomy sentiment, says Ergo chief Paul McCann

Card networks under investigation over levies on UK-EU transactions

But rising prices likely to be a ‘major headwind for consumer spending’, says MasterCard

Visa and Mastercard have increased processing and cross-border transaction fees fivefold, says watchdog

Company secures new building in Leopardstown for new EMEA headquarters

Digit Games’ Richard Barnwell, Mastercard’s Amy Neale join Delta as partners

Energy stocks rise as oil prices exceed $130 a barrel amid inflation concerns

Pope pleads for peace as Putin says campaign in Ukraine will not end until Kyiv stops fighting

Five civilians killed in a rocket attack on a Kyiv TV tower as Zelenskiy urges EU to prove it sides with country in conflict

Bank executive in Moscow questions how long central bank can support rouble

Dispute had spurred Amazon to consider ban on UK-issued Visa cards

CSO data shows volume of sales fell 3.2% as consumers spent less in bars and on goods

Social media giant admits defeat in digital payments

If the UK cannot meet European Union standards, it will become a global data pariah

Five companies fined over £33m for cartel behaviour in prepaid card market in Britain

Groups to pay more than £33m after being found to have broken competition law

Fintech says Mastercard payments are unaffected by outage

Values continue to recover as tide of worry ebbs over Omicron coronavirus variant