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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

Transport shares outperform, especially in bullish early New York trade

Carlsen the face of a company that wants to set up the equivalent of a PGA Tour for chess

Woman contacted gardaí about scam when asked for cash to secure the accommodation

Ecommerce giant’s move leads to calls to improve EU-UK trade deal

Unit on Heather Road is let to French manufacturer Sleever until 2034

Less conventional hiring routes can pay dividends in a tight labour market

Fintech founded by former Prepaid owners Noel and Valerie Moran records €12.7m loss

Lands opposite Foxrock church in south Dublin come with permission for 45 apartments

SBD could be affected by global tax changes and Cherrywood competition, study finds

Tim Stokely says Bank of New York Mellon ‘flagged and rejected’ all interbank wires linked to website

Outlet saw significant growth in past year, with pornography as most popular content

Mastercard to phase out magnetic strip, as Twitter introduces new features

Capital comes in behind London and Paris but ahead of Berlin and Amsterdam

Strip on the verge of becoming obsolete with chip technology being increasingly used

Spending rises 5.1% in second quarter as consumers splash out on entertainment

British courts ruled ‘interchange fees’ imposed by Visa and Mastercard on retailers for every card transaction were breach of competition laws

WhenThen, which was founded six months ago, is behind a ‘no-code’ payments platform

The digital euro will likely be a digital wallet that euro zone citizens can keep at the ECB

A notable feature of Ireland’s success in attracting FDI has been its ability to adapt to rapid changes in the industrial landscape

Economy expected to rebound strongly in the second half of 2021 as Covid restrictions are eased

In order to benefit from teamwork, members of a team have to be able to bond

Other winners include Revolut, Hanover Re Ireland, Fund Recs and Mail Metrics

Market Beat: Prepaid cards are of use to drug cartels, terrorists and petty fraudsters

Data from Dublin’s four local authorities show retail spend fell 3.9% in first quarter

Iseq in Dublin declines by more than 1.5% with resource stocks faring particularly badly

Central Bank considering taking regulatory action against Irish-founded firm

Shares in new owner EML Payments suspended in Sydney on ‘regulatory’ worries

Trust is key to any buyer-seller exchange. Internet commerce brings its own challenges

Blockchain tech company secures backing from JP Morgan, UBS and Mastercard

Shareholders include Enterprise Ireland, Gary McGann, Charlie McCreevy and Tiarnan O’Mahoney

Company’s new checkout allows businesses to accept payments from multiple sources

The world’s biggest cryptocurrency has gained 70% this year as investors begin to take digital assets seriously

Vaccine rollout and improving economic sentiment will see market recover, HWBC says