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Sage Group to sell payment processing unit for £232m

Software group also agreed to sell its US payroll outsourcing business earlier this year

AIB and First Data’s acquisition of Payzone gets regulatory green light

€100 million deal is part of sequence of deals involving traditional banks and payment firms

Payzone profits up by 10% to €6.3m as company diversifies

Payment processing firm bought by AIB and FDC joint venture earlier this year for €100m

M&A activity in Republic hits record high

CRH’s €300m sale of awnings division biggest of 94 deals, says Investec

Stripe leads $22.5m funding round for mobile banking start-up Step

Step aims to teach ‘pre-banked’ generation financial literacy through app

Why Facebook wants to launch its own currency

Tech giant planning to launch ‘stablecoin’, a digital currency pegged to the dollar

Kingspan strong in Dublin as long weekend approaches

CRH also solid, helped by positive data from US

AIB and First Data confirm deal to buy Payzone for €100m

Joint venture will acquire 96% stake in payments company

Merkel reminds May of warmth in the EU tent as Brexit is delayed

Business Week: also in the news were US tax and trade, the economy, AIB and bad loans

AIB and First Data edge closer to €100m purchase of Payzone

Mayor deal to buy Irish payments firm may be unveiled before Easter

US fintech FIS to buy payment processor Worldpay for $35bn

Biggest deal to date in payments industry

ConsenSys to take up 539sq m of space at Shelbourne Plaza

Tech firm has just completed extensive fit-out of the Dublin 4 premises

US-based First Data joins AIB in €100m bid for Payzone

Move would be bank’s first major deal since the onset of the financial crisis in 2008

European shares rise as investors reckon hard Brexit is less likely

FTSE 100 falls after pound strengthens, while US banks deliver upbeat earnings

State’s bid to become key blockchain player gets major boost

Dublin to host event where standards for blockchain technology will be discussed

Investors fret over European banking sector

Food group Aryzta slumps 9% after reporting flat revenues

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