Patrick Collison
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State lags in ranking of best ‘start-up friendly’ nations
- Technology
- January 12, 2021, 13:18
The Republic has been ranked mid-table in a list of “start-up friendly” nations. The State comes in at 13th place out of 24 countries in the ranking,(...)

Young Scientist: Cork student wins with programme to detect ‘deepfakes’
- Science
- January 8, 2021, 17:11
A new software programme that could make the internet a safer place has culminated in its developer Greg Tarr winning the 2021 BT Young Scientist &(...)

Cork student who designed software to detect ‘deepfake’ videos wins 2021 BTYSTE contest
- Science
- January 8, 2021, 14:07
Greg Tarr, a Leaving Cert student at Bandon Grammar School in Co Cork, is the overall winner of the 2021 BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibitio(...)

Revolut targets 2m Irish customers as it takes on Stripe
- Technology
- December 7, 2020, 14:54
Revolut now has 1.2 million customers in the Republic and is highly confident it can surpass two million given the rate at which it is growing locally(...)

Stripe teams up with banks to offer checking accounts to online businesses
- Financial Services
- December 4, 2020, 09:38
Payments company Stripe will team up with some of the world’s largest banks to offer checking accounts to businesses that sell their wares on e-commer(...)

Only way is up for Stripe as valuation skyrockets
- Technology
- November 28, 2020, 05:53
Many businesses are having a difficult year, but one company that is thriving even during the coronavirus pandemic is Stripe. Its valuation has likely(...)

Stripe in talks for new funding at much higher valuation
- Technology
- November 24, 2020, 21:32
Financial technology startup Stripe is in talks to raise a new funding round, valuing it higher than its last private valuation of $36 billion, accord(...)

Call for State to be aggressive in incentivising entrepreneurs
- Technology
- November 16, 2020, 05:00
The State should be as aggressive in incentivising entrepreneurs to move to the Republic and establish businesses as it has been in luring multination(...)

Stripe moves payment processing to Dublin due to Brexit
- Technology
- October 29, 2020, 19:31
Stripe is shifting payment processing for the majority of its European customers to its Irish-regulated entity because of Brexit, the company said on (...)

Stripe acquires Nigerian start-up Paystack for more than $200m
- Technology
- October 15, 2020, 14:28
Stripe is to buy Nigerian payments start-up Paystack for an undisclosed sum in its biggest acquisition to date. The company, founded by Limerick-born(...)