US accelerator Fintech71 backs Dublin’s ID-Pal

Fintech71, the Columbus, Ohio based start-up accelerator, has invested in the Dublin-based fintech company ID-Pal.

The Irish ‘know your customer’ start-up will spend three months in the US accelerator which is backed by Visa, JPMorgan Chase & Co, Silicon Valley Bank and others.

ID-Pal was founded last year by James O’Toole, a former consultant with Accenture, and Colum Lyons, who got the idea for the business when they were groomsmen for a mutual ...