Executives could be fined up to €1 million and barred from working in the sector if they breach financial conduct rules under proposed new law

New laws around ‘high-cost credit’ will be useful, but even better would be creating ways to bring those who have no other options than moneylenders into mainstream finance

Astra Protocol is a patented blockchain legal product that claims to facilitate easier and safer smart contracts and for decentralised finance products such as crypto currencies.

Financial adviser Eddie Hobbs has said he wrote the book, which is set in 14th-century France and Ireland, during the lockdown before finding a publisher

High street European banks won’t fill the gap left by Ulster Bank and KBC: digital challengers and start-ups will be needed for that

CRH has followed Kerry Co-op in distancing itself from the broker, following the record €4.1 million Central Bank fine for breaches of market rules

The financial regulator raised concerns over governance, anti-money laundering measures and counter-terrorism issues at the company, which was sold by its Irish founders last year

The bank’s governor Gabriel Makhlouf has cited concerns over the Irish economy’s exposure to risk from vulnerabilities in the sector

The Irish tech company provides software to financial regulators and has been acquired by German firm BearingPoint RegTech for an undisclosed sum

Recording of meeting shows difficulties were evident long before Irish investors realised the gravity of the situation

Banking giant’s Dubin-based hub will act as a custodian for digital assets

Regulator outlined issues to EML Payments regarding PFS’ anti-money laundering and terrorism-financing rules

Fidelity Investments Ireland benefited from a ‘major pivot’ to digital services, according to its head of technology Lorna Martyn, and plans to hire a further 90 technologists this year

Up to now, Irish companies involved in cryptocurrency have been prevented from using certain Irish banking services

Sinn Féin finance spokesman asks in Dáil why Central Bank took no action

The head of a mortgage misselling advisory firm said the FSPO had not progressed certain complaints for up to 16 months

Davy Stockbrokers is likely to be bought by Irish Life or Bank of Ireland, and with AIB buying Goodbody, it will create two banking behemoths, raising a number of questions as to what that will mean for the market here

The agency later terminated the stockbroker’s authority to act as main dealer in government bonds after it was fined heavily for double-dealing

Jason Lalor says Square, a €94 billion payment tech company co-founded by Jack Dorsey, sees Ireland as much more than a test bed for expansion into Europe

Regulator refuses to name the 16 people implicated in the scandal for which the stockbroker was fined €4 million