Tag: Ireland

Navigating cross-border fund distribution requires constant vigilance, especially as regulatory landscapes continue to shift. In May 2025, a series of significant updates have been introduced to help fund managers, compliance officers and legal professionals stay compliant across key jurisdictions.

Gabriel Makhlouf, the Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland, has compared ‘unbacked’ cryptocurrencies to ponzi schemes.

Quantexa, a developer of decision intelligence (DI) solutions, has acquired Ireland-based Aylien, which builds NLP and advanced AI tools for data to collect, analyse and understand unstructured data.

Cybersecurity insights platform Siren has raised €12m in a funding round from the European Investment Bank.

Global identity verification provider ID-Pal has partnered with Keystone Property Finance, a buy-to-let lender, to bolster the latter’s onboarding for mortgage brokers and borrowers.

The Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) has fined the European life and pensions unit of Axa €3.6m for several regulatory breaches.

The government of Ireland is proposing a legislative framework to protect access to cash in the Irish Republic.

Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) has slapped Meta with a €265m fine after details of over half a billion users were leaked on a hacking page.  

Danske Bank has been fined €1.8m by the Central Bank of Ireland for three breaches of the Criminal Justice Act 2010.

Ireland’s Data Protection Commission has fined social media giant Instagram €405m for failures around handling personal information.