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Jul 13
Statement – Post CEO Roundtable

The Central Bank of Ireland welcomes the statement from the Banking and Payments Federation Ireland (BPFI) following Tuesday’s CEO roundtable meeting, at which the retail banks set out the programme of work being undertaken by the sector to manage the migration of personal and business bank accounts. The work outlined focuses on the four areas […]

Jul 13
Central Bank of Ireland Issues Warning on Unauthorised Firm – Fraudulent firm clones Fire Financial Services Limited T/A fire.com and Fire

It has come to the Central Bank of Ireland’s (‘Central Bank’) attention that a fraudulent entity has been claiming to be a retail credit firm in the State in the absence of an appropriate authorisation. In this instance the fraudulent entity cloned and impersonated a legitimate Central Bank authorised firms in order to deceive consumers. […]

Jul 13
Central Bank of Ireland Issues Warning on Unauthorised Firm – Renfrew Capital Management (Clone)

It has come to the attention of the Central Bank of Ireland (‘Central Bank’) that a scam entity by the name Renfrew Capital Management (Ireland and Bermuda), formerly operating the website https://renfrewcapitalmgmt.com, has been claiming to be an investment firm / investment business firm in the State in the absence of appropriate authorisations. In this […]

Jul 13
Institutional investor sentiment about ETH improves as Merge approaches

Professional investors are warming to Ethereum again as ETH-based funds see a third consecutive week of inflows. 1263 Total views 4 Total shares Ethereum prices may have dipped again today, but there are signs that professional investors are warming to the asset as the highly anticipated Merge draws closer. In its digital asset fund flows […]

Jul 13
Oil prices fall below $100 a barrel to settle at a 3-month low

Oil futures fell sharply on Tuesday, with U.S. benchmark crude prices back below $100 a barrel and settling at their lowest since April. “Barring a major supply disruption, oil looks like it is going to trade sub-$100 for a while until the crude demand outlook improves,” said Edward Moya, senior market analyst at OANDA. West […]

Jul 13
Why Coinbase is banning slide decks and ‘endless meetings’

Crypto exchange Coinbase is getting rid of slide decks and “endless meetings” as a way to improve productivity following the purge of roughly 18% of employees last month. In a July 13 blog post, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong noted that the company is currently focused on “driving more efficiency” as it continues to scale, pointing […]