Strive Industry Newsletter

An Irish subsidiary of US crypto asset exchange Kraken has become the latest company to receive virtual asset service provider (VASP) authorisation from the Central Bank of Ireland, bringing it under the regulator’s supervision for the purposes of anti-money laundering and criminal financing controls. Payward Europe Solutions, a company registered

Ireland has introduced extra accountability rules for senior staff that are similar but not identical to those under the UK Senior Managers and Certification Regime, says Ian Duffy of Societe Generale Securities Services. On March 9, 2023, the Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Act 2023 was enacted. It sets out

AIB on Thursday was the last of the remaining three Irish banks to take stock in trading updates of the huge benefits flowing their way from the exits of formidable rivals Ulster Bank and KBC Bank from banking in the Republic. The banking trio is benefiting hugely from much-reduced competition