In this Money Talks segment, we take a deeper look at the startup ecosystem on this island that we call home, then head south to Europe for a constructive look at the European Payments Initiative, and then head further south to Africa for the story of Chipper Cash and the fintech opportunity in Africa.

MoneyNeverSleeps is sponsored by PAT Fintech, the training partner that demystifies fintech and digital finance for financial services professionals.

MAIN STORIES WE COVERED:

Scale Ireland kicked off their membership drive last week, which is an “independent not-for-profit organisation and our mission is to support, represent and advocate on behalf of Irish tech startup and scale-up companies, to create the most advantageous conditions for them to succeed.”

18 Irish Startups to Watch, according to top VCs (Sifted [paywall], 27-May-21)

Europe’s largest banks plan a joint attack on US payment giants. (Insider Voice via Finch Capital newsletter, 3-May-21)

SVB-led $100M investment makes Chipper Cash Africa’s ‘most valuable startup’ (TechCrunch, 31-May-21)

SIDE NOTES AND OTHER STORIES:

Curve breaks records with largest-ever equity raise of £9.9m on Crowdcube (Finextra, 31-May-21)

With Great Power Comes Great Wealth (Chris Skinner, 2-Jun-21)

Eoin’s latest read: Atomic Habits by James Clear

Pete’s latest read: To Sell is Human by Daniel Pink

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