GRID Finance is an online platform transforming banking and financial services in Ireland by building innovative financial products for the connected generation. In this interview, co-founder and COO Sean O’Riordan explains how the company’s first p2p lending product for small businesses got started. The easiest way to describe GRID Finance is … GRID Finance is… Read more
Ranking consistently in a leading spot on Forbe’s ‘Best Countries for Business’ list since 2010, Ireland boasts a vibrant digital sector. Its capital city, Dublin, has become a major tech hub over the past decade – serving as the European base for many multinational IT companies (10 of the top 10 global ICT companies and… Read more
Brett Meyers is CEO & Co-Founder of the online p2p currency exchange platform CurrencyFair. Started five years ago, CurrencyFair has raised €5m in funding and currently serves more than 50,000 clients across 20 currencies. Can you describe CurrencyFair and how it began? CurrencyFair grew out of our own needs, as expats living in Ireland, to transfer money internationally between… Read more
I was invited to speak at World Council for Credit Unions this week on how technology is enabling a new generation of person-to –person and crowd–driven funding, lending, currency and investment services that will decentralize and democratize finance, money and banking. Think: Funding Circle, Bitcoin, Lending Club, Kickstarter, IndieGogo, Seedrs, CircleUp, GoFundMe, CurrencyFair, Transferwise, Zopa, MPesa… Read more
KissKissBankBank is a crowdfunding platform that fosters connections between projects creators and potential contributors passionate about creativity. Belgian Curator Marco Torregrossa had a chat with Vincent to get the latest scoop about KissKissBankBank and what new developments are on sight, affecting the realm of collaborative finance. We all have different interpretations of crowdfunding, what is – in… Read more