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When it comes to advancements in fintech, the world is looking at Ireland. As a global hub for finance, technology and investor activity, Ireland has become a hotbed of fintech innovation, helping the industry respond to challenges from the digitization of banking to new payments models and ever-changing compliance requirements.

Enterprise Ireland, the Irish Government's investment and development agency, is one of the world's most active fintech investors. With a portfolio of almost 200 fintech companies (from High Potential Start-Ups to Accelerating and Scaling companies), Enterprise Ireland helps these fintechs enter and scale in new markets. They proudly invest in, support and partner with the most innovative Irish companies through all stages of their growth and connect them to international partners, clients and ecosystems across multiple industries and markets.

The Irish have always valued innovation - we're a small country with big impact and even bigger fintech advantages.

Join us for this panel discussion and hear from leaders of some of Ireland's top fintech companies.

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Paul Byrne

CEO of CurrencyFair

As a CurrencyFair customer, Paul was intrigued by the way he was able to save so much when making FX transfers. When he returned to Ireland after buil...

Claus Christensen

CEO of Know Your Customer

A visionary entrepreneur and executive, Claus has been active in the IT industry for more than thirty years. In 2015 he founded Know Your Customer wit...

Dara Murphy

GM at Global Shares

Dara Murphy works for Global Shares – one of only 3 global fintech providers in the world in the employee ownership space. Coincidentally, Global Shar...

Mo Harvey

*MODERATOR* Head of Financial Services & FinTech at Enterprise Ireland

As Regional Head of FinTech & Financial Services, Mo works with over 30 fintech companies as a strategic advisor helping start and scale them in Asia-...

CurrencyFair

Know Your Customer

Global Shares

As a CurrencyFair customer, Paul was intrigued by the way he was able to save so much when making FX transfers. When he returned to Ireland after building and selling three hugely successful software businesses in the US, he met with the founders, and became an even bigger fan and believer in the opportunity to transform the way people transact foreign currency and move their
money. So he invested in and joined the Company to lead its growth and drive the mission of fair, transparent and low cost FX services for all.

CurrencyFair solves the pain experienced by anyone that needs to send money abroad. Expats, overseas home-owners, and SMEs typically pay large spreads (up to and even exceeding 5%) and high international transfer fees of around €25 on every payment. CurrencyFair helps its customer access the real exchange rate, while charging a small transparent margin on each transaction.

A visionary entrepreneur and executive, Claus has been active in the IT industry for more than thirty years. In 2015 he founded Know Your Customer with Richard Barrett and Cormac Doddy to revolutionise client onboarding and develop next generation digital solutions for anti-money laundering (AML) / know your customer (KYC) compliance in financial services.

Know Your Customer empowers compliance teams to better protect their business and efficiently perform all necessary KYC and AML checks on both corporate and individual customers, centralising the on-boarding process through a uniquely easy-to-use platform. It enables traditional as well as newly established organisations to deliver a fully digital yet completely secure onboarding experience. Their technology accelerates the time needed to onboard a new corporate client from an industry average of 26 days to 1 day, generating considerable savings for the company.

Dara Murphy works for Global Shares – one of only 3 global fintech providers in the world in the employee ownership space. Coincidentally, Global Shares hails from his hometown of Clonakilty on the beautiful south coast of Ireland.

Global Shares has 16 office locations globally including Hong Kong, China, Japan, EMEA, the US and are a MiFID and FINRA regulated firm. They are 2020 EY ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ Finalists, 2017 Deloitte 'FinTech Company of the Year' Winners, and a 2018/19 Deloitte Fast 50 company.

The company has just announced some very good news – that it is on track to achieve a unicorn valuation in excess of $1 Bn by 2024; that it will grow its workforce from 370 to 1,000 during that time, and it is seeking to fill 150 high-skilled, high-value jobs immediately.

As Regional Head of FinTech & Financial Services, Mo works with over 30 fintech companies as a strategic advisor helping start and scale them in Asia-Pacific. She works with entrepreneurs to identify and harness opportunities in the financial services industry and helps develop fundraising, market-entry and growth strategies. She provides on the ground support to companies in the region with her team across Europe, China, Singapore, India, Korea,
Japan and Australia. As a former lawyer, Mo’s areas of focus are RegTech and LegalTech.

In 2019, she joined AngelHub (Hong Kong’s first regulated equity crowdfunding platform) as a member of the Investment Committee and is actively involved in the tech start-up scene in Asia as an investor and advisor. She also helps international fintech companies looking to enter or scale in Asia and has been a mentor in the
Supercharger FinTech Accelerator in Malaysia (Asia’s leading FinTech Accelerator), Accenture’s APAC FinTech Lab and Ping An Cloud Accelerator.

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