The Swiss financial regulator has granted capital market and securities dealer licenses to two blockchain companies, set to become the world's first crypto banks. The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) has issued licenses to Zug-based SEBA Crypto AG and Zurich-headquartered Sygnum AG earlier this week, making them the first companies registered in Switzerland as...
Minister for European Affairs Helen McEntee has said a no-deal Brexit is more likely after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson seized control by suspending the UK Parliament in an "unprecedented" move.
Roads around the ABP factory in Bandon are understood to be blocked this morning as cattle trucks seeking to offload stock are being stopped by protesting farmers.
More than 200 footwear manufacturers and retailers, including Nike and Foot Locker, called on US President Donald Trump to cancel the proposed higher tariffs on Chinese imports that take effect next month. The companies signed a letter warning that the new tariffs could cost US consumers an additional $4 billion a year and increase the...
Pamela Byrne remembers the moment she ordered a gourmet burger on her first trip to the US - and was aghast to find it rare pink on the inside. "I couldn't eat it," she recalls. "I was brought up in a world where you need to cook burgers right through because we all understand how...
An online petition calling for the Government not to suspend Parliament has gathered more than one million signatures.
IRELAND "won't be doing business" with the South American countries involved in the Mercosur trade deal with the EU if they don't take part to international efforts to fight climate change, a senior government minister has said.
