FinTech 20 Ireland : The long list is announced, 50 plus great Irish companies in the running

By @SimonCocking

It’s been a busy two months since we announced we were looking for Ireland’s first FinTech20 Ireland list, in colllaboration with the global FinTech50 initiative. We’re delighted to let you know that the Irish FinTech scene is as buoyant as we suspected it to be. The great news is there are a fantastic 50 plus Irish fintech companies for our illustrious panel to deliberate over.

Here are the 54 companies that made it to our long list. The judges will be deliberating over the next few weeks and we look forward to then announcing who has made it to the final list for this year’s FinTech20 list.

The panel

Karl Aherne, CEO of Red Planet

Mary Carty, Executive Director @LaunchPadNUIG, CoFounder @OutboxIncubator, Advisor @Stemettes,#womenintech, speaker, author #outboxin #tech #startups #arts

Hazel Moore, Co-founder of FirstCapital @smartdealmaking, doing M&A for growth tech companies in Europe. Governing Board member of Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency

Mary McKenna, Irish entrepreneur, storyteller, collector of people. My projects @TechforgoodCAST, @SCIE_socialcare,  @vinspired, @IIBN, @MillenniumForum, @_RunAClub #maserati100

Anna Scally, KPMG Tax Partner, Head of TMT, Emerging Tech and FinTech Practices-KPMG Ireland, Conference Speaker, MC Extrodinaire. #WebSummitHQ

Ron Immink, Father of two, maverick, speaker, business book geek, entreprenerd, author, blogger, innovator, strategist, CEO and co-founder,

Peter Oakes, Founder Fintech Ireland, central banking, fintech, regtech, payments, risk, law. Executive & Non-Exec Director. Former Director, Irish Central Bank, ex FSA & ASIC.

Dave Tighe, BOI FinTech, Innovation and Startups

JB McCarthy, Development Director Financial Services Innovation Centre (FSIC)

Simon Cocking, @Irish_TechNews Senior editor at #1 Irish online tech news site | freelance @DublinGlobe @sundaybusiness #startups #FinTech #drones#photography

Paul Ryan @PayPal

Peter O’Halloran, Director & General Manager, eCommerce, EMEA @FirstData & Managing Director Gestion Consultancy

Kevin Murphy, Managing Director / CEO / Non Executive Director of FS businesses, particularly Cards & Payments sectors

John Coolican, Value-Hound: Dig for it; Develop, Defend, Deliver it. Runs FinTech Innovation Lab (Dublin) in Accenture.

Paul Byrne, exTrintech CEO, is a serial entrepreneur and strategic high-growth focused innovative leader, who has developed four different software businesses over the last 14 years. Currently is providing guidance, investment, mentorship and board services to high-growth ambitious software companies.

Brian Caulfield, Partner at Draper Esprit. Previously founder at Exceptis & Similarity Systems. Sold both. VC at Trinity Venture Capital. Angel investor and business advisor.

Dave Anderson, Agile geek, UX nerd, product management wonk, fintech Ireland gopher. 20 years of learning in mobile telecoms and digital finance.

Julie Lake, Founding Director The FinTech50, FinTech50 Asia, FinTech20s India, Hong Kong and FinTechCity.

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