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The future of card payments: ESG, accessibility and personalisation in 2025
GlobalData
While payment cards remain a crucial touchpoint between banks and consumers, they are undergoing significant transformations. Driven by ESG commitments, environmental responsibility is taking priorit ...[Continue Reading]
Electronicpaymentsinternational.com
about 1 year ago
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From Tipperary to Silicon Valley: The farmer-coder who rises early to work on his app
Karl McDonald
Its a long way from Tipperary to Silicon Valley, but that doesnt mean farmers cant code. Overheard, always alert to the unexpected, was interested this week to learn of a home-made solution to a prob ...[Continue Reading]
The Irish Times
1 day ago
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I need to keep working: The people aiming to stay employed until at least 66
Emmet Malone
The change to the law intended to allow thousands of people to stay on in their jobs until their 66th birthday comes into effect on Monday. It has been welcomed by employee representatives, but for a ...[Continue Reading]
The Irish Times
1 day ago
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Pat Leahy: People get promoted until they reach a job they cant do (and other lessons from the UK)
Pat Leahy
Here are four lessons for Irish politics from the fall of Keir Starmer and the rise of Andy Burnham: 1. Beware of Peter Not Peter Mandelson (though all politicians should certainly avoid him) but P ...[Continue Reading]
The Irish Times
1 day ago
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Asia's vendors grapple with rising costs of ever-present plastics
AFP
Food vendors across Asia who rely on plastics for everything from bags to cups and containers are grappling with their rising costs, the result of the energy crisis sparked by the Middle East war.Whi ...[Continue Reading]
The Times of India
1 day ago
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Iran destroys 8 American military infrastructures in Kuwait, Bahrain in response to second US strikes, claims IRGC
ANI
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Sunday claimed it had destroyed eight US military infrastructures in Kuwait and Bahrain in a joint missile and drone operation, describing the strik ...[Continue Reading]
BusinessLine
1 day ago