Michael Cogley

London

London Editor at The Currency

London Editor, @thecurrency

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Pensions, regulatory reform, and private markets tee up next era of UK fintech - The Currency

3 days ago | thecurrency.news | Michael Cogley

London has long demonstrated its dominance of the fintech sector. The City has been the birthplace of start-ups like Revolut, Wise, Monzo, and Checkout, all of which have transformed different aspects of the finance industry while attaining multi-billion-pound valuations in the process.
Monzo settles into Dame Street’s Central Plaza as it ploughs millions into European expansion - The Currency

4 days ago | thecurrency.news | Michael Cogley

British fintech bank Monzo has made One Central Plaza on Dame Street the new home for its European headquarters as it continues to invest millions of euros into the expansion of its Irish operation. The London-based business, last valued at £4.5 billion (€5.3 billion) in a secondary share sale in October, is in the process of building out an Irish arm in order to operate within the European Union. The bloc will be its second international market in addition to the US.
Irish accountancy and advisory firms enter a new phase as private equity backers weigh up exits - The Currency

1 week ago | thecurrency.news | Michael Cogley

In August 2021, private equity firm TowerBrook Capital Partners became one of the first investment houses to take a significant stake in a high-profile accountancy firm, charting a path away from the partner model that has defined the industry for decades. TowerBrook, which has headquarters in London and New York, outlined its intention to invest heavily in talent and technology at its new firm EisnerAmper, while also ramping up its spending on mergers and acquisitions.
"From a FreeNow perspective, Ireland is critical. It's a big part of what interested us" - The Currency

2 weeks ago | thecurrency.news | Michael Cogley

When Lyft started out in California in 2012, it quickly became synonymous with pink furry moustaches. The ride-hailing company’s drivers adorned their cars with the fabricated facial hair, making them quite easy to spot for customers. While the moustaches are no more, Lyft is still ferrying customers all across the US and Canada.
"The devil will be in the detail": EU-UK deal and post-Brexit relations - The Currency

2 weeks ago | thecurrency.news | Michael Cogley

Monday was a day of resets and turned pages at Lancaster House. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer welcomed a European delegation led by Ursula von der Leyen to the central London mansion on the mall in front of Buckingham Palace for the inaugural EU-UK summit, which, according to official dispatches, demonstrated a shared desire to put “stale old debates” to rest and instead focus on what the two powers can achieve together.
"The historic strong US consumer story could become a European consumer story" - The Currency

2 weeks ago | thecurrency.news | Michael Cogley

On May 8, US President Donald Trump heralded what he described as a “breakthrough” deal with the United Kingdom, the first of what he said would be many newly-agreed arrangements with America’s trading partners. Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s agreement with his transatlantic counterpart is perhaps unsurprising given the warm relations that have developed between the two leaders since Trump returned to the White House.
Research Ireland's new CEO brings lofty ambitions for the domestic tech sector with him - The Currency

3 weeks ago | thecurrency.news | Michael Cogley

In February, I travelled up to Cambridge to meet with Diarmuid O’Brien. The Dubliner was the pro-vice chancellor of innovation at the city’s iconic university, essentially overseeing all innovative output from one of the most important academic institutions globally. He spoke at length about the work that had gone into developing a “forward-looking” innovation story for the University of Cambridge, and charted his own journey through the world of academia.
Legitimate, a start-up that aims to tackle misinformation, shutters Belfast entity to run business through the US - The Currency

3 weeks ago | thecurrency.news | Michael Cogley

Legitimate, a Northern Irish start-up founded to help tackle fake news, has shut its Belfast holding company and will instead run the international business through a US entity. The start-up was founded by husband and wife pair Caoimhe and Gerald Donnelly in 2020. The duo initially developed a series of free-to-use tools for journalists to help build trust with audiences.
Shifting capitals: Dublin, London and the post-Brexit battle for investment - The Currency

3 weeks ago | thecurrency.news | Michael Cogley

In the wake of Brexit, high-profile clients of international law firm Hogan Lovells kept asking the question: Why don’t you have an Irish office? Almost overnight, Ireland’s attractiveness to financial firms had skyrocketed. Suddenly, London would no longer function as their gateway to Europe and instead they would have to look to other European cities in order to passport their services into the bloc.
"It's a niche in a very big US population — and we're now pretty big in that niche" - The Currency

1 month ago | thecurrency.news | Michael Cogley

There have been better times to be an international student in the US. The Trump administration has revoked over a thousand visas from those who have travelled to America to study, and the president has also threatened an outright ban on overseas students for Harvard as part of a growing row between the White House and the iconic educational institution.

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Articles

Pensions, regulatory reform, and private markets tee up next era of UK fintech - The Currency

Monzo settles into Dame Street’s Central Plaza as it ploughs millions into European expansion - The Currency

Irish accountancy and advisory firms enter a new phase as private equity backers weigh up exits - The Currency

"From a FreeNow perspective, Ireland is critical. It's a big part of what interested us" - The Currency

"The devil will be in the detail": EU-UK deal and post-Brexit relations - The Currency

"The historic strong US consumer story could become a European consumer story" - The Currency

Research Ireland's new CEO brings lofty ambitions for the domestic tech sector with him - The Currency

Legitimate, a start-up that aims to tackle misinformation, shutters Belfast entity to run business through the US - The Currency

Shifting capitals: Dublin, London and the post-Brexit battle for investment - The Currency

"It's a niche in a very big US population — and we're now pretty big in that niche" - The Currency

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