Fire appoints Bernie Mooney as non-executive director to its EU board
September 12, 2023
Photo by Benjamin Child from Unsplash has been used in the background. Bernie Mooney appointed to Fire-EU board
FIRE – A LEADING DIGITAL PAYMENTS BUSINESS – ANNOUNCES THE APPOINTMENT OF BERNIE MOONEY, FORMER HEAD OF CONSUMER PROTECTION POLICY & CONSUMER RESEARCH FUNCTION AT THE CENTRAL BANK OF IRELAND, AS NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO THE FIRE (EU) BOARD
London, Dublin – 12th September 2023
Bernie Mooney, recently retired from the Central Bank of Ireland has joined the Board of Fire.
As a regulatory veteran with an extensive career with the Central Bank of Ireland, Bernie joins other (group) non-executive directors Joe Caulfield, Enda Murphy, Mike Smith, Lucy McClements, and Chris Davies adding to a highly experienced team of regulatory and payments professionals.
Bernie’s appointment comes at an exciting time as Fire is scaling its business and operations across Ireland and the UK. Fire helps its customers get paid, pay out and go digital with their payment processes. Among its thousands of business customers, Fire now also provides digital and open banking payment solutions to some of world’s largest financial institutions.
Commenting on the appointment Bernie said “I am delighted to be joining the Fire EU Board of Directors at this incredibly exciting time for the business. Fire is at the forefront of digital payments, enabling its customers to embrace digitalisation trends and benefit from new payment processes that are safe, automated and enable better settlement and reconciliation. The fact that Fire can count some large financial institutions among its customer base is testament to the experience of its team and the quality of its product.”
Colm Lyon, the founder and CEO of Fire added “As a business that processes billions of euro in payments for thousands of customers, we need to have the best team on board. Bernie’s expertise and experience is remarkable, and it helps us build a Board of Directors of exceptional depth and experience in both the payments and regulatory landscape.”
About Fire – Digital Payments & Open Banking.
Fire helps businesses get paid, pay out and go digital with their payment processes.
With a range of payment services, smart technology and regulatory licences, Fire provides access to open banking payments, sterling & euro accounts, bank transfers, debit cards, FX, and international payments. Regulated in the EU (2010) and UK (2018), Fire is a member of numerous payment schemes and networks. Fire is a principal issuer of Mastercard® debit cards and a provider of Faster Payments, Bacs, Direct Debits, SEPA and Open Banking Payments.
