#048:The Bottom Line - Business News, Innovation with local companies, buying Irish and a local FinTech company.

This week on The Bottom Line on KCLR John Purcell was joined by Business Editor of the Sunday Independent Samantha McCaughren to chat through some of the big business stories from the week including the technology issues that posed difficulties at a recent virtual AGM and the story relating to Fintech company Wirecard.  Having recently received a Merit Award at the Justice Media awards for articles on Ireland’s growing role in policing social media across the EU, Samantha spoke about social media and the issue of misinformation on the various platforms, the regulations that are coming down the track for social media and the role the BAI will have to play in this.RT Smart Data are a Carlow based company who recently launched their new UWB (Ultrawide Band) smart wearable devices which can provide an auditable trail for social distancing and contact tracing. Ciaran Bolger, Chief Financial Officer of RT Smart Data spoke to John to tell him how the idea came about for their wearable device as well discussing the technology and how it can help businesses deal with the challenges of contact tracing and physical distancing. Ciaran chats through how they have been piloting the device and the plans for future with the technology. https://www.rtsmartdata.com Brian Kelly, Founder of CRM company MindaClient spoke with John about remote working and their new product Rebuild, which came about from their own experiences of working remotely during Covid-19 restrictions. The new system helps companies focus on the staff as well as clients & sales https://www.mindaclient.com/Up until recently Ireland was the only country in Europe that did not have an online Will Register, this fact led to the establishment of thewillregister.ie. Joe Farrell one of its founders spoke with John about how the business came about and the service they provide. https://www.thewillregister.ie/Ciara Herity chats to John about her business lovegreen.ie  a new website which was created during the pandemic to help both the consumer to find, shop and connect with Irish owned businesses and to help local businesses reach their customers. Ciara spoke about how the business came about and her plans for the future. www.lovegreen.ie LoanITT a Credit Intermediary company based in Kilkenny founded in February 2019 has gone from strength to strength and now handles finance for 150 garages across Ireland. John Duggan Co-Founder and CEO of LoanITT spoke with John to tell him more about the company and their latest venture KYIPER the FinTech arm of LoanITT which provides Open Banking solutions.  https://loanitt.ie  With thanks to O’Neill Foley, Produced by Deirdre Dromey.To contact the show, email [email protected]