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Ireland's central bank flags 27% rise in payment fraud to €179M

  • —Fraudulent PSP payments in Ireland hit €179M in 2025, up from €140M
  • —E-money fraud jumped 57.7% to €40.42 million
  • —Regulator's priorities: customer fund protection, operational resilience, fraud prevention
  • —Innovation hub held 78 company meetings; sandbox hosted 8 projects
Why it matters: The regulator ties trust in DLT and tokenization to customer fund safety, setting the tone for EU oversight of payment innovation.
Source: TokenPost
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