Photo: GettyThe three main banks are launching Revolut-style instant payments from this week. Zippay is an in-app service offered through the banks’ existing mobile banking systems. The instant payments offering from the banks comes after they were forced to pull the plug on previous plans to launch their own bespoke instant payments app at the end of 2023. Now the three mains banks have bought an instant payments technological solution that will allow them to finally roll out a rival to Revolut and N26 years after these digital banks have hoovered up customers. European banks linked into the Single Euro Payments Area (Sepa) instant payments system early last year.

Source: Irish Independent March 09, 2026 08:36 UTC