Payment Institutions
First Merchant Processing (Ireland) D.A.C.
Retrieved from the Central Bank of Ireland register on 11 June 2026.
First Merchant Processing (Ireland) D.A.C. is authorised by the Central Bank of Ireland, on the register since 2018, as recorded on the Payment Institutions register on 11 June 2026.
Authorisation on a Central Bank payments or credit register covers one named activity, such as issuing electronic money, executing payments, servicing credit, or providing crypto-asset services. Money held under the payments regimes is safeguarded, which is a different protection from the Deposit Guarantee Scheme that covers bank deposits.
| Register | Payment Institutions |
|---|---|
| Reference number | C47862 |
| Trading name | AIB Merchant Services |
| Status | Authorised |
| Authorisation date | 11 July 2018 |
| Passporting in | No |
| Passporting out | 29 EEA countries: AT, BE, BG, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GR, HR, HU, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK |
| Registered address | 10 Hanover Quay, Dublin Docklands, Dublin 2, D02 A3W8 |
Authorisation date and outbound passporting sourced from the EBA EUCLID register (PSD2), matched on the Central Bank reference number.
Authorised services
- A Payment Institution that has been granted an authorisation by the Central Bank of Ireland pursuant to Regulation 18 of the European Union (Payment Services) Regulations 2018.
Public sector record
| Awarding authority | Date | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Fáilte Ireland-National Tourism Development Authority | 21 Nov 2014 | €125,000 |
| National Concert Hall | 8 Sept 2017 | Not disclosed |
Recorded 21 Nov 2014 to 8 Sept 2017. Matched on legal or trading name against the Tenderwatch.ie public procurement supplier feed. Values are the disclosed award amount, not an independent valuation.
Companies Registration Office
| Company number | 355871 |
|---|---|
| Incorporated | 17 April 2002 |
| CRO status | Normal |
Companies Registration Office enrichment, best-effort match on legal name. See the company record and event timeline.
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Change history
No changes recorded since this entity was first captured.
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