{"podcast":{"title":"Everyday Business with Aidan Donnelly","slug":"everyday-business-with-aidan-donnelly-6381217","podcast_index_feed_id":6381217,"rss_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5107213.rss","website_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5107213","image_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/43489915.jpg","author":"Davy","episode_count":78,"summary":"In this podcast, Aidan Donnelly is in discussion with numerous guests to get insights into their journey, their highs and lows, their management styles, and the lessons they have learned along the way. Most of Aidan’s time has been spent focusing on the financials of these companies but what is more fascinating to him is how companies operate, how the entrepreneurs started them, and the business people/managements who run them. But as with most things, a work/life balance is essential, so it won’t just be about the professional developments they have made through the years, but also the personal ones. Aidan Donnelly, Head of Equities at Davy, has been working in, analysing, and investing in companies for decades. He has 27 years’ investment management experience. He joined Davy in 2005 and has worked as an analyst/fund manager for a range of global equity funds and is now responsible for the direct equity offering at Davy. There will be a new episode released every two weeks, so please like, share and subscribe if you like what you hear!","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/everyday-business-with-aidan-donnelly-6381217"},"episode":{"title":"72: Colm Lyon, CEO and Founder at fire.com","slug":"72-colm-lyon-ceo-and-founder-at-fire-com","published_at":"2026-03-05T12:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/everyday-business-with-aidan-donnelly-6381217/72-colm-lyon-ceo-and-founder-at-fire-com","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/everyday-business-with-aidan-donnelly-6381217","url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8868819","audio_url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8868819.mp3?modified=1772548978&sid=5107213&source=rss","summary":"Colm Lyon is a payments and fintech entrepreneur with more than 30 years’ experience in financial services, spanning banking, payments infrastructure, regulation and digital transformation. He founded Realex Payments in 2000, at an early stage of online commerce in Ireland and the UK. Realex grew rapidly alongside the rise of e-commerce and became one of Europe’s leading online payment service providers. By the time it was acquired by Global Payments in 2015, Realex was processing more than €35 billion in transactions annually for over 14,000 customers, including airlines, insurers, telecoms providers and major consumer brands. Following the acquisition, Realex Financial Services was spun out and remained under Colm’s ownership. That business later became Fire Financial Services, now trading as Fire, and focuses on helping businesses digitise how they get paid and pay out. The company supports services including euro and sterling bank transfers, foreign exchange, open banking payments and debit card issuing, all built on its own in-house platform. Today, Fire processes billions in payments each year for thousands of business customers, including large financial institutions. Alongside building businesses, Colm has been closely involved in shaping the wider payments ecosystem, and also invests in Irish and UK startups through his family office. This is the 72nd episode in the Davy podcast series ‘Everyday Business with Aidan Donnelly’ with special guest Colm Lyon, CEO and Founder at fire.com .","meta_description":"Colm Lyon is a payments and fintech entrepreneur with more than 30 years’ experience in financial services, spanning banking, payments infrastructure, reg…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3964,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/everyday-business-with-aidan-donnelly-6381217/episodes/72-colm-lyon-ceo-and-founder-at-fire-com/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/everyday-business-with-aidan-donnelly-6381217/72-colm-lyon-ceo-and-founder-at-fire-com.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}