Joe Lynam

Coming up on today's show we'll be talking to the boss of the Foresight Group about private equity investment and we'll be looking at new changes in our current accounts and all the markets as usual.

They are currently building an interconnector cable between Dublin and Wales and a hydroelectric plant in an old mine in Tipperary.

The other is verification of payee or VOP.

Could pose problems, though.

You can email us business at newstalk.com.

That's because if you're paying someone online, you have to get their full name exactly correct and not an approximation.

But they still face the headache of planning delays before these huge projects come on stream.

But first, let's have a look at the main business stories in the newspapers and websites, which we shall do in the tip top company of Leona McCann from Irish Life Investment, Irish Life Investment Management.

Barclay Cribben is head of the Foresight Group here in Ireland and is sitting in front of me.

Jill Byrne is Head of Payments with the Banking and Payments Federation Ireland or the BPFI and is sitting in front of me.

Good morning, Barclay.

Good morning, Leona.

Morning, Joe.

Good morning, Jill.

Hope you had a nice weekend.

Tell us more about what the Foresight Group does.

Can we start with SEPA, S-E-P-A or Instant Payments.

A lovely weekend.

Not too windy, I hope.

Now, tomorrow is Budget Day.