BoI hires Goodbody analyst Eamonn Hughes as sustainability and investor relations head
Chartered accountant has been researching environment, social and governance issues
Chartered accountant has been researching environment, social and governance issues
Southern European countries considerably more exposed
Move comes as lenders Ulster Bank and KBC Bank Ireland retreat from the market
The digital-focused company is led by a number of financial industry executives
Joe Brennan: Ulster Bank deal puts a fair wind behind embattled lender
Operating costs are estimated at 1.05 points of the average Irish mortgage rate, compared to 0.65 points across the EU
Three surviving banks could benefit by mopping up loans of exiting lenders
Belgian lender expects sale of almost €9bn of performing loans and €5bn deposits to BofI
Lender expects to fund transaction with KBC from ‘internal resources’, spokesman says
Carve-up of KBC and Ulster Bank among remaining lenders will shrink competition
Insurer posts surprise profit for 2020
Irish insurer had set aside €30m to deal with outcome of test case taken by pub groups
Decision by NatWest affects mortgages, business loans and deposits
Stock market reassured that company remains strongly capitalised
Synch Payments is a joint venture between AIB, Bank of Ireland, Permanent TSB and KBC
In store for 2021: Bad loans, major job cuts and the never-ending tracker saga
Yet another review likely to decide if lender has a future in Irish market
Lenders advised to prepare for real impact of Covid-19 when payment breaks wear off
Bank to lend for renewable energy projects, energy-efficient homes and electric vehicles
Virtual meeting with Paschal Donohoe as bank considers wind-down
Parent company NatWest is considering winding business down
Lenders no longer offering general payment breaks but treating customers on case-by-case basis
Bank reconsidering office spaces in Dublin in addition to 1,500 job cuts
Agenda: ‘Unemployment is a lagging indicator in any recession because businesses will hang on for as long as they can before failing’
The figure equates to more than 19% of the lender’s workforce at the end of last year
Central Bank says there are 90,539 active payment breaks across Irish households
Market Beat: Closure would mark the end of a storied bank and further erode competition in the market
Some 86,000 mortgage accounts have been granted payment breaks by lenders
Joe Brennan: €2bn credit guarantee scheme comes as UK and EU standoff continues
The economic shock has thrown the problems facing Eamonn Crowley into sharp focus
Pandemic will wipe out capital due to be returned to shareholders
Joe Brennan: Banks must be honest with themselves about what loans are unsustainable, make specific provisions and cut restructuring deals
Credit guarantee schemes have been introduced elsewhere in Europe
Reputations at stake amid Covid-19 stand-off, says Minister for Finance
European regulator calls for suspension of all insurance company payouts to investors
Market Beat: keeping capital for lending is far more important than payouts
Minister calls for contactless payment threshold to be raised from €30 to €50
Minister will be updated on measures taken by lenders in the past week to combat crisis
Move could release funds for lending as economy grapples with fallout from virus
The 61-year-old, who became deputy chairman in November, succeeds Richard Pym
Bank took €80m charge last year, due to reduction in net deferred tax assets to €184m
Sentiment towards sector dented as Johnson puts threat of no-deal Brexit back on table
Total of €3.5bn repaid via dividends to parent RBS since late 2016 - almost 20% cent of £15m bailout it received
Four of the State’s five surviving retail banks are working on a major cost-cutting drive
Analysts say successful bond sale this week ‘bodes well’ for PTSB’s future bond-sale plans
Three bidders remain in running for Dublin-listed property group as deadline looms
Central Bank on mission to teach banks lesson over tracker mortgage scandal
Bank eyes return of billions of euro of excess cash to shareholder when NPLs target met
Lender expects prices to increase despite saying ECB rates may not move until 2022
Despite signs of a return to health some problems remain as intractable as ever
The predicted ‘tsunami’ of home repossessions has not occurred. But the issue remains a tinderbox
Project Glas mortgages and restructured loan sale may make PTSB a takeover target
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Banks share 60% of mortgage market, and their dominance is scaring competitors away
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