KBC Bank Ireland accused of showing ‘complete contempt’ for staff
Lender strongly refutes accusation, claims it has offered staff generous redundancy terms
Finance union seeks KBC Ireland mediation over exit concerns
Belgian-owned lender has never recognised Irish unions
Bankers union urges Government to make ‘right to disconnect’ code legally enforceable
Ministers commit to a ‘legally admissible’ code
Labour Court urges KBC to engage with union to address branch closure issues
Belgian-owned bank says instead it will ‘directly engage’ with employees in dispute
KBC Ireland turns down WRC meeting over hub closures
Union sought intervention as it failed in trying to get bank to engage with it
NatWest confirms review of Ulster Bank as Covid-19 bites
Statement comes after report that wind-down of lender is being considered
Parental alienation: ‘It’s emotional abuse at the highest level’
When one parent turns a child against the other, a childhood is lost
Frontline bank workers to get pay top-ups during Covid-19 crisis
Bank staff dealt with about 7,000 calls a day last week from business customers
Union calls for industry-wide approach to protect bank branch staff
FSU estimate between 5,000 and 6,000 staff are working directly in branch networks
Irish banks plot fresh wave of job cuts as low ECB rates and Brexit bite
Four of the State’s five surviving retail banks are working on a major cost-cutting drive
One-quarter of financial workers feel obliged to answer work emails out of hours
Financial Services Union calls for ‘right to disconnect’ measures amid survey results
Government to publish report on worker ‘techno-stress’ and ‘right to disconnect’
Unions point to increasingly routine after-hours work contact, often via company smartphones
The pushback against Ireland’s always-on work culture starts here
Momentum gathering to flick the off switch on after hours e-contact by employers
Stress of after-work emails causing mental health crisis, union says
Government urged take action on legal ‘right to disconnect’ from work after hours
Finance union backs Sinn Féin Bill to limit mortgage loan sales
Union ‘concerned’ about proposed EU directive promoting distressed loans market
FSU union targets IFSC banks and fintechs in conditions survey
Survey comes as Irish retail banks have shed more than 25,000 jobs over the past decade
Ulster Bank staff vote to accept pay rise of up to 3%
Some 750 staff in Republic will get 3% increase, with same number getting 1.25%-3%
KBC refuses to engage with staff over arson attacks, union says
Controversial eviction took place at Roscommon farm
Threats to target bankers’ homes ‘appalling’, bank staff union says
Financial Services Union urges KBC Bank to protect vulnerable staff as protests escalate
Bank of Ireland eyes more job cuts but vows to stick to union agreements
CEO Francesca McDonagh says bank will adhere to existing restructuring arrangement
Bank union lukewarm on lifting executive pay restraints
Call for rank-and-file staff to be rewarded ahead of top bankers
‘Self-regulatory’ banking culture board won’t work
Financial Services Union calls for other stakeholders to help bank behaviour change
Ulster Bank tells staff of plan to eliminate 54 branch posts
Move comes on top of 200 job losses among staff addressing mortgage tracker scandal
Ulster Bank agrees to pay rise for staff of up to 5%
A ballot of Financial Services Union members on the proposal is set to get underway
Central Bank’s Mary O’Dea quits for banking institute
O’Dea to succeed Feeney as chief executive of Institute of Banking
Ulster Bank salary range move prompts union to halt pay ballot
Implementation ‘unacceptable, bad industrial relations’, says Financial Services Union
Ulster Bank staff in line for a 2 per cent pay increase
Bank and FSU yet to agree on a plan to change salary ranges in the Republic
Central Bank markets supervision director to join Standard Life
Gareth Murphy to join pensions giant as deputy group chief risk officer
Ulster Bank and union to extend relationship deal
Deal includes attractive redundancy terms and third-party mediation in disputes
Central Bank splits markets unit as enquiries surge post-Brexit
Philip Lane to set up financial stability directorate in biggest overhaul since his arrival
Central Bank markets supervisor Gareth Murphy quits
Murphy follows in wake of Honohan, Elderfield and Gerlach
Central Bank warns on ‘speculative’ CFD investments
Probability of loss for consumer is very high with contracts for difference, says regulator
Revenue takes aim at opaque financial special purpose vehicles
Move follows Revenue concerns about SPV charitable structures, reported by ‘The Irish Times’
Revenue queries use of registered charities in “shadow banking”
Concerns raised about corporate law firm Matheson’s use of registered charities to facilitate the tax avoidance
Ulster Bank announces 124 redundancies nationwide
Bank says redundancies are part of a major restructure of its retail branch network
Panama Papers shine a light on Ireland’s SPVs
Paying little tax and employing few local staff, special purpose vehicles have lots of good reasons to choose Ireland for housing risky financial assets
Ireland prepares for Brexit fund influx
International fund managers eye up Dublin as European foothold for fund ranges
Fintech opportunities to be focus of policy paper - Harris
Minister says Ireland aims to be at cutting edge of financial innovation
Irish directors on international boards may have to scale back
Central Bank identifies 13 individuals with 652 directorships
Former U2 manager Paul McGuinness: Cracking crime on the Côte d’Azur
Paul McGuinness has turned to TV, joining forces with John Banville and Neil Jordan to make a crime series based on the French Riviera
Central Bank disqualifies former Bloxham partner
Sanction, arising out of Bloxham’s collapse in 2012, is longest ever imposed by regulator
How the Isle of Man aims to become the bitcoin capital of the world
Ireland might learn as the Isle of Man positions itself as the new bitcoin capital of the world
Central Bank inspectors investigating shadow lenders
The ECB needs to make sure it isn’t hiding any risky practices that could destabilise the system
Virtual money such as bitcoin poses threats - Central Bank
Central Bank official addresses first ever gathering of virtual and conventional finance
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