Bank customers will pay the price for shrinking competition
Market Watch: Belgians had been feeling queasy about staying in a challenging market
KBC plots Irish exit with loans sale to Bank of Ireland
Move comes weeks after Ulster Bank announcement, to reduce market to just three major retail banks
KBC appoints new Irish chief as it reshuffles executive team
Ales Blazek to replace Peter Roebben, who is to head up Bulgarian business
KBC Ireland sees no new spike in distressed loans in longer lockdown
Irish subsidiary of Belgian bank made a €48m net loss in 2020
KBC Ireland to refund up to €12.9m of legal costs in arrears cases
PTSB and EBS have also refunded legal costs after Central Bank intervention in late 2019
White knights or loan book cannibals – what will happen at Ulster Bank?
Yet another review likely to decide if lender has a future in Irish market
KBC branch closures prompt union to seek early intervention
FSU in dispute with Belgian lender for failing to address workers’ concerns
KBC Ireland open to selling legacy problem mortgages
Bank has more than €1.5bn of impaired loans, mainly owner-occupier mortgages
KBC Ireland chief feels heat from big tech in race for relevance
Seeing the sector as a competition between banks is a narrow view, says Peter Roebben
Covid-19 pushes Irish banks into first loss since troika years
Irish lenders have the capital reserves to weather the Covid-19 storm but expect bank charges to start rising
KBC Bank sets up process for loan and mortage breaks
Bank has begun dealing with applications to assist people affected by the coronavirus
KBC softens resistance to mortgage loan sales under pressure
Belgian bank freed up less bad-loan provisions than in 2018
KBC Bank Ireland appoints chief commercial officer
Jo Reynaerts previously worked in digital transformation for parent bank
KBC boss on tracker focus: ‘Come on, guys, turn the page’
Belgian banking boss says focus on ‘nitty gritty stuff’ is holding back Irish banks
KBC challenged complaints on tracker mortgage issues
Banks ‘rigorously’ disputed jurisdiction of ombudsman, Oireachtas committee told
No heroic failure for May in last stand – just failure
Business Week: also in the news were tax warnings; property prices; and media woes
House prices ‘a concern’, says KBC Ireland chief
Peter Roebben tells Oireachtas committee affordability a problem for many borrowers
KBC Ireland has returned almost third of €1.4bn bailout
Irish division released €12m of loan-loss provisions in first-quarter due to rising house prices and improvement in the quality of its portfolio
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