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Has NatWest finally run out of patience with Ulster Bank?

Behind the business-as-usual facade, things are not rosy between the bank and its parent

NatWest considers closing Ulster Bank in the Republic

Winding down bank would put 2,800 jobs at risk

The Irish Times Company of the Year: the three finalists

Fenergo, Irish Distillers and An Post shortlisted after recording strong performances

Fenergo looking to more than double revenues by 2023

Irish fintech lifts Covid hiring freeze, and expects to have 1,000 employees by year-end

Ulster Bank takes €32m loans charge amid Covid-19 crisis

Planning for a future hit from loans soured by economic downturn pushes bank to a loss

Coronavirus: Irish banks offer relief to borrowers hit by coronavirus

Goldman Sachs sees coronavirus fallout wiping €30bn off European banks’ profits

What’s in a name change?

Cantillon: Royal Bank of Scotland to be known henceforth as NatWest plc

Ulster Bank’s ability to write off future profits against legacy losses reduces

Bank took €80m charge last year, due to reduction in net deferred tax assets to €184m

Irish fintech Fenergo completes $80m fundraising round

Backers include Dutch bank ABN Amro and New York-listed DXC Technology

Your business week: Philip Lane’s post-election insights

CSO data on Thursday rounds off year in which house prices have begun to calm

What have the British ever done for us, eh?

Caveat: When Germany and France were trying to bully us over tax affairs, which nation stood beside us? Britain

Virgin Money loan book grows, but still warns of Brexit uncertainty

CEO David Duffy cautions that Brexit is still taking its toll on wider banking sector

European shares fall on China virus fears

AIB and Bank of Ireland lose ground as Kingspan rises on broker upgrade

Senior leadership to depart RBS investment bank

Move is first significant act by bank’s recently appointed chief executive

Bank stocks rattled by UK capital and Brexit concerns

Sentiment towards sector dented as Johnson puts threat of no-deal Brexit back on table

Ulster Bank paying €500m dividend to Royal Bank of Scotland

Total of €3.5bn repaid via dividends to parent RBS since late 2016 - almost 20% cent of £15m bailout it received

How digital revolution is shaping your banking habits

Ireland among most progressive markets for fintech in Europe – and you can bank on that

Iseq hits 12-year high after UK election result

Markets report: In London Johnson’s victory lifts nationalisation fears hanging over utility stocks

Fenergo records strong revenues as spending on R&D doubles

Irish software company continues to secure wins in new segments it is focusing on

Former AIB boss David Duffy pay rises 84% to £3.4m as head of Virgin Money

CEO’s pay more than eight times his AIB salary – despite losses at UK’s Virgin Money

How a Meath couple landed a €266m jackpot with their business idea

Noel and Valerie Moran's prepaid cards business was born at their kitchen table

Brexit volatility weighs on stocks, despite strong results

Iseq dragged down by Irish banks with both Bank of Ireland and AIB under pressure

Ulster Bank profit jumps as conduct and litigation costs drop

Operating profit rose to £54m in first nine months of the year

Markets explode into life on prospect of Brexit deal

Iseq up close to 4 per cent with banks leading the way

No negatives from Ulster Bank’s rate glitch

Cantillon: Bank’s customers in the Republic benefitting from fact that RBS’s IT systems don’t allow it charge negative interest rates

Computer says no: Ulster Bank’s IT system refuses to input negative rates

IT glitch make it impossible for lender to charge large customers in Republic for deposits

Ulster Bank eyes job cuts as low rates squeeze income

CEO Jane Howard refuses to give figure of how many jobs could be cut or a timeframe

'A great question that’s stayed with me is: what if you’re wrong?'

Friday interview: Jane Howard, CEO, Ulster Bank: "We’ve got to find our unique place in the market so we can grow safely and sustainably.”

RBS to take up to £900m hit from late PPI claims

Complaints about mis-selling payment protection insurance will wipe out up to a third of profit

Shares down as traders get the jitters from weak US data

Markets report: Stocks gained ground after reports the ECB is leaning towards a stimulus package that includes a rate cut

The week in business: Ryanair Q1 results and Hibernia Reit’s agm

Apple, Merck, Pfizer and Mastercard all due to report results

RBS sounds out top HSBC executive Ian Stuart for chief executive job

Move comes as blow to internal candidate Alison Rose

RBS boss Ross McEwan to take chief executive role at NAB

Scandal-hit Australian bank turns to banker who revived fortunes of Ulster Bank parent

Irish fintech company Fenergo raises €66m

Clients include HSBC, UBS and BNY Mellon

Tin-eared bankers once more banging the drum about bonuses

Two lawsuits show that bank chiefs no longer feel shame about obscene pay levels

Irish fintech Swoop awarded €5.6m under RBS bailout fund scheme

Start-up is one of five fintechs to be given a combined €25m from programme

FCA report into disgraced RBS unit branded a ‘whitewash’

Financial body says there is no evidence bank artificially distressed otherwise healthy businesses

Former Ulster Bank chief to lead Sainsbury’s bank

Lender was established two decades ago before the retailer took full ownership in 2014

The Irish man who helped tackle Cyprus’s financial crisis

Interview: John Hourican on stepping down as Bank of Cyprus CEO to move closer to home

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