Interest rate spike sees ICS Mortgages take cautious approach to new lending ICS has pressed the brakes on new mortgage lendingSat Sept 03 2022 - 05:00
Iseq slides as European shares are rattled by mounting concerns over rate hikeBanking stocks among weaker performers in DublinThu Sept 01 2022 - 18:57
Irish healthcare data start-up Cushla seeks to raise €3mApp allows individuals access and store their healthcare information and share it with doctors and other medical staffThu Sept 01 2022 - 05:15
Irish State bond rates spike amid worst month for European bondsEuropean bond yields have risen amid growing sentiment the ECB could raise interest rates by as much as 0.75 of a percentage pointWed Aug 31 2022 - 15:52
Bank of Ireland confirms Gavin Kelly as interim CEOLender is 'making good progress' on appointing permanent successor to Francesca McDonaghWed Aug 31 2022 - 07:31
Watchdog seeks shake-up of repossessions for deep arrears cases Competition regulator concerned by impending increase in concentration levels of Irish retail banking following departure of KBC and Ulster BankWed Aug 31 2022 - 05:30
Inflation shock could put 32% of lower-income home borrowers at risk – Central BankAIB and Bank of Ireland make provision for loan lossesTue Aug 30 2022 - 16:13
Bank of Ireland selects former executive Myles O’Grady for top postAppointment subject to vetting by officials from European Central Bank and Central Bank of IrelandTue Aug 30 2022 - 04:45
Irish current account openings double in three months amid ‘big switch’Ulster Bank and KBC gave customers six-month notice to find alternative banking arrangementsFri Aug 05 2022 - 05:30
Bank of Ireland chief Francesca McDonagh leaves unfinished business for successorBritish banker overhauled the culture of Ireland’s largest bank and leaves company on the cusp of a key profitability targetFri Aug 05 2022 - 05:29
Permanent TSB ends two-year CFO search by picking internal candidate Nicola O’BrienO’Brien, who joined Irish bank in early 2017 and was head of finance and investor relations, becomes first woman CFO in Irish retail bankingThu Aug 04 2022 - 11:10
Bank of Ireland profit dips on loans charge amid ‘economic uncertainty’Bank sets aside €47m to deal with potential loan lossesWed Aug 03 2022 - 17:12
Less than half of Irish-based insurers assessing climate change risksCentral Bank says there needs to be a ‘step change’ in response to risks to ensure future viability of the insurance sectorWed Aug 03 2022 - 13:18
Donohoe tightens banker accountability rules in BillNew wording may cause concern for executives who fall under the scope of the proposed changesMon Aug 01 2022 - 07:15
Taoiseach to get delayed Siteserv report by August 8thCommission confirms that no party made an application to the High Court by the July 8th deadline it setFri Jul 29 2022 - 16:44
PTSB’s rosier outlook means dividends no longer a pipedreamJoe Brennan: It is well over a decade since PTSB’s last payoutFri Jul 29 2022 - 15:21
Arachas to buy Glennon Insurances for €90m amid flurry of broker dealsGlennon places about €80 million of gross written premiums with insurers annuallyFri Jul 29 2022 - 13:46
AIB may top key 2023 profit target amid raft of ECB rate hikes First-half profit increase driven by AIB releasing €309m of loan loss provisions, up from €103m a year earlierFri Jul 29 2022 - 13:32
NatWest expects Ulster Bank withdrawal to cost €900mUlster Bank reported an operating loss of €254 million for the first half of this yearFri Jul 29 2022 - 12:45
Revealed: How Ireland’s top CEOs were paid last year as their salaries soared by 27%Average pay package of the 18 long-standing bosses of the largest Irish publicly-quoted companies was €3.46 million last yearFri Jul 29 2022 - 05:06
Irish M&A deals fall 52% in value in first half from record 2021Deals slide 31% in UK as investor sentiment weighs negativelyFri Jul 29 2022 - 05:00
Aviva’s Irish life arm names Dave Swanton as interim CEOPensions arm returned to profit last yearThu Jul 28 2022 - 16:57
Ardagh earnings rise even as energy costs mountArdagh group now generates about $10bn in annual salesThu Jul 28 2022 - 16:49
Former Bank of Ireland executive Andrew Keating quits CRH after three yearsSpokesman for the building materials company declines to comment on Keating’s departureThu Jul 28 2022 - 06:00
Smurfit Kappa shares jump after ‘blow-out’ earningsDemand for boxes, its end product, grew by 2.5 per cent over the first months of the yearWed Jul 27 2022 - 08:17
PTSB eyes full-year profit despite €75m costs of Ulster Bank dealIrisb bank said it opened 70,000 new deposit and current accounts in the first half of this yearWed Jul 27 2022 - 07:48
Italian and German shares drop as EU agrees on gas rationingPermanent TSB edges 2.2 per cent higher to €1.38 ahead of publication of its interim results.Tue Jul 26 2022 - 18:33
AIB to abandon negative rates in wake of ECB moveAn estimated €18bn of AIB deposits are subject to such ratesMon Jul 25 2022 - 19:18
Makhlouf presses for Irish ‘resilience fund’ amid corporate tax spikeCentral Bank estimates that about €8bn in corporation tax may be unsustainableMon Jul 25 2022 - 19:11
End of cheap ECB money closes profitable era for Central Bank of IrelandSome €18.4 billion of the Central Bank’s profits since 2008 have transferred to the exchequerSat Jul 23 2022 - 05:38
Irish banks hold fire on non-tracker mortgage rates after ECB hikeBank of Ireland said it will cease charging negative rates on deposits in excess of €1 million as ECB moves its deposit rate from minus 0.5% to zeroThu Jul 21 2022 - 18:16
Explainer: Why is ECB raising rates now for first time in more than a decade?More interest rate rises are on the way but it may be some time before you feel the effect, unless you are on a tracker mortgageThu Jul 21 2022 - 13:50
ECB’s first rate hike in 11 years to hit €25bn of tracker loansCentral bank’s 0.5 of a percentage point rate hike was more than forecast last monthThu Jul 21 2022 - 13:17
Starling Bank does U-turn on Ireland despite Central Bank signalsRegulator had clearly signalled that it was prepared to approve digital banks plan for Irish operationsThu Jul 21 2022 - 05:33
Irish savings rate highest in euro zone at peak of Covid shockState’s household savings rate peaked at 25% in 2020Wed Jul 20 2022 - 16:33
Irish banks likely to follow ECB hike with relief for €1m+ deposit accountsBank of Ireland and AIB have more than €30bn of deposits where high-net-worth households and business are charged negative ratesWed Jul 20 2022 - 15:29
Soaring costs and construction skills shortages threaten housing targetsConstruction costs are accelerating at a faster pace than the value of projects, analyst saysWed Jul 20 2022 - 05:35
Tardy Ulster and KBC clients delaying account move face risks, warns consumer watchdog Customers run risk of missed direct debits, loans unpaid and negative credit rating unless new bank foundWed Jul 20 2022 - 05:00
European shares rise on easing Nord Stream gas-crunch fearsBanks shine on Iseq after reports that ECB may opt for bigger than expected interest rate riseTue Jul 19 2022 - 18:58
ECB to discuss ending negative rates with 50 basis point moveEuropean recession now expected by 86% of global investors – Bank of AmericaTue Jul 19 2022 - 12:25
AIB to pull cash services from 70 more branches amid shift to digital banking Bank said that it will also complete the hiring of 500 people for digital roles by the end of this yearTue Jul 19 2022 - 10:17
Bóthar auditor Grant Thornton’s work under investigation by CAIInvestigation, which follows irregularities at charity over a number of years, is at a very early stageTue Jul 19 2022 - 05:50
Greencoat Renewables invests up to €35m in first Irish solar dealMeath solar farm is being developed by the Irish arm of Norwegian energy giant StatkraftMon Jul 18 2022 - 18:24
Mainstream to receive €89m for minority stake in African joint ventureDublin-based Mainstream’s stake in African wind energy venture Lekela was diluted to 15.5% in 2016 as it took in co-investorsMon Jul 18 2022 - 10:04
Energia pays €40m dividend as generation arms offset retail lossesGroup has hiked tariffs for customers a number of times in the past year amid spiralling wholesale pricesMon Jul 18 2022 - 05:46
Irish officials expect hearings on Apple tax appeal in autumnValue of the escrow account holding the disputed tax has fallen to €13.6 billion from €14.3 billionMon Jul 18 2022 - 05:18
Only one-fifth of Irish job postings offer ability to work from homeData on flexible working in Ireland shows it is higher than in other economies but, according to Eurostat, only mirrors pre-Covid levelsMon Jul 18 2022 - 05:00
Paddy Power to cut outlets as punters move onlineSeen & heard: Debenhams stores on the block; EU to order gas use cut; Dutch buy into Irish electrics groupSun Jul 17 2022 - 10:44
Ardagh awarded $84m in settlement of case with Saint-GobainArbitration award relates to a US patent disputeFri Jul 15 2022 - 20:02
Mario Draghi’s latest crisis may help your mortgage. But at what cost?A decade after saving the euro, the Italian prime minister must be fearing a fresh debt disasterFri Jul 15 2022 - 16:09
