Increase in contactless payments limit may not be ready until AprilBanks have agreed to raise threshold from €30 to €50 in effort to reduce handling of cashThu Mar 19 2020 - 20:08
Vulture fund managers to follow banks in offering loan payment breaksLone Star and Pepper Ireland among firms joining plan for customers hit by Covid-19Thu Mar 19 2020 - 18:36
Iseq falls again as stimulus-inspired rally fizzles outThe ECB joined peers in Japan, Australia and the US in launching a fresh wave of emergency stimulusThu Mar 19 2020 - 13:41
Union calls for industry-wide approach to protect bank branch staffFSU estimate between 5,000 and 6,000 staff are working directly in branch networksThu Mar 19 2020 - 13:25
Banks shares pricing in worst case scenario of €6bn in stress test losses – analystsEuropean Banking Authority defers examinations to 2021Thu Mar 19 2020 - 12:44
AIB postpones €1.3bn problem mortgages sale amid Covid-19 crisisDistressed debt firms Lone Star and Cerberus thought to be interested in purchaseThu Mar 19 2020 - 11:38
NTMA sells €500m of short-term debt at negative yieldSale follows launch of ECB’s €750 coronavirus emergency bond-buying programmeThu Mar 19 2020 - 11:13
Central Bank will allow banks to free up rainy-day moneyMove will enable additional €13bn of lending to distressed economy as Covid-19 spreadsWed Mar 18 2020 - 20:23
Iseq follows Wall Street into red as investor fears outweigh stimulus effortsPandemic worries eclipse hopes broad policy support will combat economic falloutWed Mar 18 2020 - 20:13
Coronavirus: Banks agree mortgage breaks and repossession deferralsMinister calls for contactless payment threshold to be raised from €30 to €50Wed Mar 18 2020 - 19:58
Activist investor Cevian ups CRH stake to 3.14% after stock slumpSwedish company backs building materials group to ‘unlock value’ despite Covid-19 crisisWed Mar 18 2020 - 14:35
Irish-backed pub giant Mitchells & Butlers warns of ‘significant loss’UK company expects to pass debt covenants test despite sales slump due to Covid-19Wed Mar 18 2020 - 10:19
Coronavirus: Patrick Honohan urges radical action on EU, ECBFormer Irish Central Bank chief in charge during financial crisis says ‘no excuse’ for delayTue Mar 17 2020 - 21:43
Donohoe to meet bank chiefs as Covid-19 crisis deepensMinister will be updated on measures taken by lenders in the past week to combat crisisTue Mar 17 2020 - 14:31
Trading halted for 15 minutes in New York as US stocks plunge againBanks lead Iseq slump as European equities fall to 2012 lowsMon Mar 16 2020 - 18:22
Covid-19 wreaks havoc on markets as authorities struggle to keep upUp to 30,000 job losses expected in Ireland’s tourism sector amid fears of global recessionFri Mar 13 2020 - 01:00
European shares slump by record 11.5% after ECB and Trump response to virusCoronavirus: Almost €35 billion wiped off value of Irish market in less than three weeksThu Mar 12 2020 - 21:02
Christine Lagarde calls for ‘ambitious’ actions as ECB disappointsBank leaves key interest rates unchangedThu Mar 12 2020 - 18:19
AIB’s Robert Mulhall approved to head UK unitFormer head of Irish retail gets go ahead from regulators to succeed Brendan O’ConnorThu Mar 12 2020 - 05:41
Coronavirus: Central Bank under pressure to let banks tap rainy-day capitalMove could release funds for lending as economy grapples with fallout from virusWed Mar 11 2020 - 11:22
Iseq slides in late trading as rally runs out of steamCoronavirus: Analysts caution that markets will remain volatile for the foreseeable futureTue Mar 10 2020 - 18:16
Coronavirus: Irish banks offer relief to borrowers hit by coronavirusGoldman Sachs sees coronavirus fallout wiping €30bn off European banks’ profitsTue Mar 10 2020 - 18:01
US stock markets plunge amid fears over coronavirus, falling oil pricesSlump comes as at least four members of Congress go into self-quarantineTue Mar 10 2020 - 02:29
Irish market losses top €22.7bn as coronavirus fears spread‘Black Monday’ sees global shares tumble on Saudi-Russia oil price war and Italy lockdownTue Mar 10 2020 - 01:37
Banks lead Irish stocks lower as global markets plungeConcerns over coronavirus and a 30% slump in the price of oil hit stocksMon Mar 09 2020 - 18:39
Iseq dips into bear market as ‘Black Monday’ slump grips marketsWall Street shares push off lows after 7% early slump triggers 15-minute trading haltMon Mar 09 2020 - 16:38
Tullow Oil bonds slump as focus turns to $2.8bn debtShares now at levels not seen since 1993Mon Mar 09 2020 - 16:14
Is the hysteria that’s taken hold of financial markets justified?Coronavirus: Perfect storm of Italian lockdown, oil price war sends stocks plummetingMon Mar 09 2020 - 13:52
CRH chief Albert Manifold’s pay package rises 13% to €9.31mFigure includes cash bonus of almost €3m and share awards of €4.1mFri Mar 06 2020 - 17:01
AIB boss Colin Hunt running to stand still as job-cuts target doublesHas he set out his targets to under promise so that he can over deliver, or is he waving a white flag?Fri Mar 06 2020 - 16:48
Bank of Ireland unveils coronavirus supportsBank provides for emergency working capital and payment flexibility on loan facilitiesFri Mar 06 2020 - 10:19
AIB to cut 1,500 jobs by 2022 to keep costs in checkMajority State-owned bank slashes dividend and eyes €78m of fines amid tracker inquiryFri Mar 06 2020 - 07:32
Bank of Ireland weighs Burlington Plaza exit to cut central officesStaff would be relocated to group’s two largest locations, its headquarters on Mespil Road and a premises on Baggot StreetFri Mar 06 2020 - 05:05
Coronavirus: Companies could be compensated for disruptionTop official’s remarks come as Ibec calls for emergency employee paymentsThu Mar 05 2020 - 17:44
Central Bank staff member being tested for coronavirusOffices to remain open until test results knownThu Mar 05 2020 - 16:36
Providence’s new CEO lured by ‘quality’ of Barryroe prospectAlan Scott Linn takes over at oil and gas explorer after long-term head Tony O’Reilly quitThu Mar 05 2020 - 16:10
Ulster Bank fined €4.6m for checks failures on arrears dataCentral Bank says it must be able to trust the figures supplied by lendersThu Mar 05 2020 - 15:18
Aviva’s Irish general insurance operating profit drops 16%Covid-19 ‘presents a new uncertainty for 2020’, says UK groupThu Mar 05 2020 - 10:49
Government to cut economic forecasts over coronavirusOutbreak predicted to potentially slow growth to levels not seen since 2008 crashWed Mar 04 2020 - 20:54
Coronavirus: IMF to cut global growth outlook amid ‘dire’ scenariosIrish financial union calls on banks to ensure no affected staff lose earningsWed Mar 04 2020 - 18:30
Eddie Clarke named as Brewin Dolphin Ireland’s next chief executiveUK investment firm’s Irish unit is also set to get a new deputy chief executiveWed Mar 04 2020 - 11:59
Convergence between economies in Republic and North a ‘significant’ challengeBorder poll ‘difficult to resist’ but poses risks for economy – Moody’sWed Mar 04 2020 - 11:44
Lone Star’s Quintain secures planning for 153 homes in PortmarnockProject will have gross development value of €79mWed Mar 04 2020 - 05:10
European shares close off highs as Fed move fuels coronavirus fearsMarkets close: Iseq index ends session up 1.5%Tue Mar 03 2020 - 18:50
Coronavirus: G7 vow to fight virus-induced economic slowdownWall Street dips as ministers fail to outline specific actions to tackle virus impactTue Mar 03 2020 - 13:55
Coronavirus prompts AIB to cancel London unveiling of strategic visionChief executive Colin Hunt will now set out three-year plan from Dublin officeTue Mar 03 2020 - 13:21
Has CRH done enough to silence pesky Swedish activists?Joe Brennan: Stockholm-based Cevian has been publicly stalking CRH for over a yearFri Feb 28 2020 - 14:50
CRH hikes dividend by 15% amid earnings surgeBuilding materials giant to switch to dollar reporting, sets new carbon-reduction targetsFri Feb 28 2020 - 07:30
Why Irish banks are now looking beyond vulture funds on problem loansLenders will look increasingly to pull whatever levers they can to boost returnsFri Feb 28 2020 - 05:04
Digicel plots network-sharing deal amid ‘tight’ cash levelsPartnership would be a first for group which had $6.8bn debt at end of DecemberFri Feb 28 2020 - 03:15