European Banking Authority (EBA)

ECB threatens 20 banks with fines after climate-risk warning

Regulator has repeatedly warned that lenders aren’t doing enough to prepare for the fallout of extreme weather shocks

Wed Nov 22 2023 - 09:13

Francesco Ceccato, Barclays Europe’s CEO: On deals, regulation and choosing Dublin

Brexit prompted Barclays to chose Republic as its EU base

Fri Mar 11 2022 - 12:45

ECB will act ‘at the right time’ to achieve inflation goal but only gradually, Lagarde says

European Parliament told that inflation is ‘likely to remain elevated’

Mon Feb 14 2022 - 21:04

Central Bank told regulators it was ‘not resourced’ to investigate cum-ex tax fraud

Regulator told European officials Irish entities may have been used in scheme

Mon Oct 25 2021 - 03:28

Banks braced for ‘broad-ranging review’

Cantillon: Sector mired in liquid ratios, low profits, and bonus and salary caps

Thu Sept 30 2021 - 04:59

Irish banker earned more than €16m in 2019

EU banking report shows 34 people in State were paid more than €1m

Wed Aug 18 2021 - 18:05

Severe Covid recession would push Irish banks’ capital below EU peers

EBA stress tests assessed how banks could cope with ‘worst-case’ scenario

Fri Jul 30 2021 - 17:58

Banks put through commercial property ringer in stress tests

Cantillon: Curbs on shareholder payouts to peter out as EBA scrutiny report looms

Tue Jul 27 2021 - 05:45

AIB adopts new sustainable lending measures

Bank plans to categorise loan book on basis of sustainability

Mon Jul 26 2021 - 05:20

‘Global cybersecurity crisis’ builds from attack on Microsoft email software

European Banking Authority among the victims as Chinese ‘Hafnium’ group blamed

Mon Mar 08 2021 - 15:22

Greek banks use Dublin to move up to €54bn of risky loans

Irish-domiciled SPVs used to accommodate Greek assets, Central Bank reveals

Fri Dec 18 2020 - 04:55

AIB: ‘Near-term outlook more clouded than medium-term’

Bank’s three-year plan, published Wednesday, revised due to Covid-19 pandemic

Thu Dec 03 2020 - 04:00

EU watchdog resists calls to revisit payment breaks

EBA says it must ensure the credibility of banks’ balance sheet data is not jeopardised

Mon Nov 23 2020 - 17:52

Irish homeowners must see rates relief if they make it through Covid turmoil

Mortgage holders in Ireland repay €80,500 more than the EU average on a €300,000 mortgage over 30 years

Fri Oct 30 2020 - 15:55

EU bank watchdog may need to revisit payment breaks

Further economic decline due to Covid-19 could warrant loan flexibility, ECB says

Tue Oct 27 2020 - 18:52

Banks urge borrowers facing hit from new restrictions to engage

Lenders no longer offering general payment breaks but treating customers on case-by-case basis

Mon Oct 19 2020 - 20:54

Irish borrowers secured second-highest payment breaks in Europe

Over 13% of Irish loans to households and businesses were subject to payment freezes

Thu Oct 15 2020 - 10:26

Borrowers return to normal loan repayments after Covid breaks

Agenda: ‘Unemployment is a lagging indicator in any recession because businesses will hang on for as long as they can before failing’

Fri Oct 09 2020 - 07:30

State ‘should bail out’ distressed homeowners

Call comes ahead of Government meeting with banks on extending mortgage breaks

Mon Sept 28 2020 - 20:10

State 'should bail out’ troubled homeowners with mortgage assistance payment

Call comes ahead of Government meeting with banks to discuss extension of Covid related mortgage breaks

Mon Sept 28 2020 - 11:29

Banks face ‘hectic’ loan restructuring as payment breaks end, Goodbody warns

Central Bank says there are 90,539 active payment breaks across Irish households

Tue Sept 22 2020 - 10:42

EU watchdog calls for end to Covid loan payment breaks

European Banking Authority says banks should return to offering relief on a ‘case-by-case’ basis

Mon Sept 21 2020 - 21:00

EU watchdog tells British banks to get ready for full Brexit

Warning no mechanism in place for direct EU access in deposits or loans at end of 2020

Wed Jul 29 2020 - 15:01

Banks are right to charge interest on mortgages with Covid payment breaks

Opinion: Government should focus on mortgage rates as Irish borrowers pay €300 more a month than the rest of the euro zone

Mon Jul 20 2020 - 05:30

State-guaranteed SME loans to be below market rates, Tánaiste says

Varadkar, Donohoe and McGrath meet AIB, Bank of Ireland and Ulster Bank chiefs

Thu Jul 16 2020 - 19:38

Banks will be judged less on payment breaks and more on next step

Joe Brennan: Interest rate row far cry from banks’ initial chance to be good guy in crisis

Fri Jul 10 2020 - 16:03

Covid-19 crisis triggers payment breaks on 28% of SME borrowing

Central Bank data shows almost 10% of Irish mortgage debt also subject to relief

Thu Jul 09 2020 - 12:23

Banks to keep charging interest on loans subject to Covid-19 payment break

Industry body denies banks misled government over accrual of interest on paused loans

Wed Jul 08 2020 - 21:48

Banks should not profit from mortgage payment break schemes, warns Taoiseach

Micheál Martin says Minister for Finance will be raising the issue with the banks

Wed Jul 08 2020 - 17:51

Banks charging interest on payment holiday loans undermined by EU guidance

Not applying interest for six months during Covid-19 payment holiday could cost banks up to €150m

Wed Jul 08 2020 - 02:01

Central Bank considers legal action over Covid-19 insurance cover

Four test cases being taken against FBD

Tue Jul 07 2020 - 12:48

Irish woman named first female head of top EU medicines agency

Emer Cooke to lead EMA at crucial time for the body due to Covid-19 pandemic

Fri Jun 26 2020 - 12:06

Lenders must engage ‘sympathetically’ with borrowers in difficulty, says Central Bank

Derville Rowland says regulatory focus remains unchanged

Fri Jun 05 2020 - 13:15

Covid-19 mortgage breaks: What’s the catch?

Emergency deferral of payments will add to the total cost of a loan

Tue Jun 02 2020 - 05:52