KBC Group

KBC moves first as banks put on the naughty step

Regulator getting increasingly annoyed as customer stress levels rise

KBC extends notice period for current account closure to six months

Customers were previously told they would have 90 days to switch provider

Watchdog clears AIB’s deal for Ulster loan book but highlights ‘concerns’

Banking customers may be affected by consolidation, competition regulator warns

Central Bank warns banks to do more to help customers move accounts

Regulator summons bank chiefs to meeting over KBC and Ulster Bank account transfers

Francesca McDonagh to step down as Bank of Ireland chief executive

Executive is expected to join another European financial institution

Colin Hunt: Green transition ‘is the biggest opportunity in the history of global banking’

AIB is emerging from the pandemic in a strong position given its earnings potential and rising interest rates

Consumer sentiment falls to 18-month low as cost-of-living concerns intensify

Majority of Irish consumers now fear economy will be weaker in 12 months’ time

Home improvements: How to get cheap finance as building costs rise

Despite soaring costs, demand for refurb or retrofit remains high – but money is available

The stress of tackling big debts head on: ‘You don’t want to be a failure’

The State’s decade-old personal insolvency regime is slowly becoming a less adversarial arena for creditors and debtors

Ulster Bank starts giving six months’ notice to account holders to move

Customers not obliged to take any action until they receive letter or email, bank says

KBC Ireland set to give current account holders 90 days to move

Central Bank concerned banks ‘not where they need to be’ in handling numbers looking to transfer accounts

Big Ulster and KBC switch could be ‘catastrophic’ for those that dally

More than one million current and deposit accounts must find new homes

Pepper to hire 100 people as assets under management surpass €20bn

Company commences recruitment with headcount set to reach 600 by year end

Revolut launches as a bank in Republic with deposit accounts

Fintech’s 1.7m Irish customers can avail of additional services such as personal loans

KBC Bank Ireland chief executive to step down in May

Successor to Aleš Blažek has been identified and will be announced shortly, group said

BoI chief downplays likelihood of loan sales to get nod for KBC deal

Bank says it is responding ‘robustly and fully’ to competition questions

Mortgage figures hide a bigger story

Dramatic rise in switching and remortgaging, but movers become a rarer breed

Consumer sentiment darkens in February amid cloudy outlook

Drop in confidence contained by long-term trend for ‘defensive’ thinking, says KBC Bank

European markets down as investors fret over Ukraine threat

Iseq drops 1.6% on Monday as banks and travel stocks drag it down

Bank customers have to wait up to 2 hours for telephone support – review

Central Bank says it will be putting pressure on institutions to up their game

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