The Irish Times

Online spending surged 41% in 2021, PayPal study finds

Consumers keep veering towards web purchases with average spend of €503 last year

Fri Feb 18 2022 - 05:46

Irish banks will not be penalised by new EU reforms, says McGuinness

New draft laws are final piece in tougher Basel III banking capital requirements

Wed Oct 27 2021 - 15:31

BPFI warns over bankers’ bonuses, Grant Thornton jobs and the dangers of mass surveillance

Business Today: the best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk

Thu Oct 21 2021 - 06:40

Banks lobby to link accountability laws to lifting of bonus ban

Oireachtas finance committee hears advantages of ‘variable remuneration’

Thu Oct 21 2021 - 06:00

Bonus bans and repossession regime leave Irish banks at disadvantage – BPFI

Lobby group report says Irish banking sector is at an ‘inflection point’

Wed Sept 29 2021 - 04:30

An Post in talks with non-bank start-up MoCo to offer mortgages

The digital-focused company is led by a number of financial industry executives

Sat Sept 04 2021 - 05:07

AIB boss would not have done Goodbody deal if bonuses had been off the table

Colin Hunt sees difference between Irish and EU mortgage rates narrowing over time

Wed Jun 30 2021 - 16:05

Evidence does not support case for shared-equity housing scheme

Proposed scheme is latest to address demand when core issues remain on supply side

Wed May 05 2021 - 05:45

Direct provision complaints to Ombudsman slide

Highest number of grievances from residents looking to be transferred to another centre

Thu Mar 25 2021 - 18:06

Warning on lending covenants as businesses hit by third lockdown

Investment funds may use Covid-related breaches of covenant to take control of assets

Sat Jan 09 2021 - 05:59

Government steps up calls for firms to get ready for Brexit

Survey shows significant number of businesses have not made plans for new customs

Fri Nov 27 2020 - 04:15

Legislation for affordable housing due ‘within weeks’

First homes under scheme to be available for purchase next year, says Minister

Wed Oct 14 2020 - 23:26

Government plans equity fund for ‘high innovation’ firms

Budget 2021: Sector needs a range of supports to recover from pandemic hit, says Paschal Donohoe

Tue Oct 13 2020 - 16:19

State should use Covid-19 impact on building costs to build homes

The housing crisis will be worse post-Covid-19 unless action is taken

Mon Sept 28 2020 - 07:50

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

Gabriel Makhlouf: ‘A full second lockdown would be very serious for the economy’

Interview: Central Bank of Ireland governor ‘particularly worried’ about mental wellbeing

Fri Sept 18 2020 - 06:40

Majority of food and accommodation SMEs secure payment breaks on loans

Mortgages with past issues more likely to take payment holiday

Tue Sept 15 2020 - 11:25

Irish banks may cut up to 30% of jobs as customers switch online – Deloitte

Covid-19 crisis sees transactions shift online and lenders rein in costs

Thu Jul 23 2020 - 05:00

Bailed-out Irish banks face €1bn bad loan charges - analysts

Lenders on track for €525m in combined losses when they report Covid-hit first-half performance

Wed Jul 22 2020 - 09:02

The Irish Times view on banks’ mortgage policies: time for a little understanding

No-one wants a return to the loose lending of the past but a little understanding of the stresses being experienced by customers who simply want to put a roof over their head wouldn’t go amiss either

Mon Jul 06 2020 - 00:02

Regulator seeks banks’ plans to handle borrowers hit by Covid-19

Central Bank expects lenders will need to provide ‘significantly more’ than €500m

Wed Jun 10 2020 - 05:00

Mortgage payment-break numbers rise to 78,000

Total of 140,000 mortgage, personal and business loans now paused temporarily

Thu May 28 2020 - 05:55

PTSB seen returning to loss amid surge in loan charges

First-quarter trading statements come against backdrop of unprecedented uncertainties

Wed May 06 2020 - 11:25

Banks must not become part of the problem as Ireland battles Covid-19

Joe Brennan: Banks must be honest with themselves about what loans are unsustainable, make specific provisions and cut restructuring deals

Fri May 01 2020 - 15:57

Banks urged to avoid ‘cliff-edge’ on loan payment breaks

Central Bank says borrowers may be still under pressure at end of six-month hiatus

Fri May 01 2020 - 04:48

Government urged to offer up to 90% SME loan guarantee

Banking and Payments Federation Ireland urges plan to aid economic recovery from pandemic

Thu Apr 30 2020 - 07:26

Davy tunes in as new sponsor of Irish Times business podcast

Leading Irish wealth manager to sponsor Inside Business as part of three-year partnership

Fri Apr 24 2020 - 15:29

Central Bank relaxes reporting requirements for banks amid Covid-19 crisis

Financial bodies are still expected to meet ‘statutory obligations’ despite the respite

Wed Apr 22 2020 - 04:01

Borrowers could become next in line victims of Covid-19

Many will be jobless and at risk of home-loan default after fog of Covid-19 clears

Thu Apr 16 2020 - 05:15

Covid mortgage payment breaks may be extended to six months

Bankers’ lobby in talks with Central Bank about longer payment breaks

Wed Apr 15 2020 - 15:30

Coronavirus: Older people urged to be ‘vigilant’ of financial abuse while cocooning

Some over 70s forced to entrust relatives or close contact with finances due to restrictions

Wed Apr 08 2020 - 14:19

‘The only time apartments were viable was in . . . Ballsbridge, Killiney and Dalkey’

Pat Farrell is putting lobbying skills to use representing institutional property investors

Fri Feb 28 2020 - 05:08

How business will adapt if Sinn Féin grasps levers of power

Caveat: Irish commerce will accommodate whatever new political reality emerges

Fri Feb 14 2020 - 05:15

Ciarán Hancock: business leaders embrace reality after votes are counted

Mary Lou in government would be a stroll in the park compared to the crash fallout

Wed Feb 12 2020 - 05:00