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European shares edge up to record highs
Wall Street’s main indices slipped after hotter-than-expected inflation data
PTSB needs to triple savings from cutting jobs to hit its own costs target, Goodbody report says
Bank estimated to be on track to save €21 million from 300 job cuts
Bank of Ireland agrees 4% pay hike for staff
Staff to be updated on discretionary bonuses later this month
Irish law firm Mason Hayes & Curran increases fee income to €122m
Company chief Will Carmody targets similar rate of growth for 2025 in bid to compete with big firms in Irish market
Storm Éowyn: Shops, banks and other businesses batten down hatches ahead of status red conditions
Banks and retailers to close on Friday for the duration of the status-red weather warning
PTSB extends mortgage payment cashback offer to existing customers
But customers need to make payments from bank’s Explore current account
Couple claim Pepper should not charge more than PTSB for loan acquired from bank
Cork couple agree to mediation in case where they say 8.5% home mortgage interest rate charged by Pepper is ‘excessive’
PTSB cuts mortgage pricing to include market-leading 3% rate
Lender’s share of new mortgages has slid from 25% to 13.4% in recent times
High rental costs mean Dublin ranks in top 10 most expensive cities in Europe
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PTSB staff have days to apply for redundancy packages
Bank’s executive team is expected to take a number of weeks following the deadline for receipt of applications to determine how many staff it plans to let go
Mixed year for Irish banks amid falling rates, increasing competition and UK car finance review
AIB leads the three main lenders yet clouds may be on the horizon
Romantasy, QuitTok and other words from a dystopia-coded year
Planet Business: Once heard, some phrases that rose to prominence in 2024 couldn’t be unheard
European shares dip on weak luxury and energy stocks and French downgrade
Iseq index falls 1.2%, with AIB and Bank of Ireland edging lower
State to buy Citywest Hotel to confront migrant crisis
Seen & Heard: Government’s plan to buy hotels, AIB chief on taxpayers’ money
PTSB goes for job cuts as bloated costs stand out among European peers
Bank won’t how many jobs it aims to cut but the number will need to run into the hundreds to have any meaningful impact
What is PTSB really trying to tell staff?
Lender is cutting jobs, but announcement smacks of an attempt to avoid giving a reason for the move
PTSB opens redundancy scheme that could see hundreds leave bank
Initiative comes after programme for senior mangers aimed at cutting 20 positions
PTSB apologises as salaries fail to land in accounts on Black Friday
The issue is bad timing for the bank with Friday being one of the busiest shopping days
PTSB eyes cost cuts as interest rates fall faster than expected
PTSB’s share of new Irish mortgage lending rose to 16.3% in the third quarter from 13.5% for the first six months of the year
PTSB says services restored after technical problems left customers unable to make payments
Customers had been unable to withdraw cash or access accounts for a time
State may sell final AIB shares next year, CEO Colin Hunt says
European governments selling down crisis-era bank stakes, taking advantage of strong sector valuations amid heightened interest rates
Flutter finishes down 6% as UK considers £3bn tax on gambling firms
Mixed day for banks and building firms on Irish market
Dublin market underperforms European peers after volatile week
Homebuilders rise but banks have mixed day
The charges many AIB, BoI and PTSB customers aren’t aware of and how to cut them
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Days of easy money for banks may be coming to an end
Sharper falls in European Central Bank interest rates next year will reduce the net interest income bonanza
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PTSB shares rise as Moody’s upgrades credit rating
Shares in the lender rose 1.2 per cent to €1.72 on Friday, giving it a market value of €944m
Banks finally move to release pre-crash shareholders from their financial shackles
PTSB and AIB have offered 195,000 investors a chance to cash out of their decimated boom time holdings in the banks
PTSB is looking to buy back father’s shares but he’s dead
Bank's odd-lot offer aims to provide an exit to pre-financial crash shareholders whose shares are worth less than the cost of selling them
Close to one in four people say they ‘cannot afford to save’
Six in 10 are considering switching their electricity and/or gas provider this year, up from 42% last year
PTSB finance chief Nicola O’Brien to join UK online bank Monzo
Monzo is one of the UK’s highest-profile online banks, competing with Starling and Revolut
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