ECB needs to act on interest rates, Central Bank governor saysMakhlouf adds voice to growing clamour for July ECB rate hikeThu May 12 2022 - 12:48
FBD ‘confident’ on growth even as inflation fuels motor and property claimsAverage premium falls 1% with private motor insurance premiums down 9% on last yearThu May 12 2022 - 07:59
KBC Ireland posts quarterly loss amid €32m of charges related to exitBank’s planned sale of mortgage loan book to Bof I subject of competition reviewThu May 12 2022 - 07:33
Hostelworld revenues rebound to 97% of pre-pandemic levelsTravellers opting for longer stays in locations, company reportsWed May 11 2022 - 11:43
Watchdog examining PTSB’s Ulster Bank loans buy planHeightened assessment in line with level applied to Ulster Bank and KBC Irish exitsTue May 10 2022 - 15:39
McCanns’ Balmoral settles Cerberus debt at 16% discountProperty company has paid €48 million to US investment firm, annual report indicatesTue May 10 2022 - 05:43
AIB and Bank of Ireland to escape McColl’s losses amid rescue dealRetailer’s wholesale partner, Morrisons, struck a deal to take over the insolvent companyTue May 10 2022 - 05:10
AIB sets up SME equity fund with Foresight to speed green transitionBank provides cornerstone investment of €30 million in partnership with UK firmMon May 09 2022 - 10:38
Dreaded R-word hampers Donohoe’s hopes of AIB block saleJoe Brennan: Plans to open third front selling AIB shares must surely be on hold for nowSat May 07 2022 - 07:37
Liquidators of second Dolphin-linked firm weigh legal actionIrish investments were channelled to German group through special-purpose vehiclesSat May 07 2022 - 05:28
Moody’s upgrades its credit rating on the Republic to A1Ratings agency expects Government’s debt burden to keep decliningFri May 06 2022 - 22:11
Irish executive Mark Bourke named CEO at Portugal’s Novo BancoFormer AIB chief financial officer held similar role in Novo Banco for past three yearsFri May 06 2022 - 06:00
AIB raises interest forecast and launches share buybackBank to hire as many as 700 temporary staff to help migrate Ulster Bank, KBC customersThu May 05 2022 - 18:56
AIB to hire up to 700 temporary staff to help with Ulster and KBC customersBank expecting a surge in new business as foreign-owned lenders exitThu May 05 2022 - 12:23
AIB raises interest guidance and launches share buybackNew lending rises by 18% in the first quarterThu May 05 2022 - 07:46
European shares drop on disappointing earnings and Fed fearsIseq down 0.5% as travel and leisure names weakenWed May 04 2022 - 18:50
Irish banker pay cap poses ‘systemic risk’ for sector, lobby chief warnsRetention of talent cited as key issue as overseas lenders and fintech disrupt marketWed May 04 2022 - 17:16
JP Morgan’s Dimon expects Cork deal to boost future IPOs pipelineWall Street veteran gives Fed a 30% chance of pulling off a soft landingWed May 04 2022 - 05:45
Dutch fintech Bunq vies for Ulster Bank and KBC account holdersBunq launches current accounts in Irish market offering Irish IbansWed May 04 2022 - 04:48
AIB staff in line for 10% pay increase over three yearsMore than 6,000 staff to benefit from the agreementTue May 03 2022 - 17:31
Financial ‘shock therapy’ may help people save for unexpected expenses – studyTrial used Bank of Ireland customers to find behavioural insights into saving habitsTue May 03 2022 - 13:07
PTSB new lending grows 11% in first three months of 2022Bank agrees a 6.5% pay increase over two years for employees, amid soaring inflationTue May 03 2022 - 07:50
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 ratesFri Apr 22 2022 - 13:00
CRH sees earnings growth despite energy costs and Ukraine warBuilding materials group saw sales rise 15 per cent in first halfWed Apr 20 2022 - 07:53
Chief executives of leading firms see pay double from pre-Covid levelsBonuses drive executive rewards as business booms on back of pandemic stimulusWed Apr 20 2022 - 05:20
Central Bank commission members query ‘onerous’ regulatory hurdlesNo let-up in level of applications since Brexit vote, officials sayTue Apr 19 2022 - 16:02
Interpath plans Irish practice after swoop on Deloitte and KPMG partnersFirm aims to start with ‘boots on the ground’ in the Republic from JuneTue Apr 19 2022 - 05:56
Smurfit Kappa clinches key backing to extend chairman’s termIrial Finan should have stepped down from board in February last year, after nine yearsTue Apr 19 2022 - 05:45
Dermot Desmond-backed bank can handle ‘worst-case’ scenario from Ukraine warRietumu Bank in Latvia has €200 million-plus of loans exposure in turbulent regionTue Apr 19 2022 - 05:38
Scandal-hit Credit Suisse has reasons to be glad this year’s AGM is again virtualBank faces a monumental struggle to restore its reputation as the pressure mountsSat Apr 16 2022 - 05:39
Ukraine war may delay call on Irish banks to hold more capitalRegulator had wanted Irish banks to ringfence 1% of their risk-weighted assets as a bufferThu Apr 14 2022 - 19:04
Credit unions body eyes rainy-day fund to help plug €90m pension deficitIrish League of Credit unions has written to members about its plan to tap fundThu Apr 14 2022 - 18:48
Wolseley UK to buy back Heat Merchants and Tubs & Tiles in RepublicUK group had sold the businesses at the height of the property crashThu Apr 14 2022 - 15:14
European shares tread water as investors eye ECB meetingMarkets report: Investors fret about inflation impact on food groupsWed Apr 13 2022 - 18:49
Kingspan faces pushback on first Iseq ‘say on climate’ voteInsulation group says advisory firm ‘displays a misunderstanding’ of climate resolutionWed Apr 13 2022 - 17:48
Citigroup to create 300 new jobs in DublinUS banking giant already employs 2,500 in StateWed Apr 13 2022 - 13:34
Ulster Bank starts giving six months’ notice to account holders to moveCustomers not obliged to take any action until they receive letter or email, bank saysWed Apr 13 2022 - 12:31
Flutter shareholders urged to rebel against chief’s 26% pay hikeProxy advisers sceptical of justification for outsized increases in executives’ basic salaryTue Apr 12 2022 - 20:01
KBC Ireland set to give current account holders 90 days to moveCentral Bank concerned banks ‘not where they need to be’ in handling numbers looking to transfer accountsTue Apr 12 2022 - 17:20
Bank of Ireland cites falling demand in ending medical course loansBank was last lender offering product which required guarantor and sparked criticismTue Apr 12 2022 - 16:57
Citigroup plans ‘significant’ asset growth at Dublin-based EU hubUS bank’s European unit saw its profit jump more than 150% last year to $1.2bnTue Apr 12 2022 - 13:09
Amundi CIO sees slowing economies long-fingering OECD plan for 15% taxProspect of European recession ‘growing day by day’, says Vincent MortierTue Apr 12 2022 - 05:30
European shares drop amid China’s Covid spike and tight French electionIseq advances 1.1% as Irish market bucks wider European trendMon Apr 11 2022 - 19:15
US insurance broker NFP to double Irish business with third dealPrivate equity-backed group is buying recently established Dublin-based ReSure Corporate BrokersMon Apr 11 2022 - 13:05
Quintain receives permission for 488 Cherrywood homesConstruction on the €250m south Dublin development is expected to begin in JuneMon Apr 11 2022 - 05:47
Rising cost of living hits Irish would-be homebuyersSoaring prices forced 70 per cent of those surveyed to look beyond their top location choiceMon Apr 11 2022 - 05:33
Executive bonuses linked to ESG goals at three-quarters of Iseq-20 companiesMove has been accelerated in the latest slew of annual reportsMon Apr 11 2022 - 05:30
KPMG Ireland buys construction consulting firm KMCSIrish construction activity growth eased in March amid heightened inflationMon Apr 11 2022 - 01:00
Government considers €60m windfall tax on energy companies as bills soarSeen & Heard: Jay Bourke’s debts, Gan’s results, and homes at O’Devaney Gardens also make the headlinesSun Apr 10 2022 - 11:46
BoI steals march on AIB in returning excess capital to shareholdersJoe Brennan: Its big pitch to investors when refloating was €3bn over-capitalisationFri Apr 08 2022 - 17:10
