The Irish Times

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

Fri Apr 22 2022 - 13:00

Ukraine war may delay call on Irish banks to hold more capital

Regulator had wanted Irish banks to ringfence 1% of their risk-weighted assets as a buffer

Thu Apr 14 2022 - 19:04

Irish banking in 2022: retrenchment, reviews, retribution… and rates

Stock investors bet retreat of Ulster Bank and KBC will give surviving banks a fighting chance

Fri Dec 31 2021 - 10:16

Has AIB dropped clearest hint yet of its designs on Ulster’s tracker mortgages?

Market Beat: Bank makes all the right noises over excess cash

Fri Nov 05 2021 - 14:28

Irish depositors face paying the price for ECB’s lonely rates stance

Banks approach Rubicon of charging customers for deposits below €1m mark

Fri Sept 24 2021 - 16:13

KBC’s sale of bad loans to kick-start wider wave of disposals

Analyst tells clients to expect further nonperforming loan sales in coming months

Tue Aug 31 2021 - 05:24

PTSB may take on 20 Ulster Bank branches, analyst says

Large portion of its personal deposits could be acquired by 75% State-owned lender

Tue Mar 30 2021 - 14:58

Bank of Ireland signals first share buyback in two decades

Lender plans to revive the sale of long-standing problem mortgages this year

Mon Mar 01 2021 - 11:21

European shares fall on slow vaccine roll-out and Wall Street volatility

European Stoxx 600 index ends week down 3.1 per cent

Fri Jan 29 2021 - 18:56

PTSB circles Ulster Bank SME business as decision looms

Parent group NatWest looking to wind down Irish unit as part of strategic review

Fri Jan 29 2021 - 05:00

Irish bank lending recovery to ‘falter’ as lockdown extended, Davy says

Activity will not fall to Q2 2020 levels as businesses have adapted, according to forecast

Tue Jan 26 2021 - 10:51

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

Banks brace themselves for impact of Covid pandemic

In store for 2021: Bad loans, major job cuts and the never-ending tracker saga

Sat Jan 02 2021 - 05:54

Bank of Ireland takes €169m charge for 1,700 job cuts

Customers on payment breaks drop to 20% of original 106,000 payment holidays granted

Wed Oct 28 2020 - 07:41

Up to 15% of borrowers on payment breaks may need further relief, says PTSB

Less than half of the 13,000 three-month pandemic breaks need to be extended

Wed Oct 07 2020 - 01:00

Pay for top Irish bosses jumps 18% ahead of Covid crisis

Covid-19 impact on shares, earnings and dividends set to weigh on remuneration

Fri Aug 14 2020 - 08:16

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

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

Covid-19 set to drive €4bn in loan losses for Irish banks

Pandemic will wipe out capital due to be returned to shareholders

Wed May 27 2020 - 10:16

Tough choices at Cuisine de France owner as activists park on front lawn

Baked goods group now worth just 60% of sum it raised in 2018 rescue fundraise

Fri May 15 2020 - 15:50

Covid-19 pushes Irish banks into first loss since troika years

Irish lenders have the capital reserves to weather the Covid-19 storm but expect bank charges to start rising

Fri May 15 2020 - 11:17

Bank of Ireland seeks to calm nerves of investors and taxpayers

Lender says it has enough capital to cope with surge in loan losses stemming from coronavirus pandemic

Mon May 11 2020 - 13:24

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

FBD’s bumper €35m dividend payout may not go ahead

European regulator calls for suspension of all insurance company payouts to investors

Fri Apr 03 2020 - 09:39

Bank of Ireland long-fingers problem mortgages sale amid Covid-19 crisis

Growing economic uncertainty cools international investor interest

Thu Apr 02 2020 - 06:00

Irish banks’ €400m dividends plans echoed foolhardiness of past

Market Beat: keeping capital for lending is far more important than payouts

Fri Mar 27 2020 - 15:24

Death knell for dividends as firms try to save cash amid Covid-19 crisis

Slew of Dublin-listed companies scrap multimillion-euro dividend payment plans

Fri Mar 27 2020 - 05:15

Banks shares pricing in worst case scenario of €6bn in stress test losses – analysts

European Banking Authority defers examinations to 2021

Thu Mar 19 2020 - 12:44

Coronavirus: Central Bank under pressure to let banks tap rainy-day capital

Move could release funds for lending as economy grapples with fallout from virus

Wed Mar 11 2020 - 11:22

Bank stocks rattled by UK capital and Brexit concerns

Sentiment towards sector dented as Johnson puts threat of no-deal Brexit back on table

Tue Dec 17 2019 - 19:28

Ulster Bank paying €500m dividend to Royal Bank of Scotland

Total of €3.5bn repaid via dividends to parent RBS since late 2016 - almost 20% cent of £15m bailout it received

Tue Dec 17 2019 - 10:08

AIB boosts State’s special dividend hopes with capital-enhancing bond sale

Offering attracts investor bids for seven times the amount of debt on offer, bank says

Wed Nov 13 2019 - 12:51

New mortgage lending to overtake repayments for first time since crisis

Mortgage lending on track to expand by 11% this year to €9.6bn, Davy analysts say

Mon Nov 11 2019 - 12:11