Santander

Consortium consists of 12 banks and IBM with CRIF also coming onboard as a backer

Nearly €6bn of dealing rerouted to newly created European hubs and primary exchanges

Tie-up would create the country’s largest domestic bank

Minister for Finance says original Apple decision caused ‘reputational difficulty’ to State

Spanish bank has been taking steps to counter risk as the global economy reels

Bosses’ bonus and long-term incentive plans remain mostly intact while staff contemplate lay-offs

‘We are the doctors of the economy,’ says one bank boss

Sentiment helped by robust Apple results

Firm linked to Johnny Ronan company is taking case against subsidiary of Clancourt

Firm’s online ticket-selling software to be used by Jersey Reds and Coventry Rugby

Smurfit Kappa rises 5 per cent, Dublin financials also buoyed

Euro zone’s biggest bank taking charges of €705m with branch closures in Spain

Lawsuit could cost Spanish bank twice what it decided was too high a price to hire him for

Move draws on four years of research into uses of crypto technology

Footsie manages only modest gains, kicking off the week with a lacklustre session

He previously worked for AIB for three decades

Planet Business: Some companies are enjoying a quarterly earnings mic drop

Tullow Oil, CRH and Glanbia finish strongly in Dublin; UK shares rise to three-week high

Iseq benchmark index fell 1.57 per cent, outperforming European markets

UK Treasury charter calls on companies to commit to targets for promoting women

Thomas Dundon left company in July 2015, a time of heightened tensions with regulators

Bank’s shares have lost more than half their value over past week

Women account for 58% of staff at junior level but only 25.5% of senior roles

Leaked document says country’s corporate giants and soccer players could suffer

Department of Finance responds to ruling in relation to Spanish tax concession scheme

Bank of Ireland jumps 6.1% and companies exposed to US for profits also in demand

Pioneer Investment Management may be sold to French investment firm Amundi

Dublin-based fintech firm secures contract to roll-out its technology across credit unions

Brexit the latest complication for European banks as they attempt to create asset manager

China stocks had been largely screened from turmoil but have lost ground

Ruling could leave banks sharing a €5bn bill over fixed minimum rate homeloans

Erste Bank, Santander and UBS chiefs voice concerns over widely anticipated ECB cut

Outstanding auto loans grew by nearly 50% in the last five years and now stand at more than $1 trillion.

Prices for the riskiest bonds sold by some of Europe’s largest banks plumb new lows

The euro zone’s largest lender by market value sees Q4 net profit fall by 98%

Diminutive SNP leader is the commanding presence in Scottish politics

Young contenders for Ireland’s Laser Radial Rio Olympic trail faced with €20,000 outlay

‘Propaganda war’ between separatists and unionists pivots on EU membership

Blockchain tech is being examined to see if it can be used to create a new way of transacting online