Ulster Bank

Transfers will require Central Bank approval as bank closes its last 63 branches and is expected to announce further redundancies

Mapping Ireland’s Bank Closures: More than a third of bank branches have closed since 2008 and the future seems likely to hold more of the same

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About 85 per cent of accounts open at start of last year closed or inactive at the end of March

Cantillon: Nonbank lenders had been expected to help fill the void after the departure of Ulster Bank and KBC Bank from Irish market

Research, commissioned by the Department of Finance, surveyed almost 3,000 consumers to get an insight into consumer behaviour in retail financial services

Price comparison website Bonkers.ie says moves by lenders to hike rates will lead to a fall in property prices

Borrowers who have received loan offers have until April 17th to close on current rates

Customers urged to 'act now' if they have not switched to a new service provider

Results come as bank is transformed after buying Ulster Bank assets

Lender is in process of withdrawing from market in the Republic

Lender on track to report as much as a €400 million accounting gain

Some 78,000 new accounts opened with other banks by end of January, up 40%

Group said the redress and compensation process related to the tracker mortgage scandal has now largely concluded

Deal part of a broader transaction which included transfer of €5.2bn of performing non-tracker residential mortgages

‘In essence the market is flat’, says one financial adviser

Bank takes over 25 former Ulster Bank branches, expanding its branch network to 98 locations

Only 50 of 650 KBC staff eligible to move to Bank of Ireland have so far signed up

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The lender is preparing to close the last of its remaining branches

Lender confirms 63 outlets will shut for good from April 21st, with transactions halted from March 31st

User-friendly technology shows up traditional banks’ online shortcomings

Data indicate sizeable decline in customers using old current accounts for payments over Christmas

Finance committee report to focus less on money and more on role banking plays in society

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Business owners may have passed ‘peak pessimism’ despite gloomy data, survey indicates

Regulator’s decision is the fourth and final one related to the Ulster Bank and KBC exits from the market

Customers of branches closed ahead of PTSB rebranding must make own arrangements to move their accounts

Call follows the release of gender pay reports showing mean gender pay gap of 21.1% across four main banks

Pace of switching has slowed in November, according to data, as both banks have begun freezing inactive or low-use accounts

Account closure process likely to extend into next summer

Sources say 600 departing employees in Republic are expected to benefit from the increase

Recent years have seen bank branch closures and curtailment of essential services so they can focus on more profitable activities and outlets

Increases to apply across its AIB, EBS and Haven brands

Report on the future of banking lands on minister's desk just as Cabinet reshuffle looms

Rate hike will apply to existing customers applying for a loan to move home or top up their mortgage

Q&A: Charges will not relate to account closure, but customer’s difficulty in getting an answer suggests ongoing problems with moving accounts

Initial voluntary redundancy programme to cover a quarter of workforce, with more staff to move with loan and branch sales

More than 63,000 business current accounts have been opened across the remaining banks so far this year