Permanent TSB on course to sign up 60,000 current account holders in 2005

PERMANENT TSB has signed up 12,000 new current account customers since new regulations were introduced to make it easier for consumers to switch banks.

The bank is on course to meet its target of signing up 60,000 customers this year, Irish Life & Permanent (IL&P) chairwoman Gillian Bowler said yesterday.

Permanent TSB has been marketing its free current account banking service heavily since the new code on switching was introduced earlier this year.