No Irish nominations for Bank of the Year awards

DESPITE being named in honour of a prominent Irish businessman, no Irish bank was deemed worthy of nomination for the latest international Bank of the Year Awards, doled out in London on Thursday night by the Banker magazine.

“It’s very important to recognise the achievements of the banking industry during challenging times. The awards recognise banks for serving customers and building good businesses and the entries and winners this year have been of a very high calibre,” said the magazine’s editor, Brian Caplen.

Each winner (the global/western Europe bank of the year was Santander) received the Bracken Award – named after the founding editor of the Banker and the Financial Times Brendan Bracken, who was born in Co Tipperary.