Union calls for regulator to delay Ulster Bank closure

Central Bank could yet step in and insist that exiting bank gives more time for customers

Ulster Bank is set to shut completely on April 21.

Time is running out for the Central Bank should it wish to intervene to delay Ulster Bank from closing all accounts and its remaining 63 branches in the Republic by April, the Financial Services Union, or FSU, has warned.  

The union has again called for the regulator to push out the closure date, saying a significant number of Ulster Bank customers will struggle to complete the transfer of direct debits and other transactions to new banks by the deadline.