AIB is not expecting to be hit with a fine from the Central Bank over its part in the tracker mortgage scandal until next year at the earliest, but it has put aside €35m for the eventuality.

The boss of Permanent TSB said the mortgage lender is weighing a decision on home loans and will make a judgement in the near future.

The costs of a record €21m fine the Central Bank imposed on Permanent TSB for its part in the industry-wide tracker mortgage probe should not be passed onto customers in higher loan costs and fees, the financial adviser who did the most to uncover the scandal has urged.

Permanent TSB has been fined €21m by the Central Bank of Ireland for regulatory breaches affecting tracker mortgage customers

Permanent TSB (PTSB) chief executive Jeremy Masding has hinted that the bank may look at further sales of non-performing loans.

Permanent TSB (PTSB) has not ruled out further non-performing loan sales, while it deserves to be fined over the tracker mortgage scandal, its chief executive has said.

A personal insolvency arrangement involving a €343,785 mortgage debt being written down by more than half has been approved by the High Court for a woman who ran into mortgage arrears due to her husband's gambling problem.

Vulture funds give better deals to struggling home-owners than banks do, the Taoiseach has claimed.

The Munster headquarters of the Bank of Ireland, at 32 South Mall in Cork city centre has been put up for sale, as a banking blue-blood, blue-chip investment. The guide is €16 million.

A man acting as a carer for an 81-year-old wheelchair-bound neighbour was fined €1,200 and given a suspended five-month jail term for using the pensioner’s bank card to steal cash.

Gráinne McGuinness offers more consumer advice, this week for mortgage holders.

Fianna Fáil wants to know why AIB's split mortgages are classed as performing loans but Permanent TSB's are not.

Permanent TSB could pull about €900m in split mortgage deals from the

Almost three quarters of people at risk of losing their homes in repossession cases did not have any legal representation when the case was before the court, according to a new study.

The European Central Bank (ECB) has not instructed Permanent TSB or any other Irish bank to sell off non-performing loans, new correspondence has revealed.

The regulation of vulture funds to protect distressed mortgage borrowers must proceed quickly, Fianna Fáil has said in advance of a Dail debate on fresh legislation.

Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe has confirmed that he will introduce “additional measures” to deal with unregulated vulture funds that buy up distressed mortgages.

Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe is expected to bring proposals to regulate vulture funds who buy up mortgages to Cabinet this week.

Permanent TSB is to be called before the Oireachtas finance committee to answer questions on the potential sale of 18,000 loans to vulture funds.

Fianna Fáil's Housing spokesperson, Barry Cowen, does not believe the controversy over the sale of some Permanent TSB mortgages could collapse the government.

Struggling mortgage holders must be offered debt write-downs instead of so-called foreign vulture funds, Paschal Donohoe has been told.

The Master of the High Court has described advice given by the Taoiseach to a person facing repossession as “a sick joke” and said the Government is “misinformed” about the situation impacting many families.

Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe has defended Permanent TSB’s decision to potentially sell off 18,000 mortgages to vulture funds, saying it will protect jobs and the economy.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has insisted there is still time to prevent Permanent TSB from selling 20,000 distressed mortgages to vulture funds despite claiming the Government has no legal right to block the deal.

Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe is to discuss demands from Fianna Fáil that vulture funds be regulated after concerns about Permanent TSB selling off 20,000 mortgage loans.

A political spat over consumer protection when mortgage loans are sold by the main Irish banks to vulture funds is in danger of distracting from the real scandal that banks in Ireland are unwilling to write down long-term distressed mortgage debt to reflect the market value of homes.

The Government has distanced itself from the sale of tens of thousands of homes to vulture funds.

Irish bank shares, and in particular those of Permanent TSB face political risks of tighter regulatory controls over sales of mortgage loans in long-term arrears to vulture funds, a leading analyst has said, writes Eamon Quinn.

Borrowers ripped off by the tracker mortgage scandal have been paid up to an average €45,000 in compensation and redress, new figures show.

A quarter of a billion euro has been paid to Irish tracker mortgage holders who were done out of low-cost interest rates by banks, says Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe.

Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe has criticised AIB boss Bernard Byrne over his calls for the Government to sell its stake in the bank.

A couple have no legal defence to an order for repossession of their home by Permanent TSB over default on mortgage payments, a High Court judge has ruled.

Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe has told the banks their neglect and failure to properly pay back and compensate tracker mortgage customers is “disgraceful” and should have been resolved by now.

Bank chiefs are facing the threat of tougher levies or even fines if they fail to set out how and when customers ripped off by the tracker mortgage scandal will be properly repaid and compensated.

The Taoiseach has warned the banks they will face tougher new laws should they fail to quickly and adequately compensate tracker mortgage customers.

Business Reporter Pádraig Hoare talks to four people whose lives have been irreparably harmed by the mortgage scandal.

Central Bank officials have been called on to intervene in the tracker mortgage rip-off scandal and force banks to properly compensate overcharged customers.

One of the country's biggest banks is offering to write-off mortgages, but only for landlords.

Permanent TSB has been fined almost €2.5m by the ECB’s banking supervision arm for breaching liquidity requirements at certain points in the last two years, writes Geoff Percival.

An Post’s version of a current account, the Smart Account, is proving popular since its launch in June, writes Gráinne McGuinness.

An opposition TD has called on bank customers to “vote with their feet” after being hit with unexpected 50% hikes on charges linked to some accounts.

Shares in Permanent TSB plunged by as much as 16% yesterday as the bank reported a 55% annualised drop in first half net profit.

Shares in Permanent TSB rose 5% after it told shareholders it had taken on new business and improved its profitability in the early part of the year.

Author Mary Rose Glennon claims she has been left with a €2m debt because of an alleged failure by a law firm to properly supervise her now deceased partner.