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<p>Gardaí identified a number of incidents where ATMs were fitted with devices that block users from receiving their cash after making a withdrawal from the machine.</p>

court and crime

Three men arrested as part of an investigation into ATM 'cash trapping'

It is understood that around €90,000 in cash withdrawals was blocked at various locations in Dublin and Meath in the past week

<p>Tyra Banks says she had first alcoholic drink on 50th birthday (Erik Pendzich/Alamy)</p>

celebrity

Tyra Banks says she had first alcoholic drink on 50th birthday

<p>The Indian In The Cupboard author Lynne Reid Banks has died at the age of 94 (booksR/ Alamy)</p>

culture

The Indian In The Cupboard author Lynne Reid Banks dies aged 94

Irish Examiner view: There is a time for plain speaking

opinion

Irish Examiner view: There is a time for plain speaking

Tyra Banks Cannes Amfar

celebrity

Tyra Banks turns 50: So many fear getting older but my mind is fiercer than ever

Cost of living crisis

politics

Bank levy should rise over interest hikes not being passed to savers – TD

Matteo Salvini

Italian banks’ shares plunge after ministers back tax on profits

Shares in Italian banks have plunged after the Cabinet approved a proposal to apply a temporary tax on some profits this year to help consumers and businesses cope with higher borrowing costs.

Tue, 08 Aug, 2023

Mortgage interest relief 'something we will consider', says McGrath

Mortgage interest relief 'something we will consider', says McGrath

Finance Minister Michael McGrath also said he had met with the banks and said they "have an obligation to work in the spirit of co-operation with borrowers".

Sat, 29 Jul, 2023

Couple locked out of their Clonmel store once locked in with a vulture fund

Couple locked out of their Clonmel store once locked in with a vulture fund

Tony Kenny and Joan McEneff's clothes shop continues to trade under threat of closure after Everyday Finance bought its loans from AIB

Sat, 03 Jun, 2023

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Special report: High profile debt deals are the tip of the iceberg

DJ Carey's debt deals made headlines, but many ordinary people have benefited from the insolvency process, say experts

Tue, 11 Apr, 2023

UBS to Buy Credit Suisse in $3.3 Billion Deal to End Crisis

Credit Suisse chairman: 'I am truly sorry' for fate of failed bank

Axel Lehmann issued an apology, saying he had run out of time to turn the bank around, despite his belief 'until the beginning of the fateful week' that it could survive

Tue, 04 Apr, 2023

Bank Of Ireland To Close Over 100 Branches Across Ireland

Bank crisis kills prospect of rivals challenging AIB and Bank of Ireland, experts warn

The big two Irish lenders also profited from acquiring billions of euro in deposits and performing loan books following the exits of Ulster Bank and KBC Bank last year

Mon, 20 Mar, 2023

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AIB faces grilling over 'jaw-dropping' DJ Carey settlement

The majority State-owned bank agreed it would write down over €9.5m in debt owed by the former Kilkenny hurler to €60,000 in 2017

Mon, 20 Feb, 2023

Bank Stock

Irish Examiner view: Naive to expect more from banks

Thu, 02 Feb, 2023

50,000 KBC and Ulster bank customers still to find new bank, committee to hear

50,000 KBC and Ulster bank customers still to find new bank, committee to hear

In statements to the Oireachtas Finance Committee, the Bank CEOs will say thousands of the still active accounts are run by people described as 'vulnerable'

Wed, 01 Feb, 2023

Anglo-Irish profits hit

IBRC's 2012 action against EY over pre-crash auditing settled

The legal action was delayed for several years, by a number of criminal cases involving Anglo Irish Bank

Wed, 25 Jan, 2023

Dáil committee sharply critical of move to restore bankers' bonuses

Dáil committee sharply critical of move to restore bankers' bonuses

In November, then finance minister Paschal Donohoe moved to allow banks to pay bonuses of up to €20,000 to staff, reversing policy in place since financial crash

Wed, 18 Jan, 2023

Michael Dowling: We need a minimum of two more lenders in Ireland

Michael Dowling: We need a minimum of two more lenders in Ireland

A relaxation of mortgage rules will be countered by the increase in rates

Fri, 30 Dec, 2022

Food Inflation

Ireland's economy set to 'worsen', warns head of Department of Finance

Increased interest rates and inflation will dampen consumption, Public Accounts Committee to hear

Wed, 16 Nov, 2022

FILE PHOTO The Central Bank has fined Bank of Ireland over €1 million for its role in the tracker mortgage controversy END

Cost of tracker mortgage scandal tops €1bn

Mortgage brokers warn fines and huge costs incurred by banks during investigation are passed on to customers

Thu, 29 Sep, 2022

A Branch of the Ulster Bank, Roscommon, West of Ireland

Digital bank Starling 'pulls plan to enter Irish market'

CEO Anne Boden told staff that an Irish subsidiary would not deliver the added value Starling is seeking, Sky News is reporting

Mon, 18 Jul, 2022

Month revenue of young couple

Irish households likely to pay €80 more per month as ECB plans to raise mortgage rates

Up to 740,000 Irish households could pay an average of €960 more per year if the European Central Bank raises interest rates by half of a point

Thu, 09 Jun, 2022

A Branch of the Ulster Bank, Roscommon, West of Ireland

Ulster Bank sending 20,000 letters a week to customers advising them to switch

A TD has expressed concerns at the Oireachtas Finance Committee that not all Ulster Bank customers may be notified about switching their bank account before the end of September.

Wed, 18 May, 2022

Travel Stock - Frankfurt

ECB tells banks to watch all Russian clients in widening of sanctions net

The move brings even EU residents under heightened scrutiny

Tue, 15 Mar, 2022

Mortgage application loan agreement and house key

ICS hikes fixed-rate mortgages in sign that bank rivals may not be far behind

An early hike in fixed-rate mortgages by lender ICS Mortgages signals the end of the long cycle of home loan reductions in Ireland, as the surge in global inflation takes its toll.

Mon, 14 Mar, 2022

Belgium Ukraine Tensions

EU, US and UK pledge to remove ‘selected’ Russian banks from Swift system

“Restrictive measures” will also be imposed on Russia’s central bank

Sun, 27 Feb, 2022

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Climate change may trigger demands for European banks to set aside capital

ECB says the tests are a chance for the banks and regulator to learn about how vulnerable they are to extreme weather and tougher climate-related laws

Wed, 09 Feb, 2022

China Evergrande

China seeks to insulate, not save property giant

Beijing has stepped up efforts to limit the fallout from Evergrande's attempts at a massive restructuring

Mon, 04 Oct, 2021

Ireland’s empty towns: Even Tipp’s flourishing towns are blighted by vacant properties

Ireland’s empty towns: Even Tipp’s flourishing towns are blighted by vacant properties

Ryan O’Rourke and Eoghan Dalton learn that Tipperary, like the other counties in this 'Irish Examiner' series, has too many empty properties, while many people cannot even find a place to live

Thu, 09 Sep, 2021

'£260m bill' for using ATMs abroad

Young people make up most of 700 'money mule' cases in 2021

BPFI warns young people never to open a bank account in their own name in order receive a transfer/inbound payments on behalf of someone they didn't know

Fri, 06 Aug, 2021

Stressed Before an Exam

Letters to the Editor: Ireland is no country for young people

Appeal of the greener grass of nations that value their young looming larger

Tue, 22 Jun, 2021

Banks engaged in a 'reign of terror' on tracker mortgages, committee to hear

Banks engaged in a 'reign of terror' on tracker mortgages, committee to hear

Witnesses, including whistleblowers from within the banking sector, detail “underhand tactics” used in the name of profit

Mon, 21 Jun, 2021

DBRS: BoI and AIB will increase their dominance as five banks shrink to three in Republic

DBRS: BoI and AIB will increase their dominance as five banks shrink to three in Republic

DBRS said AIB had net loans in the Republic of €48.6bn, of which €17.4bn were loans to corporates and SMEs

Mon, 24 May, 2021

AIB slumps to net loss of €741m after Covid-hit year

AIB slumps to net loss of €741m after Covid-hit year

The bank's CEO, Colin Hunt, said the bank is making progress in a deal that will see it participate in the carve-up of Ulster Bank

Fri, 05 Mar, 2021

Letters to the Editor: Bank closures the price we pay for technology

Letters to the Editor: Bank closures the price we pay for technology

Apart from inconvenience to customers, how will it impact on commerce and employment?

Fri, 05 Mar, 2021

PTSB wants to take on Ulster Bank branches as talks go on over carve-up of loan books

PTSB wants to take on Ulster Bank branches as talks go on over carve-up of loan books

The chief executive of Permanent TSB (PTSB) said he was "quite positive" the Government-owned mortgage bank will strike some sort of deal in the carve-up of the €20bn of Ulster Bank loan books.

Wed, 03 Mar, 2021

High angle view of businessman counting money

Irish households saved €61 million every day in January

Irish households have increased their savings by an extra €1.9bn

Fri, 26 Feb, 2021

Bank loses appeal against ombudsman's ruling on couple's tracker mortgage

Bank loses appeal against ombudsman's ruling on couple's tracker mortgage

Danske Bank must rectify interest rate, return interest overpaid, and pay compensation

Tue, 23 Feb, 2021

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'Fury and dismay' as Ulster Bank staff seek news about lender's future

The chief of Ulster Bank in the Republic, Jane Howard, will be pressed at a meeting tomorrow for news on the lender's future, the Financial Services Union (FSU) has said, as bank staff vented their "fury and dismay" over a long-drawn-out review

Wed, 03 Feb, 2021

Mortgage application loan agreement and house key

Pent-up demand drives mortgage approvals; support for 8,000 accounts on expired payment breaks

Pent-up demand for home loans following the first two of the Covid-19 lockdowns appears to have continued to drive up demand for mortgages late into 2020, with loan approvals up sharply in December from a year earlier, new figures from the banks ...

Fri, 29 Jan, 2021

Ireland, along with Greece, endures the highest mortgage rates in EU

Ireland, along with Greece, endures the highest mortgage rates in EU

Overall trend appears to be downward, albeit very, very slowly

Fri, 22 Jan, 2021

NYSE to set up Belfast outpost

Goldman Sachs profit surges amid trading boom

Goldman Sachs dwarfed Wall Street estimates as its fourth-quarter profit more than doubled, powered by another blowout performance at its trading business and a surge in fees from underwriting a series of blockbuster IPOs.

Tue, 19 Jan, 2021

Government trying to involve banks in shared equity scheme

Government trying to involve banks in shared equity scheme

It is understood that the nation's banks would match the Government's €75m initial funding of the scheme

Sun, 17 Jan, 2021

Hayes says banks are up to the task of handling struggling borrowers in latest Covid-19 lockdown

Hayes says banks are up to the task of handling struggling borrowers in latest Covid-19 lockdown

the banks are up to the task of handling any difficulties facing customers from the third Covid-19 lockdown this month, says BPFI CEO

Fri, 08 Jan, 2021

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Jim Power: It's not all about the vaccines - reasons to be cheerful about the economy in 2021

Assuming the virus is gradually brought under control, we are likely to experience a significant rebound in investment, global trade, spending, and international travel, writes Jim Power

Wed, 23 Dec, 2020

Mortgage arrears to show 'a spike' when 24,000 struggling to pay are accounted for

Mortgage arrears to show 'a spike' when 24,000 struggling to pay are accounted for

Central Bank figures show there were 55,448 mortgage accounts facing some sort of arrears at the end of September, down from the June quarter and from September 2019

Thu, 17 Dec, 2020

Regulator Sibley insists barriers to bank market entry 'incredibly low'

Regulator Sibley insists barriers to bank market entry 'incredibly low'

Deputy governor of the Central Bank Ed Sibley told the Oireachtas Finance Committee that the Irish retail banking market is 'somewhat concentrated' by international standards, with the low levels of competition

Mon, 14 Dec, 2020

Irish consumers losing trust in banks due to lack of in-person services, study finds

Irish consumers losing trust in banks due to lack of in-person services, study finds

Nearly half of Irish consumers ranked value for money as a top three factor when choosing a bank

Fri, 11 Dec, 2020

PTSB not focusing on 'hypothetical' review at Ulster Bank, says chief

PTSB not focusing on 'hypothetical' review at Ulster Bank, says chief

Permanent TSB (PTSB) was focusing on the fallout of Covid-19 and was not weighing the "hypothetical” outcome involving a review at rival Ulster Bank, its CEO Eamonn Crowley has said.

Tue, 27 Oct, 2020

Allied Irish Banks Plc Branches As Ireland Ireland Raises 3 Billion Euros in 25% Sale Of Bank

AIB to stop paying interest on many savings accounts and to start charging more firms to lodge money

AIB is to stop paying interest on a raft of everyday customer savings accounts and aims to make more of its wealthy and corporate customers pay to lodge money with it in a bid to stem its losses from rising deposit levels.

Sun, 11 Oct, 2020