New research from PayPal reveals that Irish consumers owe their family and friends millions of euro in small, unpaid debts.

Permanent TSB may seek to securitise the €900m in so-called split mortgages it has decided to strip out from its distressed mortgage sales plan, marking “a very messy” and potentially costly outcome to a sales process mired in political controversy, said Owen Callan, a senior analyst at Investec Ireland.

Bank of Ireland, Ireland’s biggest car finance company, has said the personal contract plan model remains strong despite concerns about its security due to falling secondhand car prices.

Business groups have largely welcomed the Government’s €300m Brexit loan fund but have cautioned the available funds may dry up quickly.

The Government’s €30m loan to An Post that it says will allow the organisation to modernise and keep rural post offices open has been met with a mixed reaction.

The so-called bad bank set up to clear toxic property loans from five banks is to wipe out its €30 billion debt three years ahead of schedule.

He was one of three players sent to train with the U18 squad last month by Wigan manager Paul Cook.

"He possesses fantastic physical talents and also carries himself with poise and class."

The former Real Madrid player cost PSG almost £22million last summer.

With the housing crisis in Ireland and elsewhere across western society set to remain one of the major social issues of the early 21st century, the time to redefine the meaning of ‘home’ is clearly at hand. 

Bank lending to SMEs fell by 8.9% on a year-on-year basis during the first three months of the year, marking the 22nd consecutive quarter of downward movement, new figures from the Central Bank have shown.

Official figures have shown a second successive quarterly increase in homeowners falling into early-stage arrears, with one in 10 households now behind in their mortgage payments.

The Government is to overhaul its own alternative mortgage scheme for people turned down by conventional lenders after it emerged no mortgage was provided in 2015 and just three have been issued under the scheme since 2012.

The UK has now been paid £358 million (€428m approx.) in interest by Ireland following a crisis loan it gave to the country in 2010.

Egypt has devalued its currency by 48%, meeting a key demand set by the International Monetary Fund in exchange for a 12 billion US dollar (£9.8 billion) loan over three years to overhaul the country's ailing economy.

The 24-year-old had also been considering an offer from Crystal Palace.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is to grant Egypt a $12bn loan over three years to help the country mend its ailing economy following years of unrest.

The Central Bank has dismissed calls for the introduction of formal switching legislation to make it easier for consumers to change their mortgage lender.

Lenders are more willing to strike new permanent deals with troubled mortgage borrowers, if they are less distressed in the first place, Central Bank research has shown.

Confused borrowers are making expensive mistakes costing them thousands of euro extra in some cases, a new report has found.

Greece has won a new batch of rescue loans from international creditors following agreement among the 19 eurozone finance ministers.

No doubt, it is only coincidental that no sooner had Fianna Fáil resurrected a bill that would give powers to the Central Bank to impose ceilings on mortgage interest levels that AIB announced it would be reducing its mortgage variable rate from July.

New entrants into Irish banking will play a part in driving down the borrowing costs for Irish firms, but it will take time, Central Bank governor Philip Lane has said.

Lack of competition in the banking industry plays a key role in explaining exorbitant rates Irish SMEs pay for their loans, Central Bank research has revealed.

An EU directive aiming to boost protections and opening up choice in buying a mortgage outside national boundaries has been transposed into Irish law, the Department of Finance said yesterday.

HSBC Holdings is discovering that the oil crash extends far beyond the deserts of the Gulf, the plains of west Texas, and the shale fields of North Dakota. Even Petroceltic, the small energy company in Dublin, can inflict pain.

A campaign group aiming to propel the high costs of mortgage rates up the election agenda was launched yesterday. It immediately won the broad support of two of the main opposition parties.

Alexandre Pato has hailed his arrival at Chelsea as “a dream” after joining on loan until the end of the season.

This six-year-old got a surprising response after trying his luck cajoling some extra cash out of his dad for a new toy.

"That was my last game for Palace."

Bank of Ireland approved €580m for the agriculture sector up to end of October, a 13% increase over the previous year.

Irish banks have made progress, but the costs of servicing their high-level of non-performing loans will likely not fall as quickly as they hope, despite the strong recovery, outgoing Central Bank governor Patrick Honohan said yesterday.

Outgoing Central Bank governor Patrick Honohan has admitted that while the recovery is “solid” and delivering plenty of jobs, small businesses are starved of credit.

Greece and its European creditors should be able to iron out disagreements on reforms the country must undertake to receive a new rescue loan instalment by next week, according to a top European official.